Mission Impossible?

**iamtheblues** · 22 May 2009, 11:39 AM

Many moons ago I posted a similar thread to this, (can't remember what it was called so I can't link to it) but as there are many who have joined the forums since then, I thought I'd give the idea a new coat of paint and a fresh airing.
You will be told by a message that part of the process of making this graphic (that's the background, not the text) can't be done in Xara Xtreme. It was made using a contoured blend which was given a bevel which was extruded.
I liked the feeling of depth that this method produced. The text is not a font, I don't believe it exists, it's certainly not free as far as I know, so I made a bitmap trace of a graphic from the internet, and separated out the words from the background and made it transparent in all the right places (the loops).
Saludos,
Bob.

**gwpriester** · 23 May 2009, 05:52 PM

Where is Porky Pig when we need him?

Interesting effect Bob. There must be some practical use for it.

**kinetica** · 23 May 2009, 08:45 PM

I like it very much! It reminds me of one of those plastic lids that you get when you buy a large cup of coffee from those trendy coffee bar places. Or maybe a Google Earth view of Dumbledore! Nice drawing Bob

**iamtheblues** · 25 May 2009, 05:55 AM

Thanks for the comment, guys. I imagine a pig, duck or wabbit may have had copyright issues, so I left well alone. Never having read JK Rowling or seen a Harry Potter movie, (a minority of about 1, I imagine) I was under the impression that Dumbledore was a place, like Appledore is. Discovering it's Michael Gambon in a hat and beard hasn't really helped me understand the reference, Dave. I get the plastic coffee cup lid one, though.
Saludos,
Bob.

**kinetica** · 25 May 2009, 08:42 AM

Ah! I was under the impression that J.K.Rowling had spread her version of the world to all four corners of the known multiverse. Except Andalucia

Dumbledore wears a wide-brimmed, pointy wizard hat. Seen from space this would resemble a . . .

**morphonius_821** · 25 May 2009, 11:30 PM

Was the original color blue? I think we can do our own pig LOL
Who needs porky when pinky pig is royalty free....
I like it.
(or for the new millennium punky pig...he has tattoos and a nose ring.)
P.S. isn't that font great.

**iamtheblues** · 26 May 2009, 07:09 AM

I deliberately chose blue from the start as I thought I'd make a new avatar from it. I did a bitmap trace of "That's all folks!" because I couln't find a free font, and it was quicker than hand tracing. I enjoy hand tracing, but it seems wasted on something that will look like a font anyway. I'll investigate some more to see if the font does exist, and if not, I can see the point of making the font in its entirety.
Saludos,
Bob.

**morphonius_821** · 26 May 2009, 07:40 AM

I just had a good look for that font and I don't think it exists...
There is one with that name but it refers to the other wording "Loney Tunes".
The script down the bottom is no-where to be found....
If it is out there its hiding very well...