WIP: I need some opinions on this cc project

[strangetomato]

I have an idea for a new cc project. It's pretty quick and easy, using the icons again, but I need some opinions. The focus group has ~virtual~ coffee. All participants get a free massage (and maybe more) from Ripp.








It's just a simple thing, using this edited mesh (from Maxis Dreams, I think... I have to figure that out), combining the white shirt with the plain jeans, and adding a little aspiration logo to the chest, and colouring the sneaks to match. I'd do all the aspirations.

So what do you think?




My only concern is how blurry and pixelly the logo is when it's close up, but that was an issue with my woohoo icons as well. It's just the quality of the icons themselves. Does this bother you? Should I make the logo bigger? They're usually about that size, so I wouldn't want to go too much bigger.

Is this worth doing? Please inform.

Thanks in advance! ^_^




 

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Do you have any suggestions for an embroidery texture? Is there a Photoshop filter that doesn't look too filtery? I was thinking that some sort of texture would help it out, and I can do that if I recreate it.

Thanks for your help!

Hope this helps. I use CS3, btw

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

So what I'd do is:

1. Enlarge the aspiration symbol image size first (make it maybe 800X800, or some ridiculous size).

2. You may need to 'find edges' under STYLIZE before the next step.

3. Go to Filter, and under Stylize, select Emboss. Give your height about 4-5 pixels, or whatever you see fit. You just want to create slightly raised texture around the edges.

4. Next, go back to Filter, and under Texture, select GRAIN. Depending on how you like your embroider, grain types Vertical or Horizontal work best. I find that if the contrast is above 50, the texture washes out. Once you've found what you like, hit ok.

5. By now, you've got an embossed, grainy grey lump. Go to Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation (or CTRL U), click the Colorize box, then select the hue you'd like.

(To get an even powder blue look, I then went into Brightness/contrast- and set the contrast to about -33, and brightness to +77).

6. When you have found the color you like, resize your image. I edit big, then shrink the image, so the grain looks more like thread.

From here, I tweak the brightness/contrast until I have the desired texture.

Keep in mind that my skinning skills aren't great. I use photoshop mostly for photo editing.

You may just want to experiment a bit. I understand that there are brushes that create textures like this, but I've no clue how to get them to work in Photoshop. I meant to ask haughtysims about it, and keep forgetting.

I can't wait to see/download what you come up with. Hope this helps.