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Character Build: Keeper of the Runes

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  • March 21, 2016

    Those perk spreads are quite difficult to read. 

  • March 21, 2016

    I really like the shot of the first, but the fonts need to be bigger. I also would take advantage of the "glow" feature in lettering, in addition to beveling and shadow, to perhaps make the lettering pop more. The Level 25 screenie has huge potential though for a fabulous perkspread, all it needs are some tweaks with the lettering and color scheme. The second one is okay, I like the idea, but honestly, I'd try to recreate Level 25's awesomeness with a different element and then keep the lettering in the same scheme family. What font is being used?

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    March 21, 2016
    Creating these things is so outside and my knowledgebase. If Relycs read this maybe he can answer these are his work.
  • Member
    March 21, 2016
    Crap.... It takes like forever to change something xD.
    Alright, first of all, I never use effects in any of my art. No shadows, no glow, no whatever, everything is purely handmade (3-4 layers of the writings, the reason you might think you're seeing double).


    I agree, the second perkspread doesn't shine as much as the first one. What kind of "different element" do you mean?
    What color sheme would you suggest?


    The font beeing used here is 'Zapfino (the big lettering) and 'Snell Roundhand (the small lettering), both are ios-fonts.

    I'll try to improve it, thanks for the feedback and the constructive feedback ;).
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    March 21, 2016
    I think what they're referring to as a different element; is the first one is the orange-ish which relates to a fire rune so maybe go with like a greenish that could be a poison rune or a bluish they can be a frost tune. In fairness I did pick the second picture out of a choice about that he gave me. So that's on me.
  • March 21, 2016

    Yes, element as in frost, shock, or poison. So their corresponding color schemes. That first picture is so awesome. 

    So let me understand this Relycs. You are creating 3-4 layers of the same writing to achieve the effect and placing them on top of each other? Is there a reason why you don't use shadow, glow. I'm not thinking I'm seeing double, I am seeing actually triple now in the level 25 header when I zoom. What program are you using, Relycs? I use a combo of photoshop, Paint, and Microsoft Office. I can see the labor you put into it. Sorry, I was critical. I know how it feels. Happens to me when I take the time to eliminate undesirable backgrounds using paint. Tedious as hell. 

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    March 21, 2016
    I'm using powerpoint on ios (ipad) (you have to pay 7€ a month for stuff like glow, shadows, etc; I wont do that^^) because I'm not at home most of the time, so no access to the computer. I'm using photoshop express for filters, picsart for effects, cutting, editing and powerpoint for the writings and to set things up. Then I save the pptx in pdf format in dropbox and from there I use a program to convert the pdf to jpg. Then I cut it out from the white background => upload here. It's as simple as that...... It's quite some work if you have to do a lvl 50 perkspread.
    Interestingly enough, once you know there's more than one layer of the writings, you will always seek/see it in other artwork, so (((dont tell anyone))) xD.

    You weren't critical, dont worry. It's appreciated.:)

    I'll see what I can do.
  • March 21, 2016
    If you want i could whip up two perk spreads tonight.
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    March 21, 2016
    Let me just say I'm very appreciative to relycs for all his work. He's one that I can always count on to take the time to do a perk screen for me when I need one. Curse's done some for me after-the-fact… And also much appreciated… but I still have things on the art request thread that have never gotten a reply from months ago including for this build. So I'm certainly appreciative for everything relycs has done.
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    March 21, 2016
    Wait... Why didn't you tell me? I havn't seen any open requests there, aside the few from Manik, Gal and Morti (which aren't a "problem" any longer).