3D type with a street art edge

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Combine with Google’s for fantastic 3D effects, writes Aske

Most of my work is heavily based on typography. I used to make 2D and 3D typographic illustrations by drawing letters on paper and then making vector graphics out of them, but recently I've been creating typographic illustrations in Google SketchUp Pro and then transferring them to Illustrator to finalise.

This method enables me to better show the letterforms' volume, make them more complex and choose the best perspective. Before using this technique I always drew letters in isometric projection.

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