Workshop BADGES!

[I.was.ink]

I'm making a new thread, cuz some might not see my badge idea in the sticker thread(or that's what I'm calling it for now) Linkage (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35808)

Basically, we need a way to identify ourselves at the workshop and we all recognize each others avatars so why not do something about it. The idea of stickers came up in the other thread but eventually those will fall off. So I thought about using badges, that'll work! So here's what I've done.
Stickers are a great idea but there's not guarantee they'll stay on your shirt. But you know what does stay on.....BADGES!

I've made em before. All you have to do is make one in PS,take it to Kinkos and laminate that sucker for like 75 cents( or something cheap like that).

I'm using my old avatar(that I've now changed back to) which Andrew did of me at the comic con 2 years ago.

http://www.visiblesurface.com/iwasink/iwasinkbadge.jpg

If you guys want to make em, make sure you don't exceed 2.5" x 3.5" because the little plastic thing you laminate is just about that size.

If we all make badges there's no way that sucker will fall off or fall apart like a sticker would.... and what better way to identify yourself than with your own avatar. It's a win-win situation here people! :yayca:

So who else is making one? (or am I going to be the only loser walking around with a badge?)

- ink

[Fallen11]

I think its a kick ass idea and I'm already working on mine. :D

[Capprotti]

Damn right I.was.ink!!! Really good idea. I hope everyone ends up doin it. What font did you use for your name?

[guggemmaneuver]

count me in:)

[Carnifex]

just one question: are they even allowed on the flight? i mean they have a pretty sharp needle underneath, or? :bashful:

[fukifino]

just one question: are they even allowed on the flight? i mean they have a pretty sharp needle underneath, or? :bashful:

When I've made them before, I just punched a round hole in the top of the badge, went to a hardware store and bought a round key ring, threaded the keyring through the hole and looped some string around it to wear around my neck. Works pretty well if you don't want to make something that pins on to you.

If you do that though, you might want to make your badge two sided, as it tends to flip around a lot. :)

[cartoonfox]

heh, this is a cool idea. i was gonna print out my avatar onto a stciker anyway.
only thing is i dont have a kinkos here, dunno where i could go to get mine laminated

i might just make a 'poor mans badge', and print out mine onto some card, poke a hole through the top and chuck some srting around it ^-^



only 8 days to go!! man i cant wait




peace :7up:

[cartoonfox]

k heres my lame attempt.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/workshop_2005-badge.jpg

gonna just print it out to card, i cant think of any places here that will laminate for me




peace :7up:

[fukifino]

k heres my lame attempt.
gonna just print it out to card, i cant think of any places here that will laminate for me
peace :7up:

Sweet, Fox!

I dunno if they allow public access, but Cardiff University Library (http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/insrv/libraryservices/graphicservices/index.html) does laminating.
Not sure how close to London you are but there are bunch of links here (http://www.chb.com/product-56.html)
If you're outgoing enough, you might hit up this hotel (http://www.milford.co.uk/hotels/cardiff-angel-hotel.html) which apparently has some office services which include laminating.

I dunno, I just did a google search for "laminating cardiff"

[Rkhon]

Good idea. Only issue I see, is with people that change their avatar alot...like me. :P

Would they really make a stink at the airport over a badge pin? Watch out!!! I might remove a splinter!!!

[cartoonfox]

Sweet, Fox!

I dunno if they allow public access, but Cardiff University Library (http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/insrv/libraryservices/graphicservices/index.html) does laminating.
Not sure how close to London you are but there are bunch of links here (http://www.chb.com/product-56.html)
If you're outgoing enough, you might hit up this hotel (http://www.milford.co.uk/hotels/cardiff-angel-hotel.html) which apparently has some office services which include laminating.

I dunno, I just did a google search for "laminating cardiff"

lol, that hotel is like 10 minutes away from my house, i pass it everyday when i walk to college, ^-^
thanks man, i think i'll go visit the hotel tommorrow and see if i can get it done


peace :7up:

[Teknobabel]

What about those of us who don't use avatars (unless I'm the only one)? I guess I'd hafta use a red X or somethin.

[fukifino]

You're an artist..get creative!

[Red_Rook]

haha, awesome, great idea ink... ima make one... maybe i should come up with a bettera avatar first.... :perv:

[Layil]

im digging the badge idea.
im gonna do both.

:)
*soon to be covered head to toe in CA.org paraphinalia*

[Teknobabel]

Booya, thanks for the push Fukino. Now just gotta find a printing place in this tiny god forsaken hole. Too bad there's not CA shirts yet. Think I'll grab some spray paint and stencils and bust out my own.

[Red_Rook]

:)
*soon to be covered head to toe in CA.org paraphinalia*

we should start a franchise!

[Red_Rook]

yea so i cheated and changed my avatar (it was crap anyway)

now its crapper :O

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Redrook/workshop_rook_badge.jpg

[Jeff Jaws]

and what's up with the guys who dont have any avatar at all? (like myself)
:P
Jj.

[Teknobabel]

To paraphrase:

You're an artist..get creative!

[fukifino]

and what's up with the guys who dont have any avatar at all? (like myself)

Jj.


*ahem*

You're an artist..get creative!

[hito]

http://stu.aii.edu/~aa1810/workshopbadge.jpg

[Jeff Jaws]

<3 love you guys.
Jj.

[I.was.ink]

This is great everyone. Before you know it. It'll be bages galore in here. YAY! :^^:

- ink

[Fallen11]

I don't have elite skills with photoshop, so here's mine. didn't want to be to ink heavy. took me the darndest time getting size on screen and size it actually prints about where I want it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Fallen11/zom2.jpg

[gruve24]

http://img154.exs.cx/img154/2725/sanfranidgruve324zt.gif

[Teknobabel]

Here's my weak attempt at a badge:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/teknobabel/avatars/Teknobadge.jpg

[guggemmaneuver]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/guggenmaneuver/wn0000015-badgePREVIEW.jpg
:yayca:

[Red_Rook]

haha, awesome guys :D

[guggemmaneuver]

YR badges please? i'll need to see them at the door.

:yayca:

[fukifino]

Sorry. I was gonna work on mine last night, but I got caught up looking at some bad ass molding kits to make model castles and shit. :D

I already know what mine will (generally) look like. I'll get 'er done before the workshop fo sho. :D

[Ember]

What a great idea. I've been wondering how long it'd take to put people's screen names and faces together Hey I find myself at Kinkos WAY more often than I'd like...so if anyone is having trouble getting things laminated I'd be happy to help. I'll probably be going Mon or Tues of next week.

[Layil]

Heh, those are AWSOME!!!!

im gonna go make mine!

hrm- i noticed my avatar seems to have dissapeared along the way....
hafta make another one!

:D

[Rkhon]

Okay, I whipped one up...here it be...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/Barroth/CAObadgeRkhons.jpg

[fukifino]

Here's what I came up with. I wish I was a better texture artist so I could weather it better.

http://www.forestzachman.com/images/forum_images/ca_badge2.jpg

I'll probably spend a bit more time on it and see if I can't add some scratches and other weathering to it. Just gotta go find some ref material for it. But right now, I need sleepx0r. :)

[cartoonfox]

lol fuk thats awesome

i look forward to looking out for it ^-^





peace :7up:

[guggemmaneuver]

yay rkhon! it's a tiki tiki!

fuk, i expect to see EACH & every one of these expressions at the shindig :)

the gugg ;)

[Jaku]

Excellent idea I.was.ink!

mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/Jaku/tarjeta.jpg

[Teknobabel]

Hey Fukifino, I love weathering/aging textures, if you wanna send me the file or somethin I could do it for ya.

[fukifino]

Thanks for the offer, Tekno. But I figure, since I am an aspiring artist, I should probably at least make an attempt at it myself. :D

[Teknobabel]

That's what I figured you'd say, but decided to offer my services anyway just in case.

[simmi]

Hey guys. Here is my badge.
http://www.simnet.is/simmi/badge.jpg

[cartoonfox]

hehe cool, this is one of my favourates so far ^-^


looking forward to meeting and rooming with you




peace :7up:

[hito]

hahaha, these badges are great!

look forward to seeing you all!

[Ember]

my also-lame attempt...just one more reason to really learn photoshop...

http://www.sonic.net/~kelyne/Ember/badge.jpg

[Ember]

Simi - your coming to SF from ICELAND! Wow...now that's commitment. great badge

[guggemmaneuver]

only one week, komrades, 1 WEEK!!!!
simi--shame there can't be live action snow on yr badge. hehe.. these look so cool!

joel

[arghmisfit]

W00t!!! :D

http://www.artground.com/forum/badge.jpg

-Argh

[Fallen11]

Hey Ember did you make that Hellboy macoroni for aint it cool contest? Arghmisfit sweet. I love that movie can't wait for the next one, Devils Rejects. I love horror :devil:

[Ember]

guggenmaneuver - it was delicious...lol...just kidding...although the entire sculpture is made of macaroni, glue and fabric die ;)...its definately not edible...I begining to think he'll even out live me

Fallen11- yeah, in fact I did make it for the AICN contest. Did you participate?

arghmisfit- you're badge is wicked!

[Teknobabel]

Misfit, what movie is that clown guy from?! I have to see it!

[arghmisfit]

thx guys. he's from "House of 1000 Corpses" :D

-argh

[Teknobabel]

Ah, thanks. I've been on the verge of renting it multiple times, but have always heard mixed reviews of it.

[RETEP]

arghmisfit-one of my friends dressed up like him for halloween, it was scary how similar they look :dead:

guggenmaneuver- awsome badge man!!


heres mine.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/dingoegret/RETEP_badge.jpg


how big are you guys planning to print yours??

[0kelvin]

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CABadge.jpg

This is my first attempt, but I'm probably going to redo it on account of it not being even remotely legible on paper.




0kelvin

[roger]

good idea!

http://www.rogertallada.com/fotos/misc/SanFranBadge.jpg

[Beatnik]

You guys made some awesome badges. It's a great idea and they are all looking cool as hell. It will be cool to be able tell who's who.


Here's mine :teeth:

http://zmans.com/misc/ws_badge.jpg

I can't believe I'm leaving in 2 days! Can't wait to see everyone again and get my art on!

[guggemmaneuver]

Retep: Thanks!

Re:sizes: I set mine up to the dimensions of 2" x 3.5" (standard us business card size) and the ppi set to 300. I already laminated mine (at kinkos) and it filled the space nicely (lamination pouch size for the hang tags with the hole at the top). Any smaller size that you set one up for though, you can still laminate it and then punch a hole in the non-paper laminated part. Several different proportioned badges are posted here--that's part of the fun of it. :)

make yours a dodecahedron or something.

:ag: :au: :ag: :ag:

[|NTeRN]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/intern/internsbadge.jpg

still gotta work out the size thingy tho but im pretty much done. anyone know if in painter i can copy that sweet conceptart logo and paint it on top of the drawing im using? i dont have photoshop and i dont really know what im doing.

[egerie]

Hmmm... I'll strap a small tv set to my chest for the dancin'. Ok maybe not :)

[fukifino]

Hmmm... I'll strap a small tv set to my chest for the dancin'. Ok maybe not :)

Just wear a pink cat suit and do that little dance and we'll forgive you. ;)

[morgandesigns]

http://www.mikemorgandesigns.com/badge.jpg

[ExeCute]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/intern/internsbadge.jpg

HAHAHAH that's so great!


I'm gonna make a badge with a separate design considering my avatar is not my drawing at all. but.....I think this will do for the sake of recognizing me:
http://execute.rockyourface.org/misc/minidb.jpg

[poly_cube]

the badge idea is awesome

you guys can reach me on my codec -my frequency is ............damn it.
http://www.caffeineartist.com/drawings/codec.jpg

[Teknobabel]

Lol, that's an awesome badge Poly! Wish I would have thought of that.

[SkeletonDog]

I managed to get one cobbled together. But I need advice. Last thing I want to do is wear bad art to the coolest art event of the year. So help a brother out. Does this suck to much? :bashful:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/skeletondog/SKD3copy.jpg

With my smoking 50 posts, I don't think anyone will notice it doesn't match my avatar.

[daarken]

BOOM

http://www.daarken.com/sticker.jpg

[gaboartpage]

damn it daarken you dont post too much dude
but when you post, that illo is so damn cool
those saturated reds are top !!!!! great color palette
do you have this one on your website ???
is so cool, im loking forward to see your portfolio again
with all the new artwork Cthulhu and all :-)
you always been good dude but you getting very strong

sorry guys for the non badge post :-/

Gabriel

[daarken]

damn it daarken you dont post too much dude
but when you post, that illo is so damn cool
those saturated reds are top !!!!! great color palette
do you have this one on your website ???
is so cool, im loking forward to see your portfolio again
with all the new artwork Cthulhu and all :-)
you always been good dude but you getting very strong

sorry guys for the non badge post :-/

Gabriel

heh, thanks. yeah i cant post anything i have been doing lately cause they are all nda, but you guys will get to see them all at the workshop. yeah that portrait is on my site, its oooold. heh. see you at the workshop

[morgandesigns]

BOOM

http://www.daarken.com/sticker.jpg


Yo Daarkin, Whats up old colleeg. I'm going be at the workshop too, See ya there bro. The Workshop going to be sick. Like the AAC on Roids...You need to give a demo, spread the Daarkin Skillz.
late

[guggemmaneuver]

Fear not, conceptart brother...

a growling dog WITH IT'S F***ING FACE RIPPED OFF is damned cool, no matter how the "ripping" is done.

keep slicing and dicing, friend.

[Jeff Jaws]

here's my lame attempt:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/jeffjaws/badgeJj.jpg

Jj. - hasn't got confirmation yet

[Carnifex]

sorry guys-no badge for me-no time.
but on the first few days you'll easily spot me by my black pullover saying "48".

[SkeletonDog]

YO! Thanks Guggenmaneuver. I think I just needed a second opinion! Thanks for the vote of confidence. See Ya'll at the workshop. Peace.

[Ptree3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v350/ptree303/badge-2.jpg

Yay one more trip to Kinko's!!

[Garon]

Two images; one with "STFU" & one without, some peeps thought "STFU" on my badge would be rude, but thought it was funny. *shrugs*

http://users.team-freelance.com/garon/Id%20badge2.jpg http://users.team-freelance.com/garon/Id%20badge3stfu.jpg

[sketchling]

Hey... great idea. Im in. Will design a logo Thang today :)

How we getting these things done? Just kinda printing our own or something more organised?

Hmmm. m gonna enjoy this. Great idea indeed.

[dadamafia]

use the STFU badge

[Zord]

Nice looking badges everyone. So jealous that I can't go to the workshop. Post pics for me? Yes.