[moneyhustler]

Hey folks! Since 4 days, I finally got photoshop, and since then I'm testing around with an inlay-idea. Perhaps, there is a real pro out here, who can give me an hint, how to manage this: I want to design a very simple and classy inlay with white background. On top the name of the casino ("Chalmun's Cantina"), on the bottom the denom and the place where it's located. All this is no problem for me, I got the right fonts, etc. But in between, I want to have a simple looking illustration of the "Mos Eisley Cantina" that looks as simple perhaps as "The MINT" inlay and its illustration of the building from the 60's:




The only thing I got is this:




Is this something that could be done or impossible, so that I have to take a pen and draw the hole thing?

Thanks in advance,

Eddy

[palmimports]

Originally Posted by moneyhustler

Hey folks! Since 4 days, I finally got photoshop, and since then I'm testing around with an inlay-idea. Perhaps, there is a real pro out here, who can give me an hint, how to manage this: I want to design a very simple and classy inlay with white background. On top the name of the casino ("Chalmun's Cantina"), on the bottom the denom and the place where it's located. All this is no problem for me, I got the right fonts, etc. But in between, I want to have a simple looking illustration of the "Mos Eisley Cantina" that looks as simple perhaps as "The MINT" inlay and its illustration of the building from the 60's:




The only thing I got is this:




Is this something that could be done or impossible, so that I have to take a pen and draw the hole thing?

Thanks in advance,

Eddy

you can PLACE your image onto the chip design- then using free transform resize it- then use the eraser or even draw a circle around the image cut it- then paste it onto the design
then you can fade it etc

[Vince]

Ah, I remember the old thread about this Star Wars theme!


maaybe wanna try to look for something like a Mos Eisly skyline? Or the spaceport maybe.

something like this

[moneyhustler]

Yeah, that's exactly the theme, I'm looking for, the Mos Eisley skyline or its contours. But I don't know, how these contours of the building or of the whole skyline can get this "cartoonish" look like on the Mint-inlay..

[Vince]

I got some old Boba Fett comics and I will go through them tonight see if I can find something.

Otherwise you will have to ask one of the design artists here. I'm a total designing noob as well.

[moneyhustler]

Originally Posted by Vince

I got some old Boba Fett comics and I will go through them tonight see if I can find something.

Otherwise you will have to ask one of the design artists here. I'm a total designing noob as well.

Thanks, that's a great idea! And those artists are used to be paid I guess? With cold hard cash and/or some sample sets?

[machinelf]

Moneyhustler, what you see on the Mint inlay is an illustration as opposed to a photograph. In order for the photo you have to be rendered in that way, someone will have to trace the elements in a program like Illustrator or Inkscape, so that the elements (buildings, droids, etc) can be colored individually and separated from any other background elements that need to be discarded.

The alternative, using Photoshop, would be to also trace the elements, but using the Pen tool to create paths which could be used to color, alter, or remove the elements as they exist in the photo.

Either way, it's going to take several hours to do. Grab that Pen tool and get to work! You'll either get the job done, or you'll realize why designers like to get paid for their work.

Good Luck!

[moneyhustler]

Alright, I already thought so.. And I began to paint.. Several hours are already invested, the first results will be shown soon

Originally Posted by machinelf

Moneyhustler, what you see on the Mint inlay is an illustration as opposed to a photograph. In order for the photo you have to be rendered in that way, someone will have to trace the elements in a program like Illustrator or Inkscape, so that the elements (buildings, droids, etc) can be colored individually and separated from any other background elements that need to be discarded.

The alternative, using Photoshop, would be to also trace the elements, but using the Pen tool to create paths which could be used to color, alter, or remove the elements as they exist in the photo.

Either way, it's going to take several hours to do. Grab that Pen tool and get to work! You'll either get the job done, or you'll realize why designers like to get paid for their work.

Good Luck!

[moneyhustler]

OK here is what I got after several hours of work, and still a lot has to be done.. I think, I don't want to use color differences for the different denoms.. what do you think?

[Wizard]

Hey, cool design you got going there. Some subjective feedback if ya want it:

1. If you want the cantina to better represent the star wars one, i'd go with a closer color scheme with tans and lighter brown.

2. You might want to try flattening out the ground line and using that to "halve" the chip and place then even out the text below it for ease of read. You'll need to change the perspective a little to do this. If you like it the way it is, then i would only change the very back left portion (the accentuated red arch is a little out of perspective.

3. How large did you make the center graphic? The lines look a little choppy.

Other than that, it has some serious potential! Nice job)

~M