$ Simply Inspired Contest No. 11 - Deadline 6/29/09

[deenaw]

Simply Inspired Contest No. 11
Inspiration : Magazine Ad
Deadline : June 29, 2009

Time for another Simply Inspired contest!!! Your mission is simple! Take a look at the current inspiration piece and use it to jumpstart your next layout. Then simply upload it to the Simply Inspired gallery on or before June 29, 2009 to be in the running to win a $10 gift certificate to the Designer Digitals store!!! Simple. Fun. Inspiring! Let’s get started!

This week your challenge is to create a layout using this ad as your inspiration:



I love the idea of creating images with text! Don’t you? We want to see you borrow this idea and create a layout that uses text in a new and different way. There are so many possibilities with this one! Try using text paths to “draw” a simple image with text, create a circle of text to highlight a photo, or type sentences close to your photo subject so they appear to be spoken into the air. Use your imagination and think outside the box for this one!

For help with creating text paths in Photoshop, be sure to check out Cassie Jones’ tutorial, Laying It All Out No. 06: Text Paths and Simple Shapes. Don’t have Photoshop or the ability to create text paths? No worries! Check out the multitude of ready-made shaped text paths in the store by Pattie Knox. One more tip? Several layered templates have text paths included so be sure to take a second look at those as well. Wow! What sweethearts our DD designers are! They make it so easy for us!

Don’t forget to upload to the Simply Inspired gallery on or before June 29, 2009 so we can all be inspired by your creations!!!

I can’t wait to see how you are simply inspired!

[deenaw]

Just wanted to share a few cool layouts I found in the gallery that use text paths!

Any text that's not in straight paragraph form qualifies for this contest!!!

Dream by patriciaz

One Way by Elena

In The Rough by mugsbigsis

Aren't they awesome? I love the dramatic flair that shaped text adds to a layout. Don't you?

While the layouts entered for the contest need to be new (and posted in the contest gallery), feel free to link us up here to other examples of text paths you've found in the gallery to get us all inspired!

[starfruit1023]

I always wanted to do a piece with this kind of effect!

[deenaw]

Fabulous pages, girls!!!

Found this one in the team gallery and it's just too fun NOT to share...

Thinking Cap by Britgirl

A great example of using ready-made text paths to create AMAZING results! Too fun!

[deenaw]

We have a winner!

You can find the announcement and congratulate the contest winner here...