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Feb 16, 2014 · FREE THOUGHT AND OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA. Moncure Conway, in whose honour we are assembled to-day, devoted his life to two great objects: freedom of thought and freedom of the individual. In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time, but something also has been lost.
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"Free Thought and Official Propaganda" is a speech (and subsequent publication) delivered in 1922 by Bertrand Russell on the importance of unrestricted freedom of expression in society, and the problem of the state and political class interfering in this through control of education, fines, economic leverage, and distortion of evidence.
- Bertrand Russell
- 1922
- Getting Started
- Step 1: Document Setup
- Step 2: Let’s Talk Colors
- Step 3: The Background
- Step 4: The First Opacity Mask
- Step 5: Type
- Step 6: Illustrative Elements
- Wrap Up Thoughts
The idea was born when toying with the patterns. I remembered this awesome tutorialfrom the GoMediaZine that Jeff Finley wrote a long while back. From there, I looked up a bit of inspiration: The best piece though was this old bookletby ConEd about atomic energy. It’s so good I’ve used it as a my color palette source. Our work will take place in Il...
No mysteries here. We’re working in an 18″x24″ canvas. Since we’re working in vectors, PPI/DPI don’t matter too much, although I’d stay at 300 dpi if I were you. Also, CMYK colorswill make your pre-press people and printer happy. Let’s add some guides to help us place all the elements later in the design process. Vertically, I have guides at 1″, 2″...
Before we actually start designing, we need to focus on color first. Remember the ConEd booklet cover spread? I’m going with the same color palette than the front cover: dark blue, yellow, and faded orange. The paper will provide us with a fourth, off-white, color. I’m also going to follow the dark background/light and/or contrasting design element...
Color sandwich
The background’s rough edge effect is obtained through a clipping mask. Start by creating a rectangle (covering the full canvas) for the off-white part (#EBE1BD) of the background. Don’t forget the dedicated layer group, and the proper layer naming practices and etiquette. Next, add another 18″x24″ rectangle on top of it, dark blue this time (#272C39). Next, we need to create the rough edge around the blue rectangle, so the off-white one shows through. We’ll be using one of Ember Studio’s Gru...
Patterning it up
It’s finally time to add one of Dreaming Lucy‘s pattern. Grab your favorite from her collection. I’m using the following tile from dreaming-lucy\72_vintage_seamless_patterns\Vector\Vintage_seamless_patterns.ai. The color you grab it in doesn’t matter, as we’re going to change it anyways. Copy and paste the tile in your Resources layer group. Ungroup it (SHIFT+CTRL/CMD+G), and delete its background. Proceed to change the color to our off-white (EBE1BD). Make also sure it’s sized at around 2″x2...
My background looks better: the big tile helps it to breath and not feel too intense. But it’s still very present. In order to fix this, we’ll use one of the dirty texture from the freebie area. The pack offers 7 textures. I’ll be using Dirty4in this case. The process is somewhat similar to the one of pasting a texture in a layer mask when using Ph...
My wife and I marathon-ed through the Matrix movies recently. One of the taglines for the series was “Free you mind.” This taglines is what motivated the use of the lock and key as main iconography for the poster. The type is heavily faded in the background, kind of like a ghost. Since I wanted my type piece to be very big in the canvas, I chose a ...
Which ones are we using?
As stated before, the illustrative elements of our poster are to be found in Elena Pimonova’s hand drawn lock and key set. Navigate to elena-pimonova\Keys-And-Locks-Set\Keys & Locks set.eps. I chose the open lock in reference to the poster’s tagline. The key got picked because it was the one looking the simplest, and most fitting for the lock. We’ll have to prepare the lock and the keys a bit before we can use them in the design. Most importantly, we’ll need to give them a background color, a...
The main piece
We’ll start with the lock. Start by creating a pasted in front copy (CTRL/CMD+C – CTRL/CMD+F). Lock your top copy. Now, select the bottom copy and change its color to our yellow (#F0C237). Next, head to Object > Path > Offset path, and apply the following settings: Select all the yellow lock, and merge its various bits and pieces together with the Pathfinder. We almost have a complete solid color in the background. Use the pentool or the blob brush to fill the holes. Once the holes are filled...
The key
The key is next. Actually, we’ll have a pair of keys, but that’s not a concern right now. Follow a similar process to give the key a background, and the same path offset value. This is important for visual consistency.
Well, this is the end of another tutorial. I hope it helped you guys learn a few new techniques to play with textures in Illustrator, as well as get a taste of OBEY-style propaganda art. I hope you had as much going through the tutorial as I had writing it. Don’t hesitate to share your outcomes on the Design Cuts Facebook page. Was there anything u...
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