typography

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create super glossy 3D typography using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get started! Step 1 Open Illustrator and create a new RGB document, 1000px by 800px, 72 DPI, and write your text in a nice big font. I’ve used Marketing Script size 234pt. Step 2 Next, with you text selected, go to Object > Expand, and hit ok on the pop up window. Our text is no longer editable as text, instead it’s a series of paths that we can edit with the direct selection tool. Currently, our letters are separate objects grouped together, we want them to be one single compound path. We can do this using the Unite button on the Pathfinder Palette. If you don’t see the Pathfinder Palette, go Window > Pathfinder to show it, and with our paths selected, cl...

  Photoshop is a powerful application on its own merits. Its power, however, can be significantly increased by using it in tandem with another application like Illustrator, Cinema 4D, or in this case, Google Sketchup. Today, we will create some cool 3D text using this free architectural application. Step 1 Begin by downloading the free version of Google Sketchup here. When you first open Sketchup, you’ll be prompted with a dialog box asking what style to begin with. I have chosen the simple style, with blue sky and green ‘grass’ (this is completely your preference, it will have no effect on your final outcome). Open the main tool box by clicking View > Tool Palettes > Large Tool Set. There are a few tools we’ll make a lot of use of, so it’s helpful to familiarize yourself with th...

In this tutorial we are going to create fun, realistic, animal textured, 3D typography in Photoshop using CS5′s Repousse tool. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Leopard Texture Zebra Image Snake Image Reptile Eye Elephant texture Elephant trunk Hat Cat image Horse Image Tiger Image Frog Image Step 1 – Document Setup Open a new Photoshop file that should be 17 inches width and 11 inches high with a resolution of 300 pixel/inch. Step 2 – Background First we a re going to create a simple background. I want the final background to be really bright so I can show off the letters properly but it would make it a little bit hard to work on, so I’m just going to put a subtle gradient that we c...