Jump to content

It's the PSNP Spelling Bee (yes it rhymes)


Recommended Posts

15 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said:

And this is exactly why I set up the custom trophies as a template after creating them. That way I only have to edit the username.

 

I also didn't know that word existed before this event :highfive: .

:yay: we all learned something new. :D

 

Also you may have created custom templates...but then some asshole doctor asked "can I have something else" :P

 

2wurw1Y.png

 

Look at how smexy that badge is :holy:

Edited by Dr_Mayus
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Dr_Mayus said:

:yay: we all learned something new. :D

 

Also you may have created custom templates...but then some asshole doctor asked "can I have something else" :P

 

2wurw1Y.png

 

Look at how smexy that badge is :holy:

I agree, that's one asshole indeed :giggle: . But seriously, once the Phantom Thief logo was finished, I added it as a template.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Dragon-Archon said:

I agree, that's one asshole indeed :giggle: . But seriously, once the Phantom Thief logo was finished, I added it as a template.

^_^

 

Well it was to hard to choose between Haru and Yusuke...man that was such a great game.

 

Also I still need to figure out how to make a bad ass sig out of this pic. I love my signature so much but I really want this in my profile somehow

 

eWBQWQ3.jpg

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

33 minutes ago, Dr_Mayus said:

^_^

 

Well it was to hard to choose between Haru and Yusuke...man that was such a great game.

 

Also I still need to figure out how to make a bad ass sig out of this pic. I love my signature so much but I really want this in my profile somehow

 

eWBQWQ3.jpg

You could've platted the game twice to obtain both trophies :awesome: .

 

LMAO, that image is hilarious :lol: .

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, DragonQuest238 said:

I thought the last D was Day of the Tentacle Remastered, which I platinumed before and Meso pointed out. Not a big thing, but now I have fix my trophy checklist thread.

Oh I just grab whatever games you platted that matched the letters. There was no rhyme or reason into what I was grabbing unless you posted the completed letter in a thread with the games next to each letter.

 

I can change the OP if you like.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 7/24/2018 at 0:32 PM, Dr_Mayus said:

Yes, the uber-talented @Kristycism has offered to help moderate this event as well as come up with some amazing Site Badges for the winners...I have seen the prototypes and they are fantastic :D

Uhm, not meaning to necropost this but... you know... ☝️? Shouldn't we be getting the badges by now?

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 10/16/2018 at 0:54 PM, DragonQuest238 said:

Uhm, not meaning to necropost this but... you know... 261d.png1f60f.png Shouldn't we be getting the badges by now?

 

 

On 10/16/2018 at 1:44 PM, Mesopithecus said:

 

I believe @Kristycism was hand drawing all of the badges so these things take time, especially coupled with irl obligations.  Patience....good things come to those who wait :D

Yes she is and I know there was a bit of technical difficulties as well.

 

Damn real life always gets in the way :shakefist: 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...
On 10/17/2018 at 11:45 PM, Dr_Mayus said:

 

Yes she is and I know there was a bit of technical difficulties as well.

 

Damn real life always gets in the way :shakefist: 

Hope all is well with @Kristycism.  Was wondering if the artwork that was submitted for approval could just be posted without "user name" on the bottom and we can just grab that for the event?  

 

Thanks again for running a fun event!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 minutes ago, Kristycism said:

@Bojuka76 - available letters - AFRTT

 

I hope I'm not the only one that sees the word "FART" in this. :giggle:

 

29 minutes ago, Kristycism said:

Anyway, once again I do apologise to everyone. It shouldn't have taken as long as it did, and all of those issues besides a busy life were completely my own fault, so I have no-one to blame but myself for the delay. Sorry guys! :(

 

Don't feel sorry for it. Maybe making custom badges per person wasn't the wisest choice but reading about all the effort you put into it and seeing the results makes it feel really special. Thanks for all the work you put in. :) 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

@Kristycism They really look great! And no wonder why they took so long, but the result was worth the wait for sure! And I can see that life really isn't giving you any free time. At least I hope that you get time to enjoy Spyro! 

 

I love that you used a Bee theme for almost all badges too, and on that note, I like both badges that you made for me, since the Dragon looks just classy and the Persona 5 bee style is just simply awesome! So, ya, in the end I still can't decide ? 

 

Actual upon better inspection, the Persona one is really much more awesome than the PenDragon one, ya, there's just way to many awesome things in that one! This will be my official final entry, the other is just bonus (well, it was extra work for you, but I'm really glad that you did it, since the end result was fantastic!) 

 

And if it's not asking to much, could you get mine at 250x250? If I need a smaller size, I can resize it with other tools, but making it bigger without ruining it, is impossible) 

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Crimson Idol said:

 

I hope I'm not the only one that sees the word "FART" in this. :giggle:

 

 

Don't feel sorry for it. Maybe making custom badges per person wasn't the wisest choice but reading about all the effort you put into it and seeing the results makes it feel really special. Thanks for all the work you put in. :) 

 

You definitely aren't the only one :P I even thought about different ways to illustrate it xD

 

Yeah I'll definitely need to get better (or at least more efficient) at art if I ever do custom badges again... ? Until then, premades with just a name change will be the way to go, I think... ?

 

Also, thank you for the kind words <3

 

 

5 minutes ago, Han_the_Dragon said:

@Kristycism They really look great! And no wonder why they took so long, but the result was worth the wait for sure! And I can see that life really isn't giving you any free time. At least I hope that you get time to enjoy Spyro! 

 

I love that you used a Bee theme for almost all badges too, and on that note, I like both badges that you made for me, since the Dragon looks just classy and the Persona 5 bee style is just simply awesome! So, ya, in the end I still can't decide 1f602.png 

 

Actual upon better inspection, the Persona one is really much more awesome than the PenDragon one, ya, there's just way to many awesome things in that one! This will be my official final entry, the other is just bonus (well, it was extra work for you, but I'm really glad that you did it, since the end result was fantastic!) 

 

And if it's not asking to much, could you get mine at 250x250? If I need a smaller size, I can resize it with other tools, but making it bigger without ruining it, is impossible) 

 

 

 

Haha, yeah, I didn't imagine when I said I'd do badges that I'd be drawing so many bees in so many different styles xD but once I started doing it for a couple, I decided just to roll with it and use bees everywhere I could think of xD

 

hanthedragon_by_kristycism-dcrmnwp.png

 

There you go, Persona one in a bigger size - did you also want Pendragon as well, or just that one? :) Literally will only take seconds if you want both :)

 

And I also liked the Persona one, probably my favourite of all the badges I made xD I really tried to give it a Persona-series feel, between using the icon, the avatar, and the text style. And I also managed to incorporate a bee, so it's a win-win :P

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Kristycism said:

Well, that took way longer than I thought it would, to do the custom image for everyone's badges. Hopefully people at least like them, to make it worth all that effort or I'm gonna go cry in a corner (like a grown-up) xD And I do sincerely apologise for the delay, I shouldn't have made you guys wait so long (explanation at the bottom of the post for anyone who wants one).
 

Pings (sorry if the update to the second post where I moved everyone around caused a double-ping, I wasn't sure if it'd ping anyone?):

 

Everyone's badges have been added to the second post, along with their final words and the plats they used to make them (I removed all unused plats). If you want the badge re-sized let me know. They're currently 175x175 because the smallest size that still looked best imo, but they can be made anywhere between 150x150 - 250x250 if anyone would prefer that, will only take a few seconds to save a different size as everything is already in my files and would just need re-saved to the other size and re-uploaded - and I'm off work for the next week (to play Spyro) so I can make edits any time.

 

Size previews (in a spoiler to stop the post being too big):

  Reveal hidden contents

150_by_kristycism-dcqhna0.png175_by_kristycism-dcqhn9n.png200_by_kristycism-dcqhnh7.png

150 x 150                          175 x 175                                 200 x 200

200_by_kristycism-dcqhn9b.png250_by_kristycism-dcqhn8p.png

225x225                                               250x250

 

 

For anyone that got the bonus badge, I also made a gold badge with "MAYUS" in it, unless they submitted a second word they'd prefer to be used. If you didn't submit a word, but want one now, let me know and I'll make a new gold badge for you :) Also, the badge is available in two different colours - everyone is currently green because it's more Mayus-y (yes, that's a real word, I checked), but can be switched to a more platinum-trophy-like colouring if you'd prefer (will only take a few seconds to save the alternate colour as the file is already set up). And like the regular badge, can be made in any of those sizes (actually, the bonus badge can go up to 500x500, but I don't think anyone wants a badge that big...).

 

Comparison of both versions:

  Reveal hidden contents

bonus_mayus_by_kristycism-dcrjurr.pngbonus_plat_by_kristycism-dcrjuqu.png

(I could also make a green main trophy base with the silver-only bees, if anyone wanted that)

 

 

And for anyone who was wondering why this took so long (it's only in a spoiler tag to keep the post from being too long for anyone who doesn't care):

  Reveal hidden contents

Aside from being busy IRL - between work, forced-upon-me socialising nonsense which I could really do without, required family time (my mother doesn't stop moaning unless I spend at least half a day every weekend visiting her, and my brother likes to come over for dinner once a week and takes forever to leave), and taking care of my fluff children, I don't generally get a lot of free time at home (most of my game time is using Remote Play at work...don't tell my boss or he'll stop letting me have my own office). Basically, the only free time I ever have is on a Sunday, where I also have to do all my housework, and food shopping, etc. In other words, not a whole lot of time to work on the badges, even if I used every second of my free time.

 

I also had hardware issues, both with my PC breaking and having to replace it temporarily with my brother's laptop (which just can't handle photoshop without regular crashes), and my tablet pen, which I accidentally snapped when playing with the rubber grip. Both of those things also slowed the whole process a lot (the pen basically removed a whole weekend where I could've worked on them).

 

 

But I also made things needlessly complicated for myself with my chosen badge design. Which is obviously 100% my own fault of course. But to illustrate the issues I had:

 

  1. The perspective of the base was overly complex for someone who isn't the best at art in the first place (I was originally gonna make a badge for myself but then decided I couldn't be bothered after doing my name).
    • Just using text obviously doesn't work, like so: demo1_by_kristycism-dcpnwe8.png
    • Using photoshops in-built text editing to make a curve still doesn't work: demo2_by_kristycism-dcpnwe0.png
    • So I basically had to edit each letter of each person's name one by one, adjusting the size, rotation and skew until I got it to look right.
  2. The text also then had to be edited to make it look like a carving rather than just put on.
    • Unedited vs edited: demo3_by_kristycism-dcpnwoo.png
    • Close-up of how it looked after editing: demo4_by_kristycism-dcpnwt0.png
  3. Then comes the most stupid design choice I made - the fold of the page. Like the base, it was curved. But it was also at a weird diagonal angle. Which means I couldn't just draw things on. To illustrate:
    • Drawing things on would look like this, which is pretty stupid looking: demo5_by_kristycism-dcpqo0t.png
    • Using the skew tool in photoshop to make it diagonal was still dumb looking: demo6_by_kristycism-dcpqo12.png
    • So everything had to be done in the correct perspective to start with, and curved. Which for someone good at art and perspectives probably wouldn't be too bad. But I'm not that good at painting to begin with (I can do concept sketches with a simple 2D perspective, and that's it), and when I work in 3D art (which I do for my job) I literally just click and drag my mouse to get the perspective I want, rather than having to think about it...
    So I basically did a trial and error process, sketching everything then editing, re-sketching, editing, etc, until it looked right, then doing the actual lines. Then after that was done, I had to blend it in with the trophy itself so it didn't stand out so much and look dumb.
    Before vs after blending: demo7_by_kristycism-dcpqu2l.png
    Initially the plan was to just have the letters of the word arranged in a fancy way on the page and nothing else. This would've made things a bit easier so I could just use photoshop's text editing tools for the curve and it'd take less editing to get it right. But adding in an illustration (and in almost all badges, hand-drawing the text too) means each one took over an hour (some a lot more if the illustration was harder) for me to do. And I had 36 badges to do.

 

The bonus badge, on the other hand, was very simple to edit as the perspective was much easier to work with to edit everyone's names, and I didn't need to edit anything else. Like, only took a couple of minutes per badge, if that (although, if I'm being totally honest, I hadn't actually started making the base badge until after the event ended, thanks to the aforementioned PC issues, and this took me like two weekends to do. Plus the unique badge I made for one person, which took almost as long - the person didn't ask for it, it was just something I personally wanted to do, so full blame for that delay is still on me). In future if I ever do badges for events again, I'm designing them that way, and it'll only take a few hours at most to get all the badges out. Lesson learned xD

 

Anyway, once again I do apologise to everyone. It shouldn't have taken as long as it did, and all of those issues besides a busy life were completely my own fault, so I have no-one to blame but myself for the delay. Sorry guys! :(

 

You put an incredible amount of work into these badges, creating custom ones for everyone with a personal drawing in the book :o . That's very impressive :yay:. I like the bonus badge, now I'm regretting not going for the word "Mayus". I like the tulip referencing Netherlands, that was neat idea.

 

Could you change my badge to 250x250? I put all my community event rewards in the checklist, so it's nice to have some large awards too.

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Kristycism said:

Haha, yeah, I didn't imagine when I said I'd do badges that I'd be drawing so many bees in so many different styles xD but once I started doing it for a couple, I decided just to roll with it and use bees everywhere I could think of xD

 

hanthedragon_by_kristycism-dcrmnwp.png

 

There you go, Persona one in a bigger size - did you also want Pendragon as well, or just that one? :) Literally will only take seconds if you want both :)

 

And I also liked the Persona one, probably my favourite of all the badges I made xD I really tried to give it a Persona-series feel, between using the icon, the avatar, and the text style. And I also managed to incorporate a bee, so it's a win-win :P

 

OK, then I will take the Pendragon in big size too, thanks! 

 

Ya, I was wondering from where it was, for a second I though it was based on the platinum trophy or something.. Completely forgot that the avatars used the same style too. That explains it, and ya, it's a big win combo! 

54 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said:

You put an incredible amount of work into these badges, creating custom ones for everyone with a personal drawing in the book :o . That's very impressive :yay:. I like the bonus badge, now I'm regretting not going for the word "Mayus". I like the tulip referencing Netherlands, that was neat idea.

 

I agree with the Mayus badge, it really looks sleek! And while I like it and somewhat regret not trying to get, I know fully well that I wouldn't be able to get it anyway.. 

 

1 hour ago, Kristycism said:

 

 

54 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said:

 

 

1 hour ago, Kristycism said:

 

 

54 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said:

 

 

Edited by Han_the_Dragon
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Han_the_Dragon said:

I agree with the Mayus badge, it really looks sleek! And while I like it and somewhat regret not trying to get, I know fully well that I wouldn't be able to get it anyway.. 

Same, I wouldn't have made it unless resorting to quick and easy plats. Oh well, time to embrace one of life's lessons: can't win 'em all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 7/24/2018 at 0:34 PM, Kristycism said:

(I had to do some research on this word, and found it's used as an alternative to mothballs. So, after a crazy ride on the train of thought, I ended up concluding that a bee murdering a moth with a tablet was the best way to illustrate this word. I might need help.)

Yeah, I never even heard of the word before this, it was just something that popped up while searching for words I could make. ? Love the illustration you went with though. n6pTn5S.gif There's no rush, but could I get a 250x250 version too? I have a big trophy cabinet I like to put all my stuff in. :P 

 

Awesome work on them though, they're really bee-utiful... sorry I had to make at least one pun. ? I can tell you put a ton of work in them (more than I ever have). owCD8jf.gif

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Very well done! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into them :) it really shows! The fact you actually drew a picture of Butters for my page is AWESOME!!! Thank you so much!!

 

2 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

I hope I'm not the only one that sees the word "FART" in this. :giggle:

 

lol nope, I saw that right away too. I also saw PIMP right away for @Walt the Dog and SWAG for @Nitro which would be pretty fun words on a trophy

Edited by Briste
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

38 minutes ago, Han_the_Dragon said:

 

OK, then I will take the Pendragon in big size too, thanks! 

 

Ya, I was wondering from where it was, for a second I though it was based on the platinum trophy or something.. Completely forgot that the avatars used the same style too. That explains it, and ya, it's a big win combo!

 

hanthedragon2_by_kristycism-dcrmtwa.png

Here you go! :)

 

Haha, well, we can pretend it's based on the plat trophy too :P I actually didn't know until now that it's what the trophy looked like as I've been avoiding looking at them until I finally get around to playing P5 xD

 

 

1 hour ago, Dragon-Archon said:

You put an incredible amount of work into these badges, creating custom ones for everyone with a personal drawing in the book :o . That's very impressive :yay:. I like the bonus badge, now I'm regretting not going for the word "Mayus". I like the tulip referencing Netherlands, that was neat idea.

 

Could you change my badge to 250x250? I put all my community event rewards in the checklist, so it's nice to have some large awards too.

 

dragon_archon_by_kristycism-dcrmu2l.png

 

There you go! :)

 

And thank you :) I don't think I'll do it again though, think I'll just stick to something like the bonus badge and just change names xD Maybe if I get better at art, I'll change my mind, but until then it's just usernames and nothing else I think :P

 

 

22 minutes ago, Masamune said:

Yeah, I never even heard of the word before this, it was just something that popped up while searching for words I could make. 1f605.png Love the illustration you went with though. n6pTn5S.gif There's no rush, but could I get a 250x250 version too? I have a big trophy cabinet I like to put all my stuff in. :P 

 

Awesome work on them though, they're really bee-utiful... sorry I had to make at least one pun. 1f605.png I can tell you put a ton of work in them (more than I ever have). owCD8jf.gif

 

Bee puns are the best puns, there's no need to apologise :D

 

And here you are, yours definitely looks better in a bigger size, because more of the crazy idea I had shows :P

 

masamune_by_kristycism-dcrmuaq.png

 

 

23 minutes ago, angelgrievous said:

@Kristycism You did a hell of a job.  The badges look absolutely fantastic.  Really well done, thank you so much.  

 

Thank you <3

 

 

12 minutes ago, Briste said:

Very well done! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into them :) it really shows! The fact you actually drew a picture of Butters for my page is AWESOME!!!

 

Thanks! <3 And yeah, I was originally planning a bee dressed as Butters but when it was scaled down to a badge-fitting-size, it just lost it's look and ended up a scribbly mess, so I just went for Butters as he was (well, as Professor Chaos since that's the avatar you use, but still) :P

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

23 minutes ago, Kristycism said:

 

dragon_archon_by_kristycism-dcrmu2l.png

 

There you go! :)

 

And thank you :) I don't think I'll do it again though, think I'll just stick to something like the bonus badge and just change names xD Maybe if I get better at art, I'll change my mind, but until then it's just usernames and nothing else I think :P

Thanks a lot :D . Added it to the checklist.

 

That's exactly why I create a template as much as possible once the design is complete, which only requires me to change the username. Those are easy to mass produce.

Edited by Dragon-Archon
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...