Drop Cap March 2015

[iamtheblues]

Thank you, Larry.
Here's the same homemade "R" again, this time I used The Astute Graphics Width Stamp tool in Illustrator to make the wavy pattern, which I clipped inside the letter.
For the frame I used the Phantasm plugin also from Astute Graphics, for the texture inside the frame. It doesn't just create halftone dots, but can also use symbols, text or lines.
Firstly I made a gradient mesh fill of greys for the frame, which means that when the effect is applied the result is a patchy effect, the darker greys give a darker result, and the lighter greys a paler one. I used lines for this texture, which I like a lot. Finally I applied a roughen effect in Illustrator.
Bob.