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Magazine cover: Creating a lamp

Magazine cover: Creating a lamp

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Magazine cover: Creating a lamp

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This week, we're going to take another look at this cover I did for a magazine quite some time ago. Now last week, we saw how the perspective for all the different elements was generated. What we're going to do today is we're going to get a little closer, and we're going to look at this little lamp over here. Get this little lamp happening, right there, this little lamp. How was that created? So that's what we're going to do today. We're going to create that little lamp. So, we're going here and and we'll start a new file. And let's make it 900 wide and 900 deep, that's good. Click OK. That's where we're going to create our little lamp. Now, I am going to rely on Illustrator because of the fact that gives you a lot more control over vectors. So I'm going to start here in Illustrator. I'm creating a new file here. And just regular, standard size letter. Click OK. There it is. What I'm going to do is call up my rulers command. R brungs, brings up my rulers. I can drag out a guide right…

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