Re: To all you web designers ( except Hatter ) and graphic guru's !
- From: Hans van Eynsbergen <Hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:07:48 +0200
On 29 Aug 2005 08:37:22 GMT, ByteCoder, after pondering on life, the
Universe and everything, checking the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy
we now know to be Usenet, decided to scribble :
> Hans van Eynsbergen <Hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:17d9kl6ztmtti$.1iphou85wkeom$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> I gotta favor to ask.
>>
>> I need a certain design.
>> The result must be 12 x 20 cm when printed on an A4 format. ( give or
>> take a centimeter )
>> It starts with a waving checkered flag like this one,
>> http://tinyurl.com/cs3on, but without the flag pole.
>> The example is lousy, but it's the best I could find.
>> ( Maybe this one, but then mirrored. http://tinyurl.com/bs9gq )
>> Same direction and angle. Fairly small squares, but not to small.
>> No need for the black squares, just the lines.
>>
>> Now comes the hard part I think...
>>
>> In the horizontal center of the flag I'd like to have the words
>> DON'T PANIC in the same flowing manner as the flag WITHOUT the lines
>> running through the letters. the words need to be placed along a
>> horizontal line in the center of the flag and must remain readable.
>> The letters are a modern type font, open, not colored, just the outer
>> lines and are up to 25 mm high. and no less then 22 mm. ( a millimeter
>> more is not a problem ) Positioning along the horizontal line does
>> not seem all that important, just as long as the words are readable.
>> ( The words can't follow the ripple )
>>
>> From both the left upper corner and the lower right corner I'd like to
>> have a very modest amount of shadow, not from black to grey, but from
>> grey to white and the lines still need to be visible.
>> If the letters are partially covered in shadow, that's okay.
>> Or...if you think it's more natural, a shadow from the left side to
>> the right, so that the ripple in the flag has a second shadow.
>>
>> Now....to make things even worse, I'd like to have two designs.
>> One like I described before, no color at all.
>> But I'd also like to have one design with the squares colored red and
>> white. That means that the shadows are a darker shade of red and not
>> grey ! The letters need to be free of color at all times, except for
>> the shadows.
>>
>> Due to the fact that my English is not perfect, my explanation might
>> not be perfect, so feel free to mail me if you have more questions.
>>
>> Of course the only thing for free in this world is the fact that the
>> sun goes up every morning...
>> So... the winning design, which I will post, will earn my everlasting
>> gratitude and beside that 2 bottles of your favorite liquor, but
>> because sending two bottles from Holland might be somewhat of a risk,
>> I'll have $ 50,- paypal-ed to your account.
>>
>> Of course everybody wants to win the 2 bottles of booze....
>> Right ?
>>
>
> You're having a new tattoo? Good luck with it. :)
No comment....
Bwahahahaaaaaaaaaaa !!!
--
Hans van Eynsbergen
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up
where I needed to be.
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