My Roush Show Board Draft...thoughts?

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:02 pm

Decided to mess around in Photoshop, then I figured, why not list my mods, and then I ended up making myself a draft of a show board (or whatever they are called) for my car.

Thoughts on it? I've never done anything like this before. "Constructive" criticism would be appreciated. Maybe a different category for the exhaust parts? The fonts on the left and right are different colors because the left was dark, therefore a white font with a black drop shadow to highlight it and opposite on the other side.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:04 pm

Isn't all the "Roush performance" stuff stock?

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:11 pm

On my car, most of it is. I did add some though.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:43 pm

the stang is sexy.

cant believe you moved to a neon lol

DOSneons · Post by **DOSneons** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:47 pm

it looks good, just one thing to complain about the angle of the pic, i just hate havin to strain my kneck to look at somethin lol. i know the car will be sittin behind the poster but still.

i think that was "constructive"

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:55 pm

All the little lines coming off the text make it hard to read.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:09 pm

Text is hard to read, and the angle of the car is weird.

I would suggest, somewhere, to fade/blend the picture into a solid color where your could put text that could be easily read.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:25 pm

agreed on the picture. i hate those kind of angles.

The little lines make the white hard to read, the black isn't really too bad.

If most of the Roush stuff is stock, why list it as a mod? Being that it is a Roush mustang it's kind of a given.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:44 am

Didn't "move on" to a Neon, lol. Still have the Mustang. Just had to buy a more easily fixable and more commuter-friendly car...again.

I can fix the background and such pretty easily as I saved the layered file. I was also thinking about fading it to a solid color, but decided to try and desaturated the upper area.

As for listing the Roush mods, I did it partly because every Roush car came with different options, and most of the people in the world have no idea what a Roush is, let alone being able to pronounce it correctly.

Will work on that stuff then, I just happened to be messing around with this picture when I did it.

Thanks guys!

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:24 am

fuck that mustang is sick

i fucking love it

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:27 am

Thanks j-king, lol.

Something like this a bit better? I rotated that image, used the clone tool in a few spots, then faded a black to transparent gradient across the picture.
Changed the font to one that wasn't as crazy as the other one. Just trying to use a font that sets it apart from the rest that use a basic Serif/Sans Serif font. I will probably switch it still as this one is all caps, smaller numbers and has no hyphens.

EDIT: New font

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:08 am

That is looking much much better. I especially like the last one. I'm gonna offer another suggestion just for your consideration.

* to the photo, show more of it... say up to where the sun in actually in it (though it doesn't need to show all of the sun).
* then maybe blend it to white and use black lettering.

Just something else to mess around with if you choose.

Again, looking good yo!

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:41 am

i kind of liked the full board being the picture, nice change on the foint though it was kinda hard to read. ps, you put an "f" in decklid

OB · Post by OB » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:17 pm

I'd take all the stock Roush stuff off, then see what's left. If it's minimal, maybe it's not quite ready for a show board.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:46 pm

hansken - Appreciate the idea! Will have to work on it. Not goo enough with the clone tool yet to fill up that whole side up to the sun though. Might just need to take another picture later on.

Ntyvrius1 - Thanks for the grammar catch.

OB - I can and see what's left. I probably won't be getting this printed up professionally or anything anyways in the near future. I was just messing around in Photoshop. I got CS4 Extended so I had to use it, lol.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:53 pm

um more pics of stang? sick car

nice showboard

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:23 pm

I like the second one the best since the font in the third one is too cartoony for me. Car is sick

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:33 am

Thanks you two. I will see if I can find a font like the second but with normal size numbers.

More pics? Can do in a bit.

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:50 am

Way to much Bleeding Cowboys in the first one. Try a nice, stylized font for headings and then a simpler, clearer font for each item. Also, up the size on your headings so they have some differentiation from the rest of the copy.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:32 am

Hehe, was wondering if anyone knew that font

I will try heading font/sizing as well when I work on it again.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:32 am

Here are some more pics for those who asked. Just some random ones I picked out:

From way back when:

I know someone will ask, so here's the answer: vacuum for now, boost for later.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:49 am

beautiful stang i don't like many of them but this is done awesome!

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:10 am

roush>saleen

i love that car even tho its in my least favorite body style