My original is twice that res, and it's a multilayer PSD so if you want special backs or just the image with transparency instead of backgrounds, lemme know all. Sorry to beat you to it Rev.
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As Masao pointed out, the font (or at least the spacing) is wrong on the lettering but otherwise it looks quite nice. I think the nacelle bussards might benefit from a slightly darker or more "rich" red color. Same for the water on the Earth. (Now that I look closer I see you didn't really duplicate the cloud pattern either.)
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No, the coud pattern I didn't bother to replicate exactly. The resolution was so low (compared to the size I was working in) that it was near impossible to actually duplicate it, so I took a satellite photo of clouds over ocean, and adjusted the perspective. I do see now the coloration of the water is too light. Looks like the entire portion is too light, actually, separate from the ship itself. I'll have to adjust it.
I'll tweak the Bussard collectors, and see what adjustments I can do the the text. I've got Photoshop 8 now (yay client project expenses!) which has a better text engine...
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Two nits: 1. The cloud cover doesn't fit with the vector art of the rest of the patch. I think you should posterize the heck out of it and beat everything into either blue or white. 2. The ribbing and the shape of the ring just back of the nose looks a bit off. The shape doesn't seem to a proper section of a cone while the ribs don't seem to extend correctly from the tip of the nose. These kinds of things are very hard to draw, which is why I didn't do this patch!
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PS: About the nosecone, I kow it doesn't look quite conical. I tried to keep to the feeling of a patch/logo than a realistic rendering, more stylized.
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Ok, I made an index.html for that directory so I don't have to paste individual URLs anymore in IRC. Stuff that I do that's posted here will be there too.
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Jesus, I would go with higher contrast on the clouds and oceans: just white and blue. Also, some white along the edge of the earth to separate it more from the black space.
Here's something that would make a nice patch for Capella. This is an original prop from Friday's Child sold on eBay:
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