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LEVY
Jean-Benoit Levy
San Francisco graphic artist Jean-Benoit Levy combined letters, numbers,
and red bars to create monetary symbols in this poster about societal
investment in sustainability for the “Occupy: What's Next” international
poster contest sponsored by the NextByDesign organization. Levy started
the poster by creating the gradient-filled background. Then he selected the
Type tool and created type objects for each of the characters that spell
“SUSTA1NA3LC.” With the Selection tool, he selected each type object and
positioned it within the layout. Next, to create the blur effect for the letters,
Levy selected one of the type objects and opened the Appearance panel
and clicked Fill to select a dark green. Then he clicked the Add New Effect
icon at the bottom of the panel, choose Blur> Gaussian Blur, and entered 32
in the radius field.
