scottysprings Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Alrighty then, it's time for my 1000th post. As a regular visiter, it seems it took an unusually long time for me to reach the milestone, about 3 years and 11 months, but I must say I've really enjoyed every minute of it. I know post count isn't really that significant but I think it's a good time to recollect my time here. Thanks to all the mods and regular users who make this place one of my favorite on the series of tubes we call the internet. That's that and now onto my work.This project has been in the works for almost 10 months now. It all started out with the creation of the basketball and baseball templates you have seen me using for my past few concepts. My objective in creating those templates was to create a simple style-guide-graphic type template that focused to the fullest extent on showcasing the design rather than potentially detracting from it with extraneous shading and such; Not that I have anything against realistic templates but that simply wasn't what I was going for here. Well, I liked how my basketball and baseball templates turned out and I decided to turn it into a series: ScottySprings' Style-Guide Template Series. Included in the series are baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, track & field/xc, football, and lacrosse templates. Like I said before, these templates are very basic with hopes you can design your own stitching templates and designs. I know I included a SoD basketball template but I'm really hoping when I release these I will see quality concepts with a bit of originality rather than just Next aspect of this project is a collaboration with gingerbreadmann. I'm not sure if others agree I personally feel the quality of work in the concepts forum has been going downhill a bit recently. The next part of this project is an effort to hopefully encourage some of the newer designers or experienced raster based designers into the world of vector-based illustration. I think if it was a little less intimidating to make the jump, more people would do so. Like the pros always say, the programs Illustrator and Inkscape are simply tools, but they're very powerful tools at that. Together, GBM and myself will be producing a series of Illustrator and Inkscape tutorial videos ranging from the complete basics to creating uniform concepts with my templates. Hopefully with this little bit of guidance, people will take the leap to Inkscape (which is a free download) or Illustrator (which is surely not a free download) and begin to churn out cleaner, more refined concepts.Before I release the templates fully I'm going to do a limited release to a select group of members to get c&c. If you're interested in taking part in the limited release, just leave leave me your email and why you want to take part. If you receive the templates, I'll be looking forward to getting at least a little bit of c&c. Also lemme know if you need .AI or .SVG.Here's a little teaser graphic to take a gander at.Hit me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throwback Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Amazing, a wrestling singlet would be nice. ~?~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsM29 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Where is the teaser graphic?EDIT: It just showed up. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Gah these look great, especially the football ones I love those, but you did a great job on the rest, I would like to see y'alls ( you and gbm's) inkscape tutorials, I want to make the jump soon but just want to know how to use it well before I post concepts and such. Great Work as usual! Check out my new NFL 2016 Series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieRose Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 These look great, I love the simplicity and uniformity of the templates. I would love to be a tester, if you don't mind. I'd made the jump to Illustrator in November and I need a lot of practice. Also, I don't have a variety of templates in vector format, so I've been pretty much limited to Baseball and Football (I'm not a huge fan of using the action or model templates.) So if you'd like me to help you with the tasting you can get me at..JAN355@jwu.eduThanks man, and I can't wait to see these up close, whether it be through testing or general release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'd love to test them out. These are great man. My email is bcaxelson@live.com Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG30 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I always wanted to have a go at Inkscape but never felt comfortable, this is going to be the perfect opportunity I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Those are great templates. I would love to participate but I am a photoshop user, and I can't download anything like Inkscape from where I'm at. But when I do make that jump, these will be great. I always liked your baseball template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 These look great. I use Inkscape and I'd like to take a closer look at these. My email is burgundyskins@yahoo.comAnd I applaud your efforts to get more people acquainted with vector. It really is amazing what can be accomplished when you learn how to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfish13 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Could you send them to me as well. chickenfish13@gmail.comThanks a lot. dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spammy Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 WOW... can u send me them at spamlet_hamlet@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJBerthiaume Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'm up to participate. I downloaded Inkscape but haven't really done anything with it yet because it is so overwhelming. My e-mail is BJBerthiaume4@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEWJ Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Beautiful.Great job Scotty. | BROWNS | BUCKEYES | CAVALIERS | INDIANS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew22 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'll test them in .SVG.andrew_c_read@yahoo.com Eagles/Heels/Dawgs/Falcons/Hawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottysprings Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Okay, I will be sending these out today to those who requested it, but a number of people didn't specify which file type they wanted. If you don't get them and you asked for them, that's why. In light of the Superbowl, I mocked up today's uni matchup on my football template for kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew22 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I got the email, but with nothing attached. Eagles/Heels/Dawgs/Falcons/Hawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I think these would be much better if each piece of the uniforms were their own objects, so that it's easier to fill in side panels, sleeves, etc. Make them all like you did with the hockey temps and baseball vest temp. They're still great though, but they could be more user friendly, since you want to help people make the transition to vector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottysprings Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 It's not at all difficult to do once you learn about clipping masks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Okay, I will be sending these out today to those who requested it, but a number of people didn't specify which file type they wanted. If you don't get them and you asked for them, that's why. In light of the Superbowl, I mocked up today's uni matchup on my football template for kicks.Gah I really love the Football template, once you release thes to everyone, would it be possible for I or someone to make these paint compaitable, I just can't get over how much I like them but I understand if you rather have them for vector use only Check out my new NFL 2016 Series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew22 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Those of you that have this template in .SVG, is it working? I can't seem to ungroup them. Eagles/Heels/Dawgs/Falcons/Hawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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