Having an artist-block? Feeling uninspired? Here’s a tutorial from graphic artist Pek Thong on how to make your own font!

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How to make ‘Hantu’ font
Bahan-bahan nak buat ini simple sahaja:
Kertas lukisan, watercolor hitam, berus lukisan dan straw yang tajam.

STEP 1 : Mula-mula kena pakai berus dulu tulis. Jangan pakai berus jamban.

STEP 2 : Selepas itu, cari straw air kotak yang tajam hujungnya. Masa ink tengah basah, kacau-kacau sikit tepi dia.

STEP 3 : Haa… efek dia nanti jadi macam ini, macam orang ludah kahak diatas jalan tar. Kalau rajin, lagi halus lagi cantik.

STEP 4 : Hah dah siap! Tunggu dia kering. Jangan jemur pulak nanti kertas melengkung. Biar je dia berdikari kering sendiri.

STEP 5 : Kalau dah kering, boleh le masuk dalam scanner, scan! Jangan basuh kain pula dalam scanner.
Kemudian masuk Adobe Photoshop (Ps) dan adjust level dia kasi hitam lagi ink tu. Pandai-pandai lah agak hitam macam mana ye.

Image > Adjustment > Levels

STEP 6 : Selepas itu, file tadi place dalam Adobe Illustrator (Ai). Select gambar tadi dan pergi
Object > Live Trace > Make and Expand

Dia akan auto-trace. Tunggu je macam tunggu bas.

STEP 7 : Haa… dia akan jadi begini. Line biru itu akan keliling setiap huruf. Maknanya apa kau buat itu betul.

STEP 8 : Dari sini, boleh tukar apa saja color, masuk effect & etc.. senang kan?

So selama ini macam inilah aku buat kerja. Malas nak download font yang beribu-ribu. Buat sendiri lagi puas hati. Kepada yang tak tahu, Daarchlea ni band metal Malaysia. Aku tengah dalam proses bikin merchandise diaorang. Tunggu keluarannya!

Selamat mencuba! Bye!

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Pek Thong is a freelance artist, designer, photographer, an ardent painter and occasional traveller. A self-taught artist, he began his humble career as a graphic designer alongside a professional photographer and graphic designer in Petaling Jaya. He left his desk of eight years to pursue freelance design fulltime in 2010. Most people know him by his dark, experimental and surreal photo manipulation. Combining animals, comics and fantasies, he created his own unique style of paintings and designs unconventionally different from the rest.

He enjoys reading, sketching and doodling on walls.