Aug 18, 2013 14:31:42 GMT -5
Open Illustrator and start a new document as below.
Select a font of your choice a bold one would be ideal and any other colour than black like below.
Create a new layer like below.
Now on your new layer select the line segment tool like below.
Now set your stroke settings shown below.
Now your set up to use the line segment tool draw horizontal vertical and diagonal lines like below there is no right and wrong with this go crazy.
Now select everything in your first layer and hit CMD SHIFT O then CMD 8 to create a compound path.
Now repeat the above step but on the second layer.
Now you have created a compound path for both layers select everything and hit the divide option inside the pathfinder palette shown highlighted below.
Once you've done that your document should look similar to mine below with cuts through the text wherever lines has passed over it.
Now hit the shortcut SHIFT CMD G this will now put the segments on there own path or select OBJECT UNGROUP like shown below.
Now hit the shortcut CMD Y this will set it to outline mode like shown above and select the Selection Tool (V) delete the outlined segments then come out of outlined mode by pressing CMD Y select everything and set a stroke like shown below.
Now you could find some shapes are too small so zoom in and select the Selection Tool (V) hold shift on the small path and its nearest neighbour and hit the merge option inside the pathfinder palette shown highlighted below.
Once completed select each individual path and colour to your desired taste you should have something similar to mine shown below.
You could stop there and import the document into photoshop and apply filters effects and a background or you could get more creative in Illustrator like shown below by nudging each path away from itself creating a shattered effect.
Thanks for reading.
sorry mister West is gone
Aug 18, 2013 14:40:27 GMT -5
nice one actually looks like something slightly insane-y
Aug 18, 2013 14:48:56 GMT -5
nice one actually looks like something slightly insane-y
Yeah i used the colours (
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Aug 18, 2013 14:54:04 GMT -5
lulz
Smangii I am actually very upset that I didn't get 20k before members...
This is cool, really like the effect
Aug 18, 2013 17:13:46 GMT -5
lulz
Smangii I am actually very upset that I didn't get 20k before members...
This is cool, really like the effect
That ^
.. and you could actually easily do this in PS or PSP
Aug 18, 2013 18:12:57 GMT -5
Love it can you share the font you used?
Aug 18, 2013 18:19:08 GMT -5
Love it can you share the font you used?
When I'm at my desk ill upload it and edit my first post I'm on IPad atm.