Ok so this is not my usual cute little fluffy kitten or flowers photo. I assure you there are more of those to come!
For now the pressing issue of the day seems to be guns and violence. Not making a stand either way on that issue but as a graphic designer you have to illustrate anything. Here is a little web banner I had to whip out for a college debate on the subject.
My idea was rather typical but often typical gets the point across of what is really at the heart of the issue: the constitution and our rights as US citizens. What better symbols than a gun (duh!), the constitution and the US flag?
I could have just made a collage of all three symbols but just to make it a little more eye catching I decided to merge the two with a very old Photoshop trick.
I still don’t know a better way to do this but if you do please feel free to share. For now though here is how I do it using the displace filter.
Start with good black and white image that you want to wrap that has lots of contrast: Read more →