Vinyl Sapiens

16 Responses

1. Pro Stelian Vasile

   I've done this for some close friends of mine, a hip hop group. Attached the clean version as well.

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   over 1 year ago

2. Ron

   Stelian — This is awesome! I love the textured version best. Can you share your process to get the "dot gain" effect, where the edges aren't perfectly smooth, but show the ink blotting out a little?

   over 1 year ago

3. Pro Stelian Vasile

   Thanks! I think the simplest way to achieve the texture is to add (in Illustrator) texture > grain and push the amount and intensity towards 100. Then rasterize the object, then play around with the settings in 'live trace', specifically the path fitting, minimum area - these should be around 1. I've also achieved some nice results while playing with the threshold.

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   over 1 year ago

4. Koma Sinistro

   yes, bro!

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   over 1 year ago

5. Pro Salih Kucukaga

   Looks great!

   over 1 year ago

6. Pro Helder Oliveira

   Everything works here...the short ribbon, the font and luv the interlaced initials.
   happy friends!!!

   over 1 year ago

7. Pro Szende Brassai / Adline

   hats off Vasile, you did it again!

   over 1 year ago

8. Pro Mani

   nice.

   over 1 year ago

9. Pro Emir Ayouni

   Fantastic! I love it.

   over 1 year ago

10. Pro Fabio Benedetti

    Nice one Stelian! ++

    over 1 year ago

11. Ron

    Thanks, Stelian — appreciate the tips. I'll try that!

    over 1 year ago

12. Pro Sean Heisler

    Sweet!

    over 1 year ago

13. Anora Campo

    Amazing!

    over 1 year ago

14. Stefano Vetere

    freaking classy

    about 1 year ago

15. Pro Mihai Serban

    Nice! Good job, man!

    11 months ago

16. Jamel Beckham

    nice

    3 months ago