EXERCISE 9 | FINALIZING THE COMPOSITION

Now it’s time to produce the complete illustration by refining the textured effect. In Photoshop, open the transparent png of your lettering piece that you created earlier.

1. Decide on the background for your composition. I chose the image of a sunset to create a strong contrast with my lettering, which is going to be white. It is up to you to find the image that will suit your composition best.

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4. Image chosen for the background.

2. Open the image in Photoshop, select it, copy it, and then paste it into the document that contains your lettering piece. Place the layer with the image at the bottom of the ...

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