January 2015 Video Tutorial -- Tracing Is Not Cheating!

[Egg Bramhill]

Cheers Gary, a tun would do fine

[stygg2003]

I think this simple trace is appropriate for the 14th of Feb. Gary.

Stygg

[Gare]

That's beautiful and appropriate, stygg.

Can you work a little on the typefaces? Seriously, typography will probably be my March video, and fonts truly do say their own thing.

Example of inappropriate fonts for their respective occasions:



Now, I'm not picking on you or saying that font is wrong, stygg. As always, I'm trying to help you think deeper and get better results than you already have. It's already a brilliant illustration. I just want you to polish it typographically a little so it's brilliant from all viewing angles, in a manner of speaking.

Simple, educated encouragement, call it.

My Best,

Gary

[stygg2003]

Thanks for feedback Gary. Choosing the appropriate font is not one of my strong points but I do avoid Arial so look forward to a vid.tut. from you.

Stygg.

[Gare]

Your idea is so fresh and your layout is so good, I hesitated to say anything, stygg. But you know my evaluation (not hash criticism) is from the heart (appropriate for Valentine's Day), and it's not just you...many excellent designs are "bind" to typography, and I only want them to 1.) Stop using type in a drawing because they're destroying the impact of their work, or 2.) Get hip to what good taste in typography can do to improve and integrate into a design.

You think Herb Lubalin was a typographic expert, a design expert, or both?



I toured his studio in NYC when I was a college student, and was blown away by package design that perfectly integrated with text, and vice versa. His studio helped develop the women's stockings L'eggs, from typography to packaging.

Some things to ponder!

My Best,

Gary

[stygg2003]

Gary would you say this font, Georgia and the way I have used it, detracts from the design I traced

Stygg

[Gare]

Well, sorry; Valentine's day was yesterday, but stygg, I think Georgia is a stronger, more adult typeface than the one you originally used.

Typefaces come in more flavors than ice cream. So if you only get one scoop, make it the right flavour!

My Best,

Gary

[blackoctaupus]

I'm trying to do the tracing but can't select the water can as per the video, can anyone help
thank you

[Rik]

I'm trying to do the tracing but can't select the water can as per the video, can anyone help
thank you

If you've opened the file called 'Watering Can.xar', you will see on page 2, just the watering can.
The image is locked on the page. This is to make it easier for you to do the tracing and the image does not accidentally move.

However, if you do want to select the watering can image, right-click on the image, and select 'Unlock all on page'.

Hopefully that's what you were looking for.

[blackoctaupus]

Thank you forgot about the lock