d(^_^)(^_^)d wrote...
First off if you hadn't already guessed, I used photoshop which I acquired at the low, low price of nothing curtsey of the internet.
The emblem on the right was the hardest part. I made the middle with circles and added the bent lines with the pen tool. For the swords, i started with a random picture of a sword on google, overlayed the the color black on it, then made a copy of it. I placed both of them behind the eye (yes that's supposed to be an eye, not a shield, it'll make sense if you've read my story) in a different layer, realized something just didn't look right, and added more to the swords with the pen tool to make them more bulky. After that, I deleted the part of the swords that could be seen through the eye.
The text came with my version of photoshop, called Smudger LET if you're interested. The parchment texture background was ripped straight from page one of google images. To get the effect where it kinda looks like the stuff is actually written on paper, I placed the parchment on top in a separate layer and set the blending option to color burn. I went back to the other layers and overlayed a dark grey.
Thank you so much for going into detail. I will look through this carefully. Perhaps I will slap a picture of a middle aged man to serve as my signature first then consider applying what you have told me.
xninebreaker wrote...
As for the collaboration thread, well... I'm back and I'll post soon.
Please do! I can't add on to Xenon's thread if you don't!