Wednesday 25 Mar 2009
Unlock the power of Photoshop's Distort tool to create this enigmatic image.
This striking, slightly gothic image shows how effective type can be as a creative element – even when it doesn’t actually say anything. In this tutorial, Sean Freeman uses dummy text so that the letters are experienced as purely aesthetic forms. Of course, you can always personalize your image by using song lyrics, names, phrases or anything that you feel adds an extra dimension to your piece.
While the effect itself is simple to achieve, it does require a fair amount of time, skill and patience, and relies on the right image to base the type treatment on.
You’ll get pretty friendly with the Distort tool, and will see the Multiply blending mode at its most brilliantly effective.
Sean Freeman says: “This as a technique has so much potential for some seriously cool pieces, with the right idea, the perfect image and some real copy you could create some very powerful stuff.”
Step 1
In Photoshop, create an A3 document in portrait orientation. Set it to RGB as we’re dealing with an onscreen piece, and name it ‘Type Skull’ or something similar.
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