General GFX

[Saerilia]

Well, I guess I like to dabble a bit in the graphic arts. Mainly I do some banner stuff, and some alterations (color, depth, rendering, etc). Here's something I did today:

http://www.althanas.com/world/picture.php?albumid=58&pictureid=358

[Exspherius]

Is this an offer to make banners for people? Because if it was, I'd be very interested. That's a really nice piece of work you have there.

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

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The key to being a good artist on Althanas is to not tell anyone that you're an artist lol.

That is a pretty spiffy banner, though.

[Saerilia]

Well thanks, guys! My particular skills probably won't help out much here, unless it's for changing pictures to better fit characters, or making spiffy avatars, since banners are a no-go in sigs, lol. But I made it and didn't want to waste it entirely, so I thought I'd share. :)

[Lord Anglekos]

ME FIRST! ME FIRST! OH PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!
Please?
(<<<<<<<wants a spiffy avatar. Well, spiffy-er.)

[Saerilia]

ME FIRST! ME FIRST! OH PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!
Please?
(<<<<<<<wants a spiffy avatar. Well, spiffy-er.)

LOL Well, what are you looking for? Do you have an image you want spiffified? Or at least a description that I can look for?

[Lord Anglekos]

Ah, just my current avatar. Something awesome like you did with yours. Gimme two versions: One with just your spiffiness on it, and one with the word "Badass." on it. :D

[Saerilia]

Ah, just my current avatar. Something awesome like you did with yours. Gimme two versions: One with just your spiffiness on it, and one with the word "Badass." on it. :D

I think this is what you were looking for... Let me know if you have something else in mind. :)

[Lord Anglekos]

Hmm...around the Badass one, could you put a thin border? Blue would be nice.

[Saerilia]

Hmm...around the Badass one, could you put a thin border? Blue would be nice.

I had a half-border on it, but I can make it a full border if you like. The middle one is blue.

[Lord Anglekos]

The white looks the best. Thanks. :D

[Saerilia]

It's the least I can do for a coherent post, lol! You are welcomed. :)

[Lord Anglekos]

*mutter, shuffle, groan* Eh?
Lol, what do you use to make them all spiffy like that?

[Saerilia]

Photoshop 7 is the program. In particular I use basic brushes and gradients for lighting and giving it that shiny look. :)

[Exspherius]

That's sick. Nicely done. If you only do spiffing, is my sigil enough of a starter, or do you need something more than that?

[Saerilia]

Well, I need to know what you're looking for. Just a more colorful background, or do you want a person/drawing too?

[Exspherius]

Just a silhouette of a head with the symbol over the face over some sort of background would be pretty cool. Check out my character profile to get a better idea: Epsilon wears a mask with the letter epsilon written on the face of it, something along those lines is what I'm after.

[Saerilia]

Epsilon,
I made these for you - I hope they are close to usable. >.< I couldn't really make the avvy without the alteration, so I figured why not give you both.

[Exspherius]

Oh, that is excellent. Thank you. Job very well done!

[Exspherius]

Really, my only qualm is his lack of a shirt. Could you give him a black high-collar or something? Or is that asking too much?

[Yari Rafanas]

These are pretty good. I was expecting a bunch of random LJ-style icons but I'm impressed. I think the ones without text are better, though.

[Saerilia]

Really, my only qualm is his lack of a shirt. Could you give him a black high-collar or something? Or is that asking too much?
OMG that's funny! The one I was going to alter/add the mask on (but rejected) had a black shirt and high collar! XD If you want, I could try to add one to the current one, OR I could work with the one that has a shirt already (which would probably look better anyway). Let me know!

Yari- Thanks, I appreciate the compliment! I am not that into text on avatars either, but it would be rude to tell someone "no" if that's what they really want. *shrug*

[Yari Rafanas]

Yari- Thanks, I appreciate the compliment! I am not that into text on avatars either, but it would be rude to tell someone "no" if that's what they really want. *shrug*

I would have been like, "gtfo my thread, bitch."

[Saerilia]

Yari, that's cool, but I just don't roll that way. :cool:

Epsilon, I decided to try the other two I had with black shirts on to see if they might be better. It's in order portrait/av/portrait/av.

[Saerilia]

I threw this together too, just in case. Yeah, I'm persistent, lol.

[Exspherius]

Oh, you can't believe how perfect that is. Thank you!

[Saerilia]

You are welcomed! I can't help it, I'm a perfectionist - can't give up until you're happy! XD

[Irene]

Can, Can I have a 3-d avy like that?

The best pic I have thus far is her current Avy.

If you want more detail than that, I can give it to you, but be forewarned, she's quite the oddball, being so many races rolled into one.

[Saerilia]

Can, Can I have a 3-d avy like that?

The best pic I have thus far is her current Avy.

If you want more detail than that, I can give it to you, but be forewarned, she's quite the oddball, being so many races rolled into one.

Ha! I have the PERFECT picture for you! *runs off to PS to create a masterpiece for Irene* :cool:

edit: As requested (and the portrait too!)

[Lady Blackwell]

hey -scratches back of head- i would like to request a spiffy AV, something along the lines of matching the description of my char, white hair brown eyes anything fits in as long as its white ahir ^.^ if you dont want to thats fine i will go hunt down a plain av ^.^

[Saerilia]

Why would I say no? Well, if I were overloaded, but even then I'd say "later", not no. :-p Lemme see what I got. :)

[Lady Blackwell]

lol, and awesome you modified your avatar some more -18 thumbs up-

[Saerilia]

Thank you! I like this one better too.

Also, first attempt for your avvy. Let me know if you want something different - I have some backups just in case. ;)

[Lady Blackwell]

-twitches- DAMN you got some real talent lol, wanta show your backups as well?

[Saerilia]

-twitches- DAMN you got some real talent lol, wanta show your backups as well?
Here is the altered image. I considered it a future version, since you currently have him in leather - this would be the epic version of him. Did you want to see the image I started with (as in, before I altered it) too?

[Lady Blackwell]

no thats quite fine, i have to give you a huge round of applause - applause applause applause applause applause applause applause applause applause- you are great -bows before-

[Saerilia]

XD Well thank you. I am truly happy that you like it. ^_^

[Lady Blackwell]

would the orginal be about profile picture size?

[Saerilia]

Click on the one I attached a couple of posts back, and it should pop up with a profile-sized image.

[Lady Blackwell]

ahh thank you thank you

[Irene]

You are AWESOME!

[Saerilia]

It's all about the details, hun! XD No, really, I'm just happy it works for you. The hardest part was the scales, but the most interesting detail is the eyes. If you look REALLY close, they are like 6 different colors. ;)