Interista's Kits

[Interista13]

Hello guys, it's my first time on these forums! I "got inspired" by all you kitmakers and decided why not give it a shot? So here we go! For starters, Grimsby Town (England div. 2) kitpack (a simple design, but hey, everybody has to start somewhere right?): Home/Away/GK
[URL=http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grimsbytownhomecg6.png][IMG]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3462/grimsbytownhomecg6.th.png[/URL][/IMG]

[URL=http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grimsbytownawayjg1.png][IMG]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2883/grimsbytownawayjg1.th.png[/URL][/IMG]

[URL=http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grimsbytowngkdw7.png][IMG]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8720/grimsbytowngkdw7.th.png[/URL][/IMG]

Being a newbie, I would much appreciate your comments, what you like, how to imporve, etc. Thanks!

P.S. I MIGHT take requests if the kit is not too hard AND if you provide the picks if it's a small club.

P.S.S. I love Italia Calcio and I hate seeing it neglected...so, I made most of Serie B, ill post the kits in the next few days

 

[10Ruud]

Well...I'm not a kitmaker so i can't give you any advice there (although the black on the home doesnt look right), but I do like your choice of kits to make...not alot of the 2nd div. have been done lately so you making Grimsby Town is great.

 

[Interista13]

By the way guys, collars ARE NOT my thing yet, but I hope to improve as time goes on. Two more:

Celtic Away 08

[URL=http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=celticfinalss3.png][IMG]http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6494/celticfinalss3.th.png[/URL][/IMG]

My FIRST EVER KIT: Hartlepool United Home 07

[URL=http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hartlepoolhomeft1.png][IMG]http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1287/hartlepoolhomeft1.th.png[/URL][/IMG]

Your comments are much appreciated!!

 

[Lpayer]

first of all, your black is way way way too black, I think you shouldn't take 000000 as black colour, use something like 1e1e1e...

your logos are very bad cut (pixelised or there are junk pixels) and too big, all over on the fronts (they won't look good at al in-game) and the left shorts...

for the collars, it will come, but if you don't feel like do an entire collar with all the little details, you should use a black background and you'll have only the things who will be in-game (like on my kits)



make a commentary on every single kit will be very long...but it's a way to improve...

for the grimsby and hartlepool kits, I think the good competition logo is the one of Coca-Cola Football League (for all the lower English teams)...you can find it on Google...and a little making (I created the logo by myself)...and those logos are on the two sleeves...

only for hartlepool: the nike logo on the sleeve must be on the left sleeve...

do you check the result in-game (or in OEdit) ? It should help you...you find the .O file in the Ressource Thread and OEdit on the Internet... it will help you for the logos position (your celtic logos are too down) and size...



With all these, you will make quality work, but for first kits, it's a quite good job although Nike is the most simple design...but we all went through that way...

Waiting for more !!!

 

[Interista13]

Hey, man, you have to understand, I'm a total newbie at this, so I'll improve over time...

Do you want me "redo" the grimsby and Hartlepool kits?

I didn't quite understand what you said about the Coca cola logo, because i thought the one I used was the actual one...

About the logos, I don't know, but I thought they looked pretty good in the game, I didn't thing the grimsby sponsors was big at all, but I'll make it smaller. I'll have to get Oedit eventually, because it's very tiring to keep going into the game after every single change!

Yeah, I noticed, Nike was the most simple, but like I said, everybody has to start somewhere right?

I'll post more kits later on... (italia serie

P.S. Thanks Lpayer for your advice and comments, it really helps. I hope others will comment too!

 

[Lpayer]

I didn't ask you to "redo" Grimsby and Hartlepool, but if you keep the PSD (or the kit with all the layers), you can modifiy the logos, add some "details", etc.

for the Coca-Cola logo, take a look at this:

it's Coca-Cola Football League badge on the 2 sleeves...if you want, you can create it: the badges are common in all the English lower leagues (championship, League One and League Two)


and as said bybuti, add more details: i don't think the English lower leagues shorts are totally flat...

 

[Interista13]

Ok, I changed some things around, so here is Grimsby Home version 2:

[URL=http://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grimsbyhomev2oi8.png][IMG]http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/4897/grimsbyhomev2oi8.th.png[/URL][/IMG]


Tell me if you like this more, so I can change the other kits too. By the way, I appreciate all of your comments, please keep them coming!

 

[crswind17]

It's a really good start, though i think the logos edges look bad, they need to be smoother, but otherwise they look good

 

[Lpayer]

a image says more than 1000 words, so here are some screens from Oedit:




some explanations:
- the dark is too grey
- the logos on front are too down
- the logos on front, short sleeves (I checked on long sleeves: it was great), socks are too big...so for some you'll need to modify the width, for some the ght, and for others both
- the logos on the shorts are a bit too wide and too close to the center of shorts

this is better than the first attempt...it's a good start, just waiting for an update (maybe) and some serie B kits...

 

[Interista13]

Ok, guys, hopefully this will be Grimsby's FINAL update.

Home/Away/GK

[URL=http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grimsbyhomev3tl1.png][IMG]http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/52/grimsbyhomev3tl1.th.png[/URL][/IMG]





If you like these let me just update Celtic and Hartlepool and then we'll get to Serie B. Im hoping to put Serie B later today hopefully!

Btw, guy (especially Lpayer) thank you very much for all your advice, I hope it will continue because its very helpful!

I HAVE to get that oedit program, Ill search for it later though...

 

[Interista13]

Here is Hartlepool Home (I might also make a GK after the Grimsby one)

 

[Keegan]

Certainly better than my paltry efforts (which will never see the light of day)!

Keep going, man...

 

[Lpayer]

yeah, these are good updates !!

just the Grimsby and Hartlepool socks writing which are still a bit big, the FL logo is'nt very serious but it's okay and the logos that you should move up to bottom center of the short...

btw check the correspondence between Grimsby GK stripes



and don't forget the white background on right sleeves...

just waiting for more teams !!!

PS: are you totally sure of the Grimsby away socks ?

 

[Sundsvall]

check the kitmakers request thread, there's tutorials how to get better there..nice start

 

[Interista13]

Ok, guys, hopefully THESE will be final!

Lpayer, the away socks are from my imagination because I liked the new nike design and I couldnt find any accurate picks of the away socks.

Grimsby Away/GK





Hartlepool GK (FANTASY) It my be real, I dont know...

[URL=http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hartlepoolgkv3tq8.png][IMG]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5076/hartlepoolgkv3tq8.th.png[/URL][/IMG]

Lastly Celtic Away 08 (not sure about the sleeve patches)



Sundvall, I saw the tutorials, but I'm using PSP not Photoshop...

What do you guys think about these?

 

[10Ruud]

There getting better, but all the English Lower league kits are old...both teams have newer kits now in fact Hartlepool changed from that kit 2 years ago.

 

[Interista13]

That's true, but I didn't manage to get any good pics for them.

Ok, here is my first pack for serie B, Arezzo (these kits were done a while ago)

Arezzo H/A/GK







Bari H/A/GK 2008







What do you guys think?

 

[Interista13]

Hey, 10Ruud, what does it look like? If you can get me a pic I'll do it...I cant find any picks of the new kit...

 

[Lpayer]

gosh...you've got to use better quality logos or colorization tool because lots of things don't look good at all...it seems pixelised or blurry (or there is still a little colour different form the rest of the logo)...and still have junk pixels...

and about the logos, some are too big: on front, reduce the height of all of your logos...and maybe the width (Bari away errea) and the sponsors are too down imo...it should be higher...

you forgot to invert some logos on the left short (last square) and i think logos on the right short are too big (reduce all over the width)...

your problem is just that you can't find quality logos and that you didn't explor all the tools of PSP (to easily and properly modifiy the colours, get rid of junk outline...)...so make a little trip in Paint Shop Pro and your logos and other forms will look much better...

and don't forget OEdit !!

 

[Interista13]

Lpayer, I appreciate all of your help, you give me very good advice on how to improve, but man! You guys scrutinize so well!

It seems as though all of my kits have the same problems, therefore I'll take some time off, revise them, and hopefully by the time I'll post again the kits will be more accurate!

My main problem is that I don't have a very advanced program like PSP 10 or Photoshop CS3 or CS2 because my parents don't really need those kinds of programs, and they would never let me pay $100+ just so I can edit a game!

Right now (please don't laugh) I'm using a trial version of PSP 8, which is about to expire, so I don't have much time. I also have Photoshop 5.5 when my parents got it from work a few years back but Photoshop 5.5 is OLD. But I just don't know how to get those programs...Which programs do you guys use?

Do you guys have some good sites where they have pics of small clubs? I use the Kitmakers resource thread but some kits are hard to find, so I had to make them based on my imagination and/or the default FIFA 07 ones...

What did you think of the Hartlepool, Celtic, and Grimsby ones? Are they somewhat good?

I hope to come back with some quality kits!