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Now we will divide the text object into multiple objects that make up its appearance.
[select the text] > Object > Expand… (expand Object, Fill)
[select the text] > Object > Ungroup
Once the expansion is done, we need to set all letters to the same size 160 x 200 px (for example using Transform Panel) and rearrange them into 3 x 2 array with a 65 px whitespaces between:

and rearrange them into 3 x 2 array with a 65 px whitespaces between:

The front art is almost finished. One thing more: we set its fill color to RGB 255, 255, 255 and stroke to 248, 164, 167:


Select all 6 letters (cotton text_1) > go to opo panel > and hit create projection button:

opo automatically creates two additional layers: one for the projection objects (cotton text_1_PZ-) and another for the back side objects (cotton text_1_BZ-):


We don’t need the black stroke lines in the projection anymore. We turn it off: Go to Layers Panel > select all objects on cotton text_1_PZ- > go to Swatches Panel > and set stroke to None:

The same way we set color appearance for the back art objects (cotton text 1_BZ-), fill color to RGB 0, 0, 0 (black) and stroke to None:


Select all the front art letters (This time this is cotton text_2 layer) > go to opo panel > and hit create projection button. The result should be like this:

Again, select all objects from the projection and turn the stroke off:




Go to Layers Panel and set new Opacity value for the following layers: cotton text_1, opacity to 91%, Blending Mode to Normal:

cotton text_2_PZ-, opacity to 60%, Blending Mode to Normal:

cotton text_1_PZ-, opacity to 90%, Blending Mode to Normal:

cotton text_1_BZ-, opacity to 70%, Blending Mode to Normal:

The result:


Make sure that the bkgnd layer is active. Go to Rectangle Tool > create rectangle 720 x 1000 px > align it to the center of the artboard:

Prepare your own texture file or download one from our collection, for example Coffee Blotch Texture

Make sure that texture layer is active, go to File > Place… > and select the texture image. Scale the picture as required:

Go to Layers Panel > select texture > go to Transparency Panel > set Blending Mode to Multiply and Opacity to 30%:

That's it! Save your work: File > Export > JPG (Use Artboards)