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My bad for the late reply. And no, the part I left out was completely optional and had no real effect on the object of the image.

Made with this tutorial: http://www.denisdesigns.com/blog/2009/01/create-3-d-text-with-some-extreme-lighting/

Would've had it up sooner, but I had some procrastinating to do. And an essay. ... Anyways. This logo doesn't look particularly good with any sort of gloss. I did my best to have it moderately presentable.

It was originally, but it felt to plain for me. I do have the solid black version stored in my hard drive though.

In all honesty, although JROTC programs are fairly common in U.S. high schools, knowledge of them in the general public is rather limited. I'm the commander of our saber team, where we march with sabers (swords) and perform ceremonious drill and presentations for various occasions. Hence, the sabers.

This makes me happy.

Eh...you'll get some sideways thumbs. Anyways I just felt like doing something simple for this, and I quite like it.

Thumbs up to anyone who knows what I'm referencing here.

Very nice. Very similar to how I do it. I especially like how you noted to desaturate the image, rather than to make it greyscaled. However, I would recommend that next time you want to use someone else's image, you ask them first. I personally don't mind it, but others might. Otherwise, very nice. I really like the use of Cross Processing (I've been using Soften Image).

Don't think a tutorial will be particularly necessary. It's essentially just a reversal of flip's tutorial, with some added effects (atleast the way I've done it).

Very nice Ai7. Honestly, I think I like yours better than mine.

I love the JROTC program. I dislike that several groups bill us as a recruitment program. On the contrary, we force no obligation on our cadets to join the military, and instead encourage them to go to college. For those who have kids, or are high school level kids yourselves, I highly recommend the JROTC program. It's an amazing character builder and has had an enormously positive effect on my life. Plus, it's a lot of fun Again, Possum, thank you. I appreciate it.

Bam.

I appreciate that, thank you. Just don't thank me yet, however, as I have not yet served my country and do not wish to take the credit of those men and women in uniform that have. Still just a high school kid here And to clarify for those who don't know of the JROTC program: [link]

Now I see why people like doing these.

I must say, your work surprised me. I like your attempt on my tutorial, best I've seen so far. Sunrise on the Yonder Hills is also very well done. You're realistic works are what caught my eye the most though. I like. And I have seen Chocolat myself. I enjoyed it, though I had to watch it with French audio and English subtitles

Thanks LFC I presume you're talking about the gritty style I did with the zombie poster?

Because I'm a JROTC nut and because my drill team needed a logo: Just a simple little thing that I've been wanting to do.

Hue/Saturation tool in the Adjustments menu. PDN is pretty darn effective if you know how to use it

Yea for some reason relatively large gradients always come out stripey for me. And thanks for the positive comments guys

Actually, not grayscale. There's a subtle dash of color in there. I didn't like the (what I perceived to be) harsher contrast of color and black and white, so I just desaturated the image enough to provide a soft contrast, while still leaving color.

Thanks flip. I actually posted a different image using the same technique as a reply on your tutorial thread. Also, @Possum: Awesome. Love the 3D text, and the football looks just cool.

I don't remember if that was the original inspiration, but yes I've played Oblivion, and I love it What do you mean?