BABYLON5CONTEST

Whoa, that is nice! Did you make very faint text and then write over it with "life is a short trip"? How did you do that? I can't seem to do it without making everything look muddy.

Yep, that's exactly what I did :)

The background text is set very small, size 6 I think, and has an outer glow of pale yellow which fuzzes it out a bit. There are also some grungy horizontal lines (brushes) in white to obscure it a bit more. The text on top ("life is a short trip") is the same font, obviously bigger, but with an outer glow in black to make it pop so it's readable. The photo underneath is also doctored a bit, it's placed over a solid teal background then set to 'hard light' in the layer blend mode - it sort of brightens and reduces the contrast at the same time, which makes anything over the top a tiny bit more legible too.

Glad you like :) I've been making a concerted effort to get better with the icons. Here's a Snape one I did in basically the same way *points*

Ahhh, Snape *big grin* :D I like the effect it gives the icon an old world text look. Almost musical looking too.

that's awesome! i wish i could join and do stuff that good!

and by the way, welcome. glad to have new people.

Thanks and thanks :)

I was going to put the poll up last night - even had it prepped, but the parents came back early from holiday and so I didn't. I'm now very glad that I didn't.

Welcome.

I'll set up your tag right now. :)

Whee I made it!
I feel very welcomed, and am muchly appreciative :)