PS and AI combined to make flashing restaurant neon sign words

The production of the effect chart is divided into three parts: early font creativity, increase neon effect, animation production; The font part of the author is completed in the AI, in fact, PS can also be completed, just a little more complex, neon word directly with the layer style to complete;

Final effect

1, first of all ~ Open your AI, and then use the Oval tool to draw a circle, stroke: 5pt.

2, put on the text, here is the use of Darwin font, no can use similar fonts oh.

3, then we go to Object > Transform > Skew, tilt angle: -10°, Angle: 90°.

4, now we want to process the text into a hollow Word ~ Select tool Selection Word, and then right-click > Create Contour, clear text fill color, stroke 5pt.

5, draw a small circle, and then use scissors tool to remove part of the small circle ~ in the stroke to select the 3-point circle, double-click 3-point Circle, change the size of 5pt.

6, copy just made good graphics, placed in a blank position, looks like a lunar pothole surface.

7. Select the circle that forms the planet, then copy the Cmd+c, paste the cmd+f, and place it on the top. Press and hold the ALT key while stretching and extruding the shape to form the surrounding planetary ring, then copy the shape and shrink it slightly.

8. Draw an ellipse from a position on the artboard, use the direct selection tool and then drag the vertex up, stretch the shape ~ Stretch it.

9, from the Pen tool group using the Transform Anchor Point tool to remove the handle, leaving a sharp point. Then the stroke is converted to a 5pt dot.

10. In order to build a simple rocket, let's add the other shapes to the center of the alignment panel, all the elements are centered.

11, again to this rocket shape to copy two times, and then appropriately zoom zoom in, put as shown in the following figure.

12, there are many overlapping paths, in order to achieve better neon effect, we have to do some details of its processing. Select the main planet Circle, object > Path > Offset path. Enter 3 mm.

13, right click on the resulting offset path, click to establish a reference line. Make sure the guides are visible (cmd+;) and lock the Guides (cmd+alt+;).

14. Use scissors tool to cut the intersection of the planetary path and two outer rings. Using smart Guides (CMD + U) can be easily seen.

15, because the letter P exceeds the contour of the planet, so we want to ungroup the text or into isolation mode, select the "P" letter, and then add 3 mm offset path.

16, the letter P need to create a separate reference line. Right-click and select to release the compound path, and then remove the inner portion of the bowl before opening the main contour boot.

17, cut off the planet ring through the letter P path, and then delete unwanted part of the path.

18, then the same way to deal with other intersecting paths. But for the next segment of the ring, the text will need to be modified to allow the ring to surround the Earth.

19, cancel the group of other text elements, and then add the offset path to the first and last letters to establish a guide. Remember to release the compound path of p in order to establish a reference line.

20, we want to use these new guides to cut off the intersecting paths and remove any overlapping paths around them.

21. For the area where the overlapping text of the ring is, we need to create additional guides from the path of the ring.

22, now use the scissors tool to crop and delete the text in the circle within the path.

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• PS Text Tutorial