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

Copy the palette and stock and you have made a derivative. The ref was a vermilion R square. Here a cobalt square with a white initial and gold flecks.

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

Illuminated initial

The ref was a vermilion R square. Here a cobalt square with a white initial and gold flecks.

Notecards for Print Peppermint design exercise with flat correspondence card 4×6 in, 40pt bright white cotton.

FoilsYellow Gold · 101 TechniquesHot Foil, Gold Foil, Letterpress StocksHyacinth Cotton · 48pt

Two rules

01Keep the move, change the ground. The ref was a vermilion R square. Here a cobalt square with a white initial and gold flecks.
02One finish does the talking. One primary finish carries the piece; type and stock stay quiet around it.

Illuminated initial, cobalt — macro, by Print Peppermint — The cobalt square with the knockout H and gold-foil florets, impression edge crisp.

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

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Illuminated initial

Two rules

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