May 2013 Tips and Tricks: Making a Striking Coffee Table Book Cover

It is beautiful, Frances, truly top-notch work.

Now?

Work on your logo, your signature! Don't just use a font—modify it to express your individuality!

You'll thank me some day for this critique.


Or not.


-g

That is a lovely design label Francis, great complimentary colouring and chrome work. =D>

Stygg

Just finished this, well not sure what you'd term it as because I got stuck half
way as to whether I was trying to design a logo or an imaginary advert. So I carried on and ended up with this :D

Stygg.

You're having fun with this, and your design is nice, stygg!

-g

Ok back to the pizza logo this one is stamped into the top of a pizza box. I have some idea's for the designer handbag label, I'll play around with that more tonight.

good free place for vector stock


Obviously, I only had one pizza illustration in my font, but these others can surely inspire you when you sit down and design!

My Best,

Gary

A question cropped up in the Xara Graphics chat forum this morning about creating an etched in stone look and I gave it a whirl using this technique

Gary's piece is quite visually striking, as is yours, Frances.

General question to all: I came across a technique about ten years ago for first defining the centerline of a fat typeface such as Lithos Bold, and then cutting up pieces and applying different types of transparency to fake a chiseled look in stone, not etched.


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The original file is attached.

Does anyone think this might make a good video tutorial for June? I have no other ideas at the moment!

TIA,

Gary

sounds good to me :)

Sounds good to me too Gary :D

Stygg