1 Malaysia poster -- clothes

HERE........I had done my 1 Malaysia poster with the theme of clothes. Actually there are a bit different compare with my sketches after I done some improvement but I still maintain the idea. I use the" People 1st ,achievement is main priority" as my quotation in my poster. As you can see the background of the poster I arrange 3 language which is Malay, Chinese and Tamil. This also represent 3 main races in Malaysia - Malay Chinese India , we united together and live in one society. Other than that, I use "Batik" as my clothes in the poster and I also arrange the word inside the batik. Hope this poster can bring out 1 Malaysia meaning for everyone.

Below I will share my all steps how I finish my poster.

I use Adobe Illustrator CS4 to create my poster 

Open the Illustrator 

Name it 1 malaysia poster
Size : A4 ( potrait)
Color mode : RGB 72ppi -- for screen

Go to File >>> Place

Choose the sketch image that I had scan by using printer before I start create my poster.

Ctrl + T transform the image to fix the A4 paper after you import it

Select Pen Tool (shortcut -- P)

Double click on the layer and name it as original image ( lock it)

Create a another layer name it as flower

Follow the outline of the flower and trace it by using pen tool 

Select Ellipse tool ( shortcut -- L)

Draw the circle inside the flower ( press shift when you drag the circle)

After you trace finish all the flower, open another layer and name it leaf

Repeat the step tracing follow the shape of the leaves.

Create a layer name it as cloth

Here is the image after finish tracing

Select Gradient tool ( shortcut --G)

Change the color of the gradient 

R  255

G  84

B  0

R  255

G  209

B  0

I had adjust the angle of the gradient to 60degress

Press ctrl to select another flower

After that, select the leaf and apply gradient

Color all the leaves by repeat the step above

Select spiral tool 

Change the stroke to 4pt

I create the spiral to fill up the empty space of the clothes.

I change the flower outline to white color.

I also change the stroke of the line to 3 pt

I change all the flower and the leaf outline to white color

Go to effect >>> stylize >>> drop shadow

This is the poster after drop shadow

Select rectangle tool (shortcut -- M )

Create a new layer name it background and drag the mouse diagonally on the A4 paper

Change the gradient as

R 0

G 0

B 66

R 255

G 0

B 122

Go to effect >> artistic >> watercolor

Adjust the brush detail to 7 and the texture to 1

Effect >> artistic >> paint daubs

Adjust the sharpness to 10

This is almost done half process of my poster.

Select type tool ( shortcut --T ) and create a new layer name it tamil

Adjust the opacity of the font to 52

Change the character of the font to 黑体

Type the font in a new layer name as Chinese. Right click on the font and select create outline

Right click again and selected ungroup. Now you can move or transform the font freely. I change all the font color to white color and also use the same opacity 

Open a new layer and name as title 

I use the People 1st achievement is main priority as my quotation. 

Create a new layer name it as bangsa

Ctrl + Alt to duplicate the word

Arrange the word bangsa to fill up the image of flower. 

Do it for each hibiscus by putting the word irama  nada  suara and priority.

Select all the word inside the flower and go to window >>> transpanrency ( ctrl +shift +f10)

Select overly 

File >>> export

Save as  photoshop (psd )

Color model: RGB

Resolution : screen (72 ppi )

I save my poster as psd file because all the layers will transfer to photoshop and I wont lose any layers when I    do the editting.

Now open the Adobe photoshop CS4

Selected crop tool (shortcut --C)

Crop the extra part of the poster 

Thus, it can be fix on A4 paper.

Select title layer and right click

Select duplicate layer

Right click on the new title layer and select blending options 

Select outer glow

Select the pink color ( ffc5f3 )

Adjust the fill to 0% 

So you can the title with the pink color outline.

Go to adjustment 

brightness  10

contrast     62

Adjust the saturation to +5

DONE....thats all about the steps when I create my poster. 

Hope you can learn something  from my tutorial.