If you’re a crafty designer, you probably love to personalize just about everything. In today’s video tutorial, I’ll show you how to make shape monograms like the ones you see all over Etsy, as well as how to fit text into any shape you’d like. Use these tools to create fun vinyl monograms or expressive textual configurations.
The main tools you will be using:
Envelope Distort
Object>Envelope Distort>Make with Top Object
Shortcut:⌥⌘C
Compound Path
Object>Compound Path>Make
Shortcut:⌘8
Intersect
Window>Pathfinder>Intersect
The fonts I used in this tutorial are Impact, Sensi Bold, and Lawson.
So, there you have it! Have fun putting together some totally awesome monograms and funky-shaped words.
Happy Designing!
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Mandee is a graphic designer, tennis player, and roller coaster enthusiast. She is a wife to an aspiring stand-up comedian and mommy to two super cute little boys. She fell in love with graphic design when she started working with a guy she met her freshman year of college on his comedy website. Design wasn’t the only thing she fell in love with, and they were married a year and a half later. She started Designs By Miss Mandee as a place to practice her designs skills and share her creative ideas. 4 Comments on How to Make Shape Monograms
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Ginger Wroot
June 22, 2016 at 8:08 pm (3 years ago)Wow, what a great tutorial–thank you! I haven’t tried using my Illustrator software I have at all, but you’ve inspired me to jump in and start learning how to do some of the very cool things you showed here. Thanks lady! –Ginger
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Mandee
June 23, 2016 at 9:55 am (3 years ago)That’s awesome Ginger! I know it’s intimidating, but once you get going, you’ll fall in love. 🙂
Tiffany
January 26, 2018 at 3:52 pm (1 year ago)What kind of software do I need to make these fancy designs?
Mandee
January 29, 2018 at 8:34 am (1 year ago)Hi Tiffany! The program I’m using in the video, and that I use for all of my designs, is Adobe Illustrator. 🙂