Fuzzimo. Distress type by hand in Photoshop. There must be something about digital type that we don’t like. We put a lot of energy into distressing, aging, texturizing, and simulating letterpress techniques with digital type. There are a lot of cool techniques out there.
So here I am, sharing yet another one that’s really good for distressing specific parts of letters that are subject to more wear & tear. We’ll be using Photoshop and digging into layer masks & scatter brushes. But first, let me show you an example of what we’re trying to achieve. Okay, so a couple of things about the way this type looks that I can’t achieve using regular techniques: The distressing is not even.
Step 1: Prep your type Create a document, 1000×500 pixels. Unviers LT Std, 49 light ultra condensed 370 pt Layer effects: 7px #eae7e0 stroke, from center Now let’s do some standard pre-grunge type tricks that I learned from Jeff Finley’s Wacom Illustration Video Tutorial. Now let’s distort the edges of the text a little bit. Step 2: Make a grunge scatter brush. Al Farrow: New Reliquaries. I stopped by Catherine Clark Gallery last weekend to check out Al Farrow's amazing sculptures of ammunition and firearms, New Reliquaries. Each piece was so detailed and intense. Hard to not have a lot of dark thoughts while floating around such beautiful sculptures.
New Reliquaries is open through May 28th, 2011 at Catherine Clark Gallery. You can see more images on Flickr. Sketch My World. Pano4.jpg (JPEG Image, 1500x761 pixels) Going Solo.