This month's letter is N
I darkened all parts of the leaf one in a effort to make it show better at a small size.
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This month's letter is N
I darkened all parts of the leaf one in a effort to make it show better at a small size.
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I made one to Upload, but it wont allow me to load from my computer.
Can't tell you what the problem is, but...
1. export your image somewhere you can find it.
2. Click "Reply to Thread" Press "Go Advanced"
3. click on attachments, it sort of looks like a paperclip.
4. in the box that opens click "add files"
5. A little window will open
6. Click "browse" and browse to where your image is on your computer.
7. click on the image and open or double click on your image.
8. Click "upload"
9. Now a thumbnail of your image should appear in two places one being the lower left side.
10. Over to the lower right side click on "insert inline" click on "done"
11. You should now be back in the post reply window and should see [ATTACH=CONFIG]and some number[/ATTACH]
12. press "Submit Reply"
Attachment 104562Thanks for those instructions(smile) I will try your way now.
A note about your caps my fav would be 1, wait...3...wait I like them both 3 I found the N to be a little disconnected? maybe is a spatial thing and 4 is clever with street views. Nice work))
That's real nice Veeness. I like it. Glad to see you got it posted.
Thanks)) Here's another. Using the Ballet font I tried to create that atmosphere.
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That's another nice one Veeness.
For your reading pleasure...It's a blog I review once in a while.
http://www.dailydropcap.com
Mike
Thanks for the link Mike.
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Thanks Wizard, I'm enjoying the challenge. I'm in between waiting for jobs...now...maybe I should try something more masculine too...lol We have a charity over here called Movember which is growing a Mustache in November to raise men's awareness. I used ShotThru font in XPGD7
'show me whot you got' in masculine range [does shooting from the hip action]
November's gained a 2nd R ;)
N says Negative to me.
Nice one Egg...did you use a real negative or did you draw this one? I was hoping to find a hidden treasure when I zoomed into the N. Is it a different season in Novemberr'? Thus creating a cold edge to the N?
That's great Egg. It looks like a real negative. If you don't mind small criticism. Tihe N is hard to see, so couldn't it be lighter without destroying the negative effect? Just wondering.
Veeness/Larry,
Thanks for the comments. I did a search on Google for Negative images and there were only a few re film negatives. The one I chose had ducks. I did some photo healing to remove most of the visible ducks, just wanting an undestingishable negative background (I had previously tried to recreate it using fractal fills but couldn't get the desired effect). The remainder of the image, sprocket holes, text numbers and the "N" are vector.
As for your point Larry, maybe. I just used the colour picker to select the whitest part of the original bitmap. Negatives, now a thing of the past, were never easy things to fathom :) But I take your point, it would be difficult to use as a real Drop Cap.
Thanks for your understanding Egg. You did a wonderful job on the negative but as you say not usable as a drop cap. Though it could be by lightening the N without destroying the negative effect.
Hi All,
I haven't posted here in years but I stopped by and saw this challenge and it look like a lot of fun, so I thought I'd give it a try. Not sure what the image size rules are but I hope this is OK. I reduced it in size a great deal. I made the image in ArtRage 4.5. The N is made with a something called a sticker that I created. I also created the tile with the ArtRage Symmetry tool.
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Glad you joined in Aunt Betsy. You did very well and I like it. There are no size limitations in this challenge.
@ ALL Drop caps can be any size, but the best practices seem to be where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of the first sentence and drops down two or more lines and replaces The first letter of the first word. So with this in mind they should be designed so they look good even at a small size. Sort of icon size. If they look good small then great. Bob (If I recall correctly) showed where it could take up almost a whole page, but that isn't normal today and I personally find that overkill. I often see them the as a decorative element at the beginning of a story (mostly faerie tales) but they can be used anywhere.
INITIAL CAPITALS have historical roots in the early days of book design; their use predates the printing press and the invention of moveable type. Today’s initial caps are not as fancy as those carefully rendered in gold leaf in ancient scriptorium, but their association with classic book design remains strong. Initial Capital letters are often referred to generically as “drop caps” though a drop capital is actually a specific style of Initial Cap.
Some modernists discourage the use of initial caps, citing a host of typographical probems, but “Once upon a time” just wouldn’t be the same with*out a great big letter “O” at the beginning. Though not appropriate for every book, initial caps announce the beginning of a chapter with classical style. They suggest that the text you are about to read transcends mere data; this is literature.
Most of this information was gathered from various places on the web and as far as I can tell it is accurate.
Here are a few examples I found on the web. As you can see most of these are fairly large.
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Nice one Betty)) just in time for christmas
"last minute" for drop cap of november ;)
The N of "piano keys " project
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Max
:)Nice
I only just now saw your mustache N, sorry. I like it and later will see if I can make a masculine one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veeness
No problem)) Look forward to seeing, and I do hope a D for December dropcap is started....?
We are long past D but you can do one anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veeness
Hi
Late again but here is my idea for 'N'.
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Careful you don't drop it mhjgkane. No matter if you are late, you can always go back and do one for any month. There is no deadline just fun. That reminds me I need th get cracking on this months drop cap and scribble before someone (Rik) gets Mr. Scribble after me.