June 2012 Tips and Tricks - Using Text as a Shape

[Gare]

@Bill—Now that's a lot of fun, man.

A word about the photo, which Barbara took. We had an armory downtown, I think a lot of cities have such an area, mostly in disrepair. But here in Syracuse, some rent and renovations deals turned the place into an artist's haven. Fancy restaurants, an iMax theater, and the tenants paid careful attention to preserve the architecture. So that might be why you're getting nostalgic vibes, Bill.

I swear, if I ever had to fake a brief scene in a movie of the Upper West Side in Manhattan, I'd do it in Armory Square. I was a Manhattanite for 17 years; trust me, I know the architecture and the two are very, very similar.

@Frances—Nice! Very ambitious, but worth it, no?

Okay, here's another blank 'un. A supermarket chain? A moving van? You decide! Put your design skills to work and the tips I passed along with the logo tutorial in May.



My Best,

Gary

[angelize]

I had a go at the truck, I couldn't resist!

[stygg2003]

Nothing fancy here just practice with the mould tool with text, looks like I need a lot of practice! This image is really good for practice as I see the lorry will be, sorry, truck

Stygg

[Gare]

Frances and Stygg—

You want to practice caution that the text isn't too wide, distorted, you know?

When text looks stretched, it provides a clue to the viewer that something tricky has been going on.

And retouching should be outrageous, but invisible.

It's a matter of degrees, just a little more practice, eh?

@Stygg— I thought a lorry is a step-up van. Does the term apply to all trucks, even 18 wheelers, as we call that one in the image?

-g

[stygg2003]

That's what we tend to call all trucks, depends sometimes where you live in England, but if you were telling someone you'd just seen a really big truck, 18 wheeler, most would say a juggernaut. As for vans, the most disliked lot in England, the dreaded white van man, they just run you off the road in their dash delivering. Fun place Britain for driving Almost forgot, thanks for the feedback, will practice more on the two images, not as simple as it seems using the mould tool.

Stygg

[Gare]

Fun place indeed, Stygg.

I've also noticed in the Bond flicks, that you blokes drive on the wrong side of the street.

That causes accidents, doesn't it?


<big grin>

Seriously: a friend of mine from NSW just moved to France, and boy oh boy, is she having a time trying to remember to drive on the right side of the street. I'd think the position of the steering wheel in the cab would be a hint.

-g

[stygg2003]

No, no no, we drive on the correct side of the road, its you yanks on the wrong side.

Stygg

[Gare]

May our paths never meet, Stygg.

At least not head-on.



-g

[stygg2003]

True, then it would be see you on the other side!!!

[Gare]

The other side is the whole reason the chicken crossed the road, I'm given to understand.

Here's another "blank scene", very easy to embellish using only the Perspective, not the Envelope mode of the Mould tool, although working with the Envelope is a valuable education in and of itself.



-g