Isometric Amsterdam:
The idea behind this project was to create a building pattern based on the typical Amsterdam canal houses. I'm fascinated by isometric designs and illustrations as it is a good way to create abstract endless cityscapes in all directions without having to worry about the issues with normal perspective drawings. Amsterdam canal houses often have roughly the same dimensions, so they are ideal to create a pattern with. The whole project was done in Adobe Illustrator CS5. All buildings have the same base shape, which was created by hand, using a simple isometric grid (there are plenty of them available for download on the internet). The smaller details and letters however, are created with the 3D tool found in Illustrator under the 'Effects' menu item. First I created the letters in 2D using a normal grid so that all letters would have the same look & feel. Then I used the 3D tool to instantly create isometric versions of these letters. I ungrouped the 3D objects into 2D shapes in order to have more control on the colours of each of the sides. I used the same technique to create some of the smaller details on the buildings like the stairs, roof decorations and windows."

Alexis Persani

"It's either some phrases taken at random, or so the song titles. For these 3D typography I used Cinema 4D software and photoshop."

Dan Hoopert

"The main concept was around colour, and creating some kind of physical form based on that. The work was heavily inspired by a similar project by Lee Griggs, brighter colours extrude elements further, creating the desired effect. I decided to have a go at my own take on this and see how it would work with letterforms rather than on a flat plane. The actual letters themselves are created using mainly Cinema 4D and Photoshop."

Alexandra Fomicheva

"Food text effect is created only with Adobe Photoshop Cs5 tools - 3D capabilities, layer style effects and simple preset patterns without using any photos, stock images or real food textures.

Some objects such as hot dogs, burgers/sandwich tops, pancakes and french fries are created with the "Repoussé" 3D option plus "Inflate sides" and "Band" shape presets. The green salad leaves and  bacon texture are created with the "Mesh from Grayscale" option. This very useful and interesting tool. It helps to create relief surface by using the "grayscale" texture highlights for embossed areas and shadows for depths. Fried eggs, small details as sandwiches onion, tomatoes, cheese mayo, mustard and some other are created with the regular flat shapes and simple layer style effects. https://alfoart.com/food_text_effect_1.html"