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

**Gare** · 29 May 2013, 07:06 PM

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

**stygg2003** · 29 May 2013, 07:52 PM

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

Stygg

**stygg2003** · 29 May 2013, 08:02 PM

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

Stygg.

**Gare** · 29 May 2013, 08:05 PM

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

-g

**angelize** · 29 May 2013, 08:55 PM

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.

**Gare** · 29 May 2013, 09:09 PM

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

**angelize** · 31 May 2013, 06:46 PM

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

**Gare** · 31 May 2013, 07:30 PM

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.