New to the forum, but not to Cosmere fandom

[Elandera she/her]

Hello! I've been a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson's works for several years now. My favorites would be the Stormlight Archives and the Mistborn original trilogy.

Recently, I've been venturing into the world of Photoshop, and I want to create background and other art based on the glyphs and symbols. Has anyone already created custom shapes for the glyphs (specifically Bridge 4 or any Knights Radient orders)?

I'm working on a few, but fear my skills are still subpar and the shapes aren't coming out very smooth.

[Archer he/him]

Welcome to the Shard! Who's your favourite character? 

[+ElephantEarwax he/him]

Welcome to the Shard. Have a cookie and an upvote.

For initiation could you say, "My life to yours, my Breath become yours."

There are glyphs around. I'm not sure where though @Elandera.

[Elandera she/her]

1 hour ago, Archer said:

Welcome to the Shard! Who's your favourite character? 

That's a difficult question! In the Stormlight Archives, it's probably Lopen. I absolutely love his humor! Actually, he or Wayne from Mistborn would be my overall favorites. If you can't tell, I like the punny characters.

[Elandera she/her]

10 minutes ago, ElephantEarwax said:

Welcome to the Shard. Have a cookie and an upvote.

For initiation could you say, "My life to yours, my Breath become yours."

There are glyphs around. I'm not sure where though @Elandera.

I'm not so sure about this... I quite like my Breath.

[+ElephantEarwax he/him]

What about the cookie @Elandera?

Edited March 27, 2018 by ElephantEarwax

[Elandera she/her]

@ElephantEarwax, it can't hurt, right?

[Archer he/him]

30 minutes ago, Elandera said:

@ElephantEarwax, it can't hurt, right?

It can hurt. Your soul would be in jeopardy, not to mention spikes are hard to swallow without causing damage to your digestive system. 

[MacThorstenson he/him]

3 minutes ago, Archer said:

It can hurt. Your soul would be in jeopardy, not to mention spikes are hard to swallow without causing damage to your digestive system. 

LIES, Your soul I can't vouch for, but we use a patented system that allows the spikes to easily go down your esophagus without pain or damage*.

*DA Disclaimer applies.

[Jofwu he/him]

8 hours ago, Elandera said:

Has anyone already created custom shapes for the glyphs (specifically Bridge 4 or any Knights Radient orders)?

Welcome! What do you mean by this exactly? I'm not an artist. Coppermind has .svg's of them all. Search for the articles of the specific orders, or the Glyphs page.

[Elandera she/her]

6 hours ago, Jofwu said:

Welcome! What do you mean by this exactly? I'm not an artist. Coppermind has .svg's of them all. Search for the articles of the specific orders, or the Glyphs page.

Custom shapes are .csh file types that you can simply stamp into Photoshop, then manipulate. The benefit would be resizing to any size without it getting pixelated. I created a Lightweaver glyph by tracing the .svg file, but like I said, my skills aren't great. It doesn't have very smooth lines.

 

And I'm gonna have to go with @Archer here, and pass on the cookie. For now.

[Jofwu he/him]

1 hour ago, Elandera said:

Custom shapes are .csh file types that you can simply stamp into Photoshop, then manipulate. The benefit would be resizing to any size without it getting pixelated. I created a Lightweaver glyph by tracing the .svg file, but like I said, my skills aren't great. It doesn't have very smooth lines.

Ah! Well, quick Google search makes it seem like there may be some ways to convert svg to csh? Svg's are a vector format as well, so that's what I'd expect. Beats having to trace them from scratch maybe? In any case, good luck.

[Elandera she/her]

Thanks @Jofwu! I'll have to look into that. I also did a bit more research into pen tools. If I get some .csh files, I will try to post them to the artist board.