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I apologize if this was answered somewhere, as I couldn't find it via the search engine.
I love the prepared signature logos for MOTD 2005, but I've noticed a lot of other personalized ones too (I love Mark's CRUSH THE DRAGON 4x4 MINI). Is someone doing these by request? As a favor? For $$$$? And how can I find this person(s)?
__________________ OUT: 2005 MINI Cooper S, British Racing Green / Black
Alta 15% pulley, Pilo CAI, Alta SSK, IK-22, Kingsborne wires, H-Sport springs / sway-bar / rear lower control arms, Konig Imagine 18" x 7.5" wheels, PIAA driving lights, scoop grill, WSM http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6...edgr002fy7.jpg IN:
I'm not certain that any additional custom signatures are being prepared, but if you post a request to this thread, the creator may choose to do one. I'm making no guarantee that will happen.
The creator of the signatures wishes to remain anonymous at this time. If you do "know", please respect those wishes. Thanks.
Someone did my original signature drawing and then got overwhelmed with requests and stopped doing them, so I can understand the desire to not take on a lot of individual projects. BUT, they're so good that I can't help wanting one for myself.
I think I have a fairly unique looking MINI (I don't think I've seen my wheels on any others so far, and especially not in 18"). I would attempt a customization myself, but my initial attempts at digital art were .... um, unsuccessful.
__________________ OUT: 2005 MINI Cooper S, British Racing Green / Black
Alta 15% pulley, Pilo CAI, Alta SSK, IK-22, Kingsborne wires, H-Sport springs / sway-bar / rear lower control arms, Konig Imagine 18" x 7.5" wheels, PIAA driving lights, scoop grill, WSM http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6...edgr002fy7.jpg IN:
I recently re did our own signatures for c3. While I can't say this is the method that was used for the Dragon signatures, my method involved using a number of software. With patience and skill, you can do it too.
First off start with a picture. It could be a photo, or it could be one of the drawings from MINIUSA. Since you seem to want your own MINI, then take a good picture of it. You will use this as an underlay.
Next in a vector drawing application such as Adobe Illustrator, or I prefer Rhino 3d (www.rhino3d.com), you simply load that picture as a background, lock it down, then proceed to trace with lines. You need to make sure each area is a closed area so you can fill it in later. For example, if you draw the window profile, don't use 4 lines and leave it, you need to JOIN them so they become one closed line. This is the tedious part. You need to make sure every component is closed. Use as few points as possible and tweak the bezier curves to get them as smooth as possible.
From Rhino, I export it as an Illustrator file for filling in. Now it's just a matter of using gradient fills to get that 3D look. I come from a background of using Autocad for 3D modeling, so Rhino is very familiar to me. You should use whatever tool works for you.
Once you're happy with the shaded drawings, making multiple color variations is simple. You can compose the entire signature in Illustrator, or export it to Photoshop and continue working there.
That's how I created these banners.
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Originally Posted by gravedgr
Okay, well, here I am posting - just in case.
Someone did my original signature drawing and then got overwhelmed with requests and stopped doing them, so I can understand the desire to not take on a lot of individual projects. BUT, they're so good that I can't help wanting one for myself.
I think I have a fairly unique looking MINI (I don't think I've seen my wheels on any others so far, and especially not in 18"). I would attempt a customization myself, but my initial attempts at digital art were .... um, unsuccessful.
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And he also does the Cooper "Cars" Characture. 
