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Latest Typographic Illustration

    Introduction I love doing type treatments. Out of all the designs I’ve created so far, it’s typographic illustrations that have always taught me a lot, mainly because I’ve usually tried to make the most of Photoshop and Illustrator’s tools. You are practically forced to create most of it from scratch, so how much you polish your design determines how good it will be. In this tutorial, I went for a decorative look, by firstly choosing a typeface: Ayosmonika. I’ve used it before, and this time I wanted to go for a more flat look. The font seems very organic to me, so I sought and found a good online resource, the ornate pattern freebie. It’s got lots of rich detail, so it’s enough for what we want. My initial colors were violet and yellow, but they seemed out of place. I later decided to go with a wood texture, and bronze shades (new and aged) for the decorative elements. These colors would give me an old-world look, so even though it’s not how i...

Elegant Typography on Background

Find out how to create this elegant typography image with Photoshop! This tutorial will show you how to combine layer styles, Photoshop brushes, and stock photos to create this typography artwork.

3D Typography in Photoshop

    Sunday is the day to play with Photoshop and try some new ideas. As usual I went through some books and Web sites to find some inspiration. I am still addicted to the Handy Book of Artistic Printing, it's a must have book for some old style print references. I got some ideas and also found this amazing image from Alex Beltechi on Dribbble called Twisting in the Wind. Then I new the effect I wanted to know how to create in Photoshop. So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a super cool and very easy effect using Photohosp and the Repoussé tool. The whole process is quite simple, it's less than 10 steps and won't take you more than 30 minutes. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. I am using 2560x1680 with 300 DPI (very important) with black background. With the Horizontal Type Tool (T) add a text. I am using for the font Edwardian Script ITC. Notice that I sort of connect the words "the" with "book" with ...