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Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something unique that would [...]
Continue Reading3D Typography in Photoshop
19. August 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction In this tutorial we are going to go over various techniques you may have seen before, as well as a bulk of techniques that may be new to you. After you have completed this intense walk though, I assure you will be able to explore [...]
Continue ReadingRule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.
14. April 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Part Seven of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Ok Folks, This is it; part seven of seven. I’ve hopefully convinced you to limit your use of colors and fonts, taught you to provide sufficient contrast, suggested that you properly space your elements and [...]
Continue ReadingHow to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches
5. December 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Well this is it – the final part in my series “How to Design a Font”! Be sure to catch up with the previous articles in the series: Part 1: Get inspired Part 2: Draw up a Storm! and Part [...]
Continue ReadingHow to Design a Font: {Part 3} Make it Digital!
17. November 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The Grid Now that you have your font pretty well figured out it’s time to get into the computer. First things first, setting up Illustrator. I like to first turn on the grid. This is the easiest way to transfer your font from the [...]
Continue ReadingHow To Design a Font: {Part2} Draw Up A Storm!
29. October 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Terminology Before we get into the meat of this tutorial I want to give you a crash course in font terminology. I know it’s not exactly the most exciting thing but I seriously think it’s good for you to know this before we get too far. [...]
Continue ReadingHow to Design A Font: {Part 1} Get Inspired!
16. October 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I haven’t written a blog post in a while so I thought it was time I jumped right in and did a tutorial series about fonts. There will be three more tutorials that will follow this one. Their forces combined will account for pretty much everything I [...]
Continue Reading12 Sources of Inspiration for Creating Your Own Lettering or Typeface Designs
19. March 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This is an article written by guest author Sean Hodge from AiBURN, a blog about design, creativity, inspiration, tutorials, and vector graphics. Introduction Lettering and Typeface design is a creative endeavor that requires constant sources of motivation, influence, and inspiration. If you dream of painstakingly designing the [...]
Continue ReadingKatie’s 5 Tips for Typeface Development
17. March 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Some of you may know, I’m a typography nut and I have created a few fonts for Go Media’s Arsenal. This article is little precursor to a more extensive article that we’ll submit later on about finding inspiration for typeface and font development. [...]
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21. October 2009
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