Not surprisingly, since I am not a trained or "real" graphic designer, one of the design concepts was beyond my capabilities. It doesn't take much. However, if I pride myself on anything it's being able to figure it out and, in the words of Tim Gunn, MAKE IT WORK. Google turned up several tutorials (see below) on faux letter press which were extremely helpful and taught me a few new things about Adobe Elements (which I've been using for nearly 8 years and thought I knew inside and out).
Additional poking around turned up distressed brushes I could load (also below) and dafont.com always has great new fonts and dingbats. Now, how to figure out how to keep them loaded and not load them every time I open the program.
A big THANK YOU to all the other graphic designers, artists, photographers, typeface designers, bloggers and YouTubers who freely share their time/talents to teach others. Further thanks to those who allow some of their work to be used freely. You are an inspiration, in part because of your talent, but also in part because sharing your creativity encourages others to create. (I do my part to check licenses and permissions before incorporating others' work and I encourage you to do so as well.)
I'm still learning and need to push the limits, but I'm so proud of what I've learned to do, I can hardly stand it. If I get a new item of clothing, I have to wear it the next day... so I guess this is the equivalent urge. I have to show you what I've done! (These still may undergo some changes--since they haven't actually been approved by the artistic director--but still....)
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2 comments:
Fabulous! Love these. CS6 is calling you.....
I have Illustrator CS4, but it is too much for me. I find myself overwhelmed too easily by all the features that I haven't mastered. I probably need class.
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