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Create a halftone border in Photoshop.
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Add a halftone drop shadow using Photoshop.
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Trouble-Free Color Palettes: Hip-Hop (cont'd) |
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Fonts/Slang
Try these great
slants on typography
to contribute to
your overall hip-hop
effect, yo. Get them
at www.fontface.com:
Comicate (wack);
Jive (chill); Judas
(street); Xtrusion
(bling); XBand Rough
(city); and Coker
One (culture). We
found the dope
urban terminology at
www.rapdict.org.
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Images
Your best bets on
search terms for hiphop
imagery: DJ,
turntables, records,
graffiti, brick walls,
big and flashy gold
jewelry (aka bling),
streetwear, city skylines,
city streets,
skateboarding, and
torn edges. Think attitude,
city, youth, style,
music, and rap lyrics—
anything real or tough
to get your message
across. Image
22420502, Thinkstock.
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Musical influence
Get the low-down
on hip-hop’s history
and its musical influence.
There’s a lot
of info available at
www.headbob.com/hiphop/hiphophistory.shtml. Image
22377946, Stockbyte.
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PALETTE: Hip-Hop
PALETTE: Combinations
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