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How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby TheCosmicPope on Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:07 pm

Greetings! So you have recently illegally downloaded a copy of Photoshop to make your own simfile artwork but you have no idea how - we have a solution!

There are 3 major steps to creating fine artwork:
1) Find a vibrant background image and steal it from Deviantart.com
2) Select a font and steal it from DaFont.com
3) Drop the opacity and add simple blending options

The first two steps are outside the focus of this guide. We will assume you have an image and a font in mind. Open up Photoshop and place your font where you want it.
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Next step is to right click your text layer under the layers sidebar on the right. From here, select blending options. You'll want to play around with colors, outlines, and other effects. Now just crop your image and resize it to the proper dimensions. Here is what I came up with:
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Then drop the opacity so Xynn gets butthurt.
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Perfect! And always use the Unrealized font - it's the best.
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Psychotik on Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:17 pm

Perfect guide.
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Xythar on Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:43 pm

Don't forget to horizontally stretch your title and artist text so they are always the same width as each other and to use the 'Overlay' blending mode whenever possible.
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Derkomai on Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:54 pm

I do have to ask though, what font are you using in this tutorial? It's been killing me these last few days.

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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Telperion on Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:27 pm

Throwing out all my old graphics and replacing them with 2 Mak Gud (tm) selections! You've changed my stepman career forever! Thanks, Your Cosmic Excellency!

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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby sudzi781 on Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:36 pm

Telperion wrote:Cosmic Excellency!


New pack name.
Out Now:
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Valex on Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:57 pm

Derkomai wrote:I do have to ask though, what font are you using in this tutorial? It's been killing me these last few days.


Unrealised, as mentioned in the last line of the tutorial (though with a typo)
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby mudkyp on Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:01 pm

Valex wrote:
Derkomai wrote:I do have to ask though, what font are you using in this tutorial? It's been killing me these last few days.


Unrealised, as mentioned in the last line of the tutorial (though with a typo)


He was kidding
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby SM MaxX on Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:10 pm

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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby TheCosmicPope on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:49 pm

wut r trollin
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Telperion on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:08 am

sudzi781 wrote:
Telperion wrote:Cosmic Excellency!


New pack name.


Nah, I'm personally rooting for Cosmic Sans

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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby rikame on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:57 am

Telperion wrote:
sudzi781 wrote:
Telperion wrote:Cosmic Excellency!


New pack name.


Nah, I'm personally rooting for Cosmic Sans
Out now!
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby mute on Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:02 am

Brandon, you fucking better not be stepping Excessive Funeral. >:(
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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby Xynn on Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:34 pm

look how mad i am

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Re: How 2 Mak Gud Artwerk

Postby mute on Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:00 pm

Derkomai wrote:I do have to ask though, what font are you using in this tutorial? It's been killing me these last few days.

TheCosmicPope wrote:And always use the Unrealized font - it's the best.

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