Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I've been working on my final for our graphic design class, and today I'm running some print tests. Since I'm going to be printing on brown instead of white, I thought it would be a good idea to see how the paper affects the ink output. I'm also testing the readability of the logo and various fonts at different sizes. I've included a (terrible) picture so you can get an idea of what I mean.
This might seem like a lot of extra work, but I think it will save me a lot of headache in the end. For those of you who are also using different types of paper this time around, I highly recommend doing this. It doesn't take that long, and can make a big difference in your finished products. Look forward to seeing everyone next week!
The company I've chosen to work with is called Carden Farms, and they create these amazing handmade soaps. Everything is made by hand from all organic ingredients that they grow on their family farm. However, the packaging and logo is absolutely terrible (see above). I would love to create something that emphasizes what the product is made from and stands for, and that also looks appealing. Below are a number of examples from the web that I like. How do you guys feel about these?
Hi guys! A number of you were asking me today about how I created the galaxy on my book cover. There is a great (and very simple) tutorial here:
http://www.oktutorials.com/photoshop-tutorials/cool-ideas/deep-space-nebula
In the tutorial the methods he uses with the noise filter don't work quite so well for larger, higher-resolution images. I worked around this by using a large, low-opacity eraser to take out most of those noise layers. I also softened the larger stars that I added in by duplicating their layer and using gaussian blur. Hope this comes in handy!
