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ioha · 05-28-2009, 09:23 PM,

Made this for my favourite faction;)

Exile · 05-28-2009, 09:28 PM,

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Made this for my favourite faction;)

I've been waiting for a map like that for about 5 weeks now -.- Looks good, although I'd make the Bretonian flag thing abit more obvious.

ioha · 05-28-2009, 09:49 PM,

' Wrote:I've been waiting for a map like that for about 5 weeks now -.- Looks good, although I'd make the Bretonian flag thing abit more obvious.

You're right, I guess I should make it more visible.

This is actually just a crop-out of a Sirius Sector map I'm currently doing - it's about 25% finished, I think. I've got the Barrier and the Walker nebulae, as well as the drafts for the Edge and Crow nebulae but I still have to do some detail work on those two.

The most work goes into drawing all those jumpgate/jumphole lines though, as well as the system backgrounds (e.g. the reddish tint behind New London or the golden cloud around Dublin star).

Originally, I thought about each system having its correct number of suns in the map, but I think that'd give me an overkill, mostly due to systems such as Pennsylvania, with more than three suns.

Exile · 05-30-2009, 02:39 PM,

Right. Tried something different than photomanipulation and failed, utterly, utterly, utterly failed.

[Image: Fail1.png]

I used this tutorial and the end product was supposed to look like something at the end of page 5. Damned thing just wasn't clear enough for me -.-

ioha · 05-30-2009, 03:12 PM,

Less star density in the background and a lower opacity for the nebulae in the foreground should take you a step forward.

Edit: don't lower the nebula opacity too much. It actually looks quite okay right now, only thing is the background with a gazillion of visible stars.

Exile · 05-30-2009, 03:17 PM,

Yeah, dunno how that happened. Like I said, tutorial's abit meh to me. I'll give it a shot, see what happens. But first imma finish my PM thingy I'm working on. Makes me feel competent :laugh:

Jamez · (This post was last modified: 05-31-2009, 12:43 AM by Jamez.)

Hows the new sig lookin' to you folks? I think I got lucky when I mashed some settings together.

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Andrew Skye
Starflier thrill-seeker

Evangeline Knight
Seasoned fighter pilot

Shinji Takeda
Renzu Corp ex-COO

Lux · 05-31-2009, 01:08 AM,

Looks good, Jamez. The only thing I would change would be the shadow-y effect under the text, or more precisely where it overlaps the engine fire exhaust thing. Other than that, it's excellent.

THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING SO I BECAME A SIGNATURE PLS HLP

Jamez · 05-31-2009, 01:24 AM,

Something like this?

[Image: Skyesig2.png]

Andrew Skye
Starflier thrill-seeker

Evangeline Knight
Seasoned fighter pilot

Shinji Takeda
Renzu Corp ex-COO

Lux · 05-31-2009, 05:16 AM,

Yeah, I love that. Having the shadow overlap the flames (which are a source of light after all) just seems to make the text blend in a bit badly with the rest of the image. My sig doesn't compare, but then it's only meant to express a message:P.

THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING SO I BECAME A SIGNATURE PLS HLP

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