this is something i made just now to show off a couple things (literally in the time it took me to post my last message and have a multiparagraph argument argument on facebook) to take note of…
the white lines are stroke effects (all of which are set to outside), the black is boarders, and the glowy effect is outer glow. i tried to make this simple and similar to yours while correcting some of the mistakes you made in your design.
colorwise your design is fine, but your button boarders are like… WAY off. the one on the joystick is at a random angle (holding the shift key when stretching the octagon shape will prevent this) and the stroke is goofy on the others. also, the stroke size is entirely too thick. i generally try to keep my stoke effects universal in size when i use a boarder, but since your design doesn’t have one, i would try to keep it closer to ryu’s size. it doesnt have to be exactly the same, but i would generally try to keep them from contrasting too much. also, since you are starting out, i would say to stick to using outside stroke (from the looks of your template yours is set to center or inside) until you get more used to it.
also, if you turn the stroke effect into a separate layer then highlight the original layer, then delete the selected area from the newly made stroke layer, this happens.
then if you wanted you could add ANOTHER stoke layer, and you would have a kind of… sandwich stroke effect. (i think this was an inside stroke for this design it’s been a while)
If someone ever made a dragonaut or queens blade art for a stick it would put the peach to shame…when it comes to perverted-ness but you guys get the point lol
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[LEFT]Absolutely hate this template it feels so cramped.[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]The last one I’ve been trying to make work but I’m unsure how to.[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]However, I am aware the light effect I am trying to achieve around the buttons isn’t in a very good spot nor does it work as is.[/LEFT]
Thanks a ton for taking the time to actually write all that out man i really appreciate it. I literally have never done any image editing until a few days ago so there’s so many features of photoshop i’m still completely oblivious to. It’s really frustrating to have an idea and not be able to figure out how to do it, or even know what to search to find a tutorial so this kind of advice really helps.
i got tired of the amount of work i was doing that was leading to nothing and constant window-shopping messages… also apparently i charge too much. i think the entire time ive been posting for these last 80 something pages ive only actually sold like… 3 or 4 templates on here. and that’s including that kirby one i did for blklightning the other day.
then there was the stupid amount of time i spent on that fucking ghost in the shell design… fuck that design.
it makes sense because i play Tekken and Soul Caliber with a pad, i only use the stick for 2D fighters hence a lot of the 2D references, but i still like yoshi as a character which is why he’s on there, and now i can use him in SFxT with the stick.
the famale dante still looks kind of like a male dante with boobs… with the big sholderpads and such a thin waist/hips she looks kind of man-ish. i’d go with male dante unless you want to stretch out her hips a bit. but still. the dante one is better.
