Thanks to The Hundreds I found this…
85th Oscars poster by Olly Moss. The Oscars are tonight, hosted by Seth McFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) and I’m looking forward to seeing what he does.
Thanks to The Hundreds I found this…
85th Oscars poster by Olly Moss. The Oscars are tonight, hosted by Seth McFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) and I’m looking forward to seeing what he does.
Create a new file named ‘icons’: 600 by 300px, RGB color, 8 bit and white background.
Step 2
Now we need grid and rulers, Go to view > rulers and view > show> grid.
Step 3
Now right-click on the background layer.Double click the background layer and click “convert to smart object”. Than rename the layer ‘background’.
Step 4
Create a new layer by clicking on the “Create a new layer” icon second from the right at the bottom.Rename the layer,”first icon”.
Using the rectangle tool,create a rectangle.
Click “Add a layer style “ icon in the layer panel. Use these settings:
This is what you should get:
Now the text or the main object.Temporarily disable the grid.This will help to see the icon clearly.Use this stock: Tree Bark. Place it and position it over the icon.
Now select overlay from the blending mode and set opacity to 37%.
Now we have to put the text or symbol in the icon. Select the text tool and write Ps. I used Georgia font regular type,size 36 pt and black color.
Now go to layer style,and use following settings:
Now group all the layers except the background.
Now rename the group as “First icon” and bring back the grid.
Now duplicate the group by right-clicking the group and clicking duplicate group.
Now rename the second group as “second group”.
Press command+T to move the second group:
Now select the test tool and select the ‘Ps’ and change it to ‘Ai’.
It should be like this:
Di the third on ein the same way write flash this time,and L should be 30 pt. :
Now remove the grid .Go to the background layer and apply gradient.
Apply linear gradient this way:
Create new layer,naming it “The line”.Bring back the grid and draw a line over the icons.
Use these settings :
Remove the grid and you should get the following result:
Those scant few colours of the ships disguised for warfare beyond the arctic circle lend a patterned, stylised simplicity to their purpose. War-paint for sea-cutting hulls of steel. Fragile shells against both the elements and Man’s violences. Now the patterns become an aggressive form of representing dis-order; an affective means to portray an awareness of our current environment.
From pg. 33 of H.M.S. Ulysses (Maclean, 1979):
“Where the Ulysses went, there also went death. But Death never touched her. She was a lucky ship. A lucky ship and a ghost ship and the Arctic was her home.
Illusion of course, this ghostliness, but a calculated illusion. The Ulysses was designed specifically for one task, for one ocean, and the camouflage experts had done a marvellous job. The special Arctic camouflage, the broken, slanting diagonals of grey and white and washed-out blues merged beautifully, imperceptibly into the infinite shades of grey…
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