October 2020
Beginner
288 pages
11h 43m
English
book
The Type Project Book: Typographic projects to sharpen your creative skills & diversify your portfolio
by Hugh D’andrade, Nigel French
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Punk
There is no future in England’s dreaming
The Brief
Create a punk inspired “ransom note” album cover
Trim Size
12 × 12 inches (305 × 305 mm)
Learning Points
Working with the Touch Type tool in Illustrator
Working with vector masks in Photoshop
Working with Gradient Maps
Tools
Illustrator, Photoshop
Fonts Used
Courier, Poplar, Times, Helvetica Condensed
Inspiration
If you’re younger than 40, you can’t be blamed for having romantic ideas about the 1970s. Take it from us: This decade stank. Literally. The garbage men were on strike, and mainstream culture was bland and complacent. If you don’t believe us, Google “Donny & Marie.” The stuff of nightmares.
Luckily, a few scrappy rebels invented a whole new style: defiant, brash, ...
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