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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby Funkyterrance on Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:44 pm

Make the stars from a branding iron and I'm ready to play it. :P
Seriously though, the red/brown/pink contrasts are a little hard to see. Make it a nice black star with the inside empty like a brand and problem solved.
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby anamainiacks on Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:52 pm

"reverts back to 3 after one full round." - The 'r' at the start of the sentence should be capitalised.

On the sticker itself, "Oxtail Tips" should be singular form, "Oxtail Tip". You MIGHT want to change "Hoof" to "Hooves", since there are 4 of them, but I think this one's understood.

Looking good, hope it gets the stamp! (:
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby koontz1973 on Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:29 pm

dana, can you see if you can get the sticker to have a slight peeling effect on one of the corners, as if it is coming of. Do not forget the shadow that would create though.

apart from that, the sticker looks much better.
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby dana1971 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:55 pm

Should I wait to hear from isaiah40 before I make these changes to see if he has anything to add?

Best wishes,
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby greenoaks on Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:02 pm

anamainiacks wrote:"reverts back to 3 after one full round." - The 'r' at the start of the sentence should be capitalised.

On the sticker itself, "Oxtail Tips" should be singular form, "Oxtail Tip". You MIGHT want to change "Hoof" to "Hooves", since there are 4 of them, but I think this one's understood.

Looking good, hope it gets the stamp! (:

i would leave it as Hoof as then all three are singular

Oxtail Tip, Hoof, Tongue
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby isaiah40 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:39 pm

koontz1973 wrote:dana, can you see if you can get the sticker to have a slight peeling effect on one of the corners, as if it is coming of. Do not forget the shadow that would create though.

apart from that, the sticker looks much better.

This is a great idea! Just make sure the shadow is the same perspective as the chalkboards. I'm still not up on the old west font for the title, but that could just be a personal thing.
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby ckyrias on Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:23 pm

can't wait to eat... ahem play this map!!

come on people get on with it!! we have sheep, pork and chicken line up to be mapped! :D
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby cairnswk on Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:35 pm

dana, i don't have any issue with the title font, but i would like to see the star given the same drop shadow treatment as the title if that is possible, or something similar.
it looks simply flat, and out of place between the title words.
Also, and i am not requesting this, but have you thought about some outer shadow/drop shadow for the bull - very slight - just to lift it from the flatness of the background. :)
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby iancanton on Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:06 pm

Funkyterrance wrote:Make the stars from a branding iron and I'm ready to play it. :P
Seriously though, the red/brown/pink contrasts are a little hard to see. Make it a nice black star with the inside empty like a brand and problem solved.

speaking only as a player (since i'm not a graphics CA) i like this idea to make the stars stand out more.

ian. :)
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Re: 4 Star Meats [09 December 2012] v23pg 33

Postby dana1971 on Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:51 pm

I'll try and post a new version tomorrow with the stars standing out more, and the logo star reworked to work with the rest of the logo, as well as a peeling sticker.
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Re: 4 Star Meats [24December 2012] v24pg 34

Postby dana1971 on Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:47 am

OK, I think I got everything.
I tried making the stars black like a branding iron but they blended in with the text and were hard to see, so I tried off white which I think makes them stand out more.

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Looks better I think.

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Re: 4 Star Meats [24December 2012] v24pg 34

Postby greenoaks on Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:13 am

you should have given 'reverts' a capital R as it is the start of a new sentance.
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Re: 4 Star Meats [24December 2012] v24pg 34

Postby cairnswk on Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:20 am

Dana.'ll just point it out 'coz i just got it on Moscow...
there is major pixelation on the Title star, and asking you to fix it will save holding you up a later date.Sorry. :)
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Re: 4 Star Meats [24December 2012] v24pg 34

Postby dana1971 on Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:35 am

Ok thanks.
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Re: 4 Star Meats [24December 2012] v24pg 34

Postby ironmanbravo on Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:24 am

Let's get it on....with this map :)
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