Type Reviews. Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen. Thinking with Type. Developing Illustrative Type to Complement Your Style. My name is Jonny Wan and I am a freelance illustrator based in the UK.
My style is based upon shape experimentation, patterns and textures and I draw inspiration from ancient cultures and civilizations. More recently I have rekindled my love for type and now developing a way of working with type that is congruent with my illustrative style so the two can work in tandem when applied to commissions that requires both. This article aims to just give you a glimpse as to how I have personally approached this development, which is very much still ongoing.
I have narrowed the development into five key areas that I find crucial when transferring your style to type and have included some examples of my development, as well as some tips, so you can draw your own conclusions up to take further, if you wish. So please go ahead and enjoy the read! 1. Don't be scared to manipulate and customize already existing type, play with composition and size. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Illustrative Lettering Creative Session Wrap. It's a wrap.
This session has covered a mix of illustrative lettering articles on theory and in depth case studies. We've taken a close look at various artist's work and their various processes of constructing illustrative lettering. We've looked at how to derive inspiration from your imagination, the history of type, and how to create letters with an illustrative flair. This session posted across numerous Tuts+ sites: Psdtuts+, Vectortuts+, Cgtuts+, and Phototuts+. We'll continue to expand each session as we cover new topics and integrate your feedback.
Illustrative Lettering CS Content. 40 beautiful and creative typography designs to inspire. Below you’ll find a collection of 40 beautiful and creative typography designs to inspire you that will allow you to expand your knowledge base of what typography really is.
[postadsense] 15 Amazing Photoshop Text Effects - Designerside. Old School Type - Line Gradients One of our readers suggested we write a tutorial explaining how to do this cool text effect. On the Dragonforce logo above, the basis of my typography was sketched on paper first and then vectored in Illustrator using the Pen Tool. The process for creating the base logo is not included in this tutorial. Instead, we are going to take the base logo and add that cool “line gradient” effect that you see inside the actual letters.
This gives the text an old-school or vintage feel to it. This look is prevalent in wood engraving and sign lettering. Here are some more examples: So in order to get this effect, we will need both Adobe Illustrator CS2 or higher and Adobe Photoshop. You can see the kind of effect we are going to create. Step 1: Prepare your base logo or typeface. We will use our Dragonforce Logo as our base, but you can simply use your favorite font. 1a: Open up Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop 1b: Create your base text (just type something out using a bold font) Conclusion: Valentines Day - Photoshop Style - PSDTUTS. Design Soft Stylized 3D Type - PSDTUTS. Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text - PSDTUTS.