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Photoshop Thread: Video Game Christmas Cards

bombardierbombardier Moderator mod
edited January 2008 in Games and Technology
It may be a bit late to actually use these for this year, but let's get the ball rolling anyways.

Topic: Video Game Christmas Cards! Pretty straightforward, right?

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    bombardierbombardier Moderator mod
    edited December 2007
    Oh and here's an actual finished one by .Tripwire. to prime this thread.

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    AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    HAHAHAHAHA! Awesome

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    Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    request: do 'em in 300dpi, if you can. makes printing out easier.

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    apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    stick'ied

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    RedMageDarionRedMageDarion Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I was about to get off my lazy butt and finally make this thread this morning.

    I'm glad someone made it though, I've been waiting for this, and someone else making it lets me keep being lazy.

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    imbalancedimbalanced Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    So has nobody really submitted their own card yet? Sweet, FIRST!!

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    warmepwarmep Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Valve made some Portal christmas cards:
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    SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Holiday Escort Submission Position

    :winky:

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    LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Bloody hell, I am like 70% complete doing the exact same scene as those Valve ones, only with the weighted companion cube in the fire.

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    Vicious_GSRVicious_GSR Dude Principality of ZeonRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    imbalanced wrote: »
    So has nobody really submitted their own card yet? Sweet, FIRST!!

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    He is crying sperm.

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    Wombat!!Wombat!! Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
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    nervenerve Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    hahaha the vii

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    gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I don't get it.

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    DekuStickDekuStick Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I started one but abandoned it.

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    You can get the PSD here if you wish to go further with it.

    sorry for rapidshare

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    That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    gilrain wrote: »
    I don't get it.

    The Vii is a cheap rip off of the Wii, so it's a joke on the shortages of the Wii this Christmas I think?

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    gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Nubstrider wrote: »
    gilrain wrote: »
    I don't get it.
    The Vii is a cheap rip off of the Wii, so it's a joke on the shortages of the Wii this Christmas I think?
    I guess my problem is that I was unaware of the "Vii." Carry on. :)

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    Wombat!!Wombat!! Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Happy Luck GO CAR TIME! Vii FOR YOU HAVING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHodHY3KqiY&eurl=

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    MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    COVER:
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    INSIDE:
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    MuttonChopsMuttonChops Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I've got one in the works. Gonna include crop marks to take printer margins into account.

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    see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    This is the first thing that came to mind, in retrospect I should have left it there.

    Warning: Shitty photoshop attempt within
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    gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    see317 wrote: »
    This is the first thing that came to mind, in retrospect I should have left it there.

    Warning: Shitty photoshop attempt within
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    :lol: :^:
    Secret Santa in-jokes, yay!

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    That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Haha that's a good one!

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    AdelliosAdellios Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I don't think I did this right...

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    I'll keep plugging away at it I guess.

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    PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Adellios wrote: »
    I don't think I did this right...

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    I'll keep plugging away at it I guess.

    I see it.
    It's Tingle with a headcrab bouncing in a Monkeyball inside the Okami universe.

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    BasticleBasticle Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    man, you just blew my mind

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    Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I've just put together a quick card consisting of that Portal front (with the companion cube) and a phrase put quickly inside it. I'm:

    a) to cheap to buy it for $14.95 and
    b) I'm in the UK and it wouldn't get here till after xmas.

    I've wrote on the inside:
    To <friends name>,

    Enjoy your present,

    Kieran.

    I've then wrapped up an empty dvd case, wrote on a small slip of paper:
    "The Present is a lie"

    and popped it in the sleeve and just now wrapped it all up in xmas paper.

    Methinks he'll appreciate it.

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    MuttonChopsMuttonChops Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I've got mine finished but I've only got the inside image hosted so far. Have to wait until I can get at my home desktop to upload the front image.

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    MuttonChopsMuttonChops Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Christmas card front - 188 dpi, 8.5"w X 5.5"h, 390kb

    Christmas card inside - 188 dpi, 8.5"w X 5.5"h, 672kb

    I was gonna lay the whole thing out with crop and fold marks but that woulda made more work on myself. The two halves will have some image area clipped by the printer margins. you can trim the white edges off when both sides ar done.
    If I had my time back I woulda put white accents on the helmet and the backs of the gauntlets so Master Chief's colour scheme would look more like Santa's. I may do up a wallpaper of the same image or theme and implement that if anyone is interested.

    I'm surprised this thread is so slow!

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    That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I c whut u did thar!!

    That's a good one :^:

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    TheOtherHorsemanTheOtherHorseman Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    see317 wrote: »
    This is the first thing that came to mind, in retrospect I should have left it there.

    Warning: Shitty photoshop attempt within
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    I think I still have that bottle of bleach, inexplicably.

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    LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
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    bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    :^: My favorite so far

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    maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I think I'm gonna have to put something together.

    Are we making cards that are "in" the game world, or cards that can actually be sent?

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    FlavabeanFlavabean Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    quick and dirty with paint


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    maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Flavabean wrote: »
    quick and dirty with paint


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    I'm sorry, that was uncalled for.

    Though something more along the lines of the whole Hot Coffee thing would have made more sense here.

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    LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
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    Although I think I cheated

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    SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    MuttonChops wrote: »
    Christmas card front - 188 dpi, 8.5"w X 5.5"h, 390kb

    Christmas card inside - 188 dpi, 8.5"w X 5.5"h, 672kb

    I was gonna lay the whole thing out with crop and fold marks but that woulda made more work on myself. The two halves will have some image area clipped by the printer margins. you can trim the white edges off when both sides ar done.
    If I had my time back I woulda put white accents on the helmet and the backs of the gauntlets so Master Chief's colour scheme would look more like Santa's. I may do up a wallpaper of the same image or theme and implement that if anyone is interested.

    I'm surprised this thread is so slow!
    I was waiting for the inside to be Sonic stealing Jesus' rings.

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    maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    First thing that came to my mind was a play on the idea of Jesus respawning in 3 days.

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    darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    maximumzero wrote: »
    First thing that came to my mind was a play on the idea of Jesus respawning in 3 days.

    That's more Easter, though.

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    maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    darleysam wrote: »
    maximumzero wrote: »
    First thing that came to my mind was a play on the idea of Jesus respawning in 3 days.

    That's more Easter, though.

    Well, yeah, but the card also has a First-Person Shoot character on it.

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