vector grunge
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- zgraham
so yeah, im doing a logo and they want it to be a little grungy. ive tried a few methods (roughing up, scaning and streamline) but it never comes out good.
what are some of your methods (or streamline settings)?
- praktiv0
You can get a few distressed/grungy fonts and convert them to outlines.
Then, break them up even further and use different peices of the what was once a font to arrange into your design.
Just one of prob MANY methods....
Oh yeah, check out http://www.misprintedtype.com - he does cool distressed shit.
- tGP0
scan some grunge (spray paint on a sheet of paper, a digital photo of something you can grab texture off)...
bring it in to photoshop, desaturate it, play with the levels to up contrast, then posterize it so you get a good pattern of texture...
go to select>color range, choose the color you want to select (you will need to play with the slider a bit)...
On the paths pallete, click New Work Path, set tolerance to 1.0, then select the path using the path selection tool (hotkey 'A') ...
copy the path, and paste it into illustrator on top of your text, set it to the bg color, and move/place it suitably, then use the imported 'grunge' path delete out pieces of your original text...
hope this helps some...
- johndiggity0
print whatever it out on regular copypaper in b&w and start rubbing, crinkling, burning, scratching, whatever. scan it back in and select color range in pshop. convert the selection to paths and export paths to ai. if you have freehand, skip the photoshop and use the trace tool. better than streamline imo.
- GreedoLives0
print it out and run it through a b&w copier a few times...go all punk rock on it.
- scottstoel0
Off the copier works great, mess it up run it back trough the copier again, scan (scan big) the bring into photoshop (add additional sludge, blur add noise run photocopy filter) adjust levels, then threshold til you are happy, then bring into freehand, cuz johndiggity is right, the trace tool in Freehand rules.