Try (typographic exercise) by Synapse
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Description
I wanted to have a play on something before going to bed, but felt too tired and uninspired to make a picture, so decided to experiment with typography as I need practice with text. It occurred to me to try arranging some text very cleanly and precisely, then take it into Painter and dirty it up! The text itself is merely an arbitrary quotation for the sake of something to write, a key line from one of my favourite songs ever... credit to the late George Harrison for that ;-)
Typography in Photoshop, dirtying up in Painter, then back into Photoshop for tinting and textures.
Fonts used were Aida Serif Oblique Medium and Porcelain.
Thank you for viewing and your feedback is much appreciated :-)
Comments (11)
cynlee
haven't seen too many type works (syndroid comes to mind) definately a challenge worth playing with! well balanced, like the texture & tone & wipe away cleanup feel around the lettering :]
bevchiron
Nice typography Jim, just what I'd expect from you ; ) I like what you did with Painter, great effects, I think some transparency showing the background texture through would look good too.
a-blue--angel
the white behind the letters is still too clean I think. The choice of letters to present big is a bit too random; you might have tried to give a hint of a secret message inside or something. So...I think you should try again. Kill me later, ok :-)
cbender
hey - good job for beeing tired :P no - really good... i like it - but i also think it would be even better so have the white not that clean - and perhaps some transparency in there... otherwise the arrangement is cool... :)
FearaJinx
I hope you do more. I don't see a lot of this and it's very interesting.
Heart'Song
I think it's beautiful - very striking. Lovely colours and dirt. I like the way it looks good as a geographic form but also my eye just slides through to read it so easily. Very nice!
crrunchyfrog
I love it too :) I'm also half asleep, so the words are drifting around in the dirt quite effectively L Thank you so much for creating and sharing my friend HUGS
titta
Great composition with types! I like that almost pure white behind a little dirty characters. And I like that they are only a little dirty :-) Just a hint of something not so clean... The background texture is great too - I see a snail there (in the right upper corner):-) Only one thing IMHO needing a little thinking more: the space between O and N in the word ONE - it's either too less or too much, maybe coul be just a little bigger:-) And I love the fonts you used! Almost forgot: this reminds me of different kinds of snow here now - almost all has melted away, there is dirt on it, there's lots of ice out there too :-)
Synapse
You're right Titta, the gap between the O and the N needs reducing ever-so-slightly, so it's equidistant with the gap between the N and the E lol... miniscule detail but still important, slapped wrist for me there ;-)
Naichan
Nice to see this little diversion, Jim. This looks like something plastered to a wall and subjected to a moderate amount of weathering. An idea that appeals to me. The fonts look fine, tho' I think that in general that keeping it simple is best. Yes, most interesting. It's given me some urge to do something like this. Thanks!
visionart
Its Always A Pleasure To View Your Art And This One Is Most Interesting...Much Talent Here!!!