Vintage ads
#1
Posted 18 June 2017 - 01:28 PM
Thank you very much!
#2
Posted 18 June 2017 - 01:56 PM
Best of luck!
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#3
Posted 18 June 2017 - 02:27 PM
To really do a vintage styled ad, bells and whistles whole nine yards kinda stuff, you need to do it all by hand
The problem with most people's (including my own) computer made "vintage-style" stuff is that it always ends up looking too crisp. It lacks the bleed between two colors where they touch, the way ink ends up soaking into the pages during printing, the subtle variations a shade might pick up because of the hand that painted it, the real little things. And for that reason I don't really like making the vintage styled stuff unless I really have to.
Then there's the horrifying mistake of people using script fonts for like 1950s and 60s styled logos. I mean ****ing come on honestly if you paid more than 30 seconds worth of attention and did you homework, you'll actually find most corporations and airlines were using a sans serif font (see QANTAS in the post above).
But the most important piece of advice I have if you're gonna make it yourself, which is something I highly encourage you to do, is to do the following:
1. Draw out your idea. Seriously get a pen and paper and draw out your idea out here in the real world, even if it's just the basic shapes forms and words. Because what I see as the biggest reason why people make s*** liveries on AE is because they go through one pass on the computer and call it good enough, which leads me to my second point.
2. Iterate, iterate, iterate. Every single thing I've ever designed has gone through maybe 3 to 6 iterations (if not more) in which I draw out pretty much the whole shebang, then completely do it again. Really it just boils down to thoroughness, and iterating on a project allows you to pick up on details you would've otherwise ignored (and allowed to go public).
3. Research and precedent. This is especially important for something like what you want to do. I'm not saying google "OLD AIRPLANE AD" and straight copy the first thing you see. Go and take some inspiration from different works and it's especially good for if you can't think of anything (which happens to professionals way more than you think it does).
and most importantly
4. Have fun. Seriously if I'm not having a good time what I'm doing then it'll come out worse. If you're getting frustrated seriously take a step back, have a cup of coffee, come back to the problem with a fresh mind.
Hope it helps, good luck.
#4
Posted 18 June 2017 - 06:02 PM
#5
Posted 18 June 2017 - 06:21 PM
Thank you very much!! By the way, is Paint.Net good enough to do something like that?
It's one of the best ones i'd say
#6
Posted 18 June 2017 - 07:08 PM
#7
Posted 18 June 2017 - 07:09 PM
#8
Posted 19 June 2017 - 01:22 AM
#9
Posted 19 June 2017 - 04:32 AM
Times New Roman, Futura, and Sphinx are good, assuming that by vintage you mean 50's and 60's
Exactly, thank you
#10
Posted 19 June 2017 - 01:12 PM
Also, Paint.net sucks. Get PS or GIMP if you're poor.
#11
Posted 22 June 2017 - 07:21 PM
Also PS CC only costs 9.99 (per month which is a pretty good deal unless your a student and get all programs for 20$) in the photographers package, I got the full package since I use AI, After Effects and a couple of the other programs along with PS.For graphics and logo work you're gonna want a program that deals with vectors, not images. So that means AI and Inkscape (ones free the other isn't).
Also, Paint.net sucks. Get PS or GIMP if you're poor.
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