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Sending this design off today...it will include a hand carved landscape in the top...it will double sided so I needed to make sure the tree line and sun would work in reverse on the opposing side...I tried putting the scene in an oval and a rectangle but I had to make them much smaller to fit and being smaller seemed to lose some of the impact of what I've posted below...anyway this is the latest.
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oops...now that I put it up I can see a problem...the reverse leans to the right too much...I'll work on it later today when I have time...think I'll try introducing more foliage between the 2 larger trees...might be a simple fix.
Such a relief to still be seeing great designs posted here from you. When I heard "retirement", I was somehow expecting pottery and bathroom renovation pictures. Don't know where I got that idea.
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PS. I don't have an answer, but the trees and the background might be too close in value and run together.
A "trick" I've always used is rolling my chair across the room from the monitor to get a better idea of what a design might look like in "real life". Sort of my take on the ol' squinting eye thing. (I added this paragraph for the newbies who might find it helpful.)
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I'd like to know how you get that great sandblast background look on your renderings. That along with your landscaping rendering add a lot to the presentation, as if the design/layouts weren't already enough "wow".
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Dave, This is the way I do sandblasted renderings. I select my background in CorelDraw x8 then select
edit fill > texture fill I usually pick a texture like "soft water" Change the wave softness to around 50, density to 20 and change surface and bottom colors to suit. If I want it to look 3D I select Bitmap > convert to bitmap > edit bitmap > effects > textures > plastic....then play with the depth, smoothness, light direction etc.
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Well guys I shade around almost all the raised elements on my signs...just my style I guess...I like the extra depth and contrast shading gives...I've never owned an airbrush but one would probably work well...I'm pretty old school...just wet on wet brush blending...the first coat of paint will be laid down flat...black behind all the elements and my selected bkgrd color in the open areas of the bkgrd...the second coat is when I will apply shading...black behind an element first...mist that with water to extend working time...next lay down the bkgrd color and mist again...now blend with brush the 2 colors until a smooth transition of color is obtained...not rocket science that's for sure...after it is dry I often come back and dry brush a lighter color across the top of the woodgrain just to bring it out a little more.
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So nice Rusty. Your signs have a look that is totally your own personal style.
-grampa dan
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Thanks guys for the encouraging words...the appreciation shown for one's work...especially from his peers...far outlasts the monetary compensation received.
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For years I have been the sign guy for a big apartment concern...they have over 100 complexes in Tn., Ala., and Miss...I replace a few old signs for them every year...their maintenance people prepare the holes ahead of time and handle all the grunt work when I arrive to install...works out well...I had this maintenance guy pose beside one of my signs I put up down in Miss... I copied him from the photo I took on installation day...then pasted him into my drawing and scaled him to be viewed as 6' person standing beside the sign in this drawing ...when I present a drawing I usually always include a person so as to help the client understand size...from border to border this sign will be a 4'x7'...I will only have to glue extra on the top where the trees protrude.
quote:Originally posted by Rusty Bradley: Don...I think you just created a Dan Sawatzky size project
Yes, Rusty, I do believe that I did. And all it took was 5 minutes in Photoshop. I think I'm on to something.
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