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Post subject: Ariadne's Graphics [UPDATED 1/23/2013]  Posted: June 13th, 2012, 2:02 pm |
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Welcome to my shiny new graphics thread! Since I have more free time over the summer, I've started making graphics, and I thought I'd post some of them here.  I'll probably just be making banners at first until I get the hang of it, and then I might move on to manips, wallies, etc. Advice and comments are always welcome! (right now, I think my main Achille's heel is text, so any help you could give me in that area would be much appreciated.  )     _________________ sig set by Nurr
It is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love. married Mr. Darcy 6/14/2012
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 13th, 2012, 6:08 pm |
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Nice! I really like your Frodo banner. even though Frodo's not even one of my fave characters  I have to agree... the text doesn't seem to be your strong point with graphics. No offense.  Can't give you much advice with that though... my text isn't all that good. And I'm not even that good at making graphics in the first place.  What I try to do is look at other pictures with awesome looking text and try (most of the time unsuccessfully ) to replicate the effect... it helps a little. My text is much better than it used to be...
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 14th, 2012, 6:38 pm |
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Thanks, Fea! I have PSP, so I usually try to play around with the properties and opacity of the text... but I was wondering if there were better/other ways to do it. Some additions:     _________________ sig set by Nurr
It is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.married Mr. Darcy 6/14/2012
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 14th, 2012, 7:33 pm |
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You've got a really good start - you do a great job with blending and textures! I think your most successful text is the Rivendell one - it looks like it really belongs to the piece.
A big thing about text is font and placement. It takes some time to figure out what fonts are good, but one thing that helped me was sticking to plain stuff (like Helvetica and Times New Roman) and just seeing what I could do with that to start out with (spacing, capitals, not capitals, placement, etc). Once you get a better feel of where and how it should be, it makes it easier to find the right overall look.
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 14th, 2012, 8:17 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 15th, 2012, 9:51 am |
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Thanks for the advice and comments! I'll try making some banners with simple fonts and see what I come up with. _________________ sig set by Nurr
It is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.married Mr. Darcy 6/14/2012
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 15th, 2012, 1:09 pm |
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Nurrantiel Mashiara wrote: A big thing about text is font and placement. It takes some time to figure out what fonts are good, but one thing that helped me was sticking to plain stuff (like Helvetica and Times New Roman) and just seeing what I could do with that to start out with (spacing, capitals, not capitals, placement, etc). Once you get a better feel of where and how it should be, it makes it easier to find the right overall look. Good advice.  I remember the bizarre epiphany I had when I realized I didn't always have to use swirly decorative fonts! But I love how creative you are with your placement! The Aragorn and Eowyn one I think is my favorite, though I really like the Merry one as well. It has a lovely, dreamy quality.  _________________ 
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 15th, 2012, 1:49 pm |
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Thank you, Taurquende! I made some new banners with some simpler text; let me know what you think!    _________________ sig set by Nurr
It is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.married Mr. Darcy 6/14/2012
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 15th, 2012, 2:22 pm |
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I think text in Frodo banner is much better!  _________________ 
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 15th, 2012, 4:52 pm |
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Thanks, Cara! I just figured out how to do the glowy shadow text thing on PSP. _________________ sig set by Nurr
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 17th, 2012, 1:45 pm |
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_________________ sig set by Nurr
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 18th, 2012, 4:03 pm |
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_________________ sig set by Nurr
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 18th, 2012, 4:37 pm |
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I really love the Miranda one! I think it might be my favorite so far. Keep at it! _________________ going on a journey through my old claims
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 19th, 2012, 2:22 am |
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I also love Miranda banner. You are improving! _________________
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 19th, 2012, 9:38 am |
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Thank you, Nurr and Cara. I've been working on it, so I'm glad you've seen an improvement. _________________ sig set by Nurr
It is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.married Mr. Darcy 6/14/2012
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Post subject: Re: Ariadne's Graphics Posted: June 19th, 2012, 6:52 pm |
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