Xception wants Graphics

[EnR]

Silvuh >_>

Stop being so damn good at PS art

[Xception704]

Originally Posted by Silvuh

Messed around with the arrows on the avatar a bit more, blended better, I hope...



When you were talking about "///////", did you mean diagonal scan lines? Those one-pixel diagonal lines?

I think you have what I'm thinking in mind ... not sure though. I wouldn't want it on the avatar you made either ... the one you made is great! ... I still think the green clashes and that hue of blue also clashes.

[johnnyboy898]

This is my interpretation of "wave"

[EnR]

Originally Posted by johnnyboy898

This is my interpretation of "wave"

That's pretty sick :O

[Xception704]

Awesome interpretation. Work on it a little though ... it looks kind of odd right now.

Still don't like the font. =\

And yes, I know the fonts I provided aren't that great ... I'm looking for a font like the one used in EnR's banner.

[who_cares973]

i can hand draw the name and someone can use it :O

only because i suck at PS >.<

[Silvuh]

Here's the matching banner and background... I used one of the fonts you gave, 'cause I already had it and it looks good anyway, heh...
And I used what I was thinking of with the "////////" things in the border.



There's that one-pixel offset thing on the profile, so the graphics will be aligned there.

[chidori!]

thats why i said my hopes would be ruined that banner is way better then my crap lol XD
might as well make the banner my own

[johnnyboy898]

4th or something attempt right here
PS: Xception, I dunno but maybe you should find a font and everyone can work around it.

[Xception704]

Love it Silvuh!

I set it on my profile to see how it looks. Is there any way to incorporate something else to add to it? It looks kind of plain imo. Any way you can add some kick-ass looking render or effect on the left/banner?

Also, maybe a bevel/emboss effect on the text? Not sure what that would look like, but use your own judgement of what would look good?

P.S. That's exactly what I meant by "////////."

Yeah, I'm not good at choosing fonts if I can't experiment with them myself johnny ...

[Commandersa1]

What about this design?

Header:


I'm not going to post the background image because it is way too big, but I will post the link:

Background Image:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/442/eeewdr7.jpg

If you want to know how it looks on a profile, I put it on mine.

[Silvuh]

Originally Posted by Xception704

kick-ass looking render

What kind of kick-ass render? One of those abstract C4D renders, a render of a character, a vector render...?

And I noticed something I messed up on with the banner when I saw it on your profile... I forgot to extend the bevel around the border past the image, so the bevel wouldn't end on the artwork. They should connect better now...

And here's the same version with a soft bevel on the text.

Wasn't sure what kind of bevel you wanted.

[johnnyboy898]

ok on this one I added a glossy thing to the "xception704" bit, not the swash


http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...tionsstuff.png



5TH EDIT: That is the proper link! YES!!

[EnR]

That second one looks like the letters are 3d ish, they pop out

[Xception704]

@ commandersa1: I'd advise you to download some new fonts ... I really hate pixel fonts. The background is really cool though ... except can you go to Edit >> Transform >> Flip Horizontal (if I recall correctly?) to make it so that that cool design is on the left, thus more visible?

@Silvuh: Just any design that would make me think "kick-ass" the moment I saw it ... doesn't have to be a render of a character ... just an awesome design (possibly logo-ish).

@johnnyboy898: I'd suggest you start over and try something new ... with Silvuh's submission and commandersa1's new submission, I'm thinking I'm going to go with one of those at the moment. I know you've put a lot of work and editing into it, so if you decide not to make another one, I'll still compensate you in credits.

[dean_machine]

Originally Posted by Silvuh

Messed around with the arrows on the avatar a bit more, blended better, I hope...

The problem with that is that FFR converts the avatars into gif images, and gif images doesn't support partial transparency. It's either completely transparent or completely opaque. I saved that image as a gif just so you can preview what it will look like.
Attachment 16418

edit: another thing I'd like to point out is that FFR profiles only show banners 958px wide, so there's some excess picture not visible at the right side of the image if the image is 960px wide. I'm not 100% positive yet whether FFR shows the background 959px wide, but I'm pretty sure it's 959px wide. Not sure if this was discovered already, but I'd thought it would help telling you guys so it might make it easier to design.

Banners in FFR will also be offset 1px to the right of the background, so if you do design for a 958px wide banner and 959px wide background that is suppose to align perfectly, then you need to design the banner with 959px, then cut out the first 1px column at the left side of the image.

I'm not trying to say any of the other ways to make the banner and background is wrong. I'm just trying to give info that you might not know about and might find useful.

[HammyMcSquirrel]

Hot graphics going on in this thread. I just wanted to address dean's post.

You'll notice, dean, that FFR actually doesn't convert every avatar to a gif file. It says .gif at the end of the file name, but it saves it as the file type the avatar was uploaded as. You can try saving my avatar or Silvuh's avatar up there, and you'll notice mine is a .jpeg file and Silvuh's is a .png file. The avatar Silvuh made will be as it looks in this thread when it's uploaded.

[johnnyboy898]

I tried, oh well.

I actually did this for fun, not to be the worlds best Photoshopper

[Silvuh]

Those any better?

And, Dean...
Do you use IE or something? Because in Firefox, banners are 960 pixels long and backgrounds are 962 pixels long. There's an extra pixel on both sides on the background.

[Coolboyrulez0]

Not xception but those are some nice graphics silvuh o.0