This month Design a letter B Drop Cap
Here are a couple I have so far.
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This month Design a letter B Drop Cap
Here are a couple I have so far.
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I know it not quite the same as the others similar to this but here is another form me.
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"B" for BOLD. C'mon guys and gals, let's see your work! Here's a link if you need some inspiration.
Bob.
I love the 'B' in Post #2, Larry.
How did you do that?
Good one Bob. Thanks for the Link. Here is one for you http://www.dailydropcap.com/
Rik what I did was fairly complex. Mostly it was a combination of Xara and FilterForge. with some fills and transparencies.
outlines, The outlines was done including the B with no fills Will I did have fills but then copied the B fill to the Clipboard and cleared the fills so all I had was just the line work, grouped all the outlines lines together and used FilterForge. Then added back the the B and removed that particular line and then cloned, and, this is where I may have done something weird, I filled the clone with a glass fill then applied a brightness transparency, brought the line work to the front and made the other fills with harmonious colors and put those to the back.
I don't remember where I got that particular glass so I cannot give the source credit but if you want it here it is. Gary not quite but good guess.
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Ah! I see, Larry.
It was a very simple thing to make. ;))
You are getting very good with those stained glass Drop caps Larry. Here is a simple one with a repeating pattern and a letter with a simple flat fill. I kind of like the contrast between the complex pattern and the simple letter.
Gee thanks Frances. Coming from you that is high praise indeed. I kind of thought I liked the last one but changed my mind again and now prefer the one in post 2 that Rik commented on. I don't know about you guys but I plan on doing the entire alphabet with certain ones the stained glass being one. Of course they will be done one month at a time. Personally I like this challenge almost as much as the scribbles, and from the looks of it you like it too. OK back to your drop cap. Good Job Frances! One thing I wonder though is when your drop cap is reduced down to a small usable size if that background will hold. I do hope people do not get tired of this challenge before the alphabet is complete though. There was a couple people that went great guns but I haven't seen them this month yet, but, who knows they might still.I hope so anyway, and, I hope a few more people join in. The stuff I do is fairly simple because I'm just not good with flourishes and lots of curly cues. Ah well, we do the best we can eh.
Here's one using an unusual display font.
I used the convert to editable shapes/ungroup twice method to apply the different colours.
Thanks for the link, Larry.
Bob.
You are welcome Bob. That font works well for that, what you did with it makes it look like zip-a-tone was applied. Interesting technique, Bob. Thank you for another fine contribution.
In a Comic Book style.
Bob.
Thanks Bob, I had never thought of the Ben-day dot idea, glad you did. There must be a million ways to do these drop caps and we each have our own ideas on doing them, and what they should look like. As for me I decided to stick with a couple that I did until I complete the alphabet of each style. You are going great guns with lots of cool ideas, keep up the good work Bob. I applaud you. =D>=D>
Thanks for your generous comments, Larry.
I don't use the bevel tool very much, but for this one I first used an inner contour on the "B" with the default 4 steps. Then I converted the contours to editable shapes and ungrouped them, which allowed me to recolour them individually. I next selected the four innermost contour shapes and grouped them and then applied an inner bevel to them. Finally, I applied a rounded bevel to the outer contour.
I do like using the inner contour tool on text, as it creates some interesting shapes. Dingbat fonts are a quick and easy way to create nice frames.
Bob.
Bob I just saw your latest, and I must say I like this one best of all. Good going Bob. =D>
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Glad you joined in the fun SCALEBACK666. Good effort. I'm glad to see you doing something beyond that Sinclair(?) and psychedelic stuff.
EDIT: What happened to post 16?
I used an app called PagePlus11 (published by Serif). There should have been a letter B in the middle butsomehow there were compatibility problems.
Is it me or am I better off doing text art?
BTW I'm thinking of doing an animated protest against Google's latest changes to Youtube but what I want to do is make an 80s themed animation with 80s refererences and 8-bit style graphics.
My question is why use those other apps when you could do it entirely with your Xara program.
Just learn the tools and what they can do.
Not in my opinion. But do what you gotta do.
I did this entirely using XP&GD9 using the 3D tool provided just to show you. I think the O as a shape is just too heavy to do what you want, so I am also showing an alternate. I didn't put a B in the one because by necessity had to be just to small so it would fit in the hole, but I guess that all depends on what you want to do and how you want it to look.
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Didn't have a go last month. No excuses, apart from work.
Definitely wanted to join in this month.
Good job there's plenty of letter to go, eh?!
Yes there are Rik, glad to see you in here again.
This is my latest attempt, and what I have done so far towards the complete alphabet with this particular one. I have done the same amount with the stained glass one and revised some of the earlier ones so they all look mostly alike.
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looking at this now it looks like I need to move the D and maybe the C also.
Those are all very good. Sorry I had to have a plane somewhere. :)
Don't be sorry, planes are good. What's with the W, since this month is B, I think anyway. Glad to see you join in Gray.
Just my lack of attention Larry, what I call a senior moment. I failed to notice it was to be a B.
To B or not to B, that is the question.
Bob.
Or is it B is for BiPlane
I think it's more like it's the letter B not the letter W for Bozo's like me that can't read. :)
I'll add a quickie B to redeem myself.
Well, I'm totally confused now.
Even you (Larry) have done 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D'
So, is this month supposed to be 'B'?
Or anything we like?
This was just a test Rik. You've passed with a "B".
Yes, I know. I only did that to show how far I had gotten, I should have only posted a B
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A mixture of Xara and Illustrator (courtesy of the Mirrorme plugin from Astute Graphics), with which I used the "B" (from Nick's Fonts) Nickelodeon to create the outer frame of kaleidoscopic reflections and then using the bevel tool in XDP to finish off the design.
Bob.
Edit: I have added a simple two colour version with no bitmap effects (which I prefer).
Good job Bob. I was just wondering if I understand correctly that it is the second one that you prefer. I like the first one myself. Can you please tell me a little about Nickelodeon, because I am not familiar with that.
Hi Larry,
Here's a link to the Nickelodeon font.
Bob.
Thank you Bob.
Another in my Halftone Drop Cap series.
Bob.
Thank you for starting to submit the entire set Bob. I know it is a lot of work but it is much appreciated.
Again thank you.
My pleasure, Larry. I uploaded the "A" yesterday, by the way.
Bob.