Class #2 Graphics (Rain)

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OKEY DOKEY! So you have received your roleplaying diploma. You are now an advanced rper which is something you should be proud of! If you want to make your bios advanced feel free just to re enroll in the rping one. However, I think this is what everyone wants. ANYWHO just let me know what you want to learn. There are a CRAP TON of things I can teach. However we will only go over what YOU want to do. The only lesson I require everyone to do is Text because Text is something that makes your graphic stand out.

Anywho lets start with that. Just respond with a huge or small list of things you want to learn and we can start the ball rolling from there.

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I IS HAR. And Text... sounds good! I know a few basics, but nothing too special :3 Like I can import brushes and fonts, make basic tables, etc etc.

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TEXT !?

Okay So there will be four or five lessons with text. I'll I ask is that you link me to your image. The purpose of this is NOT to make the image look all cool with fancy brushes. Instead it's focusing on the text. JUST the text.


1. open up a new canvas and place a pretty picture
on it.

2. click the path tool (or press B). now this is very
important! in order to make your text as neat and
as unaltered as possible, you must space out each
circle EVENLY. for example, let's say i draw a path
and the spacing is very uneven, my text will come
out uneven and stretched, which is what i don't want.
also make sure your path is long enough for what
you are writing. if it's too short, the letters at the end
will jumble together, which isn't very pretty.

3. once you have finished creating this path, click on
the text box. the path you created will disappear from
view but it is saved on your computer. write whatever
you would like and then scroll down on the tool area
and click text along path. if the path you made WAS
NOT evenly spaced, the text will come out as very
strange. it's okay since it is your first time! with
practice, you will get better.

4. now open up a transparent layer. go to the top and
click on SELECT -> FROM PATH. your text should have
little marching ants around it. go to EDIT-> FILL WITH
COLOR and now you have filled your text with a pretty
color. that's it! keep on practicing and you'll do great :]

Mishmash helped me a lot with this so I want to give her credit :3

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Mkay so i chose the first color i clicked that wasn't white.

How's this?

[starstruck]

Okay LOTS TO SAY....

The font: I don't think it matches. Try downloading fonts from Dafont.com
For this piece I would have used a bigger font. As well as a different font and color. I feel like a pale color would have looked better. If you hit control + L you can get the layer channel open. At the top of the box you can see a box with different options. Try messing around with that. You can change the opacity of it to to make it faded.

The point of the paths tool isn't to make straight text but to make it curvy! Try this again, but instead of putting your path in the same line, try putting the dots in a rainbow formation or a curved formation. Just remember space them evenly apart

[starstruck]

GOOD Job guys

. text is a tricky part of graphic designing. when
i started to make graphics, i always had trouble
with it. the first question you want to ask yourself
is do you want the text to be the main focus of the
graphic? if so, then follow along with this lesson.
Our next lesson will be on not having the text as
the main focus.

2. when making your text the main focus, the first
thing you don't want is too many images. stick to one
or two images/textures/etc. so that the attention goes
to your text. However, when the text is the main focus,
it doesn't mean you have to exclude other images/
textures/etc, such as models, from your graphic.

3. next what you want to do is make your text large
enough so that people can read it but not too large
that it blocks out other images that you want to
include.

4. when choosing the type of font for your text, i
advice not using curvy fonts or script. though they
are pretty, they might be too much. using basic fonts
like georgia or tahoma for your main text and adding
a pretty, curvy font under it will help balance out
the two texts. if you do choose a curvy text, make
sure it's bold and noticeable. after all, you want the
attention to be on the text.

5. it is very important for your text to fit the theme
of your text. if you are trying to project a specific or
idea, match your text with it. for example, don't use
a girly text is your theme is dark and cynical.

5. when making any graphic, the main text should
definitely be larger than the subtext; if you choose
not to have a subtext, that is perfectly fine too.

6. now in terms of colour. you want the colour to stand
out but you also want it to match the background of
your graphic. i like using neutral colours like black
or white for texts; they are both noticeable and blend
with the background of my graphics.

7. placing texts is tricky as well. what i recommend is
not placing the text on a model's face. you should also
not place it where there are a lot of contrasting colours;
it makes it difficult to see the text. try placing the text,
when you want it to be the main focus, in the center or
where most of the activity is.

8. TIP: when making the text your main focus, first
choose the font and placement of your text; then build
around it and find matching images/textures/etc.

<---The first thing you really look at here is the text! After this lesson will be a mini test like thing

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Just like that! I love how the bottom text is lighter and the top is darker it makes it look like the candle it lighting up the text. It's a really cool affect! -stares in awe-

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Why do I feel like I did this wrong?

[starstruck]

Okay! So here is the quiz. I think I'm done with the easier portion of text. we will start the next two (and final) Text lessons tomorrow. Then we will start messing with colors! So here is my request

I want a brown tabby cat picture edited(you find the image)
There should be two text colors....(you pick)
The two Lines of text that I want is

I want revenge
let the bodies hit the floor

you can decide which text is the main text and which text is the subtext.
TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!!!

this will be out of 10 points. You have until tomorrow....morning....-nods-

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The yellow text was actually called 'let the bodies hit the floor' <



I couldn't find another color for the yellow text that matched without completely blending in besides white, and white stood out too much.

[starstruck]

Masq-Simple is good. However there is a point where it is too simple. It looks like you were playing with opacity which is good . The font colors match good together. However the text goes over the body which is bad. I would have made the font smaller and put it in the corner. I would have had the I want revenge in BOLD so it stood out without putting an opacity on it(if you did) Then I would have put let the bodies hit the floor in a sans font and had it way smaller. If you want to link me to that picture...I can show you what I mean.
6/10(it's passing )

Rain-You have a good font pick! I like the I want revenge font! I also like the color. However I would have pushed it a bit more to the left so it didn't touch the cat. Also I like the yellow font...but it's just to bright in some areas. I would have made it smaller and put a black outline on it. All in all you did very well. Keep practicing both of you! 7/10

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TEXT !?: LESSON 3

well i was wrong. the second lesson was long lol.
hopefully this one won't be too long. this lesson
is going to be on how to not make text the main
focus.


1. adding in text into any banner is a difficult
task, especially when you don't want it to be the
main focus. the best thing to do, in my opinion,
is to first make the graphic and then add in the
text. that is as long as you just want the text to
be on top of the graphic. if you want it to blend
in with the graphic, then you should write it
before you finish the actual graphics. but for
this lesson, we are going to stick with the former:
putting the text on after you have finished your
graphic.

2. the main thing you should think about when
adding in text is what do you want the text to
project? even though you don't want it to be the
main focus, the text should still have some idea
or concept behind it. the will help you with the
placement, color, etc.

3. once you've though of a theme behind your text,
you can start thinking about size and placement.
you don't want the text to be too small so that no
one can see it but not too big that it takes over the
whole graphic. generally the main text is larger
while the subtext is smaller. in terms of placement,
the main text usually goes on top of the subtext.
but then again that also depends on the theme
behind your text and what you want the looker
to see first. i generally put my main text on top
and my subtext below.

4. now before i continue with placement, i want
to touch upon color and font style. color is also
such a difficult topic. an important thing to
remember is that the color should match the
graphic you are making. if everything is a
shade of blue, don't make the font orange.
unless you have the color orange somewhere.
black and white are exception colors but besides
that, try to make the colours match and fit. for
font style, i just keep it simple for the main text,
either choosing georgia or tahoma. then for the
subtext i use a fancy font like french script.
sometimes, however, that doesn't work. if your
whole graphic is about darkness and evil, try
to find an "evil" font, like vampire or something
so that it fits the graphic. dafont.com has such
amazing fonts! you should check it out :]

5. now back to placement. placing text on your
graphic is important. i recommend to not place
your text on any model. it becomes difficult to
read and sometimes the text can block out a
piece of the model. keep the text around the
area of focus just because you don't want lookers
to not even pay attention to your text. the sig i
have is a good example. the text isn't that
noticeable but it's still part of the main focus.

6. TIP: try saving the image as an xcf file because
then you can still edit it. you can save it as a png/
jpeg files as well but you can't edit those after you
close the file

Stars Example that she did in 5 minutes so it's UBER bad

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This is the first one I made:



This is the second one I made because I realized the first one didn't really have anything to do with this lesson:

[starstruck]

You guys are doing great! Okay this is the final lesson on text! Don't forget to experiment with different colors and fonts. Dafont.com has wonderful ones!


1. so just to summarize texts a bit. it's always very
important that your text is legible. you want the
audience to be able to read it. i know that doesn't
always happen but here's a tip: when your text
isn't very legible, try using a drop shadow. if you
go to filter->lights & shadow-> drop shadow and
click on it, you can create a drop shadow for your
text. you can choose the color and the intensity of
it. you can experiment with the numbers and see
what you like.

2. the color of the text should match your graphic.
you don't want your text to be orange when your
graphic is shades of green. stick to either black,
white, or a color already used in your graphic.

3. font placement is important, especially when
you want it to be the main focus/don't want it to
be the main focus. keep the text in the center of
where the major parts of the graphic are taking
place. don't have your text in the corner when
everything is taking place in the center.

4. when it comes to font style, it's always tricky
to say what goes for every graphic. if it fits the
tone and theme of your graphic, then that's what
matters.

5. different types of opacity and styles of text can really
add to your graphic. What I did with the moss and lynx
one was at the top of the layers box you see opacity with
a little slider that you can change from 100--->0
well above that there is a drop box with different styles
such as overlay, color,hue,dodge, burn, multiply, divide, ect ect.
Try using some of these effects on your text! It can really make or break
a graphic sometimes!

the next lesson will be color. After the first Color lesson we will have another quiz that will combined Color and text! There will only be Three Color lessons. After Color we will work on adding layers to make that signature WONDERFUL. After Signatures we will move to blends, after that sidetable images. After that Logos, and after that Coding so you can learn to make tables and skins YAY!!!

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I had a LOT of fun making this one. I started it at about nine PM, kept going, then totally restarted at about ten ten thirty. THEN I made a new one, restarted that one at like midnight, and then started this one. I was so out of it but I didn't finish until like four in the morning xD



I merged two different song lyrics... If you could tell me what both songs were I'd love you for all eternity times infinity <3