Typography: Alphabeasties

Typography: Alphabeasties
Graphic Design Project

Watch Typography PPT, take notes, & turn into Mrs. Hurd

Typography from Natalie Hurd

Challenge:  Create an animal of your choice out of the the letters the animal spells!
Example:  Bird- B   I    R   D- you could use one or all of those letters.

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop

Pen tool

Type Tools (Typing inside an area, Typing along a path/outside of shape, etc)

The Internet (To find an image of an animal only)

You may use two colors + black + white
1 letter, 1 font or 1 word 1 font

Step1: Finding an Animal or Insect

• Using the internet find a picture of your animal. (Google image search)
• Save the image of your animal to your folder.
  Right Click> Save Image As> Name and <Save
• Open up Adobe Photoshop
• Open up your saved animal picture (File > Your Folder> Your Image)
• Go to View > fit to screen or (ctrl+0)

Step 2:  Setting up your work area in Photoshop

• Go to File< New
  Change size to around 8.5x 11 inches 200 ppi
• Go to Window> History (Drag History box to right hand side of screen)
• Create 3 duplicate layers (background, 1, 2).  Make sure background is unlocked.
  ( Right click on background layer>duplicate layer)
  Whatever layer is highlighted in blue, that is the layer you are working on
  The eye ball icon next to the layer controls if you can see it or not
• Select layer named 1.  Copy & Paste Animal or Insect onto this layer. Ctrl+ T to resize.
•  Select Magic Wand Tool/ Quick Selection.  Delete the background.
  Holding SHIFT down while using the mouse adds to selection
  Holding ALT down while using the mouse subtracts from selection
  Name this layer animal with no background.
• When finished cropping go to Select>Deselect
• Select layer named 2.  Go to Edit>Fill>color white
  Name this layer working layer

Step 3:  Using the Pen Tool & the Type Tool

• Change opacity to around 65%
  This will help you see what lines to trace with the pen tool.
• Watch Pen Tool Demos- Links are listed below.
• Select and hold down the Pen Tool.  A menu will appear, select Desired Pen
• Draw lines and fill in with text.  Vary the size, shape, or color of font.
• DON"T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR PATHS
  to save double click on path and name it.

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TIPS & TRICKS to REMEMBER:
CTRL- SPACEBAR to zoom
CLICK for a corner point
CLICK and DRAG for a curve
Place points at curve mid points
Hold CTRL to adjust existing points
Must close the path to finish
Double click paths palette to save while holding space bar
Hold Spacebar down to move image