The past two week we’ve been working with text. In last week’s “Puffy Words” post in particular I found myself using one of my favorite keyboard hacks and wondered why I never shared it with you before. Have you ever been working on a layout with multiple text layers and find yourself running into weird text hijinks? It used to happen to me a lot before I discovered that simple keyboard hack. So, what exactly do I mean by text…
Last week’s post was all about an echo effect on titles. This week I want to talk about some word art. Do you ever look at some of your word art and find it falling flat? I know I’ve written lots of posts about word art. Today I want to talk specifically about layering your word art so it has some dimension. Take a look at the featured image at the top of this post; that certainly doesn’t look flat….
After last week’s post about offset strokes, I thought it might be fun to show you how to create an echo effect using a twist on that technique. Today I’ll once again be using a marquee tool and a stroke outline. This technique is such a fun way to make a title look echoed. If you haven’t already read my “Circles, Circles” post from last week, you may want to go back and read up on strokes. It’s not a…
So, today’s post should be a breath of fresh air after being “taped up” for three weeks running 😊 Seriously, this should be a quick fun technique using offset circles. Based on the featured image you may be thinking we’ll be looking at circles, circles and more circles 😉 There really won’t be that many. But I will show you how to create an offset look using the elliptical marquee tool and a stroke outline. If you’ve already read my…
So, in last week’s post about Washi Tape I mentioned that I almost never see wrinkled washi tape in real life. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen. It’s just not the traditional use. I also said that it isn’t very easy to create translucent wrinkled washi tape. What I didn’t mention is that some designers actually create wrinkled washi tape…even some that are translucent. Note: The image directly above is a selection of wrinkled washi tapes (all now retired) that…