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

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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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