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Community => Fan Works => Topic started by: HylianHero92 on March 01, 2009, 10:47:58 PM

Title: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 01, 2009, 10:47:58 PM
So I was procrastinating form writing the next chapter of "Valley of the Deluge" and I decided to make this..... well I don't know what to call it actually, so I'll call it a poster for now. Here it is:

(http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr12/HH92/votd_teaser.jpg?t=1235975779)

It's supposed to be underwater, btw (in case you couldn't tell  ;) )

Does anybody like it?
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: Keaton on March 01, 2009, 10:48:59 PM
Very good idea, but it's too wide fora poster and the text could stand to be more... water-y...
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: cacturnerules on March 02, 2009, 07:19:13 AM
That's cool how the pages are floating around underwater.

Maybe you'd want to make the papers and tittle more like, wavy, and add a tint of blue to emphasize that they're underwater.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 08:16:35 AM
Quote from: FishyRules on March 02, 2009, 07:19:13 AM
add a tint of blue to emphasize that they're underwater.

I did. They used to be a lot brighter. 
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 09:03:32 AM
How about this?

(http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr12/HH92/votd_teaser-1.jpg?t=1236013338)

I added some mountains in the background too.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: The Glamour Nazi on March 02, 2009, 09:15:11 AM
Well the mountains don't need snow on them but yeah it's better.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: cacturnerules on March 02, 2009, 09:27:38 AM
That's awesome! Much better than the first. The waviness makes it work.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 12:26:40 PM
Quote from: Chuckinator, who is now bringing back the really long name. on March 02, 2009, 09:15:11 AM
Well the mountains don't need snow on them but yeah it's better.

Well you don't need to be so picky....
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: The Glamour Nazi on March 02, 2009, 01:32:18 PM
Lol I said it was good.

I didn't mean it like that.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: MagmarFire on March 02, 2009, 02:10:35 PM
That is very well done. The blue tint and greater refraction helped it out a lot.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 02:20:23 PM
Quote from: Chuckinator, who is now bringing back the really long name. on March 02, 2009, 01:32:18 PM
Lol I said it was good.

I didn't mean it like that.

I was only joking too. No hard feelings. :)
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 02:59:38 PM
I've just added some softglow for a isolated effect:


(http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr12/HH92/votd_teaser-2.jpg?t=1236034711)
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: The Glamour Nazi on March 02, 2009, 03:05:28 PM
Oooohh... Artful...
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: Keaton on March 02, 2009, 06:28:36 PM
Looks even better.

Now all you have to do is change that text <_<
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 06:51:39 PM
Quote from: Davy Jones on March 02, 2009, 06:28:36 PM
Looks even better.

Now all you have to do is change that text <_<

What is that supposed to mean?!
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: Keaton on March 02, 2009, 07:41:09 PM
As I mentioned earlier, the text is garishly outstanding (and not outstanding in the good way, I mean it just stands out).  Good text can make or break a piece.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 02, 2009, 08:22:30 PM
?!


The text is not supposed to blend in. It is simply a label. I just Added the Hylian beneath it for effect. 
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: Keaton on March 02, 2009, 08:34:18 PM
Quote from: EarthboundHero92 on March 02, 2009, 08:22:30 PM
?!


The text is not supposed to blend in. It is simply a label. I just Added the Hylian beneath it for effect. 

text is not a label, it is a part of a piece.  If that had better text, it could probably pass as a screenshot from a game.  As it is, it looks very amateur.  Sorry, but that's constructive criticism for you.  Why not look up some typography tutorials?  What program do you use?
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: HylianHero92 on March 03, 2009, 03:32:14 AM
Well, I'm currently using Gimp for basically everything.I'd just like to let you know, I'm not getting mad or anything, I just don't really know what to do to make the text better. Perhaps I can PM you the picture without text later today, you can do whatever with it, then tell me how you did it so I know for the future? pleaseee?
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: Keaton on March 03, 2009, 03:36:13 AM
Quote from: EarthboundHero92 on March 03, 2009, 03:32:14 AM
Well, I'm currently using Gimp for basically everything.I'd just like to let you know, I'm not getting mad or anything, I just don't really know what to do to make the text better. Perhaps I can PM you the picture without text later today, you can do whatever with it, then tell me how you did it so I know for the future? pleaseee?

Sure, just send me the .xcf.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: The Glamour Nazi on March 03, 2009, 01:38:58 PM
I thought the text was pretty fitting.
Title: Re: poster...type...thing....
Post by: Uximadesk on March 08, 2009, 12:12:04 AM
If you can, it ocurred to me that maybe you can make the letters look like stone or metal, so they would appear as ruins