I like to use the brush prepared by Molly Suber Thorpe which is called tile cutter – sharp edges brush.Ĭurrently, we have a white background. Now you can use any sharp brush to cut your letters into pieces! As you see in the picture, I center my lettering piece within the document. Then I use this monoline brush pen as eraser and cut the terminals (ends) of my letters to have sharply edged letterforms. To create my hand lettering based on my pencil drawing, I use a default monoline brush pen. Last but not least, I turn on a 2-D-grid which I like for consistency reasons. I place baselines and x-height-lines to refine my hand lettering piece. I create guidelines helping me to center my design. I insert the photo of my sketch into my file, reduce its opacity and prepare my pencil drawing. The resolution of 300 dpi keeps me on the safe side in case I want to print my design. I prefer square sizes which makes things easier regarding future posts on Instagram. The size is 3000 x 3000 pixels (= 25.4 x 25.4 centimeters) at 300 dpi (RGB color scheme) with a number of 55 layers which is optimal. You can scan your sketch and insert it into a new Procreate file or you can make a picture of it with your ipad which is the way I do it here. I do not care about any patterns or ornaments surrounding my hand lettering in the sketching phase. For this reason, I pay attention to have enough space between my letters and keep the tracking constant. Your letters will be cut into square-like pieces and surrounded by a second layer of mosaic tiles. This is just my personal way of elaborating things and bringing them to life non-digitally in front of me. To save time, you can do this thickening process on your ipad. As soon as I am happy with my result, I refine my monolinear pencil drawing by thickening my letters a little bit. I decide on a script style and draw several sketches on a piece of scratch paper. I am too traditional to start digitally □ Note: If you prefer to make your very first sketches on your Ipad, proceed like this. An iPad with an ApplePencil and the app ProCreate.A fauxsaic brush set of your choice (I am using this one).Keep in mind that your elements should have edgy rectangular, triangular or trapezoidal shapes rather than rounded contours to be recognized as realistic mosaic tiles.īut do not be intimitated: We will come to this step later! And with each mosaic lettering you create, you will be more experienced of how to finetune your illustration. I also detected the website by Bonnie Fitzgerald (founder of Maverick Mosaics) which I find very helpful to study mosaic art in detail and get a better understanding of how to cut your typographic illustration into mosaic tiles. Let us make our tiles pop from the grout.Optional coloring of your pattern tiles.Wide Application: These mirrors make a huge impact on various art craft and home decor projects, wall decals, and makes a great personalized gift! Use as table scatter for weddings, place around the gift table and wedding money box they add shine in table centerpieces, as part of a starburst mirror, makeup mirrors, and mirror vases.Also great for school art projects, holiday ornaments and seasonal decor. Put together a DIY reflective mirror disco ball that can be adorned by etching, staining, and painting. DIY Craft: Can add to picture frames, jewelry boxes, walls, mirrors, doors, lockers.
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