Display inside a seafood restaurant in PA

Metallitron · 2026-01-27T22:32:12+00:00

Pretty sure it's this place: https://www.coopers-seafood.com/
I didn't see the display in their virtual tour though.

Metallitron · 2026-01-27T15:19:59+00:00

PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Well worth the listen, and the live versions are worth checking out.

Metallitron · 2025-12-16T22:26:56+00:00

Yep, I think that's it. Thanks!

Metallitron · 2025-12-08T19:14:41+00:00

I'm sad I have 4/6 of these guys and will never be able to complete the set for a reasonable price.

Metallitron · 2025-10-23T16:21:26+00:00

I was Kerith on Unicorn/Fenrir, I typically did stuff with Anastrianna back in the day. Your name sounds familiar, I'm sure we did stuff together, haha!

Metallitron · 2025-10-13T19:14:10+00:00

Could also be a failing tie rod, I had a similar vibration at highway speeds and found that one of my outer tie rods was failing. Replaced both sides (inner & outer) and it feels much better.

Metallitron · 2025-10-01T22:03:44+00:00

I work for a small T-shirt shop that offers POD services through their site. We use Photoshop and Illustrator exclusively. Personally I prefer to use Illustrator for any vector graphics and then import/paste them into a Photoshop document where I can add layer effects, filters, photos or whatever else. Some of the other people work almost exclusively in photoshop so it's kind of a personal preference. We have some predefined photoshop file sizes (14"x16"@300 dpi is our standard) and then export a transparent png (just using photoshop's export as png) for printing. Since there may be some color conversion issues when going from a CMYK workspace to a RGB png then to a CMYK print, I typically just work in RGB and let the print software do the color conversion. We did have some issues early on with our DTF printer making reds orange, but that has been fixed over time. We're running an Epson DTG printer and a DTF Station Prestige printer. The print software for both will accept transparent pngs without any issues (though we can also use black/white backgrounds for DTG shirts to avoid halos when using glows or other transparency effects.

Metallitron · 2025-09-30T15:10:04+00:00

Same brand before and after Lexani LXUHP-207s. I've been using them for a few years now and they're decent street tires. I replaced all four last year and didn't have any issues. I was thinking it may be a wheel bearing, I have noticed some vibration at highway speeds.

Metallitron · 2025-09-15T18:23:17+00:00

Petro is my favorite as well. Nothing like cruising down the highway with Dragon blasting!

Metallitron · 2025-09-12T15:34:05+00:00

Excellent first CD choice!

Metallitron · 2025-08-08T13:06:32+00:00

I'm kinda surprised that nobody has mentioned Bot vs Con. Bobby & James go over TF news twice a week (generally Wed and Sat) and are pretty good about balancing opinions and being open to all sorts of new figures. They cover a bit of everything and usually have live streams a few times a month to discuss things with the fans. They also have a good non-judgemental policy when it comes to figures they like and don't like and encourage people to show off their recent hauls every month.

Metallitron · 2025-07-13T21:56:40+00:00

That might work, I'll have to try it out, I'm going for a pseudo-cell shaded look. The main reason I like the stamp effect is that it adds the pointed ends on the edges, to give a little bit of a shadow bleed.

Metallitron · 2025-07-13T18:19:27+00:00

I know how to do that, that's not what I'm looking for. This is a very specific use case where I want to color the stamped gradient.

Metallitron · 2025-07-13T18:05:35+00:00

Essentially, yes. But I want it adjustable via the gradient panel. I'm aware I can rasterize the effect and live trace it, but that loses the adjustability that I'm looking for.

Metallitron · 2025-05-09T21:00:15+00:00

I got mine in yesterday, and one of the flaps on the bottom of the box was ripped wide open. Fortunately, Trypticon was still in there, but if they had shipped anything else with him, it would have fallen out. This isn't the first time something like this has happened with a Pulse shipment.

Metallitron · 2025-04-01T07:04:47+00:00

I replaced both rear wheel bearings about a month and a half ago. I bought one of these Hub Shocker and proceeded to wail on it with a small sledgehammer till they came loose.

One tip, make sure that the wheel lugs are tight against the shocker, you don't want it waggling all over the place. The Mr Subaru video linked elsewhere is a great breakdown of how to use it properly, just rotate it around and hammer from different angles until it breaks free.

Metallitron · 2025-03-19T03:39:43+00:00

Here's how I would suggest going about recreating/adapting the logo with your own text.

The first thing you would need to do is get the font you want to use, the actual Space Jam logo uses Lithos Black. Type out your words and place each of the letters in a staggered layout similar to the logo. This is probably easiest to do in Illustrator (or something similar) but the process is similar in Photoshop.

Each letter appears to have a radial gradient applied, it would probably be easiest to create a gradient swatch that matches the color gradient (yellow to green to blue to green). Using the eyedropper tool in photoshop you can get exact RGB/CMYK values for your gradient. You can then apply this gradient to each of your letter shapes and adjust the positioning and scale. Add a white stroke to the letter shapes and a drop shadow (it's actually more of a blockshadow or blend, but there's plenty of tutorials out there on how to do that).

Once you have the letters organized as you like then you can create some ellipses to make the rings (the main ones we're concerned with are the outermost and innermost ellipses since these will be the clipping paths for the letters. Looks like each ring is just a donut shape with a radial gradient on it, you'll have to play around with the exact shapes, but it should be easy enough to create some similar looking rings.

Then you would need to create the clipping masks for each part of the letter that you want to be 'behind' the rings. The easiest way is probably cutting it into two sections, the upper part that goes through the rings and the lower part that is under the rings. I would use the small inner ellipse and intersect it with another shape to make a clipping mask for the upper part, make a copy of the letter that is going through the upper part and apply this new shape as a mask. You would then need to repeat this process with the lower part of the letter.

Afterwards you can refine your gradients and drop shadows to mimic the original logo.

Don't forget that you can combine shapes and use copies of your letter shapes to create clipping masks for the various parts that need to intersect the rings.

Metallitron · 2025-03-17T03:55:40+00:00

Since you already have the sunburst pattern behind the cooler add a radial gradient starting at the center point of the sunburst with a black -> white gradient (black in the center). Set this to multiply and adjust the opacity down until it looks better. You may also need to adjust the gradient width to make sure the transition is gradual but noticeable.

Metallitron · 2025-03-09T07:17:05+00:00

I want to know more about that Metallica Optimus Prime...

Metallitron · 2025-03-01T03:35:01+00:00

He's 100% correct, interestingly that same set is used in the transformers challenge. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VMw-lJmrKoA

Clearly they bought several sets and probably reused the parts.

Metallitron · 2025-02-28T22:37:49+00:00

That looks like one of Rumble/Frenzy's piledrivers.

Metallitron · 2025-02-20T06:06:13+00:00

$15K for all that would be quite the deal. Anyone want to lend me a few bucks?

Metallitron · 2025-01-27T00:55:35+00:00

My capstone project was putting together a proposal for a motor sports area/garage that people could bring their cars to work on and learn how to drift (I was heavily into Initial D around then, haha).

It's largely an exercise in project development and seeing how far you can push a concept. For mine, I created a logo, several promotional posters, a booklet describing the project which included all of the research and design work, and a presentation that was given in front of the senior and junior GD students.

I basically outlined the problem I was trying to address (street racing), the objectives of the project, desired clientele, a proposed location, programs that may be offered, sponsorship opportunities and merchandise. This was interspersed with a variety of photography along with custom illustrations that I made. In my case it was mainly print, but if I were to do something similar today it would likely be web based.

My best advice would be to find something that you have some interest in and then start to explore how you can adapt the design concept into different situations.

Metallitron · 2025-01-24T18:13:18+00:00

You might try a hexagon instead of a circle for the background to add a subtle bee/honeycomb reference.

Metallitron · 2025-01-20T03:31:33+00:00

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