So last week I was checking the Bungie store because of the topic about the kontrol freeks and I saw this shirt:

I don't know why, but something about the design really clicked with me and I couldn't find images of it anywhere. So I started to toy around with powerpoint because I don't have any other object creation software and I'm a total noob when it comes to this stuff. I ended up with this:

Then I thought to myself, "I'd like a high resolution version of my favorite emblem, I should try that!" A little bit later I came up with this:

There are some dodgy spots if you're a perfectionist, but I'm pretty pleased with the result. "I'm getting decent at this" I thought to myself. Then, being the good husband that I am, I pondered, "I wonder if Rellekh would like her favorite emblem?"

"Rellekh, whats that emblem you use on your warlock?"

"Oh, it's Blessing of the Speaker I think. Why?"

"Let me just look that up..."

Errmyghaddd. Really?

"No reason, I was just curious"

I love and hate this piece. I love it because of the symmetry, the math, and the balance. I hate it because I was going to try to recreate it.

This is the in-game icon for reference:

If you can't tell, the level of complexity in this icon is crazy. I found one other image that gives a little more detail:

Those are well and good, but I wanted a high res image and sometimes I'm stupid with my time. Did I mention I'm doing this in powerpoint's object editing interface? This involved a lot of work, and I had to guess at a couple of design choices because the available reference images are pretty low res. After several evening's worth of editing, I'm really pleased with the final result. It clocks in at 1500x1500 pixels, so you should be able to use it for a lot of things before it gets fuzzy.

Go ahead and zoom in. Check out the little details.

Anyhow, if you want to use these resources, I'm attaching links to the files:

pdf of images
pptx of images
cayde6 structure
wolf structure
wolf mask
blessing structure

P.S. Because I'm still having fun with this, I may take on requests if you want to see your favorite emblem in high resolution. I reserve the right to quit and rejoin real life at any point.

If you can do this in black/white/green I'd just about love you.

Sometimes I forget how much you can do with programs like PP!

Those are awesome! Even more impressive that you did it all in Powerpoint. That's patience and dedication! :P

Nicely done. :D

Thanks. I'll take a stab at it this next week. What colors on the image correlate with your choice?

Impressive! Thanks for sharing!

Dead zone revolution. Or sign of opposing will. Or cosmic joke. Or cult star trinity. Anything with a dead animal on it would be preferred.

Ya know, in hindsight, PowerPoint does remind of the Forza livery editor. Great thinking!

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I was surprised at how much you can do with the little-known merge-shape tools. All it comes down to is adding and subtracting at that point. And patience.

You should look into getting something like GIMP if you're having fun doing this. http://www.gimp.org/

While perhaps you like the challenge of doing this in PowerPoint, you do have alternatives that would give you more tools and are designed specifically for what you are doing.

https://inkscape.org/en/

Inkscape is great open source vector editor that you can compare to Adobe Illustrator.

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I suspect it's gotten better. This isn't based on recent usage, but I did recently look at it for a new machine. The interface looks a lot more like Photoshop now.

I suspect it's gotten better. This isn't based on recent usage, but I did recently look at it for a new machine. The interface looks a lot more like Photoshop now.

Yeah, the hardest part is unlearning all the muscle-memory that has cropped up by using Photoshop.

I used GIMP to make some of those Deeply Flawed Raiders T-shirt designs last year.

Speaking of...

It is fun to dabble in new things. Not sure anything will come of it, but I'm happy to try it out.

Most of these things are better done with a vector tool rather than a bitmap tool. It's been years since I used the GIMP but if I remember correctly it's more akin to a bitmap tool like Photoshop while Inkscape is more like Illustrator.

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Since your knowledge growth is so exponential that it resembles a cliff rather than a gradual curve...

Means you keep hitting your head on the wall until suddenly you can see clearly now the rain is gone.

Since your knowledge growth is so exponential that it resembles a cliff rather than a gradual curve...

Not if time were on the Y axis, and amount learned on the X :-p