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This video is not a full tutorial, but rather a short time-lapse giving a small sample of how I created the engraving-style Meadowlark Main Street Pharmacy cards. I would love to have a more in-depth video showing beginning to end, but maybe when I have more time! PROJECT BACKGROUND Graphic Design / Illustration In 2020 I was asked to create a deck of cards in an “engraved“ style. I had never done anything quite like this, and it was important to me these didn't feel “vector“ or overly perfect. I wanted these to have a touch of hand-made feel, so I chose to do most of the detailing by hand. For the sake of speed, I created the basic shells of each card as a vector. Then, in Photoshop — using a Wacom Cintiq tablet — I hand-drew in all of the contour lines (2nd image below). My hope was to create “imperfect“ line work that appeared evenly spaced, but where imperfections could easily be perceived so the viewer would know it was hand-done. The vector s
