added a halftone texture to a flyer just to see what would happen. I wasn't expecting much. But t...

added a halftone texture to a flyer just to see what would happen. I wasn't expecting much. But t...added a halftone texture to a flyer just to see what would happen. I wasn't expecting much. But t...

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Frederick O-Afiari

• Sep 11

added a halftone texture to a flyer just to see what would happen.

I wasn't expecting much.

But the moment it hit ,the whole design changed.

Suddenly it had depth. Character. That premium editorial feel you can't fake with flat design alone.

A technique from the 1800s just made my 2025 work better.

Moral of the story ,never stop experimenting. The oldest tools sometimes unlock the best results. 🎨

Frederick | Fredarts Studios

halftone

Oliver Gareis

• Nov 9

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Figma Editorial Design Typography

Isaac Oyelese

• Nov 9

Really nice exploration 👍

Nikas Geisleris

pro

• Nov 10

Every letter of the wordmark was uniquely drawn in Adobe Illustrator as a guilloche pattern tile. I then built everything into custom Figma plugins that generate the result, so tash.cards can form unique words for its own communication.

Brand Design Graphic Design Typography

Thabiso Leshega

• Nov 10

This is striking Nikas! 👏 The layered guilloche lines in pink and blue against the black background look so precise. I like that you build figma plugins so the wordmark can create new words, since it makes the brand flexible and unique. Great work on tash.cards!