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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:08 pm

Velotican

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

Probably if I took off the gradient map, you'd like mine more than you do. But the gradient map is infused with the image, so sadly I can't take it off.

Probably true, but nevermind. It's done now. You didn't answer my question though: which one do you prefer? I won't be offended either way, I'm just asking out of genuine curiosity. ^^

*quietly considers whether or not to submit a request of my own*
(I kinda like my av and sig; my sig I made myself though it's a cheap edit, really. :P)

Does we even do these things anymore?

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:11 pm

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Its more special if you make it your self... (although I dont have anything of my own on me.... >>)

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Yeah, well maybe if I wasn't so much better than everyone else, I wouldn't have to talk about it so much.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:18 pm

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Well, the thing with yours is that the characters stand out too much, they're too "punchy" as my old Comm Tech teacher would say. But mine is mine, and I don't usually think I do such a great job on my own stuff. The characters in mine are... blotchy or something... I dunno...

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:22 pm

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... Dont you have requests to fulfill, get back to work before your fired DX

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Yeah, well maybe if I wasn't so much better than everyone else, I wouldn't have to talk about it so much.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:32 pm

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Hey! Thanks for the sig! Nice job.

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:37 pm

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

Well, the thing with yours is that the characters stand out too much, they're too "punchy" as my old Comm Tech teacher would say. But mine is mine, and I don't usually think I do such a great job on my own stuff. The characters in mine are... blotchy or something... I dunno...

Well, to me, those poses should have a kind of force and power to them, so in fact something being "punchy" was exactly what I was looking for and if I were to have your teacher, I would probably drive him nuts by deliberately being as punchy and forceful in my work as possible and also berate him constantly for suggesting that punchy is bad in the first place! XD

It's just how I prefer things. :P With yours, I suppose the best way to describe it is that everything - the background on both sides and the characters - cancel each other out and make the whole thing seem a little muted. Also, the gradient map has somehow stripped a lot of the detail from the Mia sprite. XP The Edgeworth sprite isn't as badly affected for some reason.

(Small interlude: as I recall, a gradient map is a programmable filter that redistributes and enhances colour, correct? Perhaps yours could do with a tweak, or perhaps program several for different situations?)

Does we even do these things anymore?

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:47 pm

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Asura Velotix wrote:

Well, to me, those poses should have a kind of force and power to them, so in fact something being "punchy" was exactly what I was looking for and if I were to have your teacher, I would probably drive him nuts by deliberately being as punchy and forceful in my work as possible and also berate him constantly for suggesting that punchy is bad in the first place! XD

Well, by punchy I meant they don't blend into the image. They've got too much of a contrast between them and the background.

Asura Velotix wrote:

(Small interlude: as I recall, a gradient map is a programmable filter that redistributes and enhances colour, correct? Perhaps yours could do with a tweak, or perhaps program several for different situations?)

I dunno what a gradient map is, all I know is that it overlays the image with a black & white copy, and then I change the lighting setting to make the image have less contrast.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:33 pm

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/GyakutenPhoenix/Delsycopy-1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/GyakutenPhoenix/CoffeeLoverGodotcopy.jpg

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Can you make me a sig with Ema Skye in it, from GS4? About 400x130
a pretty purple background and I guess just her name, I can't think of anything I really want it to say..

Please and Thank you!

Sure.

Fabulous!!!!!! Good work GP like always!!!! It is fantastic!!!!!!

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:11 am

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So I was watching YuGiOh! The Abridged Series today, and I felt like making another sprite. Hooray for my second ever poor quality spriting attempt!

Spoiler: Attention Duelists!

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:16 am

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Not bad at all. The hair spike's too small, believe it or not - that guy must have a ridiculous amount of hair gel. XD I'm having trouble placing which sprite you used as a base, which is a sign of a good job. :D Which one did you use? (Oh, and I ended up making my own new av and sig myself, as you can see. I haven't gotten the knack of doing it quickly yet. :P)

Does we even do these things anymore?

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:18 am

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Hmm, yeah, his hair is too small... Oh well, it's only my 2nd attempt. I used Gant's body, Gumshoe's head, and Meekins's colours for his shirt.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:32 am

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

So I was watching YuGiOh! The Abridged Series today, and I felt like making another sprite. Hooray for my second ever poor quality spriting attempt!

Spoiler: Attention Duelists!

XD Best edit ever

Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

Yeah, well maybe if I wasn't so much better than everyone else, I wouldn't have to talk about it so much.

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:14 am

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I have a avy request. Can you recolor the Blue Badger Black? I'd do it myself if only I had Photoshop on my computer...

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:08 pm

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Ok, BB, here you go:

I hope it's alright!

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:36 pm

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

Ok, BB, here you go:

I hope it's alright!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! Poor blue badger it's black!! :D

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:37 pm

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I hope it didn't have a freak accident will an oil truck. ;o;

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:38 pm

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>_> Well that's what he wanted...

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:37 am

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These look pretty awesome, and oh so colorful.

Are you still doing requests? I'd like an avatar please. Of..
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1309/r ... eetwm5.png
The pointing sprite is okay.

Um... I suppose the background can be all... electric or something? I don't know. And if possible, could the text say "Here it comes, Thunder!!"? Thank you.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:01 pm

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Ok, Judgio, here you go:

Hope you like it!

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:04 pm

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I love it so much that I want hug it until it suffocates!

Thank you very much! :D

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:58 pm

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how do you get it to glow like that?

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:11 pm

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Glow? You mean the character? Um, I duplicate the layer with the character, then I gaussian blur the top one by 3 points. After that I select "Hard Light", and it looks glowy, I suppose.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:30 pm

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

Glow? You mean the character? Um, I duplicate the layer with the character, then I gaussian blur the top one by 3 points. After that I select "Hard Light", and it looks glowy, I suppose.

not the character, I mean the background...I am new to this and it seems all the people who make really good avatars, signatures whatever all have a slow to the background and I cannot achieve that glow
*sad*

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:31 pm

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Actually, I basically do the same thing: I make the background with a variety of layers, then I press Ctrl+Shift+A to select them all at once, copy and paste it as a new layer, and then the gaussian blur thingy.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:42 pm

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Are there perhaps.... visual guides? It's just I'm a visual learner and want to learn how to do more things with my Photoshop Elements. :/

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:45 pm

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Elements, eh? My school has Elements, but I use CS2. I dunno if it works the same way, but I could try to make a visual guide...

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:46 pm

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Gyakuten Phoenix wrote:

Elements, eh? My school has Elements, but I use CS2. I dunno if it works the same way, but I could try to make a visual guide...

Most of Elements are about the same... except you can't slice. And you can still download plugins for Elements. That's what I know of.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:52 pm

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thanks...actually...I just found a tutorial

with visual guides!

http://community.livejournal.com/icon_tutorial/1508346.html

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:56 pm

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Oohhhhhhhhhhhh you wanted to know about the lightning? Oh, I just used a special brush tool made specifically to look like lightning.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:06 pm

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Exactly!! I didn't know how to make the glow...but it's the same idea for both right?

to get the glow on anything you have to use Gaussian blur?

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:08 pm

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Yes, pretty much. That's what I use, at least. There might be another way that I don't know of.

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Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:10 pm

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I have a question. How did you put the lines on the background?
Like with this one:

In the background there's lines... like the ones on PW, I guess.

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:15 pm

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thats a texture

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:16 pm

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Yes, I did that with yours, too, if you look closely. Except they're diagonal lines.

Fot horizontal lines, I opened up a new canvas, size 2 px by 2 px and put 2 pixels of black at the top and leaving the bottom 2 white. Then I hit "Define Pattern" in the Edit menu and made it into a pattern. Afterward, I went back to the original sig, made a completely black layer, used the "Pattern Overlay" in the Blending Options and then the pattern appeared on the canvas. I proceeded to change the opacity so the rest of the sig was visible.

Oh man, should I be revealing all my secrets like this?

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:28 pm

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do you know how to shrink a picture without making it blurry?

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:34 pm

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What's the picture?

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:40 pm

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Its a picture I found of Maya and Phoenix, and I cannot resize it and keeps its clarity.

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:47 pm

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Hmm... Have you tried using Filter>Sharpen after you resized it? It might work...

Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:51 pm

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sharpening makes it a lot brighter...I'm sure I'll figure it.

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Re: GP's Sig/Avy requests and random art.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:22 pm

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*temporary topic hijack*

Irfanview's good for this kind of thing. It's an image viewer that can view PSD files as well as every common image format under the sun, animations included. It comes with built-in image enhancement tools: resizing, colour swapping and enhancement, etc. etc. I used to use it a lot before I got comfortable with GIMP.

I would resize the image to the size you want, then sharpen it until it looks as clear as the image did at its original size, then I'd enchance the colours and drop the brightness or the gamma a little. That should get it looking spiffy. :)

Does we even do these things anymore?