Post-it Note

[SPWA]

Tried my hand at a Post-it Note. This is actual size. Used "Add noise" to create the cork bg.

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[IamSam]

Great job!

 

[Evil Nemesis]

cork bg is too sharp bring it down a little.

 

[SPWA]

Completely agree on the Cork bg. It was worse than that to start with. I added a White bg behind it & blended to try & soften but that's all I tried. I would like to soften it more though, not sure what else I can do.

 

[Evil Nemesis]

A guassian blur / less noise combination maybe ?

 

[BlueInGreen]

I like it!

The specularity of the plastic part of the pin/tack is too soft - it needs to be more glossy.

I'm not sure of the best way to achieve that but try this but I'm sure it can be achieved by painting white (selectively!) in a new layer on top of the tack/pin.

 

[SPWA]

Ok, I used 0.3 gaussian blur on the Corkboard, & created a new pin from scratch. This time I lowered the opacity on each section of the pin, & ran a plastic wrap on it.

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[Evil Nemesis]

and this time it's superb

 

[Tom Mann]

I'm not sure if this helps all that much, but I tried to better simulate the cracks in natural cork by using a 2 pixel displacement map (layer blending mode = darken) driven by a slightly blurred copy of your last cork. I also increased the contrast in the post-it area to try to match the increased contrast in the cork, but I think I over-did it.

It's definitely not easy to get a really good cork look.

T

PS - Here's the cork look I was trying to simulate:
https://gmav.co.uk/media/wysiwyg/Colour_Charts/corkBoard.jpg

 

[BlueInGreen]

Oh.. much better!!

 

[IamSam]

Take a look at this TUTORIAL on corkboard.

edit:I don't know if it looks any better.

 

[SPWA]

Thx for the comments.

@Tom Mann - I tried a few times to get a natural looking cork, but in the end I plumped for this simpler "synthetic" one, for the main reason of tiling. The seam isn't noticeable when you apply the pattern to a large area. I do like what you achieved though, I agree it's not the easiest thing to create completely digital.

The project result I was going for is this. I want to add some more choices to it also. It's basically a noticeboard. Which can be customised using the different choices, rotate each pin separately, etc. It can be for a desktop wallpaper or website elements.

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I'm still debating whether to add a border, & how I would achieve a really nice one.