Today we’re going to run through multiple platforms to create a warm and sunny typographic treatment. We’ll use C4D to create the text, Illustrator for several decorative motifs, and Photoshop to bring them all together. Let’s get our hands into creating this warm type illustration.
Author: Alex Beltechi
Digital Illustrator and graphic design student Alex Beltechi is based in Romania and currently writing tutorials based on personal projects. He also works as a freelancer, enjoys composing piano based music in his non-existent free time and thinks that talking about yourself in 3rd person narrative is pretty cheesy.
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Step 1
Start up Photoshop and create a new document (4000px by 2000px at 300 ppi). Type up your word, in this case “type,” with this font: Sloop. Obviously this isn’t a free font because this font doesn’t have what free fonts usually have – bugs.
The swirls are constant and smooth. Any spikes or inconsistent endpoints will only get worse once we make this into a 3D shape. Another thing to take into consideration is the weight. I wanted an elegant font, but that is also bold enough to work as a 3D shape. If it’s too thin, it won’t work. Curls or lines that are too thin end up looking like knife blades.
Step 2
Right-click on the type’s layer and click on “Convert to Shape.”
