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February 2, 2011
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:icondawnpaladin:
You know you want to.

The characters were customized and posed in Star Trek Online's Foundry; the brushstroke effect is to hide the pixelation inevitably caused by sizing them up for print.

For the fonts, I did a study of military recruitment posters over time; they generally prefer big slab fonts to get the message across, and sometimes serif fonts to invoke patriotism. I figured that this far into the future there won't be much paper left and that serif fonts will be an endangered species, so I went with a semiserif for the headline. That font looked strange on the text at the bottom, so I went with a light sans serif for that.

Useful tutorials:
* Background stars [link]
* Starburst effect [link]

And the warp streaks are a single ellipse in Photoshop with a gradient overlay, copied and re-aligned many, many times over. :D
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~day-traders Dec 5, 2011  Student Digital Artist
I really love reading your comments guys.I learn a lot from you.

Thank you so much.

Regard,

Epoyjun
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Mood: Anguish ~Sonic1234567891 Dec 3, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
if only it were real. :(
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~Terranozoid Apr 7, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
sign me up Scotty !

nice idea dude...
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~benevulcan Feb 25, 2011
Cool! Very good work!
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~swfan444 Feb 3, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I'd join up in an instant! Amazing poster.
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*TheHappySpaceman01 Feb 3, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I would, but if I joined, I don't think they'd let me rock out on guitar.
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~DawnPaladin Feb 4, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Star Trek Online has an "Air Guitar" emote. So you never know. :ahoy:
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~LUHBTA Feb 2, 2011
You probably could have pushed the type a little more. It could have been way more dynamic. Try experimenting a little more with it. Your composition came out great though. :D
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~DawnPaladin Feb 2, 2011  Student Digital Artist
The design of the type was based on a study of recruitment posters over time; historically, they seem to like big slab fonts, and also serif fonts to invoke patriotism. Since heavy use of serif fonts seems unlikely in a future dominated by screens, for the headline I went with the most serif-y sans serif font I could find. :-) The font on the bottom half was changed when classmates objected that it was too samey.

I will consider adding special effects to the font. Maybe that will add more pop.
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~LUHBTA Feb 3, 2011
Awesome. :) I also recommend putting what you just said into the description when posting an artwork. It's important to explain all aspects of your artwork to the viewer when asking for a critique.
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