Photoshop Lab Task 8 Super Cool Frilly Text,

Photoshop Lab Task 8

This tutorial creates a Super Cool Frilly Text banner.  The first thing to do is to find the elements we will use. There are lots of websites where you can find nice vectors, and there's a post from Cameron Moll with a huge list of these sites. So that's a nice place to start.

 

Step 2
Open Photoshop and create a new document. I used 1680x1050 pixels. After that, type  abduzeedo and go to Layer>Layer Style>Gradient Overlay. Use Red, Yellow, Green, and Light Blue for the colors. I used Futura for the typeface

Step 3

Let's start mixing the vectors with the type. First you will have to find the right "ornament"

for the letter you want. Then you will have to place it in a way that it follows the shape of

that letter. In the image below you can see that the "ornament" seems to be coming from

the "a".

After you align the ornament with the letter, it's time to add some depth. To do that let's

use the Layer Styles. Go to Layer>Layer Styles>Drop Shadow. Use Multiply for the

Blend Mode, Black for the color, 100% Opacity, -60% Angle, Distance of 5 pixels

and Size of 5 pixels as well.

http://cameronmoll.com/archives/2008/05/25_resources_ornaments_fleurons/
 

After checking all the sites out, I bought the vectors from


http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/5836792_floral_design_elements.php? id=583679


Now follow the step by step instruction provided in the handout below.

Photoshop Lab Task 8 _ Super Cool Frilly Text