How To Make a Letterpress Texture Effect in Photoshop

I’ve received a few questions recently about how I create the letterpress style texturing that appears on pretty much every retro/vintage design I make. Today’s tutorial will show you a quick and easy way to give your logos and typography that ink stamp style effect that originated from the old letterpress style printing technique. Letterpress printing is an old printing method that transfers ink from a press onto paper, essentially like a rubber stamp. As we all know from playing with rubber and potato stamps as kids this kind of basic printing technique can result in some cool texturing, especially if areas of the printing surface lacks ink. Originally this would be seen as a mistake or flaw in the print, but nowadays we actively seek to fake this kind of texturing to give our artwork an aged and nostalgic appearance. I’m going to be using one of my freely downloadable hipster logos as the base of this tutorial. The actual letterpress effect is created from a texture file.

10 Amazing Illustrator Tips That Changed How I Design We’ve all had that mixed feeling of elation and frustration when we discover a new tip or technique in a design app. You’re both amazed at how easy this new technique is while in disbelief that you never knew about it before! I’ve put together a list of the top 10 Illustrator tips I’ve learnt over the years that have completely changed how I design. Hopefully you’ll learn a few new techniques too that will completely transform you every day workflow. Illustrator is all about vector artwork that allows for infinite scalability without loss of quality, so it always leaves you puzzled when your design gets super fat or thin when you alter its size. I used to use the Pathfinder tool for everything! It’s not uncommon to need to draw shapes or details within another object. We all know about CMD+C and CMD+V for Copying and Pasting, but did you know about the Paste in Place (CMD+Shift+V) Paste in Front (CMD+F) and Paste in Back (CMD+B) shortcuts?

Inspiring Typography Designs Based on Cities & States Every place on Earth has its own cultural influence that can be a great source of inspiration for a Designer. This post showcases a range of typographic designs that capture the character of various cities, states and countries from around the world. 30 Creative Examples of Typography Poster Designs If I’m ever in need of an inspiration fix I look no further than typographic poster designs. As designers we love the combination of design and typography to convey a message with feeling and emotion. This post brings together 30 creative typography designs into one showcase to fuel you with inspiration. As always, follow each link to see more great work by each talented designer. Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox.

20 Beautiful Custom Lettering Typography Designs Designers and Illustrators love to get crafty and create artwork by hand to achieve that unique organic effect. The irregular lines and natural texturing fills the artwork with character which sets it apart from common digital designs. This post features a collection of beautiful brand identities and typographic posters all carefully produced by hand with custom lettering. Are you a fan of this style? Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox.

50 Inspirational Branding & Identity Design Projects Print is definitely not dead! No matter how big the web becomes the tactile nature of printed material will always form a crucial part of a brand’s overall identity. This post showcases a huge collection of inspirational branding and identity projects with each example presented in a neat layout, often with clever complementary objects that reinforce the theme or style of the design work. Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox. Brooding Cityscapes Painted with Oils by Jeremy Mann San Francisco-based artist Jeremy Mann executes these sublime, moody cityscapes using oil paints. To create each work he relies on a wide range of techniques including surface staining, the use of solvents to wipe away paint, and the application of broad, gritty marks with an ink brayer. The resulting paintings are dark and atmospheric, urban streets seemingly drenched in rain and mystery.

OMG Posters! Graphic Exchange - The blog of Mr Cup - graphic design, print, identity, products and more... This new deck by Joe White follow the Contraband one. You know Joe and his amazing detailed design as we work together on the (sold out) 2015 edition of the calendar and he designed the front cover. Every single playing card within the High Victorian deck was designed from scratch - even the Aces, Jokers, and court cards exude the grand excess of ornamentation quintessential to the Victorian era. In a word: breathtaking. Antler is a deck designed by Tom Lane, who also creates this year edition of the front cover of the letterpress calendar! I contact Jeff Trish as I love his design of this deck, and I am pleased to say he participates in this year edition of the calendar too! As both Tom Lane and Jeff Trish participate in this year calendar I propose you 2 packs with the calendar (Deluxe or Normal) and their decks.

How to capture Emotion and Feeling in your Photographs How To Capture Emotion and Feeling in your Photographs by Steve Huff So here I am on a sunny morning wondering what the heck I am going to write about today. I feel like I am on a roll with the site. Traffic is up, my creativity is kicking back up into high gear, I am motivated, and I am looking forward to new and exciting things for the future. So…with all of this good stuff brewing, why is it that I have a hard time figuring out what to write about every day? Not sure, but one thing I do know…when I stop THINKING about it something usually comes to me! I was going over some photos last night and the ones I were drawn to most were the ones in which some sort of emotion was captured in the photo. Now I am not saying that a non-Leica can not capture emotion…not at all! So how do we capture emotion in a photograph? Here is an image I shot at a Seal concert. I sat there and waited until I found a moment I liked. So lets move on to more everyday situations. this helps to keep my site going.

Raus aus den Denkschubladen – Wie Sie Ihre Kreativität neu wecken Ein kurzer Test zum Einstieg. Beantworten Sie bitte die folgende Frage spontan, ohne lange zu überlegen: Nennen Sie 100 Tiere! Waaaaas??? Doch der Reihe nach: Führen Sie sich doch bitte vor Augen, welche zehn Tiere Ihnen gerade in den Sinn gekommen sind. Genau das ist der Trick, um kreativ zu werden und Innovationen zu entwickeln: Gute Ideen entstehen fast immer dann, wenn jemand sein Problem aus einem anderen Blickwinkel betrachtet. Ein zweiter, verwandter Weg zu mehr Kreativität ist, sich in eine andere Person hineinzuversetzen: Was hätte Thomas Edison an meiner Stelle gemacht? Was hätte MacGyver gemacht? Wie würde John Rambo das Problem lösen? Okay, die letzte Frage war nicht ernst gemeint. Der Trick hierbei ist, sich selbst aus dem (gewohnten) Denkprozess zu nehmen, was wiederum den Druck aus der Sache nimmt. Exkurs Wie mächtig diese Technik ist, konnte in abgewandelter Form auch der russische Psychotherapeut Vladimir Raikov zeigen. Zur Lösung bitte Bild anklicken.