Pokemon Badge Tutorial

[Northern Lights]

Decided to dedicate a Thread to the Tutorial since I keep getting people to either a) make one [when I already had or b) the location of said Tutorial [without actually trying to look for it themselves]

POKEMON BADGE VIDEO TUTORIAL
Unfortunatly, YouTube absolutley molested the quality so you have to watch it at FullScreen =[

Traditional Version of Tutorial [Pens/Pencils] - [Link] | Pixel Version of Tutorial - [Link]



Feel free to attempt your own badges and post them here, I will try and comment on them and help any you don't understand the tutoiral.

[アルセウス]

Whoa, I hope I can get Photoshop

[minchan]

Awesome tutorial NL~~ =D

Ohh how I wish I had a tablet. XD Well I'm gonna attempt to make simpler ones just for fun anyway. XD

[defno]

This'll come in handy.
Thanks a bunch!

[pokegirlforever]

Thanks for this tutorial-I'm trying to do one at the moment but I'm confused about step 5-help anyone?

[Air Dragon]

I tried this without a tablet... it was an unqualified disaster...

How much does one cost, anywho?

L@er!

[diamondpoppy]

how do you get this tablet thing? could someone make me a typhlosion badge? please?

[SilverSoulLugia]

how do you get this tablet thing?

A tablet is a sort of pad that you can draw straight onto the computer with (search google for better imformation ), and most decent computer stores stock them. Probably the 'best' make is Wacom, so you could try their site too, if you're interested.
As for the Typhlosion badge, I'm sure NorthernLights has created one already, and if I'm not mistaken, they're free for use as long as you give credit.
Hope I helped!

[o0oSerenityo0o]

OMFG, I LOVE YOU!!! I have always wanted to know how to do these. My attempts where ugly as D: Thank you soooo much for sharing your epic wisdom *bows*

[Northern Lights]

I tried this without a tablet... it was an unqualified disaster...

How much does one cost, anywho?

L@er!

Awww, did you try scanning it? I might try doing that to see if it can possibly work, then help you out. My Tablet is very sexy, made by Trust. The pad space is about A4 size, and co-ordinates with the computer screen, so top left on the pad is top left on the screen, etc. I think i got it for about 85, which is pretty good for a Tablet, but shop around to find one that suits you really.

[pokegirlforever]

could someone explain part 5 to me in more depth. It's the only part that I haven't done on my own and I really want to be able to make one myself. This is what I've done so far-remember this is my first try plus I know the grey part is to large.

[Northern Lights]

could someone explain part 5 to me in more depth. It's the only part that I haven't done on my own and I really want to be able to make one myself. This is what I've done so far-remember this is my first try plus I know the grey part is to large.

Well one problem is that the border is too thick, imagine stain glass windows, the lead lining around them, it's quite thin, but it defines the different block sections of colour in the image. But you've got the symbolic aspect down, so congrats.

Step 5 is the trickyest, unfortunatly i don't know how to describe it any better - You simply highlight/select the badge itself, create a new layer, and within that shape you shade it in grey tones, then set it to overlay. It will create shade lines onto the layer beneath it.

[pokegirlforever]

Thanks for the help-If you don't mind me asking, what kind of overlay and what settings-it's all so confusing

[Northern Lights]

Thanks for the help-If you don't mind me asking, what kind of overlay and what settings-it's all so confusing

It's a part of Layer blending options, just set it to "Overlay"

[Air Dragon]

I did scan them. Shall I send them to you to see what you can make of them?

L@er!

[Northern Lights]

I did scan them. Shall I send them to you to see what you can make of them?

L@er!

Go for it. I'll try and see what you could change if you try it again.

[Northern Lights]

Ok guys, thanks to Air Dragon I decided to make a Traditional Art tutorial for making these badges. =]



so Voila~

[Air Dragon]

Wow... I'll definitely give this a whirl! This is beyond cool... B)

L@er, pal!

[timmay]

i dont have a tablet or photoshop..
but i managed to make these using the good old freebies ms paint and gimp

critics?

and nice tutorial, btw.

EDIT: i know there small, but i like them like that. (micro badges). plus i used parts from the official sprite.

Zoroark:

[Flygon3X]

Thank you very much for the tutorial. It seems very easy after all. This is what I got:

[Northern Lights]

Timmay: Try not using any parts of actual sprites, make them completley on your own, you also need to add the dark outlines around the silver lining areas.

Flygon3X: Yeah, they are. Personally I think you need to make his antenna longer, the eyes smaller, and continue the head line round completley, but that's just my opinion. You also havn't got any highlights on the shading, it's just alternating dark and medium tone.

[Satoshi_poketo monsta]

Nice tutorial you've done there. I like how you make a badge. Maybe I'll go make my own. Thanks for the tutorial pal!

[Nakagg]

Well... I am not really into making the Pokemon badge, but I try to make some custom badge for the time being. This tutorial provide some tricks and stuffs to use in this kind of work. Thank you very much, Miss Lights.

And do anyone see the problem with those badge, I think I can improve them but don't know how to do>

[Northern Lights]

^ Can I just say I love the concept and design work on those badges, but they either appear too sharp or overly saturated.

Rex Exploder asked for me for a tut on making pixel badges, so voila.



Pixel style ones are available in my shop now too =]

[Neferka]

I really like your badges. What a clever idea. I was messing about on gimp last night (photoshop is a little out of my price range ) and made this: