Background for text

[Alfred]

Is the attached close to what you’re aiming for?

new black background.afdesign

[Josie]

Yes

[Josie]

I’m trying to get the background as close to the letters as possible and join them like in the image as shown

[Josie]

Here is the final example 

thefinishedlook.afdesign

[3DJ]

17 hours ago, Dan C said:

Equally, it appears as though this is a copyrighted design from the below link, I would assume you have paid the correct licensing fees to edit or replicate this design before proceeding.

https://www.misskatecuttables.com/products/halloween/scary-title-2.php

Ummmm…. Just curious. 1.) why did you think this was something to look up as a copyright infringement? And 2.) while the question being asked is clearly someone that doesn’t know what they are doing, sometimes we need to step out of our professional shell to either help or avoid a thread… just saying as I am blown away that you took time to seek this crap out.

[Josie]

No like I said I am not copying designs anymore, I am doing my own, just want to know if I got the background right.

[Alfred]

12 hours ago, Alfred said:

Is the attached close to what you’re aiming for?

 

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new black background.afdesign 36.05 kB · 0 downloads

 

10 hours ago, Josie said:

Yes

Either there’s something wrong with the downloads counter or you haven’t actually looked at my file! I suspect the latter, since you say

10 hours ago, Josie said:

I’m trying to get the background as close to the letters as possible

but your “finished look” file still doesn’t have a black stroke applied to the letters. If you bother to inspect the drawing I produced for you, you’ll see that instead of the letters looking like this

they look like this

That gives you the beginnings of the desired black background “as close to the letters as possible” and then all you need to do is create a black shape with the Pen Tool to fill in the gaps:

[Dan C]

Thank you @Alfred for all your help & support here (and in similar threads), it's certainly appreciated!

7 hours ago, 3DJ said:

Ummmm…. Just curious. 1.) why did you think this was something to look up as a copyright infringement? And 2.) while the question being asked is clearly someone that doesn’t know what they are doing, sometimes we need to step out of our professional shell to either help or avoid a thread… just saying as I am blown away that you took time to seek this crap out.

This post was reported to our moderation team as being a copyrighted image, and therefore I added this caveat to the thread.

We understand that users will occasionally need to show artwork that is not their own in order to get a point across - we have no issue with this provided that A) the original artist is credited and B) the Affinity user is not editing/replicating the design, therefore infringing the copyright of the image.

[Josie]

I want to make my own so I don’t infringe on other peoples artwork ever. 
I want to make it my own and unique.

[Dan C]

Thanks for the clarification Joise, I certainly understand - I was simply explaining this for 3DJ

[3DJ]

4 hours ago, Dan C said:

Thank you @Alfred for all your help & support here (and in similar threads), it's certainly appreciated!

This post was reported to our moderation team as being a copyrighted image, and therefore I added this caveat to the thread.

We understand that users will occasionally need to show artwork that is not their own in order to get a point across - we have no issue with this provided that A) the original artist is credited and B) the Affinity user is not editing/replicating the design, therefore infringing the copyright of the image.

I see. Thanks for the follow up.

[Josie]

How is this?

I added the stroke and this is how it turned out.

Untitled.afdesign

[3DJ]

21 minutes ago, Josie said:

How is this?

I added the stroke and this is how it turned out.

Untitled.afdesign 57.09 kB · 7 downloads

Thats looking great! One tip, when sending this to others, they may not have the same font as you are using, so best practices is to send a copy that you convert the type to curves. It’s under the Layer menu or if on iPad its under the top drop down menu. 

[Josie]

What do you guys think? Any more I can do to make it better?

halloweendesign2.afdesign

[3DJ]

11 minutes ago, Josie said:

What do you guys think? Any more I can do to make it better?

halloweendesign2.afdesign 60.25 kB · 3 downloads

Hi Josie,

 

See my screen shot, this is what your design looks like without your fonts installed on my system. I would recommend duplicating your text layer and converting it to curves.

[Alfred]

50 minutes ago, Josie said:

What do you guys think? Any more I can do to make it better?

halloweendesign2.afdesign 60.25 kB · 3 downloads

Your “finished look” file appeared more joined up, but at least you now have an even stroke around each letter.

38 minutes ago, 3DJ said:

See my screen shot, this is what your design looks like without your fonts installed on my system.

I didn’t have that font either, but it’s 100% free:

https://www.dafont.com/moon-get.font

[3DJ]

35 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Your “finished look” file appeared more joined up, but at least you now have an even stroke around each letter.

I didn’t have that font either, but it’s 100% free:

https://www.dafont.com/moon-get.font

Sure, but I’m trying to teach best practices here… I’m not going out of my way to find a font Ill never use. 

[Josie]

This is what I have so far.

Untitled.afdesign

[Josie]

I have another example before I use it as my own design tell me what you think.

thanks

Untitled.afdesign

[Alfred]

39 minutes ago, Josie said:

This is what I have so far.

Untitled.afdesign 62.35 kB · 1 download

 

5 minutes ago, Josie said:

I have another example before I use it as my own design tell me what you think.

thanks

Untitled.afdesign 61.08 kB · 0 downloads

I see you’ve gone back to the old ‘Untitled’ thing. This is quickly going to get very confusing for all concerned!

[Josie]

This is what I have so far, could you please look at it before I use it as my own design?

Thanks

halloweendesign.afdesign

[Alfred]

13 minutes ago, Josie said:

tell me what you think

I see you’ve changed the font but it’s still nowhere near as joined up as your “finished look” version. What font did you use this time, by the way?

[3DJ]

42 minutes ago, Alfred said:

I see you’ve changed the font but it’s still nowhere near as joined up as your “finished look” version. What font did you use this time, by the way?

Josie,

This is why I suggested you convert your type to curves? Does this make sense to you now?

[Josie]

Here is the font that I used before switching the font, tell me what you think of it and if there is anything else I can do to make it better before using it for my design?

Thanks

[Josie]

Where do I find bold Halloween fonts similar to this one?

also how did I do on the background and the text joining them?

Thanks