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Beginners' Questions Metal Logos?
  1. #1
    MrHoneyBunny MrHoneyBunny @MrHoneyBunny

    I'm curious if anybody here is making Metal Logos? I've been getting acclimated with inkscape for maybe 1 year, I still have a lot to learn.

     

    Does anybody make Black Metal Or Death Metal Logos? And if so, what are some tips or most useful functions in inksacape I need to know?

     

    Thanks!

  2. #2
    Rob Mocci Rob Mocci @RM.
    😀

    I never made metal logos ( are we talking about music right? ) but as far as I can tell the calligraphy tool might be your only need. There's usually calligraphy involded. 

    I think they are always handmade, scanned and cleaned, or drew with a graphic tablet.

  3. #3
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden
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    I'd start with gothic fonts, throw in some skulls and medieval weaponry, add some distress or drip features, done.

  4. #4
    MrHoneyBunny MrHoneyBunny @MrHoneyBunny

    Yeah dude most definitely! When you mention drip features, does that mean the custom brush stroke? or the node manipulation? sometimes I need help with getting the circular node to curve when editing the nodes.

  5. #5
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    Ja, node editing after converting text to path (if you start with text). I used the "Make node symmetric" button for the bottom of the drip.

     

     

     

    lol.

  6. #6
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    PS: the font is Gothferatu
    https://www.dafont.com/gothferatu.font?fpp=200

  7. #7
    Lazur Lazur @Lazur

    Hi. 

     

    Made a few cheap gimmicks a few while ago, uploaded the result to openclipart -so it's resurfacing on the interwebs here and there. 

    A simple egosearch lead me to these: https://ya-webdesign.com/explore/dailysketch-23/

    Would need more digging though fetching the original uploads however the scissor logo is evidently connected with openclipart. 

     

    It's about to carve the letters into an unlegible mess -or maybe that's more core than kvlt?

    Anyway the general joke is just picking up randon sticks and tree branches, and photocopying the result in black&white.

    Reproducing that in inkscape is all by adding in noise, wherever, with any possible method. 

     

    Few examples: drawing from strokes with a grunge path as a pattern

    converting it to a path;

    using the tweak tool; subtract other paths to create holes, add in some filtering, create a bitmap copy and trace bitmap the result, 

    use simplify and roughen path effects etc.