Postage Stamps: Started to Trace The Indonesian Landmarks

Wednesday, November 6th 2013

Hi, good afternoon guys!!!

Yesterday, we started to do our first assignment, the assignment is making the postage stamps that consist of Indonesian Landmarks. The steps are:

1. I was searching for some Indonesian landmarks and stamp design images:

 

Bedugul Lake, Bali

Mount Bromo, Malang

Gedung Sate, Bandung 

Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), Bali

Ampera Bridge, Palembang 

National Monument (Monas), Jakarta

Rumah Gadang, Padang

Rumah Toraja, Toraja

Tugu Yogya, Yogyakarta

Candi Borobudur, Magelang

2. Lets get started! I chose Monas cause it's my first experiment, so I chose the easiest one. Click File > New

3. Make a postage stamps rectangle (actual size) 20x25mm. Click Rectangle Tool and click on your artwork and it will appear this box:

4. Make one circle and copy it. After that transform it. Click Object > Transform > Transform Again or Cmd + D

don't forget to group it after you got 18 circles :)

5. Copy it (14x18circles)

6. To make it like the real postage stamps, do this! Go to Windows > Pathfinder

7. Then click Minus Front

8. Gr8! Then, start to make the margin, using 17x23mm rectangle

9. Make it as guides line by clicking View > Make Guides

10. You could copy it into 4 series.

11. I tried to put texts by clicking Text Tool on the left column 

12. Lets start tracing! (Click here to know how to trace)

I started to try colouring the Monas

Tada!

13. I didn't really satisfied with my Monas, so I fixed it. Things that I've fixed were the torch and the shadow.

I tried to make the Monas' torch

14. I also changed the Monas' colour hehehe to make it unordinary ;-P. 
Well, cause I only want that Monas' part, I did this step. So, click your guide line on your artwork, go to View > Guides > Release Guides

15. Arrange your guide line to front.

16. DO NOT PANIC! Heheheheh oh ya! make sure that you've grouped your Monas! Then, click your Monas go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make.

Hihihi! Done with my Monas. I only have to add the texts and..... (to be continued)