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I prefer to make each logo I do wholly original, but there are others here who prefer to use elements from existing logos. It merely depends on what one is more comfortable with and what works best for them.
Again, for the simpler logo designs, like say the San Francisco Giants or Minnesota Twins, you don't need to draw that much. It's mostly basic shapes and the drawing programs have tools which make those easily. Of course, the more familiar you are with the tools the more you can do with them.
For a simple circular logo, you'd use the circle tool to whip out a background circle, then another circle for the interior. Type out the text and then fit it to a circular path, which takes only a moment. Put the city initials in the middle and the basics are done. Then add the colours - the fills and outlines for the various elements. After that, it's a matter of fine-tuning; adjusting the position of things, trying different colour combinations, making the outlines thicker or thinner depending on what looks more interesting, and so forth.
And then as one gets more experienced with the program, one does more with the tools that are available, eventually doing more and more sophisticated designs.
It's a learning curve, as with most things.
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