Horngeek's Maiden Banner

[Serpentine]

Heya folks. I've been assigned banner-making duties. So...

MAIDENS... FALL IN!
Who wants in/gives permission for avatars they've made to be included?

MAIDENS... PRESENT ARMS!
Please post here the avatar you want included, preferably extra-large (for Photoshop purposes) or better yet, if the creator avatarists could make a bound version of the ones people want in, that would be ridiculously useful. Like the '60s Batman Riddler with a Swiss army knife.

HATTENNN...SHUN!
I will not be remaking avatars from scratch. If I don't have a pre-bound version, I'll have to get creative in Photoshop (and it won't look as good).

At ease, Maidens.

[horngeek]

For those who want an explanation of what we're talking aboot, linky linky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6619765#post6619765)

[Mauve Shirt]

Here, use Bath's.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/h0wupdohighknee/Avatars/mauveshirt.png

[Dallas-Dakota]

Here's GB'ed cookiemonster by Bisected.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2931/dallosdakkotagbwiiiqp7.gif

Ps. Was faster then your PM! Ha!

[SMEE]

http://www.smeenet.org/avatar/jrabbit.gif

That's the file I have. Unfortunatly I don't have a bigger one.

But tie me up! :smallamused:

[Serpentine]

Just, y'know, FYI, I've edited the first post a bit.

[Ashen Lilies]

Hmm... I think I'll go for this. I'll go tie up my Gender-bent twin now...

[Mr. Mud]

I'd love to be in it! :smallamused:
Or maybe my head could be peaking in at a corner

[Recaiden]

I am in with this avatar:
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm316/RockShade/Aksala-1.png I can get a tied up or larger version up later today.

EDIT:http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm316/RockShade/AksalaBound.png
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm316/RockShade/AksalaBoundBig.png

[FdL]

Hmm... I think I'll go for this. I'll go tie up my Gender-bent twin now...

Hey, who made your current avatar? Simian? You're not acknowledging him in your sig. Hm, I thought this was a common practice, especially for the case of awesome ones like yours.

[Reinholdt]

Hey, who made your current avatar? Simian? You're not acknowledging him in your sig. Hm, I thought this was a common practice, especially for the case of awesome ones like yours.
Maybe he didn't want to boast about making his own avatars and decided to save the sig space? It's common practice, don't you know?

[Dallas-Dakota]

Hey, who made your current avatar? Simian? You're not acknowledging him in your sig. Hm, I thought this was a common practice, especially for the case of awesome ones like yours.
I do believe that his name was Simius?:smallconfused:
Or is that just my faulty mind?

[Je dit Viola]

I want in and Shades of Gray has given permission also.

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa279/oliver426/g17290.png
I don't have a bound version or a huge version...sorry.

[Mordokai]

Here's GB'ed cookiemonster by Bisected.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2931/dallosdakkotagbwiiiqp7.gif

Ps. Was faster then your PM! Ha!

This one still gives me nightmares...

[Quincunx]

(squeaky Madeline Kahn voice)
Virgins. . .fall out!

(No, I'm not in. Transparent line art doesn't mesh with full-color avatars. I couldn't let Serpentine's orders go unchallenged, though. :smallwink:)

[BisectedBrioche]

This one still gives me nightmares...

No night terrors? I need to try harder.

Anyway, in case you end up needing more, I tweaked my last GB avatar into a maiden while I was working on my draconic avatar;

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6146/maidengb.gif

[horngeek]

I'm just popping in to post a notice: as it stands, the request is for these 9 to be the maidens:

Em Blackleaf
DD
EleventhHour, her Roman Avatar.
SMEE, current avvie.
Mauve Shirt.
Francinethefighter (GB'd Fredthefighter)
CurlyKitGirl
Je dit Viola
Recaiden

Now, if enough people volunteer moar, I might see about getting a larger image, but the current one is for just nine. This isn't a "these are better" it's just what fits.

Thanks for the new ones, though! Even if they don't end up being used.

[Mordokai]

I'd provide one of my GBed avatars, but I think they hardly qualify as maidens :smalltongue:

[SMEE]

I doubt Ceika will have time to do a bound version of my avatar soon. :smallfrown:

And I don't have the skill to do such... :smallsigh:

I'll see what can be done to help. Maybe I can get a Poison one from Arts & Crafts.

Poison's... much more like me... :smallbiggrin:

[horngeek]

And I can see why the Cookiemonster avvie would give you nightmare, Mord.

[FdL]

Maybe he didn't want to boast about making his own avatars and decided to save the sig space? It's common practice, don't you know?

So not writing the little comment to say who made the avatar is worth that much in saving terms? Well, I like to know who makes them anyway. I'm not sure that he made that one, but I can't remember if he makes his own.
I don't see it as boasting anyway, it's just informative.


I do believe that his name was Simius?:smallconfused:
Or is that just my faulty mind?

Yeah, I think it was Simius :) That was my own faulty mind :p

[MethosH]

I know its unlikely, but if you stumble upon an avatar made by me feel free to use it. And if you need me to draw another version of it just PM me. Oh... And if you need random female characters PM as well.

[Blue Ghost]

Are you not volunteering Flora, Mordokai? I think she would be a good fit for the pic, wot? :smallbiggrin:

[BisectedBrioche]

And I can see why the Cookiemonster avvie would give you nightmare, Mord.

Again with the nightmares. Next GB week I won't be satisfied if I haven't made an avatar that completely shatters someone's psyche.

[Recaiden]

@BG:
they hardly qualify as maidens :smalltongue:

That's why I had my avatars so narrowed down.

[Mordokai]

Are you not volunteering Flora, Mordokai? I think she would be a good fit for the pic, wot? :smallbiggrin:

Once again, the maiden part is a tricky one :smalltongue:

[PhoeKun]

Well, this is highly... um... adjective. :smallconfused:

Amusing, I guess... among other things. I'd volunteer, but I'm extremely hesitant to pester Lykan for further modifications and drawings, especially with her already hard at work on a super secret scientist kitty related project...

But I'm sure you'll have maidens aplenty without little old me.

[horngeek]

Heh. It's what comes when you start a meme on SMBG.

It's meant to be a parody of the classic "maiden sacrificed to Dragon, and Knight comes to save her".

In this case, the Dragon doesn't eat maidens.

He eats beef, but he pays for the cows.

[EleventhHour]

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/Tsofu/Legionnaireredcapeblue.png

I'd bother the artist to make a tied one for me, but he's off on vacation. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Bath actually got back recently.

[Em Blackleaf]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/EmilyBlackleaf/Avatars/EmLittleGirl.png

I'd ask the avatarist for permission, but I haven't seen him around in a long time.

[Coidzor]

Wait a minute. How many of these are maidens anyway? I mean, we can probably safely assume Em at least....

...And are you copypasta armageddon or getting it done up from scratch?

[Blue Ghost]

I generally assume maiden as the default for young women. I would bet that EleventhHour and Je dit Viola are maidens, at the very least. And that creepy female Cookiemonster that DD has, but I don't want to think about that thing more than I have to. :smalleek:

[horngeek]

Serpentine says she wouldn't be up to doing it all from scratch, but she will be doing some modifications to them.

And I agree with BG on the maidens bit.

[Serpentine]

So not writing the little comment to say who made the avatar is worth that much in saving terms? Well, I like to know who makes them anyway. I'm not sure that he made that one, but I can't remember if he makes his own.
I don't see it as boasting anyway, it's just informative.I don't advertise that I make my own avatars, and I think most others don't, either. I think it's generally assumed that if you don't have a creator named in your sig then you did it yourself, and if you didn't and you don't then that's just rude.

Hokay, so. Readymade maidens so far:
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm316/RockShade/AksalaBound.png http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6146/maidengb.gif

Maidens I need to figure out how to bind and look distressed, or better yet the creators could fix up:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2931/dallosdakkotagbwiiiqp7.gif http://www.smeenet.org/avatar/jrabbit.gif http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/h0wupdohighknee/Avatars/mauveshirt.png http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa279/oliver426/g17290.png http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/Tsofu/Legionnaireredcapeblue.png http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/EmilyBlackleaf/Avatars/EmLittleGirl.png

And I don't think the whole "maiden" thing needs to be taken too literally :smalltongue:

Horngeek: Ah... it seems I've deleted those messages you sent me :smallredface: Honestly I'd prefer that people post their preferred avatars here, but if you wanna send it again (or just post 'em here)... Also, do you want me to change the dragons eyes to triangles, or are you happy with ovals?

[Ashen Lilies]

So not writing the little comment to say who made the avatar is worth that much in saving terms? Well, I like to know who makes them anyway. I'm not sure that he made that one, but I can't remember if he makes his own.
I don't see it as boasting anyway, it's just informative.

I make all of my own avatars. In the rare case I don't, for example, Banjo's catatar or happyturtle's xkcd avatar, credit is placed in my sig. Otherwise, I don't really bother.


@ ^: I think Mauve Shirt's looks pretty distressed already. Tie a rope around her middle, done.

[Coidzor]

Mauve hanging upside down from some kind of rope-snare around her ankle or something. Possibly with the phaser having just fallen out of her hand with action lines from the loss of grip?

<_< >_> Does Serps have a sister?

[horngeek]

Ovals are fine. Remember the :smallconfused:.

[Fredthefighter]

I'm still waiting for permission from Celtois. Don't know how long it's gonna be before I get the green light for go.

And yes, I'll be GB'd. :smalltongue:

[EleventhHour]

I don't advertise that I make my own avatars, and I think most others don't, either. I think it's generally assumed that if you don't have a creator named in your sig then you did it yourself, and if you didn't and you don't then that's just rude.


>.>

*adds*

Alright. But he's on vacation. :smallfrown:

[Dallas-Dakota]

Ah, discussion about GB"ed Cmonster, always make me grin with glee.

[Nameless]

I would like to signup, unfortunately I cannot share my full sized avatar at the moment as I'm not on my computer.

[SMEE]

Hm...

http://www.smeenet.org/avatar/images/gal1.gif

This one's also by Ceika, it represents my own self and should be easier to bind.

And also looks as distressed as me when it comes to binds. >.>

[Serpentine]

Mauve hanging upside down from some kind of rope-snare around her ankle or something. Possibly with the phaser having just fallen out of her hand with action lines from the loss of grip?

<_< >_> Does Serps have a sister?...
Yes :smallconfused:
And yeah, Mauve's actually probably gonna be one of the easier to bind.

Horngeek: I know :smallcool:

Smee: Probably. The other one wasn't gonna be the hardest, though.

[Coidzor]

^: Poifect! <_< >_> Is she about as cute as you and within the same rough age bracket?

Come to think of it... Eleventhy's current avatar is right on the money for a certain type of offering, anyway... *snicker snacker*

And yes Fred, we got that. Boy, did we get that.

...I'm still amused by the idea of a Serpentine Caduceus which came from the idea of the traditional tied to vertical posts thing...

Actually, come to think of it, what is your avatar based upon, Serps?

[EleventhHour]

Come to think of it... Eleventhy's current avatar is right on the money for a certain type of offering, anyway... *snicker snacker*


*peer*

I'm just... not going to ask.

[Fredthefighter]

*peer*

I'm just... not going to ask.

That's the best option. Ignorance is bliss and all that jazz.

[Ashen Lilies]

...
Screw you guys, I'm asking! :smalltongue:
>.>
<.<
So... Coidzor... What type of offering do you think EleventhHour's avatar is right on the money for?

[Coidzor]

It's a half-dragon taking off all of her clothing and giving the audience a knowing and seductive look... So...

Obviously she's offering him a fight to the death.

[Ashen Lilies]

Oh, of course. Mud or Jell-O?

[Coidzor]

Oh, of course. Mud or Jell-O?

I think traditionally it's made of Jell-O using gelatin from ground up unicorn horns, y'know, for that little extra zing when it slides down your throat.

[Serpentine]

^: Poifect! <_< >_> Is she about as cute as you and within the same rough age bracket?She's 7 years older than me and about 6 months pregnant.

Come to think of it... Eleventhy's current avatar is right on the money for a certain type of offering, anyway... *snicker snacker*I thought that one would be easier for binding, actually.

...I'm still amused by the idea of a Serpentine Caduceus which came from the idea of the traditional tied to vertical posts thing...

Actually, come to think of it, what is your avatar based upon, Serps?That could be kinda snazzy... And nothing, really. I just liked the idea, long before I'd heard of D&D yuan-ti, nagas, Echidna or any of those other varieties.

[Ashen Lilies]

I think traditionally it's made of Jell-O using gelatin from ground up unicorn horns, y'know, for that little extra zing when it slides down your throat.

Wait what?
...
I don't think you're thinking what I'm thinking...

[Coidzor]

She's 7 years older than me and about 6 months pregnant.
Haha... Well, we know she's fertile then! :smalltongue:

I thought that one would be easier for binding, actually.
It does seem that way, yeah, I'd agree. But I was also amused by my interpretation. :smallwink:

That could be kinda snazzy... And nothing, really. I just liked the idea, long before I'd heard of D&D yuan-ti, nagas, Echidna or any of those other varieties.
:smallbiggrin: So would you have the other serp be a brunette, blonde, platinum-haired, or raven-haired like the original?

Wait what?
...
I don't think you're thinking what I'm thinking...

I think I mispoke. I meant that the jell-o for this sort of thing is made using unicorn horn.

It adds a certain magic to the proceedings.

Also, prolongs the fight for extra gore and visceral thrills.

[Serpentine]

Haha... Well, we know she's fertile then! :smalltongue:She does tell me that her first was conceived while on the Pill, for that very reason...

:smallbiggrin: So would you have the other serp be a brunette, blonde, platinum-haired, or raven-haired like the original?Took me a moment to get what you meant, there. Well, she does have a pale brother...

[horngeek]

Okay, Elder Tsofu has given permission for EleventhHour's avvies to be used.

[Dr. Bath]

Any and all avatars made by me are fine for use in this. In fact, Serpentine, there is a pre-tied up CurlyKitGirl, but you'll need to edit out the traintracks and moustachioed villainous cat.

[EleventhHour]

I think I mispoke. I meant that the jell-o for this sort of thing is made using unicorn horn.

It adds a certain magic to the proceedings.

Also, prolongs the fight for extra gore and visceral thrills.

Fiiine, I guess you can use the Draconic one, but your not getting me into a pit of jello, ev- Oh, look a penny!

[Coidzor]

Well that's good because it's more of a plateau. :smallbiggrin:

*flips a switch causing the stairs beneath her up to toss her the rest of the way onto the bouncy, jelloy, trampoline-esque surface*

...So what kind of pale brother does the Serpsatar have? Mr. Blond-eyes, Blue Hair?

[Serpentine]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/Serpentine/Sinuous-1.gif

Dr. Bath: That'd be grand!

[Thanatos 51-50]

I have no issue with the GB'd Thanatos being involved. You made the avatar, yourself, Serp, so if you have no issues with it...

[Serpentine]

That's a good point, actually. Hmm... Horngeek, do you want avatars that are actually in use by posters? Cuz I got a whole lot of maidens that aren't... and some that are, I think, though now that I think of it perhaps not as many as the blokes.

[horngeek]

Hmmm... I don't mind either way, really. Go for it.

[Serpentine]

Just as long as you're getting some sacrifices? :smalltongue:
By the way, so far you have one.

[horngeek]

The point of the banner is people mistaking a Good Dragon for an Evil one...

ergo, the confused look on the dragon in the banner.

[Serpentine]

Okay, I thought having posters in on it would be a major part of it. I'll only use mine to fill up space, anyway :smallsmile:

[horngeek]

It is a part of it...

how large will it be, anyway?

[Serpentine]

I was just about to ask you that very question. Will you be wanting it in or out of a spoiler?

[horngeek]

In a spoiler. But not too large, preferably.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

*CHUCK'D*

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c273/AwakenedDreamer/Tribbles/femvorpaltribble.gif

Yeah, good luck binding the limbless beauty.

[Mordokai]

We're shaving her?

Eeeeep!

[Amiria]

Oh, I was in the full metal village (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZjNhF-HPsE) when this started ...

Hmm ... maybe this avatar for me ...

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j179/Kotzgeist/amiria_gown3e.gif

Edit: Oh, by the way, the avatar was made by the great Chris the Pontifex, who sadly doesn't seem to be active anymore on these boards.

[FdL]

I make all of my own avatars. In the rare case I don't, for example, Banjo's catatar or happyturtle's xkcd avatar, credit is placed in my sig. Otherwise, I don't really bother.

I have to admit I had mistaken you for Dirk Kris. Sorry for that.

[Serpentine]

Alright, here's what I've got:

Good for outside a spoiler
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/golddragonbanner1.gif

Good for in a spoiler
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/golddragonbanner2.gif


I put in all the maidens that didn't require a complete reworking to make it look right.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Me and SMEE are looking pretty happy.:smallamused:

Also Em looks reaaally small...

[Serpentine]

Actually, you're frowning, and Em's a little girl.

[BisectedBrioche]

The implications of DD's avatar being upsidedown fill me with terror.

BTW, what program did you use serp?

[Serpentine]

Illustrator and Photoshop. If anyone has a better way of getting rid of the white bits, please let me know...

Also, thanks to those who made me a bound version :smallsmile:

[BisectedBrioche]

Illustrator and Photoshop. If anyone has a better way of getting rid of the white bits, please let me know...

Also, thanks to those who made me a bound version :smallsmile:

Try this;


Place all the avatars on one layer (we'll call this the "avatar layer"), the background on another (just use the background layer) and put a third layer in between them (call this the "middle layer" for simplicities sake).
Copy all of the avatars and paste them on the middle layer (lock and hide the other two for the moment).
Merge the contents of the middle layer into one and change the colour of the bitmap (there should be a colour fill tool somewhere) to white.
Set the avatar layer to "multiply" on the layer properties menu. The middle layer will essentially act as a white background so the avatar layer appears unchanged.
With all layers visible, lock the background and avatar layers (you'll be working on the middle layer).
Get the eraser tool out and simply start erasing the white bits. This will be a bit tedious but the fact that the avatars above are being multiplied (no, I'm not sure what it means apart from "makes things merge into the layers behind") means presentation of the avatars won't be ruined.

[Serpentine]

Is that in Photoshop or Illustrator? Cuz I'm pretty sure Illustrator doesn't have anything like the same sort of eraser.

[BisectedBrioche]

Is that in Photoshop or Illustrator? Cuz I'm pretty sure Illustrator doesn't have anything like the same sort of eraser.

Well I use fireworks, I don't know the difference between PS and Illustrator, but you should be able to use photoshop (although I'm not familiar with the interface so I couldn't tell you where the tools are located).

[Tiger Duck]

Photoshop, Layer-blending options- multiply

[Serpentine]

What is it that "multiply" does? And is it possible to do the necessary stuff on one figure, and then copy it back into Illustrator? I mostly just use Photoshop for touch-ups and (before I realised you can do it in Illustrator) effects.

[BisectedBrioche]

What is it that "multiply" does? And is it possible to do the necessary stuff on one figure, and then copy it back into Illustrator? I mostly just use Photoshop for touch-ups and (before I realised you can do it in Illustrator) effects.

You could create the white outlines that make up the middle layer seperately, but you'd have to use the multiply function in the program it's used in.

As for what the multiply function actually does, I found this tutorial here; http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/index.cfm?featureid=1594


A central element of this tutorial is the use of the Multiply function in Photoshop. Part of the darken family of blending modes, at its most basic it compares the blend layer’s pixels with the base layer on a channel-by-channel basis, but rather than simply choosing the darker of the two, it multiplies the base colour by the blend colour.

A multiple of black will always be black, and anything multiplied by white is unchanged. Otherwise, the net result is always a darker underlying image.

Multiply can seem odd at first glance. The concept of mixing paints – red and blue, for example – is simple to grasp. Multiplying is similar to the leap between addition and multiplication in mathematics.

[horngeek]

I love it. Thank you, Serpentine!

Now to add to signature.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Hhahahahah!!

I LOVE IT

[Recaiden]

Wow. That looks really great. But it looks like Em should be hanging off the ground, but isn't.:smallconfused:

Perhaps color select white, with the threshold high enough that it gets all the relevant areas, then color erase white over the edges.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I've been basketed! :smalleek: