Hazmaninan-devil Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Moderators Note: Pictures in this tutorial rehosted by ReMake. My first Tutorial, please be gentle ^^First of all, You might wanna have BoltBait Polygon/Stars and Zoom Blur Deluxe plug-ins installed. And also some runic/magical symbols fonts as well, you can find them by just googling "Runic Symbols font". Here's one of the fonts I used (The only one I remember where I got it from ) Anyway, let's get started! 1. It's easier to position the circle if the canvas is a square. 2. Use the bucket to fill the background black. 3. Add new Layer 4. Using the circle-drawing tool, Hold the Shift button and drag the mouse to make a perfect circle. Alternative 4. Go to "Effects">"Render">"Polygon/Stars...", Max out the vertices. then use radial blur to make it smoother. 5. Add new layer. 6. Go to "Effects">"Render">"Polygon/Stars...", Don't be concerned with perfectly fitting the polygon/star to the circle right now. Just make sure it's the right size for now, and choose the shape that looks best. 7. Add a new Layer (You don't have to add new ones if you don't want to, I just find it easier to work with.) 8. Create two perfect circles, one inside the other using shift + drag, to create a crescent moon. 9. I played aroun with the star depth and verticies until I got something close to a sun. 10. Circle-select the "sun" and use the "move selected pixels" tool to drag it to the other side opposite the moon. Rotate it using the right-click mouse drag to rotate and align it to the pattern of the overall circle. 11. Add new layer 12. Write anything using the runic/magic symbols font, Here I wrote "Solara" 13. Rectangle-select the text, drag, and rotate. 14. That's pretty much the basic patterns, just experiment with different symbols, shapes, stars, and circles. 15. After step 14, you might get something like this. 16. Add some glow to each layer. To make it more fun, try playing around with the glow parameters differently for each layer. 17. Use the "Merge Layer down" button on the history window to flatten all layers except for the black background. 18. Go to Layer>Rotate/Zoom, use the globe or the "twist radius" button-thingy to put the circle at an angle; like it's on the ground. 19. Duplicate layer 20. Go to Effects>noise>Median Blur, and slide on these numbers. (on the bottom layer only!) 21. Go to Adjustments> Levels and slide the middle output cursor all the way down. 22. Go to Effects>Blur>Zoom Blur Deluxe and give'em one of those ^ hmmm, still something missing... AHA! 23. Hehe, I almost forgot. Use glow on the top layer thusly. 24. That's it! You should have this \/ as your finished product ^^ Hope you enjoyed it 😄 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooper Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Nice! Quote http://synthastic.deviantart.com http://soundcloud.com/siderealenterprise Lockerz invites are available, PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 neat! I saw this at the pdn fan forums and wowee! Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazmaninan-devil Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 Thank you ^^ Glad you liked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguba Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Cool. Looks really good. Quote aguba.deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volt Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 This looks pretty cool. I'm going to try it out right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verndewd Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Good job Quote retired from PDN forums. Later dewds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade778 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Awesome. It's kinda like a alchemy transmutation circle. I've gotta try this. Quote Will make one when not lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I like the last few steps. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade778 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Here's my try: You can see that my Glow paramaters changed the outside of the circle. Quote Will make one when not lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Che Garcia Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Man, that is freaking sweet. Best tut ever. Quote Latino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudeguy45 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Where do you put the text download to use it? Great tut by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade778 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Where do you put the text download to use it?Great tut by the way! Once you extract the file, you have to move it to the 'Fonts' folder on your computer. Quote Will make one when not lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 This is cool. Yup. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudeguy45 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Where do you put the text download to use it?Great tut by the way! Once you extract the file, you have to move it to the 'Fonts' folder on your computer. I'm not good at finding files... so, where would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade778 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Where do you put the text download to use it?Great tut by the way! Once you extract the file, you have to move it to the 'Fonts' folder on your computer. I'm not good at finding files... so, where would that be? Ok. Go to the Start Menu, click 'Control Panel', click 'Appearance and Themes', to the left it should have a little icon with the word 'Fonts' next to it, click on that and drag the file there. Quote Will make one when not lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panhead Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 WOW this is really cool i like this :shock: Quote My deviantART iGraphix ~96% of teens won't stand up for God. Put this on your page if you're one of the 4% who will. skilletism (n.) - The abnormal liking of the band "Skillet". (see PANHEAD) panhead n. - an individual who shows extreme enthusiasm for the band Skillet. Generally driving for hours to concerts with frying pans riding shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenlin Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Damn! Thats a nice effect, makes me want to watch Fullmetal Alchemist again. When I actually try to start my RPG Maker XP project, I'll definitely use this for one of the later boss battles. Quote My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Very nice! Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Ooo... pretty. Very nice, I will certainly be using this (or some variation of this) in the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sax-playin-squid Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 this is mine i had to change the glow on the top layer coz when i did it before it went really dark :shock: Quote I've Been Waiting A Long Time For This Moment To Come I'm Destined For Anything At All My Reason For Reading Harry Potter Just Bled To Death On The Floor Of The Shrieking Shack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazmaninan-devil Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 I like the last few steps. Thank you ^^ I got that idea from an awesome tut in this forum, I don't remember what was it called though :oops:. this is mine i had to change the glow on the top layer coz when i did it before it went really dark :shock: Wow, this is awesome! Good job ^^ Here's my try: You can see that my Glow paramaters changed the outside of the circle. Cool glow It's like the magic is at the climax of power! Nyahahaha... Sorry 'bout that XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkShock Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 looks like some kind of sacrificial ceremony thing. Quote ---- Gallery | Sig Tutorial | deviantART | Sig Videos | PhotoBucket ----D E S T I N Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Amazing result. I tried it, then, using our good friend UnFREEZ, animated it... poorly. Thus activating the magic locked within. It needs some work, but that's my rough draft of an "activated" magic circle. ... Well, the zoom-blur induced glow would've worked too... whatever. I'll stop rambling now. Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazmaninan-devil Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 Amazing result. I tried it, then, using our good friend UnFREEZ, animated it... poorly. Thus activating the magic locked within. It needs some work, but that's my rough draft of an "activated" magic circle. ... Well, the zoom-blur induced glow would've worked too... whatever. I'll stop rambling now. O3O This is so flippin' awesome!!! I gotta try it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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