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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Kazan on October 20, 2003, 02:39:21 pm

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Kazan on October 20, 2003, 02:39:21 pm

ok, i need some graphic artists to get their butts in gear

I need a splash screen for FreeSpace Developer Studio - ie one of those little image screens a lot of programs put up during initialization - such as PSP, MS Dev Studio, Eclipse, etc


if you're not familiar with FS Dev Studio - it will be an integrated fs project environment - VP builder/editor (inheriting code from VPCS with improvements), new integrated POF editor (inheriting code from PCS with improvements), Mission Background Utility (once again inheriting), syntax hiliting table editor (maybe even eventually a parser to load it all up into nice data tables and verify a group of tables are valid / generate code off what you tell it)


The contest is open until further notice the best design(s) will be chosen to be used as the splash screen(s) [i can use more than one on a random or rotating selection]

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Taristin on October 20, 2003, 03:31:09 pm

Hm... Tomorrow after school I'll try. Am Busy ATM (Of course, not enough to stop browsing the forum. )

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: DragonClaw on October 20, 2003, 04:13:50 pm

Not promising anything, but I'd think it would be wise to at least specify what size you would like the image.

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Kazan on October 21, 2003, 12:51:34 am

oh yeah 500x330 pixels

anything freespace

oh yeah - dc submitted http://swooh.com/peon/DragonClaw/public/freespacedevstudio.jpg

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: DragonClaw on October 21, 2003, 06:20:45 am

hurrr... adjusted size

(http://swooh.com/peon/DragonClaw/public/fsdssmall.jpg)

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: demon442 on October 21, 2003, 06:40:47 am

Not bad.  After school today i'll give it a shot.  I'm hoping my swooh hosting goes through today so I can upload my SCP icons as well.

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Fineus on October 21, 2003, 07:13:07 am

The red text is a bit randomly placed, other than that I like it!

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Sandwich on October 21, 2003, 07:15:49 am

General suggestions to potential submitters:

1) Wireframe and/or wireframe->textured model shots are good for this kind of stuff
2) Collages (blending of multiple seperate images together) are the ideal thing for splash screens
3) Less is more

Hope that helps! :D

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Kazan on October 21, 2003, 11:00:43 am

/me likes sandy's suggestions

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Taristin on October 21, 2003, 03:33:05 pm

/me is working on one now.  Will post in a few moments.

:)

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: demon442 on October 21, 2003, 09:56:07 pm

Dammit.  My lunarcell is acting up again and I have nothing I can think of to get decient wireframes from.  I've tried all the basic stuff, but no luck.

I'm just gonna have to sit this one out.

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: kasperl on October 22, 2003, 04:21:53 am

if you want wireframes, download some version of modelview, and use print screen.

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Kazan on October 23, 2003, 09:01:46 pm

*crickets*

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Drew on October 23, 2003, 09:06:14 pm

lol, iv got some photoshop skills...
ill give it a try when i have the time

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: DragonClaw on October 24, 2003, 06:18:54 am

And this is why projects never get done... :p


Its actually quite funny, albeit sad if you think about it :drevil:

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Thorn on October 24, 2003, 04:05:00 pm

I'll work on one when I get home... something that doesnt involve particles would be a nice change from what I've been trying to do recently..
HV seems to murder render times, no matter the complexity... my old machine could render em faster....

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Martinus on October 24, 2003, 04:46:39 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Kazan
*crickets*

[color=66ff00]Badgers?          Badger, badger badger...

Sorry, I love that animation. :D
[/color]

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Taristin on October 24, 2003, 04:56:36 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]Badger, badger badger...
[/color]

*gets idea for spash*

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Thorn on October 24, 2003, 05:20:43 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]Badgers?          Badger, badger badger...

Sorry, I love that animation. :D
[/color]

I hope you get mauled by a rabid badger....

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Martinus on October 25, 2003, 07:56:25 am

[color=66ff00]Not possible here as rabies does not exist in the wild on this island. ;)
[/color]

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Fineus on October 25, 2003, 08:44:00 am

Quote

Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]Badgers?          Badger, badger badger...

Sorry, I love that animation. :D
[/color]

Mushroom Mushroom!

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Martinus on October 25, 2003, 09:54:27 am

[color=66ff00]OK we have sooo derailed this thread. I wonder how DC's getting on?
[/color]

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: DragonClaw on October 25, 2003, 10:19:33 am

:blah:

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Ashrak on October 25, 2003, 11:15:08 am

Quote

Originally posted by Kalfireth

Mushroom Mushroom!

SnakeEEEEeee SnakEEEEEEE

;)

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: DragonClaw on October 25, 2003, 11:35:01 am

*desperate attempt to un-de-rail this thread*

(http://swooh.com/peon/DragonClaw/public/fsds2.jpg)

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Fineus on October 25, 2003, 11:50:53 am

Works for me, I like that! Might be better if you had all the text on one line and did away with the underlining?

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Nuclear1 on October 25, 2003, 12:06:52 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]OK we have sooo derailed this thread.[/color]

We? :blah:

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Kazan on October 25, 2003, 04:03:02 pm

pretty nice there DC

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Zeronet on October 25, 2003, 04:25:02 pm

I,ve seen things...

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Fineus on October 25, 2003, 09:23:29 pm

I've seen them with my eyes...

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: DragonClaw on October 25, 2003, 11:03:16 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Kalfireth
Works for me, I like that! Might be better if you had all the text on one line and did away with the underlining?

Not enough room for a single line of text... would have to make it so small you could hardly read it. (its hard to read as it is anyway)

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Taristin on October 26, 2003, 08:01:19 am

:wtf:  No it's not. You must be one of those people with their monitor on max res...

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: kode on October 26, 2003, 08:05:23 am

Quote

Originally posted by DragonClaw
*desperate attempt to un-de-rail this thread*

*pic was here*
 

I like it, but in my vision, it'd look even better with a collossus instead, and the wireframes on the right side.

Title: Contest: Create a splash screen
Post by: Kazan on October 26, 2003, 10:30:59 am

if you have trouble reading that then you have a serious vision problem -- the text is large at 1600x1200