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this is quite an awkward post, and initially came off as a troll. but about halfway down, i kinda broke down and thought of my own misfortunes.

the same thoughts continue to haunt me, rip at me, and never will these thoughts truly evaporate.

a lot of people have shitty lives behind their silly/elitist /gd posts, but it never hurts to reach out to people who are kinda "suffering" in a way that is not FWP emo kid or "cutter" culture.

i'll be completely honest, i've been abused in every way possible, totally humiliated, bullied--emotionally/mentally/physically--even by my birth family. point, they can all go fuck themselves, and forever shall their souls be caught in eternal revenge karma.

^ being treated like utter SHIT does leave a permanent scar.

more often than not, traumatic pasts/PTSD conflicts with my work. so what did i do with it? i flipped darkness in on itself, went a different path of the visual world--one that focuses on the audience that fits my age group (people that understand humor from horror, bad adult situations, etc. i make so much fun of it to entertain myself that it hurts.

but focusing on minute details in each "piece" really can lead to visually damaging the villainous subjects, turn them into figurative fodder. it really is a coping mechanism to have illustration on the side, where there is freedom to draw out negative crap and destroy it with your pen/stylus/whatever...and keep that separate from actual paid projects.

gd is not really a coping mechanism, but sideline illustration is. not to be confused. if your friend has issues that are not gd/d-general related, encourage against intermingling the two, or the design life will be a living hell; ya never want the two to co-exist, or no money will be earned from clients that are not demographic-aimed. from personal experience, i went through a hellish depression and it took nothing but courage to face the fears head-on. if that makes sense.

WHOA DAT TL:DR took me to another level of copypaste...

continued:

btw, there is no real thing called PhD in graphic design, unless you want to sell your soul to school loans/debts...and all that time wasted while in college can cripple her professional job-life. << also real-life experience. a BFA is more than enough, but that is no longer necessary because ppl that are fresh out of high school can earn more work xp and not get consumed with college garbage filler classes that, in the long run, are meaningless. most shit is freelance, anyway :p

was that in any way helpful, OP? i don't support online funding to someone i don't even know personally or even if the story checks out as design-related at all. someone who is "graced" with fundraised money does not necessarily succeed, but helping out real life problems goes a longer way.

think of that saying about teaching the man to fish than the fish being given and nothing is learned or gained by being given free handouts.

>>279045
OP here.

Thanks for the great reply. It's awkward, to be sure, but I'm stuck right now. I also don't necessarily agree with asking for money in this manner, but it's not my life, so who am I to say how she gets her legal cash, right? That being said, I really want to help in some way beyond friendship, hence this post.

You make great points, especially regarding mingling personal pain with your profession. It's so difficult to separate pain from what you want your career to be sometimes, especially when you love what you do. Pain can be so controlling sometimes. It can force you to make poor decisions. I know she still hurts every day, and maybe she just wants it to stop for even a little bit.

Though you may not be looking for sympathy from an anonymite, I do offer it. I'm so sorry to hear you were treated so shittily. It's so easy to take a stable, relatively healthy family dynamic for granted.

Regarding the free handouts, I agree that people shouldn't be given everything. However, that does assume the person has been given some in the past. I don't know another person that would be more deserving of some kindness in her life, especially when she seems incredibly depressed and still taken advantage of by her family members (her sister stole her credit card for a $300 spending spree, and her parents refused to help her). The only reason she puts up with them is because they let her live in their house for the time being. She needs the money to begin to try to become independent of them.

I really do thank you for your post. It's given me some perspective to look at her situation with. My goal is to continue to be a good friend, whatever that may entail. I wish you only the best. Pain sucks, and having been scarred from a horrible relationship lasting a bit over a year, I can't begin to imagine what a lifetime of pain can do to a person.

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bump with more fanart

Should his nose be ^ or something else? Some alternatives I've been working on:

( |: ^ {|} ) OG
( |: • {|} )
( |: 0 {|} )
( |: * {|} ) makes him look too sad
( |: # {|} ) bruise
( |: b {|} ) boger
( |: =3 {|} ) a big ol nose

>>278677
>>>/s4s/ >>>/i/ >>>/trash/

>>278472
for the time yeah. they wanted portray that it could do 3D.

>>278472
The text is garbage

most of them are unreadable or completely unrelated to the product
I'd say yeah

>>278340
Top is shit, just use the bottom one.

>>278340
The top one is great but isn't really frenzy
The secound isn't really beautiful but is frenzy

>>278344
>>278345
Much appreciated feedback, I will use the second then. How could I improve it? The font is Airstrike btw

I like peanut butter but I guess those aren't the thoughts you're after

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Hey it looks amazing dude!

>>278213
very cool, goes well with nujabes. although i'd rather see some more variation in the animation.

>>278070
/gd/ is one of the slowest boards on 4chan. Don't bump your thread every 10 minutes, its not going anywhere. Lurk more.

Also read the sticky and fuck off >>>/wsr/

>>278078
Kek thanks for the info , and okay I will, I'll go fuck off right into ur moms cunt ()

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>>278070
Here's your logo lad

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>>277767
who fucking cares

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>>277767

flat != no shadows
flat = no gradients

Get rid of the banner

Print it off on a business card and hold it in a natural distance

If it looks bad from that far away at that size, it's bad

Your redesigns are of a different style than the original. You didn't specify exactly what the owner doesn't like about them but if I had to guess, the rounded font, the lighter colors and the gloss effect make your versions look more like a cellphone app kind of thing. The original, while looking like shit, gives off a solid "no nonsense, get shit done" vibe. Try to go for that instead.

More importantly, ask the owner exactly what changes he expects of your work. He wants it to look more like the original (which, btw, is vague as fuck) but he also asked you to redesign it so clearly he isn't that pleased with it. It doesn't matter if you think the end result looks like shit as long as he's pleased with it

>>277279
The original has a bit of a perspective going on, like you're looking up at the text/shield. Maybe try that out?

>>276667
most of it is acceptable. not too creative and simple photoshopwork not much graphics in all. dont really like this stockphoto aesthetic. scored some good clients tho
scored some good clients.

>>276667
I'd give it a perfect 5/7

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Anyone have a clue what this font is?

Can someone share this?
http://www.blambot.com/font_imaginaryfriend.shtml

>>276099
http://pastebin.com/hW72xZZZ

>>279051
First off, this wouldn't really make a good logo.
A logo has to be legible at as small as/smaller than 64x64 and super large sizes.
With something like this, nearly all your details will be lost.

Second, you can go to some site like fiverr or similar. Where you'll have a bunch of Indians try to tackle your design for you, just don't expect quality. Isn't outsourcing great?

>>279055

That's unfortunate, as was my wording.

I just need this image converted into 2d, black and white. The details are only going to be facial features, eyelashes etc. The bolts and cogs behind the cheek aren't necessary.

Damn though, is there anywhere else to go other than fiverr? Literally willing to pay out the ass for this.

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>>279051

Bumping with a clearer image of what I have in mind to be traced.

Face is on the left.

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Also have the PC big box version of Metal Gear Solid if anyone wants a look.

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It begins:

>MGS Art 2/??

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3/??

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Shadow of The Colossus

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Green gameboy.

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Wheatley

You need to work on the fonts, use something like Open Sans. Also, you should never work on a website design by programming it, you should actually **DESIGN** it first, and work out it's behaviour first on photoshop, and then program said behaviour. The website is looking ok, though, if you ignore the horrible default font. And maybe tone down the purple, or use it to navigate the eyes of the user to important places, instead of splattering it as a section divider.

yeah like the guy above said try making some mockups first on balsamiq or other mockup program

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Thanks, I'll start using photoshop to plan out what I will do graphically. I've been using draw.io

Also I changed the colors a little and changed the font. This is what it looks like now.

>How do I google?

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/16-bit/

>But I don't want to read all of this...

Then you don't want to learn.

>>278613
were you working in 256 colors ? wtf man

>>278734
8-bit editing is not the same as Indexed / 256 colors.