Create your own rockband cover

I read this thing on a hkob and.. it’s pretty funny 🙂

How to create your own rock band record cover :

The name of the band
As you know, the name of the band is pretty important stuff, so we’re going intellectual (wikipedia) .
Go to “wikipedia” & Hit “random ”, the first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
In my case: Bakya (I guess I’m pretty lucky, it sounds cool!)
The title of your first album.
We need a cool line, so..
Go to “Random quotations“. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
In my case: Geez, I’m so lucky! Here’s my quotation, “There’s no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!” – Oprah Winfrey! So, I’m going to take One of my favorite things as title of my first album.
And now the album cover!
The cover is really important right.. so, let’s head to flickr Advanced Search, write the name of your album in the search field and click search. No matter what, the first photo is going to be your album cover!
In my case:

Note: The original step was different. I decided to change it to have just Creative Common pics, you know, just in case..
Now, some Photoshop, or better Skitch and share your RockBand Cover, and let me know how it went for you!
Here’s mine:

Yeah.. it’s pretty weird. A rock band called Bakya, whose one of his favorite things happened to be hot air balloons? well, honestly, that could be..

How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation

“In this tutorial, we’ll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery.”

Check out this interesting tutorial created by Jayan Saputra (you can find his deviantart page here) and published on psd tuts+.

It’s a pretty cool effect involving some warp transformation, find edges filters and of course custom brushes. I especially like the use of the warp transformation on the fire, never thought about that but I’ll definitely use this technique on the next Shot from the Future.

Continue Reading the Tutorial

Source: psd tuts+

Fallout 3 Concept Art

Check out the PipBoy for iPhone: PipClock !

7-07.01_man.in.power.armor.2_fullface.jpg Few days ago I’ve found somewhere on the web a link to a web folder with many cool Fallout 3 pictures.

Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and is the third major game in the Fallout series. I kinda like the concept, and find the graphic design absolutely stunning.

Fallout draws from 1950s pulp magazines, science fiction and superhero comic books, all rooted in Atomic Age optimism of a nuclear-powered future, though gone terribly awry by the time the events of the game take place. The technology is retro-futuristic, with various Raygun Gothic machines such as laser weaponry and boxy Forbidden Planet-style robots. Computers use vacuum tubes instead of transistors, architecture of ruined buildings feature Art Deco and Googie designs, energy weapons resemble those used by Flash Gordon, and what few vehicles remain in the world are all 1950s-styled. Fallout’s other production design, such as menu interfaces, are similarly designed to resemble advertisements and toys of the Atomic Age. Advertising in the game such as billboards and brochures has a distinct 1950s motif.
Anyway some cool pics.

7-05.08_capitol_m.jpg A post-apocalyptic Washington
8-10.14_man.in.Brotherhood.of.Steel.Power.Armor.and.Washington.Monument_render.jpg A post-apocalyptic Washington

8-10.14_man.in.Brotherhood.of.Steel.Power.Armor.and.Washington.DC_render.jpg A post-apocalyptic Washington

7-05.15_carrier_m_fan.interpretation_Oriskany_CVA-34_attack.aircraft.carrier.jpg Concept art, study.
7-05.22_stripmall_m.jpg
The wasteland
7-05.22_stripmall_m_fan.interpretation.jpeg The wasteland study
7-05.29_memorial_m.jpg

7-10.25_PIPBoy.3000_concept.art.jpeg The PIP-boy 2000 device sketch
8-01.11_Brotherhood.of.Steel.Power.Armor_Render.jpg

8-05.16_Environmental.3_concept.art.jpg some concept art
8-05.16_Fashion_concept.art.jpg cool characters
8-05.16_Industrial_concept.art.jpg nice 50’s style devices
8-05.16_Robots_concept.art.jpg