| » Forum Index » Image doctor » Topic: Best approach for this??? |
|
Posted on 25/03/06 01:21:19 AM |
|
tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply  |
Best approach for this???
2 Problems 1: A client has shown me the logo that they want. The problem is that they want their logo to look very close to the original. The only difference is that they want the goose horizontally flipped in the frame and for me to redesign everything else. I don't know if that violates any laws. Original is below http://members.aol.com/brupilgrim/logos/goose.jpg For now, I have already isolated the goose and began redrawing. I would like to come up with something along the same lines as the original graphic so that the client is happy, but different enough to make me feel more comfortable (if this of course doesn't violate any laws!). Basically I am designing my own goose in the same pose as the one in the above link. 2nd Problem: I have read a neat tutorial on how to use mesh in Illustrator. So, I began designing the wireframe of the head, neck, and abdomen of a photograph of a goose in flight from sxc. I'm using 3 photographs, 1 for the head, 1 for the wings, and 1 for the feet and tail-feathers. Surprisingly, it looks pretty good to me. But if anybody has experience with the mesh tool, I would like to know the best way to create feathers. Currently began building the wireframe of each feather while sampling the color from the original photograph on a layer below...but this is quickly proving to be a very tedious and fiddly task. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance, Chris |
Posted on 25/03/06 01:28:22 AM |
|
tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply |
Re: Best approach for this???
The reason I'm using the mesh tool is that the client will eventually want me to blow up the graphic large enough to be printed on a billboard by the highway. So, I'll need to produce graphic that won't pixellate at that size. To my knowledge, the wireframe is the best approach, but then agian...I'm very much a newbie!!! Oh, I have Photoshop, Illustrator CS2, and Windows XP. In case that helps anyone who can help me  |
Posted on 25/03/06 10:49:19 AM |
|
Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Best approach for this???
Hi Chris My personal opinion is that I don't like the pose of that goose. It just looks like a very unnatural pose to me. I myself would go for a pose which is more like the one of the left goose in this picture http://www.dreamstime.com/flyingcanadageese-image176894 The background I'm sure you can easily make your own without too much trouble an using something along the line of the goose in the picture above would make your design an original. Hope this might help. _________________ It must a clipping mask, I never could get the hang of clipping masks |
Posted on 27/03/06 6:47:39 PM |
|
Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6938 Reply  |
Re: Best approach for this???
Although billboard posters are huge, it doesn't mean they need huge Photoshop files in order to make them. Standard resolution for high quality magazine work is 300dpi; this work is usually printed in the magazine at a maximum of 225 lpi (lines per inch). However, billboard posters are generally printed at just 12 lpi - which means you can use your regular artwork and still get away with it. A Gradient Mesh is a good solution, but to my mind it would be more trouble than it's worth. And as Whaler says, the pose of the goose is awkward: I'd really recommend choosing something a bit less stilted! |
Posted on 27/03/06 11:27:50 PM |
|
tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply |
Re: Best approach for this???
Thank you Whaler for the suggestion as I have changed the pose to a more suitable "In flight" position. And it looks far better than the original logo. A different photo of a goose was also used. I have also redesigned the background and boarder and It is comming together pretty well. Creating the feathers of the goose with the mesh tool is a rediculous amount of fiddly work!  And I'm only half way! But now that I've gotten myself so involved with the wireframe, if I were to abandon all that work...well... 
So for now, I'll push onward knowing that I've learned a valuable lesson with the gradient mesh... .. no more meshing for me! Maybe if I knew a few more shortcuts....though, I might pick up that tool again, but with a big flashy "CAUTION" post-it note on the edge of my monitor! I didn't realise the lpi was so low on Builboards Steve. With that, I'll definately reduce the filesize to more managable dimensions! Thanks guys for the help and your time! |
Posted on 28/03/06 07:58:50 AM |
|
Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply |
Re: Best approach for this???
Please show us your final design when you're done. I'm interested and I believe others are, too! _________________ It must be a clipping mask, I never could get the hang of clipping masks |
Posted on 30/03/06 00:12:45 AM |
|
Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply  |
Re: Best approach for this???
Yes! Show us! SHow us! _________________ |