Though the concept of 3D tends to scare many people, it’s there to make things easier. The painting I’m currently working on is a night scene of New York City’s Times Square. One of the structures visible in the image is the enormous Toys“R”Us store that has become a landmark of the area. It sports a huge Ferris wheel inside the store; it’s a must see if you’re ever there. In this column, we’ll look at a tiny fraction of the overall building—the sign on the farthest edge. Begin in Illustrator As you can see, the sign is made up of colorful letters that are embedded in metal shapes that extrude from the edge of the building. Begin by drawing the paths that make up the basic letterforms of the store logo in Adobe Illustrator, and then export the basic shapes to Photoshop via Edit> Copy in Illustrator and Edit> Paste in Photoshop. Select Path in the Paste dialog.

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