How do you handle keep the move, change the ground?

Copy the palette and stock and you have made a derivative. The ref was gold florals on rust. Here on deep teal, the florals as a corner rather than a side.

How do you handle one finish does the talking?

Two finishes on a notecard compete; the eye has nowhere to land. One primary finish carries the piece; type and stock stay quiet around it.

Design exercise · Notecards · Peppermint

Gilded florals

The ref was gold florals on rust. Here on deep teal, the florals as a corner rather than a side.

Notecards for Print Peppermint design exercise with flat notecard 5×7 in, 32pt colorplan teal.

FoilsYellow Gold · 101 TechniquesHot Foil, Gold Foil StocksColorplan Turquoise

Two rules

01Keep the move, change the ground. The ref was gold florals on rust. Here on deep teal, the florals as a corner rather than a side.
02One finish does the talking. One primary finish carries the piece; type and stock stay quiet around it.

Gilded florals, gold on teal — macro, by Print Peppermint — The gold bell flowers where the foil catches the light against teal.

Start from these materials

Same paper, foil and finish, locked in — nothing of this piece artwork comes with it.

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