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Grid

• 11.29.07
  Blacklight Blackletter
  Calligraphic, Grid, Illustrator, Typography (0)

  THE EXPERIMENT: A pixelated parody of an ancient script font called German Blackletter was created by tracing an example alphabet, using black squares on a grid. For #2, this was given rounded corners, then multiplied with green stroke colors to create the "glow". #3: Playing around with the "dashed line" feature of the Stroke options, using a 1-pixel dash at various spacings and stroke weights. VR LINK OF THE DAY: Adi Da's "Da Plastique" -- The controversial guru is also a phenomenal digital artist -- Who knew?! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Blacklight Blackletter", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/29/blacklight-blackletter/" });
  
  
• 11.25.07
  Neopolitan Cubit Towers
  3D, Color, Grid, Illustrator (0)

  THE EXPERIMENT: A  slightly "wrong" isometric cube symbol was created and given three different hue sets using the "Garden" swatch sample set This was stacked in various ways to create a basic unit of three columns. This unit was was repeated at varying sizes before a black background to create the image you see here. VR LINK OF THE DAY: 3d Illustrator Tutorials SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Neopolitan Cubit Towers", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/25/neopolitan-cubit-towers/" });
  
  
• 11.21.07
  “Text Bomb” Bitmap Expansion
  Color, Grid, Illustrator, Typography (1)

  THE EXPERIMENT: Using the grid in Illustrator, I created a simple, faux-raster "star" image using pixels of varying transparencies in the same color. I made four in total: green, blue, red, and yellow. These were then converted into Scatter Brushes, set to default. I then applied the brushes to multiple copies of the outlined words "TEXT BOMB", varied the stroke weights, and removed letters to taste. The result: instant 80s arcade carnival carnage! VR LINK OF THE DAY: Graphic Design Blog -- generic name, interesting resource SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“Text Bomb” Bitmap Expansion", url: "http://www.vectorobot.com/2007/11/21/text-bomb-bitmap-expansion/" });
  
  

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