Large Letter Postcard

Bold letters worthy of a great city

The Brief

Design a vintage travel postcard with 3D text

Trim Size

6 × 4 inches (152 × 102 mm)

Learning Points

  • Really cool gradients

  • Working with 3D options in Illustrator

  • Using letter forms as a clipping mask

Tools

Illustrator

Fonts Used

Jaksel, MascotMVP

Inspiration

pin.it/2qtXpJu

Whenever we travel, we like to pick up postcards from the places we’ve been. We don’t actually mail them to anyone. We keep them as keepsakes and glue them into memory books. The best travel postcards are the ones you find in old thrift shops — cheerful, optimistic, absolutely convinced that their corner of the Earth is the very best corner of the Earth. Which, of course, it is.

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