Suggest poster text and taglines!

Ravidge

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Suggestion thread for posters. Any artist can come here and use whatever ideas are posted.
This is not a thread where I personally take requests, it's where anyone who thinks they have a good poster slogan can share it in hopes it inspires someone to create a texture out of it.

How to contribute to this thread:
Post a slogan, or suggestion.
"How about a sign with 'Warning: Men working' on it?"
"I would like to see more posters using the 'General Industries Co.' text"
"There isn't enough posters about alpine logging, something simple like 'Binksi Logging' maybe?"



Posters in TF2 are very simple actually. They rarely have any substantial text to them, mostly it's something like

[Company/Product]
[image]
[Is amazing]

120px-Industry.jpg


But there are many variations
120px-Lost_continent.jpg


Or just a statement
120px-Trespassing.jpg

A company
120px-Tf2_jenkin.jpg


Some are only text (there are very few of these, but they are very useful)
120px-Loading_Dock.jpg


More examples:
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/List_of_posters
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/List_of_companies

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Get going, think up something clever or useful. Personally I think it's the most difficult part of poster creation.. which is one of the reasons I started the thread.
 
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Seconded. I like to make posters, but can never think of anything to put on them. One of the few things I have ever thought of is:

Red Rocketry
 

Ida

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Well, besides mapping, overlays are the only art of custom TF2 content that I know how to do. So I might take on some of these requests.

EDIT: Also, would be nice if people could specify a style (if you have one in mind, at least). Say, an ad, a warning sign, a note on paper, etc.
 

gamemaster1996

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A sign saying : Note: Passing this point may result in death by sawblades
 

J4CK8

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For payload maps:

"No bombs beyond this point.
Pretty please?"

no_explosives.jpg

Meh, I'm not pro with photoshop but I was bored.

EDIT:
Ad: "GRAY: We build tracks anywhere, overnight."

Kep

I'm still bored, bored but not as pleased with this one. Need to fiddle about with filters and such to make it more TF2-ey
gray%20build%20tracks%20anywhere.jpg


I will release some of these I'm making in a bit/tomorow as vtf's if people want them.
 
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Ravidge

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What I'd like to see isn't posters, but more actual warning signs:

MAY BE ICY AHEAD
HILL
(Unguarded Steam Locomotive Crossing)
DEAD END
(Cattle Warning)

Good ideas,
I made a quick template of the sign and font, so I can basically type in whatever I want there now.
SS-2010.07.15-02.19.33.png


I'm gonna add some brush strokes and wear on it. It's a little too pristine atm... Also comment on the yellow hue, I picked that one without much thought, I just didn't want it bright yellow because it would probably look a bit odd ingame.

Gonna do the train one later, it's a really nice suggestion.
 

Trotim

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You might want to compare the yellow of the sign with props_hydro\road_bumper01.mdl which I think has a nice hue and also nice wear.
 

Exist

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I opt for darker colors on posters the lights normally brighten it up anyhow.

Also, Can we get a reference picture thread going? I would love one of those to dump my cloud photos into...ill make it my self :)
 

Erich

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Warning: Trespassers will be shot.


Can't really think of anything else. i'll look up some real posters and phrases like that.
 

Remnic

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"Hill Conservatism: Because kings and other world leaders will need to rule them (including Canada)"

"Crimsonuke red-colored bombs Co. Ltd."


I suck at this kind of stuff.
 
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