Kaoru's Graphic Art

[Kaoru]

Font used was Project Paintball, a knockoff Splatoon font

Welcome to my Graphic Art thread! I thought that I would display my most recent works and see what kind of feedback I can get on them.

Most of the inspiration for the 3DS top screen templates came from the Pokemon Sun and Moon trailers: the font used and the background mostly. For reference, you can see a screenshot from the Alolan Raticate reveal trailer here.

These were done for my future Battle Tree video series (no commentary as I do not have a mic and I'm currently sick) that I plan on uploading to the PXR YouTube channel. I plan on uploading battle videos for the special characters you can encounter in the Battle Tree. All images except for the last two is for this video project.

Images have been made smaller for the sake of this post. You can find the imgur album for the bigger images here.

Spoiler:

This 3DS template featuring Battle Legends Red & Blue went through a variety of different forms before I ultimately decided on this. I unfortunately didn't think to save images of the previous forms, but you can see what a previous version did look like in this test video. The text was originally in the Pokemon font, with the Red/Blue gradient as the text overlay and white strokes.

Spoiler:

This 3DS template featuring Red also went through different forms. You can see one previous version in this test video. From the video, you can see that the text gradient and strokes are different from their current version. Previous font (not in the video) was also the Pokemon font.

Spoiler:

This video thumbnail featuring Red & Blue had the same revisions done as the two previous images, same text gradient, font, and stroke changes. Red & Blue have a small white stroke around them. It's supposed to be a simple design. *shrug*

The Pokemon Sun & Moon logo is credit to Alexalan on deviantArt.

Spoiler:

This poster was made as a final project for my Image Editing: Photoshop I class. It was a basic Photoshop class done on Mac computers, which was cool to learn how to use since I've only had Windows computers. We had to choose something to make a poster of with the following criteria:

• Creating a layer with an object/person which has had the background removed: The Sun/Moon icons at the top and the bottom were used for this
• Creating text with special effects (ex., bevels, drop shadow, stroke, etc.): The text was used for this
• Creating an adjustment layer
• Creating an alpha channel

It was assigned around the same as Sun & Moon's launch, I decided to go with a Sun & Moon poster. This was made before I found the font that the Sun & Moon trailers used. This took me several hours to finish.

Ignore the small oversight I made on the accent e. I cut off the text from the top of the image that Alexanlan made and forgot to fix it. oops.

Spoiler:

These two were made as potential images for the upcoming Sun & Moon Communitylocke. I posted them in the Communitylocke discussion thread and they got no feedback. :( To get a better view of the difference between the two, you can go to the imgur album I made. The difference is the stroke size around the text.

[Suicune's Fire]

These two were made as potential images for the upcoming Sun & Moon Communitylocke. I posted them in the Communitylocke discussion thread and they got no feedback. :(

I think I just felt my heart break in two for you. <3 I'M SORRY. I love it! it looks amazing. :D Wait, is there a difference between the two images? xD

Nicely done. ;3 I like your compositions. They all flow so nicely! The only thing is that Blue is stepping on Red's foot in the battle tree super multi one. XD Perhaps his foot should be behind while his torso remains on top. :D

[Kaoru]

I think I just felt my heart break in two for you. <3 I'M SORRY. I love it! it looks amazing. :D Wait, is there a difference between the two images? xD

Nicely done. ;3 I like your compositions. They all flow so nicely! The only thing is that Blue is stepping on Red's foot in the battle tree super multi one. XD Perhaps his foot should be behind while his torso remains on top. :D

I forgot to link to the imgur album for those two. You can't really tell the difference on PXR's light colored post backgrounds. The difference is the different stroke size. I made them different in case someone had a preference.

But that's how Blue is though. He's always stepping on Red's feet, making sure he's one step ahead of him. xD

[Suicune's Fire]

I forgot to link to the imgur album for those two. You can't really tell the difference on PXR's light colored post backgrounds. The difference is the different stroke size. I made them different in case someone had a preference.

But that's how Blue is though. He's always stepping on Red's feet, making sure he's one step ahead of him. xD

Oh, now I see it! :D Yeah, I like the thick lines better. :3c Yeah, that's always a good idea.

Ahahah that made me chuckle.

[Kaoru]

Oh, now I see it! :D Yeah, I like the thick lines better. :3c Yeah, that's always a good idea.

Ahahah that made me chuckle.

And I'm not sure how make Blue's foot behind Red, but have his torso in front of him.

[Suicune's Fire]

And I'm not sure how make Blue's foot behind Red, but have his torso in front of him.

Ask him nicely? c: Haha nah, you could just probably leave it. Or put his waist-down on a layer beneath, or erase his foot. >:33 xD

[Kaoru]

Ask him nicely? c: Haha nah, you could just probably leave it. Or put his waist-down on a layer beneath, or erase his foot. >:33 xD

I tried putting his feet on a separate layer but the stroke settings didn't like that and it looked like he had his legs cut off. I could try just erasing his foot.

[Suicune's Fire]

I tried putting his feet on a separate layer but the stroke settings didn't like that and it looked like he had his legs cut off. I could try just erasing his foot.

Ah, probably don't worry about it then. XD Layer issues can be tricky to work with.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

These are really cool to see!
That's quite the hidden skill!
I'd like to see some more one day,
I haven't had my fill!

(But seriously it's really funny that Blue is standing on Red's foot. xD I also really like the top Communitylocke banner with the thicker outline! Looks great! And the poster you made for school is neat! Nice job with those icons :)

[Trainer17]

Jesus christ. Now you're making graphics too ? <333 I love the LOGO OMG. I think I might rope you in for my future Lockes which I do with Xanthe...once my laptop is fully functional x3 BUT LOVELY WORK JAZ <3