gregmac

Hey people,

I'm going to make a webpage, but I don't know how to make what I have in thought...

Without saying too much, I want to make a big tear/drop, which is to be placed on the center of the page, and used as a frame with the contents in it. I want to make it look a bit 3D, so any tips for making it look a bit "out of the page", would be very nice Oh, and anyone have tips to make this look "shiny"? Like.. glass?

Also, around the drop I want to make some sort of waves, going out from the drop in circles, though not necessarily complete circles. The waves are to be kinda "graph"-looking, grey, sort of like those lines you see on heat-monitors and music-visualisation, if you catch my drift? Anyone with tips on how to do this in a good way, please post a reply.

BUT, before I think about effects of this tear/drop-thing, I need to actually shape it, and I'm no good with drawing, nor do I even have an artpad or anything. I'm thinking of having the drop's top in the top-left direction, and the rounded bottom of it in the direction of the bottom right corner. Like I said, the tear should be placed on the middle of the page.



Well, if you read all this.. Hopefully you'll reply too..

If you have any tips, webpages, guides or anything else to post in reply, please do!!

shem

Welcome Nobu!

I don't know if this will help but take a look at Marks Rain Drop tut.

http://photoshopgurus.info/intermedi...in-drops.shtml

Rich

jpfitness

Welcome aboard Nobu [righton]

good direction Rich [bustagut] should be just what Nobu needs
sfm

Geoff

welcome to the madness Nobu

gregmac

Here's what I'm going for, extremely simplified.


The menu is supposed to be a partial outline of the tear/drop so that it looks more peaceful/stylish.

The frame on the tear will have to be bigger in order to display more contents, of course.

Well.. Not much more to say than that. Other than the fact that this is a poorly drawn proto

JyNx

Madness?

Im sorry geoff..but you may not have been here long enough to know the sorts of twisted things that go on here....im sure you'll find out soon [sly] [sly] [innocent]

heh


Jynx

jpfitness

Nobu isn't there a tear drop shape in the shape tools? this would give you the shape then you could just rotate it abit........ have a look in your shapes
sfm

gregmac

Tear shape? Not that I see...?

wbiss

Welcome aboard Nobu!

Are you still looking for a teardrop shape? You can easily create one using the "pen" (vector) tool.

Let us know how you make out...or don't be shy to ask for further direction!

Welcome to the board Nobu [righton]