How Create a Emblem in Photoshop and Illustrator

[Lion.Kanzen]

Introduction

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Fallen Empires Studio [FES] we are committed with the Wildfire Games Community.

this time, more people ask me how do some of nothing to convert a Emblem, that's can be useful in game.

after this you can have some idea how to make your own. this are one way.

you need Know use the basic tools and UI about Photoshop and Illustrator [cs5,cs6 works fine for me.] to take this tuto.

and now about graphic Design.

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Step one

research a Icon very plane almost outline strokes etc.

Draw you in illustrator.

Thanks to dacreativegenius

source

http://dacreativegen...t/Heru-41692525

Step 2

Go to Illustrator and press Image Trace / live trace.

then Selection Detailed Illustration or Technical Draw.

then press expand.

that the result

Step 3

Give Color to each cells.

you must have select them all that you can paint, and from tools Menu select Live pain Bucket

Paint each cells with apropiate color, this step only help us to have a Color palette/swatches

Now we have something like this.

Select Red cells with magic Wand tool [press Y]

And you will select automatic all red cells.

Press Expand, when Window ask, uncheck stroke

Step 4: Give some Beautiful Effect[basic]

Go to the windows menu, to the end and search Graphic Style libraries

Then Select Buttons and Rollovers, and...

Select obviously "Bevel Red Normal"

when you work with blues and yellows you can modify the Fill color in"Apparience"

Then add "inner glow" but change config and put Multiply instead of screen and change black instead of white fill.

Now you get this.

This all for the Horus Symbol.

5 Next step Export as PSD.

Edited February 2, 2013 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

Phase II

Create a Shield in Illustrator.

Step 1 A Circle

create circle, with "Elipse tool" [L] and to be a Circle press shift while stretching the form.

You must Create 2 one most biger that other.

Step 2 a Metallic Gradient

Go to windows menu, find "Swatches libraries"/ and then "Gradients"

Select Metal category and select the metal that you can use or you want to use.

Step 3 give some realism.

Next is about how create a some Light Effect - Reflections

to do this clone some main circles and use the Pathfinders

this the idea how can you do, if you see the shape moon is a primitive gloss.

go to the effect menu/ blur/ gaussian blur.

do this how you think are more appropiate for your work.

the next is give some opacity[45% or les ] and blend visually with "Transparency window"[shift+Ctrl+F10]

Clone some gloss and change proprieties in "Transparency" window

Now clone[C+ctrl] the Circle in Change the gradient.

try to do some similar with gradient window [ctrl+F9]

Use transparency windows to blend two gradients, that work put a circle over other.

use inner glow to do inner shadow or do inner gloss.

Step 4 the other Circle.

create a this shape with Pathfinder/buscatrazos in Spanish XD.

use gradients tool in this shape and send it to back

put a inner Shadow like previus steps to the last shape.

Step 5 put appropiate color.

create a circle can be biger tan all the circle

use "#9E9308" in "color picker" window to give that color , put over and use transparency to blend.

Create other circle and use Knife tool to cut it, do the shape that you will or think more appropriately.

with white arrow [Direct selection tool](press A), select and delet it central objet of our new shape, select from edge + shift to scale.

apply guassian blur and use transparency windows to blend over last work.

Export to PSD and when finish close Illustrator.

Edited February 1, 2013 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

Photoshop STEPS

Coming soon....

i go to the Sleep

[i edit this later sorry]

Edited February 1, 2013 by Lion.Kanzen

[Sighvatr]

Lion, your emblems look really good! I compliment on your efforts!

[Lion.Kanzen]

thank you @Sighvatr now the people can initiate a Faction with a Emblem Chech Ptolomies,Nabateans and now the New kingdom Egypt.

[MishFTW]

Nice tutorial Lion.

[Lion.Kanzen]

yes answer to Ludo and Idawin,

Thank you Geek, that the way i want make this MOD Showing Step by Step how make it.

Edited February 2, 2013 by Lion.Kanzen

[Ludo38]

yes answer to Ludo and Idawin,

Thank you Geek, that the way i want make this MOD Showing Step by Step how make it.

Good approach of it all Lion! Showing the way things are done is much in the spirit of open-source.

Did you managed to have a direct contact with the author of the original Horus art ? I just saw you let him a message in his comments on DA.

[Lion.Kanzen]

Good approach of it all Lion! Showing the way things are done is much in the spirit of open-source.

Did you managed to have a direct contact with the author of the original Horus art ? I just saw you let him a message in his comments on DA.

No ludo, the guy, have too much time away. try to contact to Devian art, the guy have a web page but, the page is abandon

Edited February 2, 2013 by Lion.Kanzen

[ndragu]

nice tutorial Lion! I should follow your example and put more work in my 2d images.

[Lion.Kanzen]

nice tutorial Lion! I should follow your example and put more work in my 2d images.

im not finished

[Lion.Kanzen]

Here is a illustrator Photoshop technique.