Bulletproof Wordart

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Oct 22, 2012 1:17 AM #765715
I feel like the term is actually typography, but I'd rather not risk being wrong where I can't edit.

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Huge thanks to Erinbutt for her advice! Hope it improved a bit!
Not sure why I still haven't added the 'f'. Guess I just like the sudden cut off.
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Oct 22, 2012 1:33 AM #765730
Thats some pretty cool word art. Its funny because there not even bullet proof they don't even get to finish their sentence at all. :D
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Oct 22, 2012 1:47 AM #765743
Unless it's an actual quote, I suggest you get rid of "Freaking". Sounds better that way.
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Oct 22, 2012 2:09 AM #765762
Thanks for the feedback guys!

While I see your point Sacred, 'Freaking' 's there to add a degree of arrogance to the speaker, not to try to beef up the power of the sentence. I've read it over a few times both ways, and honestly, I don't really care about killing this guy off. The other one's slightly sad if you think about it too long.

If nothing else, I hope that shows my thought process on it.
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Oct 22, 2012 2:11 AM #765763
Alright alright I get where you're coming from. Makes more sense when you look at it that way.
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Oct 22, 2012 3:50 AM #765832
A good thing to begin with is to drop the gradient completly. Instead go for using analogous colors (such as 3 shades or red or blue). I like your flow, except for the word "until". Maybe do just a larger font size? And then plau around with the kerning and suck until it looks about right. Another thing i reccomend with to find a stronger font. Bebas can be found on Dafont.com. It's a very strong and commanding font. It draws more attention to it as well. I dont think the drop shadow is necessary for it, if yo still wanted to have it in their, i say have the size larger with a thinner spread. Along with that keep the opacity low. I'm a bit confused why there is no 'F' in "Proof". I do think i understand what you wanted to go for with the 'o', but you wnet about in a bad way. I suggest having a simple splatter rather than the beveled and gorey looking one.
sorry if my critique sounded a bit cruel. But i do critique a bit harsh :P
Hope this helps~
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Oct 22, 2012 8:56 PM #766358
Heh, didn't sound cruel or harsh! Through sums it up quite well, and it helps a lot!

Guess I've been dangling onto gradients for a bit too long, and I noticed the font wasn't the best, but I thought it was pretty good as is. Looks like I've got to push myself a little more to give it a little more impact. Gore's diffidently overdone now that I think about it. I wanted to make it drip, but couldn't quite figure it out so I far overcompensated. Now that you mention it, until looks a bit out of place. Originally I was bending it to have the text be the shape of a bullet, but I should've used more than just the one word for it. Finally, there's on 'f' because the sentence never got finished (speaker-wise if I worded that oddly).

Anyway, thanks a lot! Diffidently gave me a lot of solid insight to keep in mind! I might have to remake this now!

EDIT: I remade it!