Clone Wars Padme Amidala

[Darthluke824]

Don't worry all! I've tried to make my own....

Is it any good?

[LuxorV]

I split the topic, so you can get feedback without de-railing the Decal Wish List one.

[Emperor Krulos]

I've tried to make my own....

Is it any good?

Only you can answer that.

However if you want my opinion. This is your first decal? It looks great . Have you tried printing it? How did it turn out? Small mistakes are not noticable anyway after printing at that size. Decals are a creative product as such improvement is the wrong word IMHO.

On the other hand if you're question was how to give your decals a more finished touch more in tune with official figures. That can be answered.

The colors seem a bit off, but that could be on my end. You might want to check Imperial Shadow's color chart just to make sure. If you're using gimp or inkscape a color file can be found at the Minifig Decal Repository. You're not limited to the palette, but it makes sense using it at the edges, where it will touch real Lego pieces. Also the shoulder area seems a bit off as well. I don't know which template you based it off, but I'd double check it. If you haven't used a template you can find one here.

I assume you're using paint at a resolution of 250+250px? Upscaling is always a bad idea. Rather work at 1000px and scale down. That will make the image appear more crisp as well as make it easier for you to work.

The white areas between the fill and the border probably comes from using bucket fill. Working at a higher resolution will take care of that, mostly. Your lines are a bit thin they may not show up on the print. So you might want to make them thicker, which is another way of taking care of the white areas. One last thing. you might want to make the hip and in the corner of your decal, otherwise it'll look funny.

Just to reiterate. This is already a great decal. Look at the following picture. Doing what I just said, will only slightly improve an already great decal.

(left my "enhancement", right the original)

If you're just learning to use paint to this, then I'd suggest to learn Inkscape instead. Vector graphics give you a few more liberties over raster images, when doing line drawings like these.

It's a lot of text, but these are very minor technical things. The actual drawing is already perfectly fine.

[Darthluke824]

^ Yes I did print it and it worked well! Here are some pics:

At the bottom of the page.

Thanks for pointing all of that out! I do like customizing minifigs a lot. I will look at all the links and next time i'm making a decal i'll remember your tips! Thanks again!

Edited August 4, 2012 by Darthluke824