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This entry is part 8 of 22 in the Vector Text Effects Session - Show All In this tutorial I will walk you through creating your own calligram inspired by a dog named Poppy. You’ll learn how to manipulate a typeface through to rendering fur, adding doggy features, and various details. Introduction I’ve got an obsession with my cat and have done numerous vectors featuring her. One of the pieces I’ve done has been the calligram of “Meow,” which had been rendered in fur with the marking of her fur. The wonder that is Wikipedia states: A calligram is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image. The image created by the words expresses visually what the word, or words, say. To expand my portfolio of animals, I decided to start vectoring dogs, which are a similar process to cats, but for the most part have more shaggy, coarse hair. In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through the cre...

Final Image As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: Step 1 So let’s start with a new document of 3300 px width and 2336 px height at 300 resolutions. I created large document because I wanted to print it on A4 size. Step 2 Press U and select rectangle tool and create a rectangle of document size and apply gradient overlay with colors 890000 & ffb400. Now select transform tool and increase rectangle size from document size to 4515 px width and 3196px height. Duplicate the rectangle and apply 10% transparency with normal mode. Your gradient will automatically transform and results will be like this. Step 3 Now select type tool and write letter “H”. Font is your choice but I used here font Akashi of 180 pt weight. Go to the layer style option and reduce the Fill Opacity to zero in Advanced Blending. Now apply these layer styles. Gradient overlay: color c00000 & ec7272 Inner glow: color fba8a8, opacity 76%, blending ...