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  1. Pro Dan Rubin Dan Rubin

    I've been meaning to play around with this technique for years, and am only just now getting to it. Haven't done anything to this other than tinting it (poorly), otherwise this is a straight scan of a print from a laser printer that is running out of toner.

    Now I just have to figure out what to do with it...

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    almost 3 years ago

  2. Pro Chris J. Davis Chris J. Davis

    Very nice. New design coming possibly... please?

    almost 3 years ago

  3. Pro Dan Rubin Dan Rubin

    @Chris: new design has been coming for about 2 years already — I keep starting over and over and over... but it's nearing completion, finally.

    almost 3 years ago

  4. Grant Blakeman Grant Blakeman

    make a stamp!

    almost 3 years ago

  5. Pro Chris J. Davis Chris J. Davis

    * Does a little dance *

    Now to go home and make a little love, possibly get down tonight.

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    almost 3 years ago

  6. Pro Josh Austin Josh Austin

    Wow, I'll have to give that a shot...I'm always low on toner.

    almost 3 years ago

  7. Pro Dan Rubin Dan Rubin

    @Grant: The left one makes me think of a debossed imprint on really thick stock — would look great on business cards, with each portion a different color ink (or paper + single color). A stamp's also a great idea (love stamps :)

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    almost 3 years ago

  8. Pro Luke Dorny Luke Dorny

    Love it, naturally.

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    almost 3 years ago

  9. Pro Scott Boms Scott Boms

    The old trick I've toyed with is running something out on a laser printer and using masking tape to pull up bits of the toner. You have to move quickly otherwise it really just starts tearing the paper...

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    almost 3 years ago

  10. Pro Dan Rubin Dan Rubin

    @Scott: wait, so you're saying I could *replace* the toner cartridge with a *new* one???

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    almost 3 years ago

  11. Pro Patrick Haney Patrick Haney

    So what does the "SB" stand for? Is that for some website or something?

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    almost 3 years ago

  12. Grant Blakeman Grant Blakeman

    @Dan - yeah, i did a custom stamp for a client project not too long ago - it's amazing what fun it can be on the right kind of paper stock. some sort of deboss would of course be excellent as well.

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    almost 3 years ago

  13. Pro Matthew Skiles Matthew Skiles

    Love the look of this.

    almost 3 years ago

  14. Pro Joel Glovier Joel Glovier

    @Scott I didn't even see this shot but the other day I was just trying that very thing for a logo redesign I'm working on. Except instead of masking tape, I used regular scotch tape, rolled up around my finger. It worked very well. I'll have to rebound this baby.

    almost 3 years ago

  15. Jesse Gardner Jesse Gardner

    I really, really like this approach. Sometimes simple analog is a thousand times more efficient and better looking then digital tweaking.

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    almost 3 years ago

  16. Pro Rogie Rogie

    Me like. I like grunge. I like you.

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    almost 3 years ago

  17. Pro Jarred Katz Jarred Katz

    that's a cool effect. wish my laser still worked when it's low on toner! instead, it clams up and begs for a refill!

    almost 3 years ago

  18. Pro Rogie Rogie

    I failed to realize the process you did to get to this result. I absolutely LOVE when designers put down the mouse and use more traditional methods. Such a great idea. We all ought to design more like this.

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    almost 3 years ago

  19. Pro Johan Bakken Johan Bakken

    I'm assuming you made this for my baby http://styleboost.com, Dan.

    almost 3 years ago

  20. Pro Birgit Zimmermann Birgit Zimmermann

    love the textures, and it looks like a great logo, too :)

    almost 3 years ago

  21. Pro Dan Rubin Dan Rubin

    @Johan: Yup, along with SimpleBits and Sidebar. Why it's such a common combination of first letters, I have no idea.

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    almost 3 years ago

  22. Michelle Roman Michelle Roman

    so nice.

    over 1 year ago

  23. Pro istraille istraille

    Very clean et sobre

    about 1 year ago

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