Smeargle's Studio General Thread: Spriting and Banners go here!

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MrAbyss

Ok. Thank you to who answered my question. I'm requested a signature. It should have text that says "MrAbyss" in a readable font. That's really up to you and what you think looks best. Then I would like These images placed to whatever you think looks best. And then the background should be a red-black color scheme.

http://www.vn-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ragna.jpg
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Mekiwates/Hazama.jpg
(remove the foot in this one :P)
http://balancebox.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/5067366.jpg
(if the girl only can't be removed from it's backgroud use...)
http://www.vn-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rachel-alucard.jpg

order does not matter and thank you :)
 

Unbreakable

Hmm...I've been here for a week or two, but I just can't seem to find an avatar that matches the mood I want to convey.

What I've got in mind is something along the lines of a heavily damaged Lucario soldiering on against impossible odds. Ever since the death of my dad a month ago, money has become extremely tight, so sorry, no commission seekers. :(
 

ReichTheThird

Uh is this thread or a different one a good place to ask to get Badges done? Really need some badges done for something, so would like to know if anyone's interested
 
pkmn-taicho321

pkmn-taicho321

Edlittle said:




Working on it, I'll edit when I'm done
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Hmm, wasn't exactly what I was looking for. Thanks anyways but I think I'll try making it myself.

Edit: failed to remember why I had put this request here in the first place... I'm terrible at drawing anything inorganic...

So if someone can make me a banner that would be great, but I'm looking for something more along the lines of vector art, with the "Smogon Premier Modern Warfare 2 League" in nicely stylized words underneath a pokemon (I've decided I'm really digging the idea of electivire getting some love for this) holding an assault rifle from the game, wearing a gas mask, with Koffing behind him spewing gases. "Smogon Premier Modern Warfare 2 League" should have a Camo pattern or something.
 
Ericcc

Ericcc

Ah, I'm new to this part of the site, but the name "Smeargle's Studio" was incredibly catchy, so I clicked, (;

Here's some of my work:


I did this today;


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Overused Banner:


Overused Banner #2:


Ubers Banner:
(Personal Favorite banner I've made:


Underused Banner:


Underused Banner #2:


A title banner I made for someone:


Another title banner I made for someone else:


Same title as previous banner but different art:


A banner I made for my thread:




Also, I like drawing, lol,




What do you guys think? :nerd:



 

Edlittle

They are all okay. Not a single one has any blending at all. They are all just backgrounds with a picture pasted in and a drop shadow. I would recommend some tutorials, specifically at the planetrenders.net forums. You have to register, but they are well worth it.
 
Ericcc

Ericcc

Alright well I did another one of Jirachi. I put more thought into the overall look of the image as a whole, and not just image on top of image.



Small without text:


Av. version:



High res. without text click(looks SO much better) ---> ▲


Oh, and I made this one o.o
 

Edlittle

That's much better, except there's still no depth. Try creating a new layer->apply image (in the image tab)->setting the layer to soft light. Or, applying image then using the burn and dodge tool to create lighting by burning the dark parts and dodging the light parts. Lastly, you could try using some simple smudging by pasting in your render, messing with the smudge settings, and putting that layer behind your actual render.
 
Ericcc

Ericcc

Edlittle said:
That's much better, except there's still no depth. Try creating a new layer->apply image (in the image tab)->setting the layer to soft light. Or, applying image then using the burn and dodge tool to create lighting by burning the dark parts and dodging the light parts. Lastly, you could try using some simple smudging by pasting in your render, messing with the smudge settings, and putting that layer behind your actual render.
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Thanks so much for you critique.
God, I love your banners you made. Especially the Feraligatr. The way it's shaded matches perfectly with the background.
Did you set it to monochrome, and then did you mess with the colors?
 
Dragonknight!

Dragonknight!

He used a gradient map to set those colors.

Ericc, you can also create depth by blurring the background bit, and then sharpening the focal. You want the render to be the main focus of the sig, not the background. Therefore, you shouldn't have your focal only cover a small area of the sig. This also applies to text. Don't make your text too ostentatious, because it would take too much attention away from the main focal.

I did a quick edit of yours, and as you can see, you see the jirachi almost immediately, which is what you want. Of course,there are still things that could be improved with this sig, but I didn't have the proper layers needed to do anything about it..


Also, flow. your jirachi banner doesn't flow, and It would look better if there was flow. To illustrate what I mean, I drew some helpful red arrows:




As you can see, the zekrom banner all flows up towards to the upper left. The jirachi one, on the other hand, goes in every which direction, when it should be towards the upper right. With that said, its not bad to have the banner flowing in two opposite directions, but as a rule of thumb for beginners, its easier to just have one direction.

Hope this helped!
 
Ericcc

Ericcc

Ok Edlittle, I sort of followed the tutorial, but got lost at step 9, lol,
So I improvised and got this.




Sorry for the lack of neck on Latios, I went ahead and used this picture and the trainer guy's on his neck, xD
Well, here's the picture. It's ready to just have some text added onto it.
If anyone wants to use this, feel free :)
 

Edlittle

Great job! You're getting a sense of blending into the background and depth. I would suggest adding a light source. It seems like there is a light coming from the top right of the picture, so using a 300px soft brush with white on a new layer, and setting it to soft light would add a sense of light. Also, if you got confused the whole gradient map thing is a little confusing, but I added in a picture to show you where it is.

 

Headpunch


Phew, I haven't produced anything in forever. However, seeing the final evo in user Shinxe's fire javelina evolution line inspired me to break out those scratching skills again.
Credit goes to Shinxe, of course, for the design. You should really check out his art thread if you haven't already.
Enjoy.
 

Headpunch

Hmm, well, you could check out my art thread, plus the album I have on my user profile, if you haven't already. You could also request a scratch, too, as I'm having trouble being creative lately. I'm particularly fond of well-designed fakemon. :)
 

i try

can anyone make me an avatar with tyranitar and my name in it. I really dont care about back ground just make it creative
 
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