Post by Cohen L. on Jan 3, 2024 13:14:09 GMT -5
I'm aware that it's been quite a while since I last posted here, I hope you are all doing well and that you've had a great start to the New Year! 
I have constantly been working on my graphics over the last few months/year, and I am now feeling comfortable to show you guys the results. Prior to my showcase, I must give a bit shout-out to Fimoku/Finn for helping me out with some of the work, namely the question graphics and Lifeline icons, as well as general advice on how to improve my graphics as I continue to design in my personal time - your help is invaluable and I appreciate it a lot!
I have constantly been working on my graphics over the last few months/year, and I am now feeling comfortable to show you guys the results. Prior to my showcase, I must give a bit shout-out to Fimoku/Finn for helping me out with some of the work, namely the question graphics and Lifeline icons, as well as general advice on how to improve my graphics as I continue to design in my personal time - your help is invaluable and I appreciate it a lot!
◆ Section 1: Logo Design ◆
After making the print logo, I wanted to make a video wall idea for a more full-on project I had, designing my own 'Millionaire' studio in PowerPoint. Having experimented with creating a 'into/out of commercial' video using PPT and Adobe Premiere Pro to piece everything together, I had watched an episode of the syndicated USA version and liked the idea of their video wall background with the extra animation, pre-Clock format, so decided to use the logo I had created and modified with 3D effects for the experimental video for this. The background is actually a filtered version of the video by Retro456. The link to the video is here:
And this is the result of combining everything together:
The first thing that I started making prior to the graphics that started off the process of redesigning the entire graphics set was the logo - beginning with the print logo, inspired by a mixture of Classic and the Olga look. I feel that what sets the logo off well is the flare that's inside the centre of the logo, which adds a bit of light depth into what would otherwise have been a darker circle. I should also point out that with the exception of the clover (recreated by Finn), every aspect and detail has been created from scratch, with the colours added on afterwards as I initially designed a flat version of the logo with no colouring.
After making the print logo, I wanted to make a video wall idea for a more full-on project I had, designing my own 'Millionaire' studio in PowerPoint. Having experimented with creating a 'into/out of commercial' video using PPT and Adobe Premiere Pro to piece everything together, I had watched an episode of the syndicated USA version and liked the idea of their video wall background with the extra animation, pre-Clock format, so decided to use the logo I had created and modified with 3D effects for the experimental video for this. The background is actually a filtered version of the video by Retro456. The link to the video is here:
And this is the result of combining everything together:
◆ Section 2: Graphics ◆
The main graphics for my pack has undergone yet another cosmetic transformation from the last time I put out my graphics to the Creativity page. Most of the work that I did was the text, however there is a technique that I use constantly to enable myself to get a degree that is almost laser-like exact to the original dimensions of the text box.
The way I create the Q&A text is to:
The Lifeline icons here were designed by Finn, inspired by those that are seen on the video walls of the versions using the Olga pack. I had attempted to recreate the icons from scratch, however I found that I was only growing more frustrated by my lack of experience with PowerPoint, not being able to get the details to a degree where I could say I would be satisfied by the similarities.
Rewatching the first UK series to feature the 'Big, Bad Clock', I noted one detail that I thought was actually quite useful - in some episodes, after the answer to a question has been revealed, there would be an accompanying photo of something related to it, and in the case of Lisa Hammond, after she answered her £75,000 question correctly, a photo displayed what the hyacinth macaw looked like. I decided to make an idea as to how that would be redesigned with the classic font (Conduit ITC).
The context behind the apostle spoon comes from a 2005 episode I had watched featuring a £64,000 winner, who answered a question about cutlery.
And on that note, that is all of the graphics I have made so far. I would gladly appreciate any comments and/or feedback on the work I have created - with input from Finn. By the way, if you also have any ideas as to what other graphics I could design for this pack, please let me know and I will see whether I can make a design for whatever your needs are.
Thank you very much!
The way I create the Q&A text is to:
- Create the text boxes with the relevant question and answer
- Copy the boxes and transpose them to WordArt
- Reshape the WordArt boxes to laser-like accuracy and pushing back the text boxes to the back of the PowerPoint slide
The Lifeline icons here were designed by Finn, inspired by those that are seen on the video walls of the versions using the Olga pack. I had attempted to recreate the icons from scratch, however I found that I was only growing more frustrated by my lack of experience with PowerPoint, not being able to get the details to a degree where I could say I would be satisfied by the similarities.
Rewatching the first UK series to feature the 'Big, Bad Clock', I noted one detail that I thought was actually quite useful - in some episodes, after the answer to a question has been revealed, there would be an accompanying photo of something related to it, and in the case of Lisa Hammond, after she answered her £75,000 question correctly, a photo displayed what the hyacinth macaw looked like. I decided to make an idea as to how that would be redesigned with the classic font (Conduit ITC).
The context behind the apostle spoon comes from a 2005 episode I had watched featuring a £64,000 winner, who answered a question about cutlery.
And on that note, that is all of the graphics I have made so far. I would gladly appreciate any comments and/or feedback on the work I have created - with input from Finn. By the way, if you also have any ideas as to what other graphics I could design for this pack, please let me know and I will see whether I can make a design for whatever your needs are.
Thank you very much!
