Tips and Tricks: Chalkboard/Blackboard
One of the hottest design trends at the moment are designs on chalkboards/blackboards. We’ve seen them everywhere from bars to coffee shops to restaurants. Homemade craft signs and wall art. Chalkboard paint. Faux chalkboard labels. You name it. Digitally speaking, designers are making chalkboard fonts and chalkboard graphics more available.
Check Pinterest for inspiration and ideas.
In this point, we’ve rounded up some interesting tutorials to help you with your own chalkboard greeting card designs. If you have other tutorial suggestions, feel free to leave a link in comments.
Make a Chalkboard (Text) Effect in Photoshop
How to Make a Chalkboard Background in Photoshop
Creating a Chalkboard Effect on Text in Photoshop (video)
Blackboard and Chalk Effect with Gimp
Make Your Own Chalkboards in Gimp
Creating a Chalkboard Effect in Illustrator
Using Vintage Images to Create a Chalkboard Effect in PS
For the Photographers: Make a DIY Faux Slate Chalkboard Photo Background
Have fun!
Wow! One of the best postings yet!
Thank you Corrie! You read my mind … I had just been thinking I needed to go find some links like this to create my own chalkboard effects đŸ™‚ Doreen
GCU Artist Marcee J. Duggar has this down! Kudos to her on these great creations:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/shopping/cb.asp?keyword=marcee+chalkboard
This is hot for anything wedding related which dovetails in the country, rustic, barnyard wedding theme. You can guarantee we’ll see its popularity soar this holiday season!
Great stuff Corrie, thanks for chalking this out đŸ˜‰