Linnet
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Post by Linnet on Mar 25, 2008 22:03:28 GMT -6
Here's a couple tries at one for Hellfire:
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Post by redearth on Mar 25, 2008 23:11:13 GMT -6
The first one is pretty cool!!! How do you do stuff like this??
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Linnet
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Post by Linnet on Mar 26, 2008 0:17:25 GMT -6
Yeah, I liked the first one better, the second one seemed kinda blocky to me but I thought I'd post it anyway.
I use Photoshop 7 and depending on what I'm doing I either abuse the layer styles or do it from scratch.
For example, your avatar was made with a layer styles on a pair of text layers for the text and I drew the faerie by hand. The text layers have... let's see... a Drop Shadow, Inner Glow, Gradient Overlay and Stroke layer style each. The Drop Shadow is for the, uh, shadow. Inner Glow is the same for both layers and that's for the highlights. The Gradient Overlay is the... er, gradient, and it lightens up the text considerably since I've got it set to either Screen or Linear Dodge. I could explain that but I am a lazy lazy person. Stroke is the outline on the text. The faerie was doodled really quickly with the default 3px brush, shaded with the same, and then on a different layer I made the sparklies using the same brush with the Scattering option turned up. Then I blurred it and erased it for the slight fade effect.
This is all way easier than I made it sound, it only took me something like 10-15 minutes and five minutes of that was picking out the font. :P
An example of one I did almost completely by hand is... Caleton's is the only one I can think of offhand.
And... um... I just went off down a long, rambly road again when I could've explained something in a few sentences, didn't I. D:
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Post by Jerzkong on Mar 26, 2008 4:30:19 GMT -6
wow..... you sound so professional btw, I'm not being sarcastic.
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Post by Hellfire on Mar 26, 2008 17:26:10 GMT -6
WOW!!! Nice stuff. Is it possible to incorporate flames into the first one somehow?? Something similar with flames? If not, I'll take it the way it is.
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Post by Erniewan on Mar 26, 2008 21:39:11 GMT -6
I think the first one looks stylistic, but somewhat hard to read...
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Linnet
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Post by Linnet on Mar 26, 2008 22:30:43 GMT -6
How's this? wow..... you sound so professional btw, I'm not being sarcastic. I think I just like to talk too much, it really is simpler than I make it sound. : P
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Post by redearth on Mar 26, 2008 22:33:15 GMT -6
Edit : I copied it off the net.. I am NOt a professional.. lol
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Post by Caleton on Mar 26, 2008 23:41:29 GMT -6
woah! welcome to the site Linnet!
and thank you so much for the avatar. I was never expecting anyone to actually to take the time to do it. and because I'm probably never going to get an avatar on Starmen, i can thank you here.
I'm giving you 300 of my moneys. Erniewan, please give 300 of my money to Linnet.
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Post by Erniewan on Mar 27, 2008 1:49:49 GMT -6
Ok, transaction successful.
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Post by Jerzkong on Mar 27, 2008 2:23:57 GMT -6
Woohoo! I'm pretty sure Linnet can become one of the richest in the site by making name avatars She can make a living out of this.... O.O
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Linnet
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Post by Linnet on Mar 27, 2008 13:06:05 GMT -6
I'm glad you like it, Caleton! It was really fun to make.
Heh, I don't even know what I'm going to do with all this money. XD
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Post by redearth on Mar 27, 2008 13:28:19 GMT -6
Buy your own name avatar that you make..
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Post by Hellfire on Mar 27, 2008 14:25:17 GMT -6
Can you make the upper part (the one that is dark brown) into a good shade of red (more like hell I guess? Let me know if its possible.
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Linnet
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Post by Linnet on Mar 27, 2008 14:33:09 GMT -6
Like these? The second one's slightly lighter.
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Post by redearth on Mar 29, 2008 13:46:42 GMT -6
You seen the gypsy curse font?? it's cool... it might help if you want to it for hellfire's avatar..
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Post by Jerzkong on Mar 30, 2008 11:43:16 GMT -6
Oh, that looks awesome.
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Post by Hellfire on Mar 30, 2008 11:50:48 GMT -6
How does the gypsy curse font that redearth was talking about?
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Post by Erniewan on Mar 30, 2008 11:56:34 GMT -6
Look it up on Google, it looks creepy...
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Post by Hellfire on Mar 30, 2008 11:59:03 GMT -6
Hey Linnet, if you don't mind, can you show me how an avatar would look with that font? If its too much trouble, then its alright.
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Post by Jerzkong on Mar 30, 2008 12:15:22 GMT -6
..It looks like those deathmetal font.
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Linnet
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Post by Linnet on Mar 30, 2008 16:57:40 GMT -6
I think the fire looked better with the last one, really, but it's a neat font.
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Post by Hellfire on Mar 30, 2008 17:04:17 GMT -6
I like that!!! It looks more like...hell!!! Thanks Linnet...you're awesome!!! I'll probably get it in the next few days? Do yall agree? I want your opinions too.
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Post by redearth on Mar 30, 2008 20:02:12 GMT -6
can you do the same without fire at the bottom.. possibly have a fireball somewhere instead.. EDIT - sorry if I sound bossy.. I'm always like this.. ask hellfire or owlknight.. but if you can't do anything more.. its fine.. hellfire apparently likes it.. P.S - I can't do even 1/4 of what you are doing..
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Post by Jerzkong on Mar 31, 2008 9:37:05 GMT -6
I think it's cool, but the fire needs to be slightly smaller. IMO, it's too vivid and eye-catching... dunno how to say it, but in comparison with the text, I can't really see the text much - my eye keeps going back to the fire... OR, you can make the text a slightly lighter shade (?).
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Post by Erniewan on Mar 31, 2008 15:23:26 GMT -6
Yeah, that looks evil.... though I guess that's what you were shooting at when you chose the name.
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Linnet
Yellow Belt
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Post by Linnet on Apr 4, 2008 16:46:48 GMT -6
I'll try it with just a fireball when I get the chance to tweak it a bit.
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Post by Flipstar on Apr 26, 2008 19:09:09 GMT -6
Hi, i was wondering if anyone would be able to tweak my namevatar a bit? There it is. It's a bit big. Can someone either size it down or modify it in some way? I'm not great with this kind of stuff. My friend made it for me
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Linnet
Yellow Belt
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thinking with portals[A1i:3][ss:Starmen]
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Post by Linnet on Apr 26, 2008 19:28:13 GMT -6
Resized it! This should fit, I think...
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Post by Flipstar on Apr 26, 2008 22:36:24 GMT -6
Oh thanks Linnet! I really appreciate it!
Ernie, will that work?
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