{"id":52608,"date":"2024-04-02T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=52608"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:49:10","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-dingbats-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2024\/04\/tutorial-tuesday-dingbats-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday (Dingbats)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspiration for the April Scraplift Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’m very literal (I know, I say that ALL the time) when it comes to the Scraplift Challenge<\/strong><\/span>. If I like a layout enough to emulate it, I’m gonna EMULATE it. So I was looking at the April 2024 Scraplift Challenge<\/strong><\/span><\/a> last night and what resonated with me was the abstract drawing Alexis<\/strong><\/span> used for her no-photo sample layout.<\/p>\n

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Then I started thinking about what I could use to emulate it. Do I have any doodle drawings in my stash? Will they work? What else could I use? And just about the time I fell asleep, it occurred to me that maybe using a dingbat could be an option. So I pored over the dingbat section at dafont.com <\/strong><\/span><\/a>and I found a few you might like. All the sets I’m showing you are 100% free for personal use; the bold name of the dingbat (font) is a direct link to the download. Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n

First and most closely related to the image above is this collection called Woman Faces<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Don’t be fooled… there are a LOT of options with this set that wouldn’t fit into the screenshot. 236 different glyphs, to be exact! Many of them are line-drawings, so very suitable.<\/p>\n

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If you like a less formal effect Cartoonabha<\/strong><\/a><\/span> might work for you. This one comes with 66 different options. some of them are very expressive!<\/p>\n

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This set contains the 12 constellations that make up the Zodiac. If you’re into that kind of thing, Constellations Ostia<\/strong><\/a><\/span> could provide your non-photo focal point. Or you could use the glyphs as background stamps.<\/p>\n

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The Goddess<\/strong><\/a><\/span> gives off a bit more of an esoteric vibe. There are 30 options in this one; the letter X is a fairy!<\/p>\n

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Art Nouveau Flowers<\/strong><\/a><\/span> offer a lot of possibilities. They can be filled with the Paint Bucket<\/strong>, Styled<\/strong> to look like wrought iron or lead, have papers clipped to them, or just be left as is.<\/p>\n

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For a more whimsical take, Country Cuties<\/strong><\/a><\/span> is your friend. Mostly line-drawn, there are some sweet kittens, cutie bears, a frog, and that hilarious pig.<\/p>\n

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For the Disney<\/strong> fans, there’s Disney family 1<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, with all the usual suspects represented.<\/p>\n

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If you’re more of an old-school Star Wars<\/strong> gal, check out Lucas characters<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. No Grogu… so if you’re looking for him, skip this one.<\/p>\n

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These Vintage Mixed vol1<\/strong><\/a><\/span> dingbats remind me of print ads from the 60s. There’s even an image of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for elegance. The pointing finger could work for quite a few topics, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

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I just love the gossipy image! Vintage Mixed vol2<\/strong><\/a><\/span> has even more retro images; I think my fave is the cartoon bride and groom on the run.<\/p>\n

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If you’re in the Path of Totality for this month’s solar eclipse, this set called Galaxia<\/strong><\/a><\/span> might have something you could put into a photo-less layout. Or you could use the drawings for a border.<\/p>\n

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These just made me laugh. Smile 2 Me<\/strong><\/a><\/span> has a huge assortment of expressions; I love the one flashing a peace sign.<\/p>\n

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From the ridiculous to the sublime… Caligrafia Divina<\/strong><\/a><\/span> strikes a more elegant chord. The dragon is fabulous.<\/p>\n

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And last, since we do Takeout Tuesday at my house, there’s a food set called LMS Junk Food Junky<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. (Of course!) I could see myself creating a layout and calling it In Praise of Pizza.<\/p>\n

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I had one more for you but for some reason WordPress isn’t allowing me to attach an image of it. I’ve tried several different tricks and failed……… It has a selection of fairy tale images in it and is called Once Upon a Time2.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you’re not sure you see anything you like, check out the other dingbats at dafont.com<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. There’s something for everyone there. These are just my picks for what would work as line drawings. (I won’t tell you how many I downloaded today. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

Before I let you go, I should explain how to use these dingbats as line drawings, shouldn’t I? Install your dingbat set; they take a little longer to install than say a script font, because of the added details. Then open Elements. <\/strong>Dingbats are essentially fonts, so the Text Tool<\/strong> will let you see what’s in the set. I usually run through the alphabet, looking at which image is attached to each letter. For this purpose, I’d use a huge size, like 200 pts<\/strong>. Then I’d Simplify<\/strong> the text (image) so it can be manipulated. Now it’s resize-able to whatever will work best. And then I’d work my layout into the canvas.<\/p>\n

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For sets that have additional glyphs you can’t access via the alpha keys, check out this tutorial Unlocking the Secret Extras in Your Font Files<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

This might be fun!<\/p>\n

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Inspiration for the April Scraplift Challenge I’m very literal (I know, I say that ALL the time) when it comes to the Scraplift Challenge. If I like a layout enough to emulate it, I’m gonna EMULATE it. So I was looking at the April 2024 Scraplift Challenge last night and what resonated with me was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[229,102,281,284,92,66,285,62],"tags":[373],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 03:22:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52635,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52608\/revisions\/52635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}