Part Four: Expert Guest Gala
~ 16 June 2004 ~
“That Wicked Worn Look”
If there were ever a way to end a series with a stellar finale, this is about as good as it gets.
I feel confident (and humble) saying such because I didn’t write the finale. Seven expert guests did.
No joke. Seven guests. And did I say experts?
I cautiously invited each of the participants below to take part in the finale, realizing they’re all quite busy, and yet each of them accepted with enthusiastic replies.
Ocean’s 7
You’re likely familiar with most of the crew below. And with good reason — they’ve all been publicly recognized in some regard over the past year.
So please give a warm welcome to Greg Storey, Jason Santa Maria, Blake Scarbrough, Ryan Sims, David Hellsing, and Dave Rau & Josh Bertrand.
Academics of Worn
Greg Storey, airbagindustries.com
Greg’s slightly worn site speaks for itself. He’s got other worn projects up his sleeve, which I hope he shares
with us in the future. But for now, enjoy a well-balanced serving of Golden Age design, written in classic Storey attitudinal fashion.
Aged Aesthetic
Jason Santa Maria, jasonsantamaria.com
Jason’s flawless book cover design was a hit the minute it was uploaded. His Aged Aesthetic write-up is almost just as flawless.
Enjoy a few smart solutions for reproducing aged print materials.
The Awesome Antiquated Look
Blake Scarbrough, blakems.com
Extending the invite to Blake was by far the hardest — I had to walk a full six feet over to his desk. He gracefully accepted
(thank you, Blake) and now gives keen advice on brush techniques.
Weathered: Subtle. Restrained.
Ryan Sims, justwatchthesky.com
Ryan hearts that worn look, too. With a versatile style ranging from motion to distress, Ryan’s 2¢ are
a sound investment. From V-Brush to a PSD download, Ryan contributes to the series with fanfare.
Time Traveling
David Hellsing, monc.se
David’s impressive collection of sites, including two Web Standards Awards winners and a CSS Zen Garden entry, put monc.se
on the web dev map. Here, David shares tips for producing non-virtual, authentic aging.
Analogue
Dave Rau & Josh Bertrand, redlabor.com
Take a peek at Red Labor’s portfolio. Need I say more? It’s replete with aged pieces. Chime in to hear Dave &
Josh impart their wisdom. Includes source file.
No Encore Needed
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who participated in, linked to, and enjoyed the Wicked Worn series. Smashing, wasn’t it? I think it’s safe to say that, with the expert advice provided above, no encore is needed.
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A great way to end the series Cameron. Thanks again!
Wild enthusiastic applause.
A wonderful series of articles Cameron, thanks for taking the time to share your (not-so-secret-now) secrets.
The biggest thank you goes to the guy who thought it up and put it all together. Thanks again Cameron I’ve learned a lot.
Amazing. I feel like I owe you big time now. Hmm, what can I offer? A Gmail invitation? E-mail me if you want one.
lol. Trying to get rid of two myself…
What a incredible work is this.
This gonna be very useful, because right now i’m developing a site that pretends to have that vintage look i a wasn’t too pleased with the results, now this series had helped a lot.
Thank you so much.
A-ah-ah-ah!
A helluva lots of thanks, Cameron and the team!
You’re incredibly open, guys. There’s no way of getting valuable information of such awesome quality for free (nor for money, actually) back here in Russia.
A-ah-ah-ah!
Just a fascinating, informative and helpful series overall. Well done, Cameron, and thank you for the time and effort you put into this. Not to mention getting the assistance from those fantastic designers to round this all out.
Spot on work!
Excellent series. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Bravo to everyone involved in this series. I just stumbled across this, I’m such a huge fan of the old worn out look. I recently found your site and am more than impressed!
simply amazing…i love the dirty look and this has shown me a few techniques I’ve never used before
Thanks!
I’m inspired, I think I’m going to write a tutorial or two on some of the techniques I use…
(if you guys are just trying to give away a gmail invite, i’ll take one =D
Very interesting series. Has anyone tried achieving this effect in Illustrator?
every article very useful and helpful throughout the entire series!
For vector grunge try making a selection of black or white grunge and make work path from selection (in the paths palette); export paths to illustrator (under file); open .ai file in Illustrator; select all and fill with color. Presto! Vector grunge.
Use higher res files for work path creation for more detailed grunge.
Hey C, how did you get all those great guys writing their articles to finish the series? It has been an amazing ending. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
this is cool. I think retro look adds a degree of subtle complexity to an image that makes more realistic, an effect seldomly seen on the net.
very inspiring! now i go to create my own stuff!
very inspiring! now i go to create my own stuff!
Thanks for the tut… I’ll take a g-mail invite!
;)
Awesome stuff. Thank you for the time and effort.
I only hope to be just as helpful to other designers someday.
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1 aliotsy ~ 16 June 2004 at 09:12 AM
Holy cow. This is like the Dream Team. Amazing.