Photoshopping & Webstuff

[azurite]

So I've got a few projects on my plate at the moment, almost all of them involving Photoshop. I'm trying to come up with a new layout for my domain so that all the subdomains (like Blue Eyes and Apricots, Azurelist, Dragonfayth, etc.) are all accessible. Plus, I need to have things like Resource/Credits pages, a Contact Me page, etc. I need to come up with a reasonable structure for everything.

My ideas were...
* Woodcut-style (like a Fleur de Lis; I've seen this in several places, but I'm not sure how to develop a few custom shapes or brushes and turn it into a whole layout, even if it is just a "portal" page)
* Jeweled stars (tried it; it wasn't successful with the NM Smith tutorial I tried, but a lot of Blending Options seemed to do the trick... now, what to do with it?)
* Tattoo-style-- like Ed Hardy. (I have no idea how to even embark on this. It's obviously got to do with the airbrush tool, but I don't know where to begin.)
* Retro Pop Art (This is inspired by the Lymabean "Spread the Love" contest logo. I have most of the brushes necessary to create something similar, except for the "retro" striped swirls.



I'm talking about the swirl-like shapes behind the letter E (of "Love") and behind the circles on the left (near where it says "Spread The...") Any idea where to find brushes like that?

Also, does anyone know how to make letters/shapes POP out like they do in the header? Is it just a matter of drawing a bunch of lines and having proper perspective?

And in the meantime, I'm going to separate out BEA's new "Media" page, add some embedded fanart via DA (don't know how much longer fanart's even going to *be* on DA, but...), and HOPEFULLY work on some fic.

Yesterday I did some adding to WikiFic for Yu-Gi-Oh! soundtracks/scores, but now I'm not sure if BOTH albums I bought in SD or just one is bootleg. I certainly didn't consider the possibility when I bought the things (usually I'm pretty good at spotting those kind of things, but these looked totally legit!)... yeesh. So, if you own some legit Yu-Gi-Oh! OSTs and have some free time, care to put up the track listing on WikiFic? I'll be able to grab the lyrics and take care of things like the kanji/furigana and the romanization.

Comments

[arien-elensar.livejournal.com]

Sara over at Stargazer has a basic retro set:
http://stargazer.netg.se/goodies/brushes.php#
Retro Circles at Celestial Star.net:
http://celestial-star.net/brushes/page-2/

I'm not sure what you mean by pop out; if you mean the whtie around it, there are many different ways you could approach that look. For the sheen of the letters, a gradient would be ideal.

(Btw, the message I sent you talks about BEA's media section and I wrote that before reading what you wrote here so some of what I said doesn't really apply anymore; plus there are grammar mistakes abound *le sigh*.)

[azurite]

Hm, lots of pretty brushes, but not quite what I'm talking about. I'm after something that looks like the swirls in the bg of the header. Also, for the "pop out" I mean the green lines behind the heart, equals sign, and the bean-- I wonder if they were just drawn or if there's something that generates those perspective lines and adjusts them according to a desired angle.

But thanks for the links, though! :)

[cyperian.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Are you willing to pay for such images or are you looking for the freebies? If you're willing to spend $5 - $10, I can find some vectors you could download. I honestly think that's how that banner was created, anyway. Vectors are also somewhat more versatile in that they can be absolutely any size you want without losing quality.

Don't get me wrong, I love brushes far more than vectors, but I know where you can get such vectors. Not so much for the brushes. ^_~

[azurite]

$5 is cool, but $10 might be a bit much unless it was a decently-sized set. It's not that I don't value the people that make such awesomely useful art, it's that I'm broke. -_-; $5 is spare change; $10 is a meal. :P