Easy Chalk Ornament Typography in Photoshop. We are heading to the last weeks of 2012 and nothing better than getting ready for the new year with a Photoshop tutorial playing with the number 2013. The inspiration for this image was, of course, from one of the trends of 2012: chalkboard typography with ornaments. So in this tutorial we will try to create a stylish ornament typography and then apply a chalkboard effect using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and some vector ornaments. The whole process is simple but time consuming, so I would take at least 3 hours to recreate this design. Step 1 Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new document. Step 2 Time to add some ornaments. Start adding ornaments trying to match the letter design, in this case the numbers. Step 3 Keep adding more details. Step 4 You can duplicate the same ornament a few times and connect them. Step 5 Add more ornaments until you few you have a balanced composition. Step 6 The last thing to do is to add the final details like swirls in the end of most of the ornaments.
Step 7. How to Make a Feather Brush in Adobe Illustrator. Creating Paisley Graphic Styles with Scatter Brushes and Recolor Artwork. In today's tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a series of Paisley inspired Graphic Styles using Scatter Brushes and the Appearance panel. Once done, I'll show you how to create additional styles simply by using Recolor Artwork. This is a great tutorial for beginners as there is no Pen Tool (P) involved. So let's begin! Step 1 First we're going to start by creating our Scatter Brushes which we'll incorporate into our styles. If you create your brushes with a black fill and the Colorization Method as Tints, whatever your stroke color is when you use your brush, will be the color your brush will be.
Step 2 We're going to stick with the same shape, this time give it a 1.5pt black Stroke Weight and a null fill. Below is an example of what this Scatter Brush produces. Step 3 The next Scatter Brush is a slightly be more complex, but it still uses the Ellipse Tool (L). Go through the usual process of Adding a New Scatter Brush, however this time change the Spacing to 30%. Step 4 Step 5. Adobe Ideas Templates. Adobe Ideas Templates As you may know Adobe Ideas has become one of my favorite drawing applications for the iPad. Over the past couple of weeks I started putting together some template files for Adobe Ideas.
At first I started out with just a few storyboard templates, but I couldn’t help making a few more for future projects. In Adobe Ideas you get one photo layer to use as reference along with 10 drawing layers. You can download the templates below and add them to your single photo layer. To use these templates with Adobe Ideas first download the template files and upload them to your Adobe Creative Cloud account. Step 1: Upload template images to your Creative Cloud account. Step 2: Next, launch Adobe Ideas and click on the photo layer button to bring up the Select Photo option and choose Creative Cloud. Step 3: Now you will see the template files that you uploaded earlier, select the template you want to use and hit ok. Related Projects: Like this: Like Loading... Improve your logo design.
Great logo design requires a complex mixture of design skills, creative theory and skilful application. Any designer worth their salt can create a fit-for-purpose logo, but truly mastering all aspects of the craft takes time. Exclusive offer: Save 15% on Adobe Creative Cloud now Of course, logo design is just one small sub-set of branding, but the logo or brand mark remains the centrepiece of most branding schemes. We've spoken to branding professionals about the intricacies of good logo creation, and what qualifies as a great logo. So here are 25 pro logo design tips to help you improve your branding work – from the research phase, through the different stages of logo design craft, and finally the application of the mark.
Logo design research and strategy Before pen hits paper on any new logo design project, thorough research is essential. 01. Before you even start working up a logo design concept, ensure you research your target market thoroughly. 02. Why are we here? 03. 04. 05. "What Font Should I Use?": Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces. Advertisement For many beginners, the task of picking fonts is a mystifying process. There seem to be endless choices — from normal, conventional-looking fonts to novelty candy cane fonts and bunny fonts — with no way of understanding the options, only never-ending lists of categories and recommendations. Selecting the right typeface is a mixture of firm rules and loose intuition, and takes years of experience to develop a feeling for. Here are five guidelines for picking and using fonts that I’ve developed in the course of using and teaching typography. 1.
Many of my beginning students go about picking a font as though they were searching for new music to listen to: they assess the personality of each face and look for something unique and distinctive that expresses their particular aesthetic taste, perspective and personal history. The most appropriate analogy for picking type. For better or for worse, picking a typeface is more like getting dressed in the morning. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create a Variety of 3D Lettering Effects for Poster Design. In this tutorial I will showcase three different approaches for creating simple 3D lettering effects in the context of poster design. Onward and upward we go! Introduction I will start off by drawing the letter-forms for the three words "ONWARD," "AND" and "UPWARD.
" From there I will show three ways to create simple, yet interesting 3D effects. 3D is the latest craze (See: nearly every movie that has come out in the last two years) but my interests are in 3-Dimensional lettering that has old school, subtle, simple, imperfect, more humanistic qualities. Drawing inspiration from vintage poster lettering, and overall aesthetics, everything will be wrapped together to create the full poster design. Drawing Lettering As always, good lettering starts with a sketch. Step 1a This sketch is very rough and is basically there to reference when actually creating the lines in Adobe Illustrator (AI). Step 1b Open a new document in AI and paste in the sketch. Step 2 Step 3a Step 3b Step 3c Step 4a Step 4b Step 4c. How to Create a Vintage Ocean Liner Poster. The period between the end of the 19th century and World War II is considered the golden age of the ocean liner.
We’ll be starting with a basic sketch of an ocean liner I drew up. Of course I encourage everybody to create their own sketch. I’m not really that great at drawing, so if you really want to have a stunningly looking ocean liner, please create it yourself! If you do decide to use your own drawing, you might want to alter or skip a few of the steps. In this tutorial we’re going to create a vintage ocean liner poster. The main tools you'll get to know in this tutorial are the Pathfinder and the Transform Effect. Step 1 Open up a new Illustrator document. Step 2 Double click Layer 1 in the layer menu and place a tag on Dim images to 50% and also on lock. Step 3 In the color menu select the transparent fill and a red stroke. Step 4 Using the Direct Selection Tool (A) select the top right anchor point of the rectangle and delete it, leaving an L-shape. Step 5 Now comes the tricky part. How to Create a Line Art Vintage Vector Scooter in Illustrator.
In today's tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a vintage vector scooter illustration. I'll show you how to create simplified line art without overcomplicating the image. You'll learn how to create a quick texture as a finishing touch from resources you have available to you within Adobe Illustrator. Learn how to give your work a vintage vector art feel. Step 1 I'll be using a stock image as a reference in this tutorial. In this tutorial, we'll take it from a standard pixel based image to a well worn and stylish vintage graphic. Let's get started with creating this retro vector. I'm going to start the line art by drawing complete shapes that don't require additional lines from elsewhere to complete their form.
When doing a simplified line art version from a stock image, you want to only focus on the key elements of the object's design. Step 2 Now to draw the rest of the connecting lines. Step 3 Then duplicate the shape and resize it for the inside. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8. Turning a Photo into Lichtenstein Style Pop Art with Illustrator. Roy Lichtenstein's pop art comic book images are as familiar now as they were in the 1960's. They demonstrate a stylized way of presenting a photo of yourself or anything else you can think of. Using Illustrator's custom brushes and swatches, we'll be recreating a Lichtenstein style of effect in this intermediate level tutorial.
Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in August of 2008. Final Image Preview The image below is what we'll be working towards. Step 1 These comic book images recreated a printing process using what became known as Ben-day dots. Drag the following colors (here shown in hex-values) from the color panel into the Swatches panel. #FCE354 - Hair#E27D89 - Lips#E04359 - Tongue#2489ED - Eyes#FF8048 - Blouse #000000 - Black#FFFFFF - White Double-click on the swatches once in the Swatches panel and name them accordingly.
Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7. Create a Shimmering Cityscape in Perspective, Using Illustrator CS5. The Perspective tools in Illustrator CS5 make it a lot easier to draw in perfect one, two or three-point perspective. Using symbols in conjunction with the Perspective tools will make quick work of this stylized cityscape.
Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in April of 2011. Step 1 Click the Perspective Grid Tool. Two things appear on your artboard: The Perspective Grid and the Active Plane Widget. A basic 2-point grid is the default setting. Using the Perspective Grid tool, move the Horizon line down, close to the ground level. If you want, you can save this grid as a preset to use for future illustrations. Step 2 If you're new to the Perspective tools, get a feel for how they work by drawing a few shapes in perspective.
This is a visual cue that lets you know which plane is active as you draw. Step 3 Select the right plane (Orange) and draw another rectangle. Step 4. How To Create a Cosmic Abstract Shards Poster Design. Follow this step by step Illustrator and Photoshop tutorial to create a vibrant poster design featuring abstract vector shards and intense cosmic colours.
We’ll begin by constructing the vector shard pieces in Illustrator then combine them with blending modes and lighting effects in Photoshop to produce a cool piece of poster artwork. The cosmic abstract shards design we’ll be creating features an array of sharp vector objects that overlap to create a cool translucent pattern effect. A combination of cosmic background, intense lighting effects and a subtle pattern overlay gives the design a sleek futuristic style. View the Cosmic Abstract Shards Poster Design Open up Adobe Illustrator and draw a long thin rectangle on the artboard. Select the two upper most points with the Direct Selection tool and nudge them upwards and left to shear the shape and leave vertical edges. Change the opacity of the object to 50% in the Transparency window.
Download the source file. Create a Stylish, Vector Hair Typography Illustration. I love creating portraits in vector but what I love even more, is doing wild and crazy hair styles. It was suggested to me recently to try crossing over the techniques of creating hair into typography and I just had to rise to that challenge! So in today's tutorial, I'm going to show you how I created this stylish piece of hair typography in Adobe Illustrator CS5. I've also finished it off with a quick aged coloring giving it a vintage design feel. So let's get stuck in… Step 1 When the concept was first suggested to me to create a piece of typography with hair, I straight away considered what sort of style to do it in. The next thing to consider is what sort of word to use. There was the possibility of "Brush", which would tick all the boxes however a capital "B" would have a slight problem with a sharp angle.
I opted for "Edwardian Script ITC" as I rather liked the way the "S" coiled. Step 2 If you're not using AI CS5, you can create the same shapes as Art Brushes via this tutorial.