Drop Cap September 2014

[wizard509]

Max I don't know how I missed it before, but, I think your recent piano keyboard drop cap s great. Thanks for persisting.

[maxcon62]

Max maybe you will hate my opinion but that is a great idea and looking really interesting

Max I don't know how I missed it before, but, I think your recent piano keyboard drop cap s great. Thanks for persisting.

Thanks to all,my friends

[maxcon62]

I like it MAX, But, i feel that the inclusion of the figure unnecessary. My fist impression on seeing the thumbnail was wihat are those angled shapes. I understood looking at the larger view. Which makes me wonder if I was all wet with my idea of piano keys because when reduced to a usable size for use as a Drop Cap the piano keys would mostly be lost. Was a valiant effort on your part. Sorry if I rained on your parade. Anyway I'm sure some of mine might suffer when reduced, i was just thinking, what if the keyboard was moved up, the height increased, and fewer keys? Or something like that. Just throwing out ideas.

Hi Larry, I've tried to follow your advices

this is the result

[wizard509]

Much better Max. It does resemble a grand piano and the keys are much more visible now and I like it, how about you. I really really liked your post 43, did you decide against that one.

[iamtheblues]

The font is Gothic Leaf, which in its basic form is just a black rectangle with the L shape and decoration cut away from it.
So I regarded this as a stencil, and placed a few brush strokes using Xara's Petal Brush and converted the lines to shapes.
This allowed me to add an outline to the former brush. I experimented with various coloured rectangles and contones until
I found something I was happy with, it puts me in mind of a stained glass effect. Unfortunately I wasn't taking notes as I
was making this, so it's unlikely that I could replicate it.
Bob.

[iamtheblues]

A variation of the above using a different contone and a bitmap texture from Filter Forge.
Bob.

[wizard509]

Very attractive Bob. I have never tried the petal brush, but I'll have to look into it. Thanks. Isn't it amazing how we all have different ways of making a Drop Cap? Like the scribble it's simply amazing.
And, we all learn from these, and, that's why I consider the challenges such an important forum. I think this one is going into my collection of Drop Caps.

[wizard509]

Glad to see I am not the only one using Filter Forge on these things. While I like this one, my personal taste says that the orange and the green are just too close in value.

EDIT AGAIN: I love the darker green used on this one.

[iamtheblues]

Thanks for your comments, Larry. I agree about post #55, which I why I posted the variation.
This new one is a mixture of vector (inner contour for the shiny gold effect and the frame), and raster for the outer glow, grunge, black background and the bevel.
The font is a great slab serif - Black Oak.
I was wondering if this design might be a bit over-the-top.
Bob.

[wizard509]

Thanks for your comments, Larry. I agree about post #55, which I why I posted the variation.
This new one is a mixture of vector (inner contour for the shiny gold effect and the frame), and raster for the outer glow, grunge, black background and the bevel.
The font is a great slab serif - Black Oak.
I was wondering if this design might be a bit over-the-top.
Bob.

Oh I don't know. Looks good Bob, and I think it might be effective.