[l'ignorante]

NASA has a new mission, first man on saturn. But they need a real good patch/logo to get all the funding. Can we do it?

[Demonhood]

ooh, good idea. i shall post mine tomorrow probably. that quirky nasa, it's always something with them, ain't it.

[honeydew]

[itomato]

He he..






<edit>Had to change the link since this thread was bumped! </edit>

[Professor X]

Originally posted by honeydew:
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LOL that's perfect
-Prof X

[l'ignorante]

Originally posted by itomato:
He He..

Fantastic, a real patch. I can even see the threads. I love to add it to my collection.
I've been too busy still, but will make something hopefully today.

[l'ignorante]

Here's mine, not half as good as itomato's. But I have to show something, since I started the thread.

[itomato]

That's nice l'ignorante, much classier than mine. I should have spent a little more time on the actual design, but you obviously got the idea. Accurately representing the embroidery is a little tricky.

&lt;edit&gt; I did it with bump-mapping. For the border stitching, I used a radial gradient with many repeats. &lt;/edit&gt;

[ 06-05-2001: Message edited by: itomato ]

[l'ignorante]

Originally posted by itomato:
<STRONG> Accurately representing the embroidery is a little tricky.</STRONG>

I was wondering how you did it.You managed to get the threads' direction radial, I don't see how to do that with a texture fill. My guess is you embroidered the patch and scanned it .

(Off-topic question, does anybody know a keyboard short cut for Image Size)

[MikeM32]

Isn't Saturn just another Gas Giant like Jupiter? If so what would we land on?



Mike

[Demonhood]

better late than never.



i have no idea what color saturn is. and i didn't feel like looking it up. so saturn is whatever color it is in this graphic.

[Demonhood]

honeydew: hehe, i'm sure we'll see that saturn alien sign popping up at restaurant restrooms soon enough

itomato: nice look (and amusing too). how exactly did you do the textured edges on the badge? i tried a few things on mine, and i just ended up making it look worse.

l'ignorante: planets with eyebrows i like the rings. and i could actually see something similar on the arm of an astronaut.

[l'ignorante]

It's not a contest, but if I had to make a choice I'd tell my mother to put Demonhoods' and itomatos' patches on either arm of my bomber-jacket ( were they ever popular in the US, the green ones with orange on the inside?)
As for copyright, you can use my contribution any way you like, I'd be flattered.

[itomato]

Cool! I'm glad my entry was appreciated!

For the border stitching around the edge I did multiple conical gradient fills, overlapping the parts that needed it. Then I bump-mapped.

For the other elements, I used my experience with embroidery of this type to guide me I made a soft, slender brush and did two layers for each; one with the color, and one in a contrasting color to use for a bump-map. The only parts that look as I intended are the border and the ring.