Trying to get the look of Art Deco

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Feb 10, 2005
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I’ve got some original artwork assembled in Illustrator and I’m bringing it into Photoshop to get a look similar to this:

http://im.minus.ws/image-boards/posters/AAED003260.jpg

The desired effects is to get the gradients to look like they’ve been offset printed by a printer from the 1930s. Anyone have any leads for tips on how to do this?

Thanks.

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jjs
Feb 10, 2005
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I’ve got some original artwork assembled in Illustrator and I’m bringing it into Photoshop to get a look similar to this:
http://im.minus.ws/image-boards/posters/AAED003260.jpg

The desired effects is to get the gradients to look like they’ve been offset printed by a printer from the 1930s. Anyone have any leads for tips on how to do this?

Use the graduate tool of the appropriate then use curves to change the progression of it. Then change the blending mode if necessary to get subtractive color overlay effect.

But there is still more work to do if you want the kind of look that printing has. Its halftone is ‘dirty’ and the colors are flat. But that’s a separate issue.
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Bill Hilton
Feb 10, 2005
Use the graduate tool of the appropriate …

Could you run that by one more time, for those of us who are having trouble parsing it? 🙂
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jjs
Feb 10, 2005
"Bill Hilton" wrote in message
Use the graduate tool of the appropriate …

Could you run that by one more time, for those of us who are having trouble parsing it? 🙂

Brain fart – "Use the graduate tool of the appropriate COLOR."
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Bill Hilton
Feb 10, 2005
Could you run that by one more time, for those of us who are having trouble parsing it? 🙂

jjs wrote …
Brain fart – "Use the graduate tool of the appropriate COLOR."

I’m half way there now … but did you mean "gradient" or "graduate"? If ‘graduate tool’, what is it?
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marc0047
Feb 10, 2005
I was able to achieve this:

http://you.minus.ws/Jose/technique1.jpg

It’s the image on the right, just using illustrator alone with gradient meshes. The painterly effect is now there. But I’d like to take it one step further with the "dirty" gradient. Anyone with clues for this?

Thanks,
Marc
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jjs
Feb 11, 2005
"Bill Hilton" wrote in message
Could you run that by one more time, for those of us who are having trouble parsing it? 🙂

jjs wrote …
Brain fart – "Use the graduate tool of the appropriate COLOR."

I’m half way there now … but did you mean "gradient" or "graduate"? If ‘graduate tool’, what is it?

Gradient. *sigh* Not a good day. Maybe I should have just posted an example.
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jjs
Feb 11, 2005
wrote in message
I was able to achieve this:

http://you.minus.ws/Jose/technique1.jpg

It’s the image on the right, just using illustrator alone with gradient meshes. The painterly effect is now there. But I’d like to take it one step further with the "dirty" gradient. Anyone with clues for this?

Mighty slick!

Somewhere I have some dot half-tone patterns that might help. Here’s one with large dots: http://elearning.winona.edu/jjs/ht2.gif (Oops! That Bill Gates is just everywhere!).

Okay, here’s one that is supposed to web-simulate embroidery – the point here is the desaturated color and dot pattern
http://elearning.winona.edu/jjs/ht3.jpg. A dot pattern like this can get you close to the ‘grainy’ effect. Add some random noise spots (not evenly distributed) and be happy.
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Hecate
Feb 12, 2005
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:16:28 -0600, "jjs" wrote:

"Bill Hilton" wrote in message
Could you run that by one more time, for those of us who are having trouble parsing it? 🙂

jjs wrote …
Brain fart – "Use the graduate tool of the appropriate COLOR."

I’m half way there now … but did you mean "gradient" or "graduate"? If ‘graduate tool’, what is it?

Gradient. *sigh* Not a good day. Maybe I should have just posted an example.
You’re obviously not a graduate of gradients ;-0



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jjs
Feb 12, 2005
"Hecate" wrote in message
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:16:28 -0600, "jjs" wrote:

You’re obviously not a graduate of gradients ;-0

It’s worse. I have a PhD. 🙁
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jjs
Feb 12, 2005
"jjs" wrote in message

It’s worse. I have a PhD. 🙁

To clarify – that’s "Post Highschool Dropout"
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Hecate
Feb 13, 2005
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:59:28 -0600, "jjs" wrote:

"jjs" wrote in message

It’s worse. I have a PhD. 🙁

To clarify – that’s "Post Highschool Dropout"
LOL!



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jjs
Feb 13, 2005
"Hecate" wrote in message
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:59:28 -0600, "jjs" wrote:
"jjs" wrote in message

It’s worse. I have a PhD. 🙁

To clarify – that’s "Post Highschool Dropout"
LOL!

I screwed up again! I meant Pre-Highschool Dropout! See? I’m proving it daily!
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Hecate
Feb 14, 2005
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:13:46 -0600, "jjs" wrote:

"Hecate" wrote in message
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:59:28 -0600, "jjs" wrote:
"jjs" wrote in message

It’s worse. I have a PhD. 🙁

To clarify – that’s "Post Highschool Dropout"
LOL!

I screwed up again! I meant Pre-Highschool Dropout! See? I’m proving it daily!
I’m sure your image quality makes up for your lack of academic qualifications 😉



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