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who the hell designed the 4chan banners, they are so simple yet so fun

share some of your favorites
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>>464495
which ones don't you understand?
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>>464495
you just feel insecure and just fucking LEAVE.
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>>464495
They are 20+ years old, lots of inside jokes from the old days, some of them were alien enough back in 2007 unless you were an usual at /a/
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Does anyone have the fo shizzle swastika one? I always thought that one was cute but it seems to have been removed.
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>>464554
Nevermind I found it.

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Back when I was in my freshman year of college my school handed out free adobe accounts as a part of some sort of new educational project
Basically any student who was a graphic design/art major got a free plan
It was a way to get more students into the programs
For the past 2 years since graduating I have had access to it
When I first found out I still had access to my account after graduating I was confused but when I checked my subscription it said I had 5 years left
No problem for me then
Fast forward to last night and suddenly lost complete access
Luckily my files are backed up but now I have no access to Adobe
So how do I pirate the software
I heard something called GenP works
What’s the best place to look
But I heard if you had a subscription you can do it directly from your computer files
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>>463840
I understanding wanting to pirate to save a little money, and especially for privacy purposes. But if you're two years out of college, majored in anything to do with art or multimedia, $70/mo should not be considered a crippling expense or unworthy investment.
If you do crack it, props to you. But if you can't, don't throw away your skills and education over not wanting to pay that.
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>>464078
this, actually. pirating it just becomes such a pain after a bit.

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is this stuff done with the doodles a reference to illuminated manuscripts? this was done by &walsh
are there any other examples of design from the middle ages creeping into modern trends?

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What do you call this 2000's dark blue urban body horror / tech aesthetic
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>>464266
faggotcore
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>>464266
idk but a very similar aesthetic is brutalism, is an arquitecture style but is very similar to the dark videoclips of internet

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We're so back.
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>>463098
Now that the world has moved on from calibri and on to Aptos or whatever the new MS font is called, I can admit that Calibri is fucking peak and is probably one of the best fonts for legibility and articulate reading at speed. It’s better than times new roman.
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Talking about nothing award
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>>463269
>>463285
>new
Calibri
>old
Times New Roman
It makes so much sense now…
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>>463269
It's not.
The only woke font is Helvetica but the elites will never dare attack it.
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>>464192
simple facts, helvetica is the goat, times new roman is only for books or old webs

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How's GIMP 3.0?
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Gimp can't do that, right ?
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>>459970
It gets the job done for free. That's all. I'm a retard; I use it sometimes when I need to, but with minor AI edits, I can do it without it
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>>460675
>right click layer
>add alpha channel
>delete white bit
>save as png
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Is this my only option if I want to make vidya textures, Photoslop and the new Affinity sound so ass...
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>>464536
https://docs.gimp.org/3.0/en/gimp-filter-normal-map.html
Yes. I have made textures with it and it does a good job.

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How is this logo?
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>>464461
It's aight.

But not a logo.
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>>464461
meh. its just some photoshop. not even a good dog picture. wtf expression even is that? mild perplexity?
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>>464457
you dont have any.
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>>464457
pretty good
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Good, i like the style, but the dog seems really innocent for this style, i suggest you make a poster with it. And of course this is not a logo (too complex, use text instead, not everywhere)

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I will destroy you all.
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>>463586
why
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Based! Fuck designers.
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>>464468
I hope you die
https://derpibooru.org/images/139829

Thought you’d be a hero by posting this, didn’t you?
>>>/aco/9234140
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>>464491
?
This is my thread, tell me now what are you doing.
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Lmao

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my passion is graphic design xd
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this shit is on sale on https://ko-fi.com/s/9df2dc4d06

I draw through Ibis Paint X on my mobile device using my fingers. My pieces are still very inconsistent since the basic fundamentals of drawing haven't been completely mastered. I have a particular difficulty structuring an efficient study routine to improve my skills. Boxes and varied shapes in perspective are a fundamental step to simplify and build the foundation of characters and sceneries. Nonetheless, I don't know the best way to understand the totality of three-dimensional forms.
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>>464169
draw from life, not from imagination.
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>>464171
>>464169
>>464092 this book has some very nice drawing examples in it
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>>464169
Vary your line width to emphasize near objects with thicker lines and do the same for shadows

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Didn't go to college after high school and did 2 years as an EMT instead, is it worth pursuing a career in graphic design today?
I've always been interested and theres some good state schools and programs near me, attached is something I made messing around
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>>464437
so you want to leave a job that will probably still exist in 5 years for a job that probably won't? sure
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Emt way better, you have health insurance and guaranteed work

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why are they so powerful in graphic design?
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in what fucking universe does japan have good graphic design? i hate you weebs so much
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>>463449
yeah fuck that hokusai guy and all that calligraphy
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>>463428
How many places do graphic designers have to make their typography work with 4 writing systems combined into one written language? and have a sustainable creative economy?
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They’re not good with western typography. They overdo it with the minimal at times. When you figure it out you see it often. Otherwise they’re really good generally speaking. I link it to the spirituality and modesty they have. Good at encapsulating a vibe.
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They have an inherent understanding of typography.

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how do i create such designs? i love them, the ones in mde and extreme peace, they are so fucking cool
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>>460958
>Emigre is actually good and the og shit, not basic in anyway. Sam just copied egregiously from it, but you can cope away
emigre been bit so many times already that it feels normal when people are overt about biting it.
the transitional video stuff on world peace looked really good i thought, but that was less emigre and more just dumping AE effects on clips and dumping the dr bronners random text shit everywhere. I don't think sam did any of that shit though
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>>460697
The only post-processing I see is that the framerate is super low and it looks like it was exported with a lower than normal quantity of colors and pattern dithering to make up for that.
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>>461049
the fuck software is this?
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Your main software stack is After Effects and Cinema 4D. Hyde has been using these for 20 years.

Hyde was an illustrator first, not necessarily a designer. You used to be able to find bits and pieces on his deviantArt but he has since deleted it and I'm unaware of any archives. Some early MDE stuff features his illustrations along with their book, How To Bomb.

Konzept (the one who led graphics and art direction since 2022ish for shows like Happy World Daddy, Ecstasy of Car, and Extreme Peace) also studied illustration as mentioned here >>460979

It's important that this is mentioned because it explains their skill and craft. They learned the basics of design from an illustrator-first perspective.

Hyde recommends reading Manfred Meier's "Basic Principles of Design" and practicing the exercises as if you're taking a legitimate course. You can find scans on Anna's Archive, as physical copies now cost $800+ USD.

Genuinely study design. You need to know how to make the skeleton function before making things "look good". People usually default to slapping a lot of texture stuff over their designs because they subconsciously know that it's not good enough. They're missing something essential under neath and they're trying to cover it up. Avoid this at all costs.

Hyde pulled from all sorts of places when it came to designing for MDE. Emigre #58 was mentioned here and they're right. World Peace's second episode is pretty much Emigre 58. Hyde doesn't care about making things that are original, but rather things that look good.
A lot of the stuff in Happy World Daddy (the later half when Konzept took over art direction) had specific themes per episode. Konzept took from medical charts, diagrams, old web pop-up ads, product brochures, shit like that. WP2/EP was pretty weak in terms of art direction.
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>>464484 (cont.)

Picking apart what OP posted >>460697
This is a interstitial from Extreme Peace episode 1. The main 3D title in the blocky-sans-serif font was most-likely done in C4D, along with the titles scrolling on the top and bottom of the screen in blue.
The main text in the serif font is just keyframed to be squashed and stretched with an echo effect behind it in AE.
The Chinese characters in the back were likely captured on a legitimate CRT display, maybe along with the rest of the elements.
The serif text has a harsh drop shadow and some beveling(?) to make it look like early 3D text. I believe it's all 2D.
I attached an earlier version of the graphic. You can see what's going on under the hood a bit better.

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>>464356
oh it says favourite not least favourite sorry im dyslexic
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>>463437
Love sweet trip, that album also sounds like visual design turned into sound in a lot of ways
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then and now. forever. sometimes it’s just that simple.

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Post color palettes.
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>>460531
Depends on the project doesn't it?
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>>460530
not quite a palette but I made my own color wheel
do you think the names fit well?
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I made like a inspo board kinda thing ages back. First column was from motorsport liveries, second was taken from logos and brand packaging, fourth column was sport teams patches. I think the third column was stuff I grabbed from the Redline anime cause I love the aesthetic of that but I'm not sure.
I don't really use it anything other than the occasional idea board.
Any of you guys got some tools, tricks, rules, etc. you use to come up with your palettes?
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>mfw adobe color trends is gone
fuck. i did a small scrape of it a few months ago and was coming back to scrape the rest and the faggots just pulled the entire thing
what a fucking waste
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best thread in a whole year.


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