Mooncaster SSB

[rgand]

Hm... I'm not sure I agree.  Doesn't this look better?

Yes! This looks better. When it's sitting in a stand or you hold it by the neck, it'll look right. when you're playing it, no one will see the image on its side because it'll be against your body or at least facing away from anyone who would look at you.

I think the full moon would just look less like a moon.

 

[Hendrix]

Well, how about something like this?  Since I'm only working with black and "white", it has to be high contrast.  It starts to look less like the moon, to me.

Should keep it "Mooncaster"  theme  :headbang5

 

[ghotiphry]

 

[Cagey]

It balances better and gets rid of the orientation issue, but yeah. Without any gray scale, it looks less like a moon than a glue splotch.

 

[ghotiphry]

Yeah, I think the first one is the best.  That's all that matters.  I'm still playing around a bit, but 90%.  And the off-centered idea was almost the purpose of the first.  It gives the illusion of "moon" without moon being there, accentuated by the black circle.

 

[Cagey]

After seeing Hendrix's comment and wondering what he was saying, I wondered if a "phases of the moon" thing could work. But, given the size of a neck plate, I doubt you'd be able to tell what you're looking at.

 

[aarontunes]

Something like this, maybe?  :dontknow:

 

[ghotiphry]

Funny, Aaron, I was working on this when you posted that.

 

[Hendrix]

Funny, Aaron, I was working on this when you posted that.

this one look better as "Mooncaster"  theme.  :headbang:

 

[ghotiphry]

Agreed, Hendrix.  I had reversed the image, which made that area white.  Then I started playing.  I removed the first one, it just said "sun."

 

[Cagey]

What the hell is that?​

 

[ghotiphry]

No good, huh?  This is actually harder to pull off well than I thought it was going to be.

 

[aarontunes]

Funny, Aaron, I was working on this when you posted that.

That's my idea exactly, except better and cooler in every way.


No good? I think it's fantastic. Definitely more artful than your earlier idea.


Some things I would try: put some crater/pock marks on the leading edge of the moon (in white). Also, try making the sun and all it rays completely white. Might work, might not.

 

[Hendrix]

yes , what I try to said on first place  , a full moon just said "moon."

may be made the white part of "sun " thicker  , as plate is quite small , not easy to see.

 

[Cagey]

Maybe laser engraving would open up some possibilities since you could have gray scale images. Even photographs become fair game for images.

 

[aarontunes]

3 minutes of fiddling:

 

[Cagey]

Top o' the heap!

 

[ghotiphry]

Damn, Aaron.

 

[bagman67]

Nicely done, Double A.

 

[ghotiphry]

I had to adjust things a bit for contrast.  But man, brilliant.  A little bit of realism, a little bit of the surreal, a little bit of impressionism.  I hope I didn't completely screw it up.