Font Tutor by Kerplunk
Font Tutor by Kerplunk
how to make a phat phont, by kerplunk of the s
pastic ansi institute
okay.. first i start by drawing the first letter of the font in
a basic form.
well make a font for a board called, lets say dog.
then, i take the same style of font and do the rest of the letters i
n the same
style. sometimes, if two letters are similar, all you have to
do is copy a
letter and flip it or whatever and then make the necessary changes.
i did this
with the g.
now i add the base color to the font..
then, i add the basic shading highlights to it.. i, among a number o
f artists,
just put alternating patterns of f1s and f2s along the edges
of each letter.
i do this with the brighter color with a background of the dark
er color. in
this case, it is bright cyan 11 on dark cyan 3
now i go in and add little characters in random places in the font t
o add a
little detail. you can do this in whatever color but keep the backg
round color
the same. artists like lord jazz and chromatik do this alot.
now the basic font is finished. this is the point where i look at t
he font
and go in and add a few last minute touchups.
now we get to the somewhat tricky part. although the font is basica
lly
finished, and looks nice, its not to the full extent of 0-3 day ere
etness
what can we possibly do to make it look better, you ask? welp, for s
tarters,
we can make a border for it.. this is where the dark grey comes in.
basically,
all you have to do is trace around the font.
now we go in and make a few touchups to the border by adding a coupl
e f5/f6s
and maybe a couple more f3s
this next part is totally optional.. in fact i would wait for this p
art until
you get better at it.. but it does add a little kick to the font.. i
go in and
add some little shapes, things to look at, and add little highl
ights to the
border..
now i like to go in and take maestros idea with the ascii line deal
. this
looks best with light grey 7 for the line and the base color for t
he f1s
this is when the font is done. you now go in and add the bbs name a
nd your
initials. if you did an abreviation of the name, make sure the bbs
name is
typed out completely. put your initials in an unconspicuous spot in
an
unconspicuous color.
kr
. x dig our gonads! x
there.. now you have a complete, truely awesome font that will get a
ny sysops
dick hard when you hand it to them...
...this has been a tutorial by kerplunk!spastic