MX's Stolen Banner advice thread

[Guest Midnight Express83]

I'm gonna list all the tutorial sites , font sites , stock photo sites , brush sites and anything that can be helpful when creating graphics. I'll also occasionally post quick tips and techniques .. I hope thsi helps everyone..

 

PSP Tutorial links

http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/grap...t.asp?ct=4&ob=3

http://www.pinoy7.com/tutorials/default.htm

http://www.grafx-design.com/psp_tut.html

http://www.state-of-entropy.com/

http://psptips.com/

http://www.seqbits.nl/cynetic/indexen.html

http://www.sindergard.com/

 

Photoshop tutorials:

http://www.grafx-design.com/phototut.html

http://www.handson.nu/

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials.html

http://www.phong.com/tutorials/

http://rainworld.com/psworkshop/

http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/

http://www.teamphotoshop.com/

http://www.stewartstudio.com/tips/phototip.htm

http://www.eyeball-design.com/index3.htm

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d/ (Some great advanced tutorials)

http://www.thinkdan.com/tutorials/photoshop.html

http://www.wastedyouth.org/

http://www.deviantart.com

http://www.sindergard.com/

http://www.gurusnetwork.com/ (THIS SITE HAS SOME ADVANCED TUTORIALS BUT THEY HAVE ONE THAT IS A MUST IF YOU WANT TO CUT PICTURES LIKE A PRO-its called replacing background

 

http://w3.cablespeed.com/~halmich/tech-slop DO THe tutorial called whispies along with the replacig background tutorial from above to achieve oustanding results when cutting images

 

My Stock Photo Favorites List

 

http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/911/road_..._accident/index

http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/gallery.htm

http://www.actressactor.com/Topics/actress.htm

http://supermodelforever.com/index.jsp

http://www.stock.b-man.dk

http://www.intuitivmedia.net/vision/index.php

 

 

GENERAl RANTS AND INFORMATION

 

I'm a firm believer in Practice makes perfect. If you post a graphic and recieve bad ratings from others don't get mad. Instead take their suggestions into consideration and rework the graphic again. Rinse and repeat until you get good reviews on the graphic.

 

Don't fly through a graphic. take your time even if it means it will take 3 to 4 days to finish. Its taken me up to a month to finish a graphic before.

 

I'm always asked, How do you create your stuff and etc.

 

My backgrounds are made by trail and error. Basically I start with my base layer and I add a gradient of the two main colors i want. then I add sstocks (as many as I decide) all to a different layere. then its a matter of blurring , adding textures using brushes and messing with the blending modes.. The rest is elementary my dear!

 

PREMADES and the Lensflare filter is a big NO_ NO in My book

 

 

thats all for now

 

PS: if we can get this pinned to help everyone it will be much help.

[Guest areacode212]

Yeah, this is a good idea.

 

BTW, I think lens flare can be OK if used right and sparingly.

[Guest DJ Jeff]

I agree this definately should get pinned. Thanks for the advice, and, well, I'll start making a banner or a splash now.

[Guest Midnight Express83]

Don't thank me for these, thank Dochappy from Exreme Warfare Battleground II.

[Guest areacode212]

He edited in a couple of other tutorial sites:

 

http://www.seqbits.nl/cynetic/indexen.html

http://www.sindergard.com/

[Guest Midnight Express83]

I did add those to my main list already.

[Guest SP-1]

Dude, this is awesome. I've been needing something like this. Thanks for putting it together.

 

-SP, who goes off to learn . . .

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

I just got Paint Shop Pro 7 and I'm learning to use it.

 

It would be awesome if you could list some sites that have Wrestler Pics too, because that's what I'm looking for.

[Guest areacode212]

Try this place. It should still have a shitload of pictures, even though it hasn't been updated in nearly a year:

 

http://www26.brinkster.com/radicals/index2.html

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Try this place. It should still have a shitload of pictures, even though it hasn't been updated in nearly a year:

 

http://www26.brinkster.com/radicals/index2.html

The majority of those pictures don't work anymore.

 

There's supposed to be 16 pics of La Parka and only 2 show up in thumbnail size.....and NONE of them actually work.

[Guest areacode212]

Um, I tried it just now and all but 2 of the pics were there. Try clicking on them even if the thumbnails don't show.

[Guest TheArchiteck]

Never can have 2 many stock photo place.

[Guest DawnBTVS]

Free Backgrounds

[Guest Dangerous A]

Bump

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Bump

Why are you bumping a thread that's pinned?

[RHR 0]

[The Czech Republic 0]

Figures that MX would have a thread about stolen banner advice, because it's stolen, and he's black, and black people steal.

[The Niggardly King 0]

...

[The Czech Republic 0]

Oh yes. I went there

 

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[k thx 0]

Dubious.

[Guest The_Amazing_Rando]

I agree. Very dubious.

[Guest Hotbutter Spoontoaster]

Now this is a No Holds Barred sticky, motherfucker.

[Mole 0]

Why is this sticky?

[Guest Princess Leena]

Because it was a sticky in the Graphics forum, and admin quickly merged the threads.