New Comic Book Theme!

Raze

Hi all,

I've started to develop a section for this theme for windows based games. I have an x86 pc running Xbuntu and retropie and most of the games I want run perfectly through Wine. It's actually really fantastic - can even link to steam, gog, etc.

I got artwork, and snaps etc, for a few games and got the 'rip' image done but got stuck with the windows text for the main screen. I'm hoping to get a bit of help. I don't have a Photoshop license, and can't seem to replicate the font effect well in Gimp.

I've been able to hack together a windows text image using other images as you can see below, but it's not super great. I've also included my rip should anybody want to use it.

I was really hoping somebody who's had success using some of the methods noted above would be willing to spend a few minutes and whip up an nice 'windows' text for me?? :) Ideally it would be blue like the older windows icons.

Much thanks in advance. Cheers.

~Raze42

windows word.png

Raze

@Raze alright. Well I took a crack at it in Gimp. It's not too bad, but not perfect....

Gwyllion

@Raze could you plz make a ZX81 pic, please? My girlfriend is available...😜

Gothrek

sam coupè
satella view
sufami turbo
thomson
neogeocd
pokemini

someone?

RussellB

If someone can walk me through the process of how they are created in Gimp I'll start cranking them out!

Clyde

@RussellB Though I don't know much about GIMP myself, there are two step-by-step guides for Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop in this thread. Click on their names to jump to the posts. Maybe you or anyone else can use them as a basis for GIMP (or Krita, see below).

You may also take a look at Krita, another free and open source image editor that is often mentioned as an alternative to GIMP. It's said to be "designed primarily for painting and animation purposes" (Wikipedia).

A quick web search got me these pages among many others:

Originally, I switched from GIMP to Krita because it's the standard image editor for my Plasma desktop environment from KDE. For my very simple image editing purposes, I found it easier to use than GIMP, but that's just my personal and unprofessional opinion. :)

RussellB

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My first take on it... Needs some work because the borders are bigger than the the ones that come with it but I'm almost there. Bought and learned Photoshop. Worth it!

stahl80

This theme is absolutely beautiful!!
Thank you for this 👌👍✌️

Zenjiro

Can anyone point me to where I can acquire the blank/template of the rip/comic_rip image used to put any desired character in?

Zenjiro

I really love this theme. So much so I have taught myself how to use GIMP, created my own fork on github, and I am getting close to start pumping out newer themes and collections.

Here is a current work-in-progress Banjo-Kazooie Theme:
I still have some touch ups I need to do.
Sorry for the low quality. Had to fit it into site restrictions.

Zenjiro

I've created a fork for this theme which can be found here: https://github.com/Zenjir0/es-theme-ComicBook
I am calling this a v3.0 of this theme. Please read the changelog in the readme for all changes that were made.

Added Holy2tack's themes as well as my own touch-ups to holy's system/collection images.

I've added my own original theme, Banjo Kazooie and a Template Theme. More to come in the future.

I have not tested this theme on a Raspberry Pi yet. Most of my tests have been on either jrassa's or fabricecaruso's fork of EmulationStation. If you encounter an issue, please feel free to leave a ticket on the github. I will do my best to fix it.

Same goes for requests. I already have a huge list of collections and systems I want to add.

Hope you all enjoy.

Clyde

Since FB Alpha was replaced by FB Neo in Retropie awhile ago, could/did anyone make an FB Neo logo?

Clyde

@Zenjiro Thanks for taking over the baton. Any chance for a 4:3 version?

Zenjiro

@Clyde - "Any chance for a 4:3 version?"

As of right now, no. My primary focus is on 16:9.

I'll update the FB Neo system image.

Zenjiro

@Clyde Here is the FB Neo system image:

Clyde

@Zenjiro Thank you very much!

Zenjiro

One of my all time favorite game series is the Mega Man series. And one of my fondest arcs of said series is the Mega Man Zero series on the GBA. So here is my current WIP collection comic and system logo:

Triquick

@Zenjiro said in New Comic Book Theme!:

I've created a fork for this theme which can be found here: https://github.com/Zenjir0/es-theme-ComicBook
I am calling this a v3.0 of this theme. Please read the changelog in the readme for all changes that were made.

Added Holy2tack's themes as well as my own touch-ups to holy's system/collection images.

I've added my own original theme, Banjo Kazooie and a Template Theme. More to come in the future.

I have not tested this theme on a Raspberry Pi yet. Most of my tests have been on either jrassa's or fabricecaruso's fork of EmulationStation. If you encounter an issue, please feel free to leave a ticket on the github. I will do my best to fix it.

Same goes for requests. I already have a huge list of collections and systems I want to add.

Hope you all enjoy.

All your additions and changes look great, what's the best way to install your theme? I've only ever installed a theme through the ES Theme Menu.

Zenjiro

@Triquick

Just download the repo by clicking the "Clone or download" button

Extract it and place the extracted folder in the themes folder, on your device.

If any thing doesn't load or things seem sluggish it might be because the resolution of the images I uploaded are to high. I might have to create another fork, one for older raspberry pis and another for newer devices. I'd imagine the newer raspberry pi 4 would have no issue.

I test everything using the Windows version of EmulationStation from jrassa or fabricecaruso. Their links in the readme.

Zenjiro

Got another one, this time it is for a system and not a collection, Original Xbox: