Nuclear Blast JS Awesome Bomb Filez 5 GRAPHICS assistance please!

[Mollocephalus]

wafles stop putting text in your bgs so high, it shouldn't reach more than 3/5 of the entire graphic in order to not be covered by the arrows. also, don't put it beyond 4/5 horizontally because some themes have life bar on the side and that will cover your text.

The font for klassiker einheit is p bad imo but other than that clean gfx, try something else~

[Wafles]

I've never played on anything other than SM5 w/ bg off so I'm just making graphics for what I'm used to. Anyway here's some adjusted banners.




not gonna touch Klassiker Einheit because I used the same photoshop file for Pacific Girls and can't go back far enough in the history to get back to where I was for that one haha

[Wafles]

nvm I caved and redid the bg's that were a bit high for the ones I still had open

gfx are hard, not used to catering graphics for people who play differently than I do I guess

[Coolboyrulez0]

^ looks much better, also from a composition perspective

[Gundam-Dude]

all this commentary about placing text too close to an edge was already covered in a section of my post back on page 3 but I guess everyone just scrolled right past it gg

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

another thing to be mindful about is where exactly you're placing type because for people that run versions 3.9 or 3.95 with the default theme, there exist black bars located along both left and right edges that will completely obscure anything too close to either of them. in addition, the top and bottom scoring bars during gameplay are also elements that are large enough to obscure key areas in the background image, so you shouldn't place type near the top or bottom edges either. pretty much, around the center is the sweet spot, but from a designer's perspective, try to avoid placing type dead center because it's arguably a lot less stale and boring when it's offset to either side.

lastly, for people running default themes of 3.9 or 3.95, because a simfile author's cdtitle is located at the top right of a banner by default, that too is another element that may obscure type on a banner. arguably, I'd say the cdtitle+banner awareness is more important than the how the background looks during gameplay, because a large majority play with 0% background brightness, and everyone is too focused on reading the notes anyways.

Originally Posted by Mollocephalus

The font for klassiker einheit is p bad imo

I guess from my opinion, it's completely illegible and unreadable. typefaces with flourishes can be nice touches when used in moderation, however they should not interfere with the readability and legibility, otherwise it completely defeats the entire purpose of placing type there in the first place, lol. the fact that it's also all uppercase makes it a nightmare to distinguish letter forms, making it impossible to read from a distance.

[Wafles]

Yea I completely agree with Klassiker Einheit font being shit

I'll redo that set today and find something better, or tone down the flourishes or something like that idk.

[Iggybuggydo]

Eh...



EDIT: Might try and rework this later, I like this picture, but the text doesn't feel right. Might be wrong though.
EDIT 2: Tried a new font and changed a few other things, I think it's a little better than the other one.

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

all this commentary about placing text too close to an edge was already covered in a section of my post back on page 3 but I guess everyone just scrolled right past it gg

hey GD -- is the Beyond Abilities text in my graphics too close to the edge? I know they're quite a bit closer than The Formula.

[tosh]

[11:56:41 PM] Tosh: I made joke graphics for Shine!! (nuclear blast 5). yay or nay?

[11:57:01 PM] redacted: mfw
[11:57:02 PM] redacted: yes

This is in no way a serious set. I am well aware that the bg will not look good with various gameplay elements.

[Gundam-Dude]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

hey GD -- is the Beyond Abilities text in my graphics too close to the edge? I know they're quite a bit closer than The Formula.

it's too close, yeah. worst case, it'd just about cut the B in half making it seem like the title is 3eyond Abilities instead during gameplay, rofl.

again, I mentioned that the gameplay background thing honestly isn't a big deal when the majority of people here play with 0% background brightness and everyone will be too focused on reading notes than pay attention to it, lol. if you're OCD about stuff like this, then you should probably shift it over.

[TC_Halogen]

No, I'm definitely OCD about it. I'll fix that right now, haha.

[[TeRa]]

I like when there's errors in graphics like with Quadraphinix from nb3
now how many people knew about that hehu

i tried making graphics for neopolitan dreams a while ago but im bad at making graphics and gave up sorry
very much looking forward to playing that file though, and the rest of the pack of course

[SKG_Scintill]

you exist?

[[TeRa]]

ye i just dont play much anymore so i don't really come to the site nearly as often as i used to

[icontrolyourworld]

Originally Posted by [TeRa]

I like when there's errors in graphics like with Quadraphinix from nb3
now how many people knew about that hehu

i tried making graphics for neopolitan dreams a while ago but im bad at making graphics and gave up sorry
very much looking forward to playing that file though, and the rest of the pack of course

lmfao i was tired and didn't notice til after i released the pack, still funny though xD

[Mollocephalus]

You should probably update first post

[Wafles]

fyi you missed some graphics in the last update (First Flight, Jersey Spirit (not mine), come to mind right away)

[MetzgerSM]

Yea lol, Quadraphinix was one of the few BG's I dumped out in 30 seconds and didn't even care how it looked xD
But I'm pretty amazed by your graphic skills, at least I don't have to make all the graphics with paint.net anymore

[MetzgerSM]

Oh and happy birthday to you my friend Icy! <3

[rCaliberGX]

rip