graphic designers...help!

[Big Dai X]

Hello all, I'd love to make t shirts with some of my favourite robot's symbols, but I am not very good (or I should say: I suck) in graphic design. Can anyone help me out in locating the following symbols:

- Tryder G7 's Phoenix
- Daltanias' Lion Head
- Daikyozin's Horse symbol
- Gaiking's "skull" chest
- GoShogun's Chest emblem

they have to be flat and seen from the front, so I could print em!

Thank you for your help!



(as an example for daykyozin's head)

[magengar]

Is there an official Daltanius lion head logo from the anime?

Or, will your lion head be based on the lion head chest from the SOC GX-59?





If I could draw that lion head I'd draw it looking straight at me face-forward so it's
flat on the button area.
I should be a Daltanius fan, since my zodiac sign is Leo; so this oughtta be no
problem for me to draw! lol

The button images would have to be drawn or vectorized in a very high image resolution (2000 and above)
so that the quality will turn out excellent when the images get printed.

An image of any lower resolution would result in pixelized color fields and jagged lines.
That won't go so well if you plan to sell the buttons locally and/or online.

I'll give the Daltanius lion head a shot and see if I can produce a good image for you
and send it to you via PM.
I can't promise daylight, but I should at least try to light a candle.


zozo-mag

[Big Dai X]

hey mag, that's awesome! Thanks! I managed to gather a few pics but they are frankly too little to be printed.

Ya know, I haven't thought of selling the stuff but just doing this for me!

here is another set of images that may help:


(courtesy of collectiondx)



for trider's phoenix

and another of beralios

[Big Dai X]

look here! still on cdx

[magengar]

Jul 22, 2014 7:38:53 GMT -5 Big Dai X said:

look here! still on cdx

I like THIS one... Beralios is looking right at me,
I want just the face with the gold mane around it...
it's a perfect front perspective for a vector image. Thanks!
I have tons of work to do, but I'll get this done asap.


zozo-mag

[Big Dai X]

Thanks magengar!

[magengar]

I shoulda worked on this Velarios head as soon as I visited in this thread.
Right now I have my desktop machine upgraded to 2gb memory and running Win7ultimate;
and testing some of my graphics programs to make sure they don't crash.
Then I'm gonna test Win8.1 for a bit, then revert back to XP so that I can
use the processor speed and memory resources to get this high-resolution
Velarios head image done.

zozo-mag

[magengar]

Okay, here's what I have for Daltanius' lion head chest plate Velarios (or Belarios?) thus far.

Be advised, this is a very large vectorized .png image... right-click "View Image" to
see it and download it in its default size (6032 x 5088)..................




The reason I made it in such a high resolution is so that the detail comes out sharp
and crisp when the image gets printed to paper.
Whether you're making Buttons, Tshirt transfers, Decals, Posters, even Mousepads, you would
be better off using high resolution images for best output image quality.

This lion head Velarios was actually that closeup photo of the SOC from CollectionDX.
I opened the original image in Irfanview and cropped it to just the head and saved it.
Then I opened it in Vector Magic where I converted the image into a vectorized view
of all the colors in the pallet for this image...
I cut out all the background and body parts and left just the head and saved the image
as an enlarged .png vector image (6032 x 5088)...

...then I opened it in MS Paint (Windows 7 Ultimate) where I cut the image in half to
continue vectoring by hand on just one side of the lion face. The MS Paint version in
Windows XP is so much easier for me to work with because I can use the polygon tool
to redraw and touch up this lion head much faster and on point.

After that touch up I then saved the image half and opened it with Irfanview for a
final manual paintbrush touch up of the lines and shades, to make this lion appear
"mechanical" on its face while the mane was kept in an "organic" appearance.
Once I was satisfied with the work, I copied the image to the clipboard and horizontally
flipped the original image to face from the right while I pasted the copy to face
from the left thus splicing both halves together as one image.

With all that done, you can see the mirrored sides look exactly alike, and this method
is my quick way of transforming photos and images into high resolution vector images.

If I can improve this image, I would- but I don't wanna ruin it by touching it up too much.
Feel free to touch it up (you can see some micro-pixel artifacts in the image) and finalize it
to suit your project.

Good luck, and post results of your buttons so we can see how cool they will look!


zozo-mag

[B-]

Aug 12, 2014 1:31:32 GMT -5 magengar said:

Okay, here's what I have for Daltanius' lion head chest plate Velarios (or Belarios?) thus far.

Be advised, this is a very large vectorized .png image... right-click "View Image" to
see it and download it in its default size (6032 x 5088)..................




The reason I made it in such a high resolution is so that the detail comes out sharp
and crisp when the image gets printed to paper.
Whether you're making Buttons, Tshirt transfers, Decals, Posters, even Mousepads, you would
be better off using high resolution images for best output image quality.

This lion head Velarios was actually that closeup photo of the SOC from CollectionDX.
I opened the original image in Irfanview and cropped it to just the head and saved it.
Then I opened it in Vector Magic where I converted the image into a vectorized view
of all the colors in the pallet for this image...
I cut out all the background and body parts and left just the head and saved the image
as an enlarged .png vector image (6032 x 5088)...

...then I opened it in MS Paint (Windows 7 Ultimate) where I cut the image in half to
continue vectoring by hand on just one side of the lion face. The MS Paint version in
Windows XP is so much easier for me to work with because I can use the polygon tool
to redraw and touch up this lion head much faster and on point.

After that touch up I then saved the image half and opened it with Irfanview for a
final manual paintbrush touch up of the lines and shades, to make this lion appear
"mechanical" on its face while the mane was kept in an "organic" appearance.
Once I was satisfied with the work, I copied the image to the clipboard and horizontally
flipped the original image to face from the right while I pasted the copy to face
from the left thus splicing both halves together as one image.

With all that done, you can see the mirrored sides look exactly alike, and this method
is my quick way of transforming photos and images into high resolution vector images.

If I can improve this image, I would- but I don't wanna ruin it by touching it up too much.
Feel free to touch it up (you can see some micro-pixel artifacts in the image) and finalize it
to suit your project.

Good luck, and post results of your buttons so we can see how cool they will look!


zozo-mag

HOLY FRIGGIN CRAP!!!! WOW MAGENGAR YOU ARE TALENTED!!!

[B-]

Soon as i saw your image Magengar I thought.... SINISTAR!!!

[magengar]

LOL.... Thanks, Baron!

That there Sinistar looks familiar, is that from a retro video arcade game?
I oughta try one in high resolution for Sinistar.

First I wanna continue and see if I can do some of the other robot insignias
on Big Dai's list.
I'd like to see a full front of Gaiking's skull chest... the original classic Gaiking,
not the OVA remakes.

If anyone has the Gaiking SOC, pose him standing with his arms lifted
away from his body so only his skull chest is showing; and aim the camera
directly at the skull... that visual reference would really help.
Otherwise, I'll just use a pic from CDX.

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Late edit:  I found a very good pic of the GX-27 Gaiking figure at www.soul-of-chogokin.fr




...I wish this pic were much larger. I'll try to work with this image, anyway.
Once I've opened it in VectorMagic the program will blow it up to a higher
resolution after the vectoring process is done.


zozo-mag

[magengar]

Okay, heeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre's GAIKING.


Remember to right-click "View Image" to see it and download it with its default size (3000 x 3549)

Although this Gaiking image isn't as large as the Velarios lion head image,
this is still in a very high resolution.






zozo-mag

[Big Dai X]

Magengar that's awesome! Thank you!