Iron Avatarist: Bakka Chikka Wow Wow

[Crimmy]

Well, she's awesome. Truly.

[Serpentine]

I can haz?

I'm thinking I may enter, can my work be hand-drawn?

There're no medium restrictions that I'm aware of.

Now, go watch some Art Attack! I'll be expecting a horse made out of horse dung this time tomorrow!



Suggestion-slash-request: I have no Serpentine Single Awareness Day avatar.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Suggestion-slash-request: I have no Serpentine Single Awareness Day avatar.

I know the feeling...

[Rutskarn]

Technically, if you read the not-so-fine print, my submission was Rutskarn Singles Awareness.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Ok, random idea that just occurred.

A 'hill giant' striding across or riding within the confines of a massive bosom. Take it as you will.

Technically, if you read the not-so-fine print, my submission was Rutskarn Singles Awareness.

I think it's a fine, if not demented and blech-ifying addition to the contest

[Reynard]

Best Love Scene/Couple/Rookie Entry
Sunset.



Yeah, I had trouble coming up with a name for it.

[half-halfling]

Best OOTS Avatar of Love
Tsukiko's dream

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Best OOTS Avatar of Love
Tsukiko's dream

Cute on the outside, creepy as HADES on the inside.

[Crimmy]

Best OOTS Avatar of Love
Tsukiko's dream
*image*

This is one of the best entries I've seen.

Now here's one I've refined. The original can be seen at the OotS style Art/Fanart Showcase.

Best Love Scene/ Best Couple:
I think I love you.


Yeah. It's hand-drawn.

[half-halfling]

I'm happy You liked my Tsukiko and Xykon avatar . I've also made a small comic:

Best Love Scene
That's how it should have ended (based on comic 679)


I've made V as female because I thought she would match better for scene like this.

[CrimsonAngel]

I'm in love with Crim's and Half-Halfling's!!!

[Fay Graydon]

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I'm happy You liked my Tsukiko and Xykon avatar . I've also made a small comic:

Best Love Scene
That's how it should have ended (based on comic 679)


I've made V as female because I thought she would match better for scene like this.

Ooooh nice!
I probabbly would have focused in on Inkyrius's face just to keep up the question of V's gender
But I think its a really good "What should have happened"

[NemoUtopia]

I figured I'd throw my hat into the ring, having finally gotten some inkscape under my belt. Since it's valentine's day themed, I figured 'singles awareness day' cards would be right up there. So, in the vein of programming for hornylonely guys, here's the cover of the swimsuit issue of Babes of Azure City featuring the three gals from "Hinjo's Angels". If you don't get the reference after all that setup...shame on you. Here's the

Rookie
Best OotS Avatar of Love:

Hinjo's Angels [Avatar]



and
Rookie
Best Larger'Love' Scene:

Hinjo's Angels



I'm so beating myself up over Miko's legs and all of their hair...it looks fine on the avatar level but it's not so hot in the full version.

[edit] Uh, I may need to use outside link method to avoid resizing the forum? let me know if I should leave it as is or what to do about the larger image and I'll hop to it [/edit]

[Fay Graydon]

Hmmmm well your avatar doesnt fall under the guidline size im afraid, and also kneeling legs is like the bane of OotS Artists

But overall not a bad rookie entry
Love the idea

[NemoUtopia]

Hmmmm well your avatar doesnt fall under the guidline size im afraid, and also kneeling legs is like the bane of OotS Artists

But overall not a bad rookie entry
Love the idea

Avatar size caps at 50kb according to forum rules...

{table]Maximum Avatar Size | 50kb [/table]

...oh, wait, maximum image HEIGHT...120 pixels...this is fixable!

[edit]fixed. In the sense that it's the 'right size'...ew. Any advice on cleaner lines and avoiding the pixelation for future entires and pet projects? And yeah, kneeling legs...it was so hard figuring out what to do (one legged kneel, sitting kneel, one leg forward and one back...I settled on double-kneel for the symetry and avoiding perspective issues)[/edit]

[Serpentine]

Please get rid of the spoilers, and make sure your entries look like this:

Rookie
Best Avatar (or whatever)
Entry Title

May give critique later, if you want it.

Welcome to the game

[NemoUtopia]

Be glad for one! Hoping to enter future contests and make some customs of my own, an in particular the pixelation of the reduction bothers me. Other avatars are obviously much smoother

[Fay Graydon]

Be glad for one! Hoping to enter future contests and make some customs of my own, an in particular the pixelation of the reduction bothers me. Other avatars are obviously much smoother

In future i would suggest working on a 120 x 120 sized file so you know the size you can work in.
then if it looks right at 100% it will be fine

[Serpentine]

Critique and advice for NemUtopia:

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What program are you using? I use Adobe Illustrator, so some of the below may not apply.

You know the lines are very jagged. Look for a "smooth" tool (in AI, it's under the "pencil" tool).
The lines should be thicker. I generally use 1.5px at 120x120px, but some people use anywhere between 1 and 2.
I'm not sure how you managed to make the eyes so pointy, but they should be round, just using the oval tool.
Closed eyes are depicted using a curved line (inner curve going upwards).
The "sinister brow" should be right down touching the top of the eyes, like so:
The back is generally a gentle curve, no sharp point.
The bodies should be quite a bit smaller in comparison to the legs, arms and head.
Miko's body (boobs?) is... pointy? But that's a really tough angle to try to depict. Maybe you would've been better off employing a bit of artistic license and changing it a bit.
The hands should be larger and curved.

How did you shrink it down? In AI, when you "save for web", you can choose to change the dimensions. That way, you can make it big (changing the line thicknesses appropriately) and then shrink it down without distortion.

That's about all I've got so far. Hope it's helpful. It's easy to see that you just need more practice, specifically just with getting the hang of the program.

[NemoUtopia]

Thanks, good stuff!

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Inkscape is my current experience, but I've been getting more practice with the pen tool...you have to be careful about the number of nodes you use, because too few doesn't give you enough curve are, and too many makes it jagged and easy to get wrinkling. I'll definitely get more with smoothing and proper resizing (working at ~120-120 is one of those retrospect blindingly obvious things). I was tempted to make all three standing or have one in an 'easy kneel' that doesn't present so many problems for OotS style, but threw caution to the wind to get practice with the perspective change and use of legs. Lots of practice, not so much on progress just yet xP

[Darklord Bright]

People use the pen tool? I just simplify the object (Select the object, Ctrl L) with the pencil and then delete specific nodes when there are few enough to easily deal with.

[Silverraptor]

People use the pen tool? I just simplify the object (Select the object, Ctrl L) with the pencil and then delete specific nodes when there are few enough to easily deal with.

You know Darklord, I think you could put in the comics you recently completed. The most recent ones are relavent enough.

[petersohn]

I use the pen tool, because I usually try to make shapes with as few control points as possible. It makes managing them easier. With the pencil tool, if you use too few control points at drawing time, the shape won't look like what you draw at all, and simplify only works for the first few iterations, after that it usually only rearranges points, but don't really simplify the shape. For simpler shapes, I usually draw a sharp shape with the pen tool first, then refine it with the "edit path by nodes" tool. For more complicated shapes, I use the pencil, but then it becomes really hard to refine later.

[Serpentine]

...
I have no idea what you're all talking about. I use the "pencil" tool to make and change my shapes, sometimes using the white arrow tool to move around and change the angles of specific nodes. Rarely, I use the "pen"-related tools to add or delete nodes, but that's not usually necessary.

[petersohn]

The fact that you don't find the pen tool useful for drawing doesn't mean it isn't. I simply find it easier to manipulate nodes one-by-one than draw a good shape with the mouse at first try. If a shape has 4-5 nodes, it is mutch easier to fine-tune it than if it has 20 or so.

[Fay Graydon]

I use the tool that allows me to place nodes and connects them with lines...
Then I round said lines and make them smooth...
>.> I rarely use the pencil tool.

[Reynard]

I use shapes, then modify them with the pen/single select tools.

[AlfredAmeoba]

I use the pen tool to make magic effects. If you dont simplify, though, it looks way too rough to fit in

[half-halfling]

I use Corel Draw, so it may not be much help, but in most cases it's good to avoid hand drawing ,and use curves made of points instead.

Here's my new picture -it's Roy and Celia dressed up as Miko. This katana is supposed to be cut out of cardboard . Alternative text for Roy to say was "But I must warn You I can summon a titan to fight by my side". I hope it qualifies as a love scene -it's rather "this kind of love" .

Best Love Scene
Celia has wierd ideas sometimes

[Felyndiira]

Here's my new picture -it's Roy and Celia dressed up as Miko. This katana is supposed to be cut out of cardboard . Alternative text for Roy to say was "But I must warn You I can summon a titan to fight by my side". I hope it qualifies as a love scene -it's rather "this kind of love" .

Best Love Scene
Celia has wierd ideas sometimes
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This...wow, I can't stop laughing. Epic entry .