After beating my Maya playthough in Borderlands 2 I decided to jump back in for round with with Gaige (aka The Mechromancer). I'm really digging her. Her Anarchy ability is pretty crazy but really fun. Here's a good tip, unmap the reload key if your playing PC. It saves you a ton of stress.

Anyways I decided to make a Gaige poster in Illustrator and Photoshop late night because I needed to feel somewhat productive after all the games I've been playing. This is by no means serious, but a fun little thing on the side. I still love feedback however as I'm always looking to improve myself. Anyways, this is getting long winded so here you go.

After beating my Maya playthough in Borderlands 2 I decided to jump back in for round with with Gaige (aka The Mechromancer). I'm really digging her. Her Anarchy ability is pretty crazy but really fun. Here's a good tip, unmap the reload key if your playing PC. It saves you a ton of stress.

Anyways I decided to make a Gaige poster in Illustrator and Photoshop late night because I needed to feel somewhat productive after all the games I've been playing. This is by no means serious, but a fun little thing on the side. I still love feedback however as I'm always looking to improve myself. Anyways, this is getting long winded so here you go.

@JeanLuc said:

Here's a good tip, unmap the reload key if your playing PC. It saves you a ton of stress.

I tried to do that for PS3, or at least move reload to a button other than Square cos that's the Pick Up button and I have accidentally reloaded on many occasions. It didn't let me. Now I just empty the magazine whenever it's not full (also for the health regen when fully loaded). The rest of the Anarchy tree is not my bag though. At least not for now.

Anyway, the poster is pretty cool. I was sorta hoping it would be one of them Wanted posters that the rest of the classes have, I thought it sucked that she didn't have one. Kinda understandable, I suppose.

@Neurotic said:

Anyway, the poster is pretty cool. I was sorta hoping it would be one of them Wanted posters that the rest of the classes have, I thought it sucked that she didn't have one. Kinda understandable, I suppose.

That's a cool Idea, I may do that.

Yet again, Giantbomb delivers the talent.

The only crit I can give is that combined with the background it looks a little flat. Maybe put a stroke around her silhouette?

@selbie said:

Yet again, Giantbomb delivers the talent.

The only crit I can give is that combined with the background it looks a little flat. Maybe put a stroke around her silhouette?

Thank you! Honestly I think its only ok, but that's because I'm my own worst critic. I agree it does feel a little flat. I'll mess with it a bit.

@nohthink: All great ideas, thanks. Yeah I'm a huge fan of Olly Moss, I love his stuff. This is my first time trying anything like this though.

It looks pretty good!

I would suggest trying to do something more with the text on the bottom to help it feel more incorporated into the design. Maybe making it a little larger, placing it at an angle, breaking it up over two lines, varying the size of a word, or some combination of those things. Having that text relate more to the whole design would really help tie everything together. Right now you have such a strong treatment of "Gaige," but the lower half of the design seems sparse by comparison. I think paying more attention to "respect the robot!" would do the whole thing wonders. :)

@Kerned said:

It looks pretty good!

I would suggest trying to do something more with the text on the bottom to help it feel more incorporated into the design. Maybe making it a little larger, placing it at an angle, breaking it up over two lines, varying the size of a word, or some combination of those things. Having that text relate more to the whole design would really help tie everything together. Right now you have such a strong treatment of "Gaige," but the lower half of the design seems sparse by comparison. I think paying more attention to "respect the robot!" would do the whole thing wonders. :)

Your definitely right. Unfortunately the Borderlands font cost money so I had to do some fudging to get the text in the first place. It will be a pain but worth it in the end.

@JeanLuc: oh I don't think you need to use their font or anything. There are tons of things you can do without having to go down that road. I have faith in your skills! :)

Adding a third level of depth to behind Deathtrap could be interesting. I'm thinking more along the lines of a pattern or detailed texture. I haven't played enough Gaige to offer some solutions to what it could be, but I know one tree is very shock heavy.

And yes, typography could be a bit more stylized.

Great start!