In this tutorial I would like to show you a few techniques on how to create a typography poster perfect for closing of summer. We’ll be editing a pre-made font, adjusting a pre-made pattern and using quick and easy techniques to turn a simple illustration into a beautiful poster. 1. Set Up Your Document We will be creating a standard 18 x 24in poster. Let’s begin by creating a New document at that size. When creating the document be sure to change the Document Profile to Print and adjust the units to Inches and ensure the Color Mode is set to CMYK . Since our background design goes to the edge of the paper, this poster requires a bleed. The bleed margin adds an extra 0.25in on all four sides making our document 18.5 x 24.5in overall. If this poster had white edges, it would not require a bleed margin. Our overall design won’t go too close to the edge of the paper so we won’t need to worry about a safety area around the inside of the Artboard. Just note, if you plan on adding extra details near the edges of the Artboard it would be best to make them at least 0.25in in from the edge. 2. Create a Color Palette Step 1 With the Artboard complete let’s create our color palette that we’ll be working off of throughout the piece. With the Rectangle Tool (M) draw three squares side by side leaving about the same amount of space between them and fill them with the following colors. Because our typography piece is summer themed I thought I’d choose muted tones indicative of the ocean. So one…
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