Monday, May 10, 2010

The waxy path

I finally did a Photoshop tutorial for making a wax seal that I have had my eye on for weeks but put off  (knowing I would want to individualize it)  and when I took it on, it DID end up sending me off in several directions that I am thankful for.  Because of it I ended up getting a basic grasp on working with the pen tool (never used it before) and then I was pushed mentally to come up with a logo that could fit within the seal -- I love the logo I came up with so much that I think I will stick with it for a while.

The following set of seals shows my progression of thought...



I realized an H (green) wouldn't ever do it by itself no matter how much I fiddled with it.  So I thought about being blunt by putting an H with the rest of my name spelled out around it (blue).  Interesting, but messy, and it didn't represent  the *idea* of my name in any way.  It needed something pictorial in it.  So I decided to mix text with simple moon shapes (for night and dreaming) while keeping the entire name within the space (red) -- and came up with something I love!   I love it so much I turned it into a brush.

Then I used the brush to make wallpaper to put a gold rubbed seal on.  This is as narcissistic as I get.  A new toy.



Cool, huh?   In the end, I DO have an "H" I can use on it's own.  Sometimes to get from A to B you have to run around the block...or you have to find a good reason for the effort.


5 comments:

  1. Way cool! They look so real. What is the wording under the "H"?

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  2. I really like the top one too. You've got such talent and I'm glad that you're putting it to use.

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  3. It spells out the rest of my user name...ypnogogial. Altogether it is Hypnogogial. It is like "S" with tacie wrapped around it.

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  4. I have a problem….
    When I flatten the image, all the effects i’ve given change! Even if I leave it as a PSD, and then imported to Illustrator!
    the only way i see it right, is when I open it on Photoshop as a PSD.
    What’s happening?

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  5. Anonymous10/6/10 04:54

    I really like the wallpaer with the two toned seal . I love that you showed the evolution process not just your final piece .

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