'The Future is Now' with Orbit Racer Font (Gimp Pattern Included)

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:21 am **(#1)**

Made this using the font 'Orbit Racer' by Chris Fiedler.

See post #6 for the Gimp Pattern File... viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6827#p85970

AnMal · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:37 pm **(#2)**

wallace: looks great, i like the retrto look of this

. i never seem to get the time to play with cris f:s font, but it's high up on my list!

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

nice one Wallace !

for some reason i cant decide if your text is concave or convex

could it be the dropshadow is in the wrong direction ?
or is my brain just damaged from all the chocoloate i ate over easter ? :mrgreen:

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:40 pm **(#4)**

The phrase I used is from the movie 'Blade Runner' with 'Harrison Ford',

maybe you recognize it.

"HOW did you color it?" I was hopping that no one would ask me that. :hehe

I should have know better and saved the xcf file, but in general...

I first created the phrase using the 'Orbit Racer' font created by Chris. Duplicated it, alpha selected it, shrunk the selection, cleared the selection (inside).

Did the same thing to the other text layer, but shrunk it a little more, inverted the selection, cleared the out side. Then added some 'Bevel and Emboss'. Then colored each layer using 'colorize', added a pattern 'overlay' (see pattern image below), merged everything and created a drop-shadow.

There were a few things I did that I can't remember, but the next time I do something like this, I'll save it in stages so that I can post it here.

Plate 9

Here's the pattern I use as an overlay..

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Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:46 pm **(#5)**

Esper wrote:

nice one Wallace !

for some reason i cant decide if your text is concave or convex

could it be the dropshadow is in the wrong direction ?
or is my brain just damaged from all the chocoloate i ate over easter ? :mrgreen:

Thanks Esper,

I'm not sure if it's concave or convex. Not sure about the dropshadow either and no you brain isn't damaged. :hehe

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:50 pm **(#6)**

gramg wrote:

Very nice job, and I am going to print your instructions and I love the texture...thanks!

Thanks and no problem gramg...

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Wallace - really nice and like the colours you have used, also thanks for the pattern although I would never of guessed thats what you used.

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:11 am **(#8)**

he4rty wrote:

Wallace - really nice and like the colours you have used, also thanks for the pattern although I would never of guessed thats what you used.

@he4rty,

Thanks and your welcome for the pattern.

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:40 am **(#9)**

It is so cool what you guys create with the font! :bigthup

The texture is very nice!

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:56 am **(#10)**

Chris F wrote:

It is so cool what you guys create with the font! :bigthup

The texture is very nice!

@ Chirs,

Thanks I'm glad you like it and your font is really great looking too.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

he4rty wrote:

Wallace - really nice and like the colours you have used, also thanks for the pattern although I would never of guessed thats what you used.

@he4rty, I love what you did with your sig. Did use use invert for your bevel stroke?