New Comic Book Theme!

TMNTturtlguy

@hankchad Thanks for the kind words and sorry for my long absence from the forums. Life has gotten in the way of fun for the moment. As for the logos, each is custom made. Somewhere in the thread i have instruction on how to make them, I don't know the post number off the top of my head. The basic font type is called shaka pow.

TMNTturtlguy

@alturis Thanks, appreciate the kind words!

Alturis

@tmntturtlguy said in New Comic Book Theme!:

download shaka-pow text
open adobe illustrator
create a new 8" long by 3" tall artpage
text:
-Size 150
-Click on character
-Height 92
-Width 91
-Va-22
-Select path – convert to path, set outline weight to– 2 (arrange letters for front to back)
-Make copies of base letters – make 4 layers
-Second copy, turn letters white, black outline, select stroke, align to outside, 7.8
-Third Copy, white outline, select stroke, align outside, 11.5
-Forth copy, change color and move straight down 4 clicks
-Save file as Illustrator file
Open photoshop

open illustrator file
create a dot matrix overlay of custom color of your liking
Overlay the dot matrix, inverse select the letters and delete overlay so dots are only on letters
Create a gradient overlay layer of your select color, inverse select the letters and create an overlay from bottom to top.
Make sure your image size is set to 72 dpi
flatten layers
add 2 drop shadows at opposite angles so that the entire logo has a consistent drop shadow
-flatten layers.
-save as a superpng, disable meta data, enable transparencies.

Done - those are the steps, i can't describe the artistic touches and slight modifications made as they differ from color to color, name to name, but that is the exact process used for every logo.

Found the instructions. Will be trying this tonight. Thanks @TMNTturtlguy

TMNTturtlguy

@alturis Thanks, i just found it at well - it is post 426 for those that are interested in looking back.

Also - i have a full release of splash screens for the theme as well. See post 779

Alturis

@tmntturtlguy said in New Comic Book Theme!:

create a dot matrix overlay of custom color of your liking

Any tips or sources on this step? Sounds like its more involved than just that. ;)

TMNTturtlguy

@alturis Nope, but hold on a minute and i am going to share something i think many people might like!

Alturis

If anyone else is better at making these logos than I end up being, I am interested in getting some done for the following two custom category names:

2 PLAYER
CLASSICS

TMNTturtlguy

I apologize to everyone out there for my very long absence. I have had a lot of exciting changes in life over the last 6-8 months and unfortunately retropie and my arcade building has taken a back seat for a while. It has become evident through my lack of updates and responses that I am not doing a good job of keeping up and servicing my theme, so i want to share some files with everyone that might help in creating your own updates. There are instructions on how to do most all of the art throughout this thread, so please look back if you have question. if you go to this new github link i have a few different photoshop and illustrator files for the logos, you should be able to use those to come up with some of your own logos. I have also included one 16:9 art background, and a single photoshop file called dot matrix which is what @Alturis has requested regarding the logos. Github link to templates

Lastly, hey guys, how are you? @pjft @meleu @cyperghost @ruckage @lilbud @Syhles

Clyde

@tmntturtlguy Hi, I just want to use this opportunity to thank you for your great theme. I'm using its 4:3 version in my upright cabinet.

lilbud

@tmntturtlguy Doing fine, swamped in schoolwork but otherwise okay. How about yourself?

TMNTturtlguy

@lilbud Busy with work and the kids, but things are good. I need to find more time to get back into this community though. Glad to hear you are doing well.

pjft

@tmntturtlguy Hi! Glad to have you back, and glad to hear all is ok :) I believe you've seen that last week's MAME ROW was Bubble Bobble!

I'm also busy with work and the kids for the most part, but trying to find some time every now and then to do some things here. I'd been a bit less present over the end of 2017/beginning of 2018 but I think I'm back to a good cadence here.

Hope to see you more often around here!

meleu

@tmntturtlguy said in New Comic Book Theme!:

I have had a lot of exciting changes in life over the last 6-8 months

You didn't come to live in Brazil, did you?!

I'm also a bit away from here. Involved with RetroAchievements stuff. Specially the Documentation Project and helping with the development of RALibretro (mainly with testing).

RALibretro is an "emulator" that uses libretro cores for emulation and this is allowing us to add support for new systems at RetroAchievements very fast. Recently added Neo Geo Pocket, Atari 2600, and Virtual Boy. There are some guys working to add support for Neo Geo (yeah! cheevos for Metal Slug!!), and there are more systems to come!

I wish good vibes for you and your family, bro! ;)

lilbud

@meleu said in New Comic Book Theme!:

There some guys working to add support for Neo Geo

PUZZLE BOBBLE HERE I COME

Alturis

@alturis said in New Comic Book Theme!:

If anyone else is better at making these logos than I end up being, I am interested in getting some done for the following two custom category names:

2 PLAYER
CLASSICS

Here is my attempt. Thanks for the instructions @TMNTturtlguy !
I was confused about what order the 4 layers were supposed to be in within illustrator so had to play around with it for a while. But my end result looks like these.

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ByteThis

@tmntturtlguy Very kind of you for the templates, considering others have bowed out. Kudos man !

Alturis

Ok take 2 on the "2 PLAYER" and "CLASSICS" logos. I think I have the technique down better now.

Edit: Updated based on a few more things I noticed about color schemes in the original set

Clyde

@alturis said in New Comic Book Theme!:

Ok take 2 on the "2 PLAYER" and "CLASSICS" logos. I think I have the technique down better now.

Very nice, though I like the colours of the former ones better, but it's always good to have several to choose from. And if you hone your skills by doing more of them, all the better. :)

cyperghost

@tmntturtlguy Still alive and fine ;) Thank you
We older we get the more we don't loose track

Alturis

@clyde said in New Comic Book Theme!:

though I like the colours of the former ones better

Well I was trying to hit on the Red vs Blue standard for 2 player. And the classics matches better with the marquee image I used which also has yellow text.