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a poster with the words only do what your heart tells you

Earlier this year I posted a showcase of inspiring art & designs that made use of cool overprint effects, so today I thought I’d talk a little about the process of using overprint in creative ways in your own print design projects. Read on to find out what overprint is and how you can use […]

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an advertisement for the printing machine

Access All Areas members have a fantastic Photoshop template to download this week, courtesy of Mixergraph. The Overprinting Machine simulates the analog process of overprinting inks to create overlapping colour effects. In just three steps you can combine patterns, illustrations and quotes to create unique overprint art, complete with rough edges and texturing that give […]

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an image of a man with flowers on his head and the words ricograph above him

Combine many images, overlapping each other, choose one of 6 halftone textures, depending on the nature of your original art, paint it all with 40 gradient overlays, giving your work that vintage faded look. Decorate your tattoo studio with posters, include the edited images into the product presentation, branding project, or post an attention-getting photo on social

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two people are facing each other in front of a white background with blue and red colors

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a drawing of a bug with orange and blue colors on it's back legs

There’s a myriad of ways to achieve an ultimate grunge look. If you’re fed up with various distortion effects, you might find a fresh look in this overprint effect. Retro can have so many different manifestations! Two outline colors overlap each other, giving a whole new shade for the composition! Illustrations from old encyclopedias, vintage factory posters, out of color diner menus — embracing the best parts about all these grunge treasures, the effect looks genuine and artistic. There are…

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a poster for an event with a skeleton and flowers on the front, in blue ink

Overprint is a printing technique where two or more inks are placed over the same area, which allows the ink colours to mix and create an additional hue. Creative artwork can be produced by overprinting a second image over an existing print using a different colour. Wherever the inks overlap, a third colour is produced […]

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a red and blue poster with an image of a woman's face on it

Duotone - teal and red overprint. 'Helmet' overthrows the poster which is effective only because the model's attitude appears apprehensive, shy and reserved. The poster is very noisy with a lot of busy elements occurring all over.:

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a book cover with the words live overprint text in adobe illustrator on top of it

ZEET on Instagram: "Editable overprint text effect in Adobe Illustrator. . . Here’s a neat way to get an overprint effect without outlining or splitting your text while keeping it live and editable. . . . . . . . #graphicdesign #typography #howto #designhack #adobeillustrator #adobeillustratortutorial #logodesign #logotype #wordmark #wordmarklogo #branddesign"

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two cards with red, white and blue designs on them

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