Here’s my first stab at stick art for me! I had the splats REALLY nice but lost it due to poor layer management >.< I almost feel like I went over board on them this time but I could be talked into thinking other wise. Either way, comments? critiques? threats of violence?
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1401/shwaystickpreview.jpg
This is for my SE stick with fresh sanwa white buttons with black rings (full black for my right most buttons) and white ball sanwa stick
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad6/gobirds11/VegaTemplateFinal.jpg?t=1267826780
Here is what I got for Vega so far.
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad6/gobirds11/AkumaTemplateFinal.jpg?t=1267826996
This is for my boy XBL GT Boriqua Kyaku
Ok, I hate Claw, but this one is very good, I’m impressed! Not too crazy about the pic in the bottom corner though, the art doesn’t fit.
That’s my nigga Roman…Good looking out form my Template for my Round 2 TE stick bro…That shit is FIRE!!!
Don’t hate the claw he appreciates opinions so I deleted my Vega in the bottom corner and just put a super logo
nice guide!
First time starter
Also a first time photoshop user. What I got so far. I cant tell if the background will stay gray, or if it will go white if I put nothing on it. I’m going for a white background with some ink blotches and stripes, since Hakumen’s attacks have a brushstroke look and feel. Could use some criticism on this.
Nice tutorial d3v, its cool that you took the effort of doing this. Seems that you motivated a lot of people to pick up PS and do their own stuff haha.
By the way, does anyone have a Hori V3 template? I can only seem to find V3 SA ones 
Fix the BB logo and probably get a BB background for Hakumen, other than that, just work with it a bit more, and it’ll be fine.
Hey d3V I have a question, I want to put the background inside of the text. I know that I am going to have to enlarge the text for that to happen, but how do you put the background in side of it?
Reference.
IMAGE QUOTING?!?! IN MY THREAD?!?!?
V3-SA templates? Where (link pls.)
Enlarge it (use the transform too, CTRL+T, hold SHIFT, click on the corners and the drag). Then select all the areas outside of the logo. After this, select the layer of the background, then click on Layers > Layer Mask > Reveal All, press delete to mask the selected areas, then turn off the layer of the logo.
good lookin out d3v
Here’s something I slapped in about 30 minutes. I need some opinions on color coordination.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/600/ikanhakumen2.th.png
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7083/ikanhakumen.th.png
Which is better? I’m leaning on the first.
Next, I only have 6 black rimmed, red plunger and 2 dark hai Sanwa buttons. I also have a red Sanwa balltop and a grey balltop from let’s say, a Hori FS3. Which combination would be nice?
Here’s my current art:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9910/p1130566.th.jpg
EDIT: Embedding fail
EDIT2: I forgot to mention this is d3v’s custom template for the Naki/Dreamgear Arcade Fighter IV 
Mind using smaller images when posting in the thread?
^Sorry about that…
Updated the Hakumen stick art. I kind of want to port this to a Madcatz SE template, heh.
That’s hideous. Real talk…
I’m gonna have to agree with raeli there (though less harshly). That art lacks alot of polish and the elements just don’t seem to gel together right.
Aww really? Goes to show my non-existing GIMP skills… What do you mean polish? If it’s the BG, it’s a 720p screenshot I just blew up and the only chance I can get my buttons to work well.
That’s exactly it. It looks like you just threw in a bunch of screenshots with the character art.
If anything, the black/grey gradient does not work as a still shot. Secondly, the colours of the logos do not go with the background at all.
