Post your very first avatar!

[Mr_Saturn]

Comon you guys. Dig out those old files and show me your very first, (not first acceptable) or the closest one to being the first. Theres nothing to be ashamed of, everyone comes from humble beginnings :smallwink:.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Yitsock/Drawings/avie.gif

My very first. :smallbiggrin: I kind of planned it out on paper first, but its still the very first avatar of mine :smallcool:


YES, I want to see the monstrosities made by you. Don't worry, my blood can handle it. :smallwink:

[Rex Idiotarum]

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/oots.gif
That was back when I didn't move as much.

[potatocubed]

I made my Potato King avatar to test out Sodipodi and this stick figure business...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/potatocubed/pking.gif
(Revamped version to your left.)

Then I made Wolfwood for somebody on the request thread. I forget who.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/potatocubed/wolfwood.gif

[B0nd07]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/B0nd07/Stick_Bond.gif
It went thru a few transitions to what I have now.

[Simius]

I'm afraid that'll have to be this one:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/866/ganooom2sb6.gif
Yes, it was made in Paint.

edit: and yes, I like gnomes

[The Orange Zergling]

I think I deleted my very first ones a while ago...

Here's the oldest one I have, though.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j113/Shadowknife/Grotz2.jpg

"We'ze gonna build it nice 'n' strong!" "Oh shut ahp!"

[Abardam]

Probably this.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/vikingpaladin.png

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/z-t/KnightFinal2.png
This was my first one, never bothered showing it though.

[danielf]

my first one was roy in 3d with a lightsaber
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i221/danielfufrj/0020.jpg http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i221/danielfufrj/0034.jpg

no one likes it so i stop doing 3d stuff... and did one with openoffice draw
a blind paladin i play sometime ago.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i221/danielfufrj/blindpaladin.jpg

[The Dirge]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/qwertynim/avatargas.gif

That was my first and only avatar. I made it a few days ago. I did it in paint because I dont know of any good free art programs. If someone could tell me one I would be most grateful.

[The Prince of Cats]

http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/1719/punisher0wi.gif
I am not sure which of the forum-standard ones I used first but this was my first attempt, for the Halloween party 2005. Guess who is it... (the real character has no bottom jaw, but I was going for the Xykon look)

[jamroar]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f310/jamroar/fprophet.png
One of my earliest tries at drawing an OOTS style avatar in GIMP.

[Jack Squat]

this was my first one

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/jacksquat3/Avatars/Jack_Squata.gif

[Wayril]

Ok well here's my first. I only learned Illustrator recently, but I had learned how to use a few other similar products so the transition was easy. (ie photoshop, premiere, and flash)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r65/kmartyr/samauri.gif

[Dihan]

This was my first:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Cymru_Lad/FirstOoTSAvatar.png

Made 3 days ago.

[Bryn]

There was probably something else when I was figuring out just how to use vector programs, but I've lost the file. Oldest one I remember making is this one:
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8034/ootssmfinmb6.png

[Ego Slayer]

Wow, see I deleted/lost my first avatars but I uploaded them onto this site and then that site didn't open for me anymore... Buuuut I just tried it and it worked. o.O

Here is one of the first...
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9448/thiscouldbemeifanythingnn7.jpg

[Oblivion]

My oldest one was a Princess Leia avatar done in Paint for the Sci-Fi IA, but I don't have it anymore. My second oldest one was the previous avatar redone in Inkscape (because the paint one was really ugly).

http://www.geocities.com/oblivion017/GiantITP/SciFi/Leia2.gif

[hyikim]

the earliest avatar i have, one that was not deleted in the updating of Inkscape.


I believe it was my 6th or so....

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/Hyikim/Hyikimpng.png


(sadly, it is still one of my best)


sorry for the size problem

[Alarra]

My first:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Alarra/alarrap.gif

Made about 2 1/2 years ago, and back when all I had to use was ms paint.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Heh, my first with Windows Paint several years ago:

Xanafora the Druid, a player in one of my first games here on OOTS
http://my.photosleeve.com/TheVorpalTribble-albums/album03/acu.jpg


A year later I attempted another avatar (i.e. messed around with the unfamiliar controls) with some halfway decent software:
http://my.photosleeve.com/TheVorpalTribble-albums/album01/ack.gif

[Mr_Saturn]

Wow, alot of you guys are pretty artistic, and even with your very first try...they look pretty good! :biggrin:

[NEO|Phyte]

Accidentally overrid his source at some point, but this fellow is the first avatar I made.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1811/firstof0.png

[Peregrine]

Here's mine, before I really got the hang of things.
http://members.westnet.com.au/perey/images/oots_swordsman_01.gif
Still drawing in Sodipodi, from that guy down to my latest and -- well, not greatest, my last couple are showing my rustiness from being out of the drawing business for a while.

[Mr_Saturn]

Thanks peregrine for your guide. I would not have got to were I am now if not for your guide :wink:

[Lykan]

This is the earliest one I could find... THe first one I did on Inkscape:

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/ChimeraHybrid/My%20avis/109d164a.gif

You don't want to see those mostrosities I lost that were my ms paint pics. :P

[Dire Penguin]

I can's find m first one, but wayril...your avie is soooo cute!

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r65/kmartyr/Spark.gif

[ittybittykitty]

http://www.geocities.com/ashildr_the_bard/ashildr.gif

The very first one I made you can currently see to the left, but I just made my second one for Ashildr_the_Bard and I think I finally got the lines right. What do you think?

[Dispozition]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Dispozition/basicwarrior.gif

I think there were a few before this one, but this is the earliest one that I haven't destroyed...

[Exachix]

Oh oh oh!

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h301/Exachix/Avatars/Wiz1_2.png
Wizard! (http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h301/Exachix/Avatars/?action=view&current=Wiz1_2.png)

Sadly, I've only gotten slightly better... :-). ah well. I'm doing ok!

[Lòkki Gallansbayne]

Well, my first avatar would be the one you see to your left, although you can click here (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/Nuchtos/lokkiofthesticksuperbigsize.gif) if you want to see it super big-sized.

I made it in OpenOffice.org Draw and cheated heavily by basically tracing from an OotS strip (specifically Julio as the pose is a mixture of two I knew he'd done recently). In retrospect I wish I'd neated up the hair slightly. The character's meant to have messy hair, but as it stands at the moment it looks too spiky and anime-ish. Not that I'm saying anything against anime, 'tis just it doesn't really suit the OotS style, which tends to use relatively simplistic hair (and every thing else :smalltongue:).

[DarkCorax]

My first avatar I still have is:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/ElfFighter.gif

But I had some even more terrible ones (possible?) I made in Photoshop...

[The Dirge]

Could someone please tell me a good program for making avatars? PM if possible.

[Totally Guy]

I was previously using this avatar of King Henry VIII, famous Bard.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/macdonnell/HenryVIII.gif

[Evil_Pacifist]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2158/pyromaniaccopybr0.png

Hmm.

Not my first one, but the first one I didn't accidentaly delete...

[zachol]

The first one was a bad idea involving some copyright issues.

The actual first avatar was done with Inkscape.
<---- Shazam!

Though it was considerably darker initially.

[Xerillum]

Here: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9296/xerillumtc3.gif
Actually, I just started. I made it this morning.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Here's mine.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Bell2.gif

[zegma]

my frist one was deleted. heres my second one. as you can see i found out how to use gradients. lol
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o155/zegma/EngeryBeam.png

[Jester42]

The one I am using is my first. It is not artistic at all and represents my 10 minutes of work using microsoft paint.

It is simple but very me :smallbiggrin:

[The Dirge]

I made my first proper OOTS avatar earlier today. Hands are the hardest part! And exporting is hard if you dont know what to do. But here it is http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/qwertynim/1stavatarretouched.gif

[Hart av Srednak]

I've been making avatars for couple of days now.

first ready was this:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/Srednak/avatara.png
I made it for animated object competition. Then I made couple Belkars with Miko hat (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33073)for Belkar funclub.

My current avatar and its variations are really first I've made starting with blank paper. With competiton avatars I used lowresolution photos I found online and painted on them.. Belkar pictures are combined clips from comic.

EDIT: it's not current anymore. This is first I've done all the way
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/Srednak/sadnersmall.png

So its either crazy nutmeg or the one on left.

PS I'm very thankfull to giant and all you avatarists folks cause I haven't been drawing any pictures for past year

[The_Librarian]

I made mine pretty much exactly a year ago in good old MS Paint (yep, the file details I have say Jan 2006)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/wickedweasley/Old%20bits/oots.jpg

I modified it soon after, and then began to modify it more and more and until it got to the point where I have rather too many of them!

[Reed]

I just finished my very first proper OOTS avatar - I'm so proud! :smallbiggrin:

http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/%7Ebrunner/ReedOOTS.png
It's something I wanted to do for a very long time (actually, having an OOTS avatar was one of the reasons I joined the forum in the first place). But I had real trouble at first as I didn't have a proper program to use... I used Inkscape now and it worked really well.
Actually, this was my *very* first avatar, done several months back:
http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/%7Ebrunner/ReedImp_small.jpg
Quite a difference, huh? But it's actually supposed to be the same character - Reed, of course. :smallwink:

[Aeyamar]

I finished it today and I couldn't be happier.

My first avatar:
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u155/Aeyamar/AeyamarFire-Layered2-2.gif

[That Lanky Bugger]

My first one was this:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f194/ThatLankyBugger/zombiehalfling.gif

I'm actually sort of proud of him, still. Good ol' Zombie Halfling.

And I really don't get why people are knocking MS Paint.

[zachol]

I won't mock it, but I will say it's amazingly easy to get used to Inkscape, and (IMHO) far better at making OotS-style stick figures.

As in, it is literally more of a hassle to use MS Paint than it is to use Inkscape.
Again, that's my opinion, and I'm sure there's some Paint masters who swear by it, but it seems like even the slightest change in Paint requires as much work as making the thing in the first place.

[That Lanky Bugger]

I've had no real problems so far, Zachol. Then again, I've never tried to make anything animated (which I'm sure would be a true nightmare).

[zachol]

Yeah, I have no idea how I'd do something with animation.
Likely make a series of panels and then use the GIMP.

[Mr_Saturn]

Animation works just like a flip-book Drawing each frame-by-frame. Unless you got on your hands a very expensive program.

Yes, animating is a pain.

[Rex Idiotarum]

Animation is easy, just be patient, use layers, and just move a bit at a time.

With avatars, keep it simple and repetitive.

Keyframes and tweening are your friends.

[NEO|Phyte]

/agree with ^ and ^^

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1881/lerk1pn3.png
The components from my animated Lerk avatar. Export just the body with a set of wings, swap to a different set of wings, reexport with a different name, repeat as needed, then run the images through whatever tool you happen to use for animation. For added realism, add slight altitude variations. End result:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1208/lerkanimto0.gif

[Mr_Saturn]

It is easy, just long and repetitive...I need a way to export avatars quickly, right now i have a tedious technique of exporting avatars into a usable format other than .svg .

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Heh. My first avatar? I foolishly submitted it into an Iron Avatarist contest a coupl of months back. I forget which one. It's rather Un-OotS, as it has not but the clothing:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8688/witchkingofamrothqy2.png
Yes, it's the Witch King. I'm such a sell-out, but it actually turned out moderately like the little sketches I had been making previously on paper. I would stick them on computers at the school, and write "This computer now belongs to the Witchking. Flee, for no mortal may use it!" on the sketch.

Then I tried refining later stuff, and when Werewolf III came around, I had my second avatar ready for my blacksmith role in that game. It still rather sucks, though.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/645/goblinkr2.png
The head is based rather entirely on Tomb Raven's Polka Redcloak, as seen in my signature. Which, by looking at recloak in the actual comic, means that I base my goblin-heads on Rich's work, too. Almost exactly, save for the mouth.

I have a moderatley good bat in my "Spare Parts" document in Paint. That's the document I put all my webcomic crap on.

[kamikasei]

The first avatar I actually finished was this here, done just a few days ago.


http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w310/kamikasei/lucifer_avatar.png


It was supposed to be Lucifer from the Vertigo series, but topless dudes are hard to do well in OOTS style. I gave him a tux and looked up the tutorial thread to arrive at the version I'm using now.

There were a few abortive attempts much longer ago, but none of them were finished.

[Veg Sorbet]

My first and only attempt at avi-making.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/Seftsirag/GitP%20stuff/template.png
(Edit: Actually, there was one other, but the less said about that the better.)

[Schlammmeister]

I'm new. Technically, my current avatar is my first, but my first proper one is this: A flesh golem. http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7771/fleshgolem1wk7.gif

[Green Bean]

The first avatar I made was when I took a Flash animation course, and the teacher showed us Wacom tablets. After that, I learned to stick to computer assisted drawing instead of freehand.
I was really disappointed with this one as there's a couple of mini-animations within it (the flippers were supposed to move) that didn't transfer to .gif


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h87/osiris32/discava.gif

[Akaziel]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w147/akaziel/Shaughnessy.jpg

Well... my first avatar. Made today.

Made with MS Paint.

[DarkLightDragon]

It'll be here somewhere...

...

Here! (http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1372/silverdragon5oi.jpg)

That's the non-resized version though. And I use Photobucket now.

[Old One]

I don't know how to do this... arrgh! Testing here then: Nope... didn't work... how do I put up pictures from my own computer anyone??? Waaah!

[Jack Squat]

you need to host it on a site. Photobucket.com (http://photobucket.com) is a nice one. Just create an account and you can start uploading images, then it'll give you a link to post here.

[Sangellis]

My first (and only) avatar I've made is the one currently to the left. Or here (http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/noddie452/sangellisavatar.png), if I ever make a new one.
...Yeah.

[Old One]

you need to host it on a site. Photobucket.com is a nice one. Just create an account and you can start uploading images, then it'll give you a link to post here. Thank you Jack Squat! So I need to already have the image on an internet site then. I see... thought I could put up images directly from the computer. I'll just go join DevianArt or something then, or take the pics from my Elfwood account! :smile: I'll check out photobucket.com too! Thanx!

[CharPixie]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/sunshinepixie/jolyndra.gif

[Old One]

Here it is! My first avatar! Did it like a year ago or so! :smallsmile:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/48033320/?qo=5&q=by%3Ayikyik&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

[MaxAtkins]

I finished it today and I couldn't be happier.

My first avatar:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u155/Aeyamar/AeyamarFire-Layered2-1.gif

If I may ask: Who made the avatar that is displayed in your signature?

[B-Man]

Look at my first avatar! It's in my dispic! :smalltongue:
:smalleek:
:smallannoyed:

:smallsigh:Fine... I'll re-locate my original... if I still have it...

[Rex Idiotarum]

It is easy, just long and repetitive...I need a way to export avatars quickly, right now i have a tedious technique of exporting avatars into a usable format other than .svg .
I think it's very easy, look at that:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/image.jpg
here it is with relation to the frame.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/tween.jpg
And here's the final result.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/pogo.gif

Animation isn't repetitive, just alot of copy-past. You ask why I love Flash?

[Darius Midnite]

Here be my very first custom made avatar;

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/8105/shad6xv.gif

By Sneak himself. Also my favorite, somehow I never get tired of it.

[Xerillum]

My second avatar: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8169/xerillumrq3.gif

[Wayril]

If I may ask: Who made the avatar that is displayed in your signature?

Omen made his sig avatar.

[Rumda]

here is my first attempt ever at an avatar and anything like it at all
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/rumda/own%20work/Untitled-1.gif

[Korias]

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/Korias/Oots1.jpg

This was my first, done as soon as I could, which was 15 minutes ago.

[DarkPhilosopher]

This may count as cheating but... here it's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Daemonfey/DarkPhilosopher_avatar.png

[Squark]

EDIT:Removed until I figure how to post it

Made just now...

As to why MS paint is being dumped, this avatar explanes it all.

[Jack Squat]

wait, did you get a little "x" or a url? if url it needs to be in [img] tags.

[Squark]

wait, did you get a little "x" or a url? if url it needs to be in [img] tags.

niether...

I figured our how to post it no, but it will take some time.

[Jack Squat]

ah, from your post it looked like you had already tried.

[Zephra]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/qwertynim/avatargas.gif

That was my first and only avatar. I made it a few days ago. I did it in paint because I dont know of any good free art programs. If someone could tell me one I would be most grateful.

try inkscape..you can download it free

[Zephra]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k80/Ffidratma/Copyofzephrawhite.jpg
funny thing is, I actually liked it...
How do I make it appear not a link? i tried deleting spaced, and it didn't work

[Jack Squat]

don't use spaces.

[Rumda]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k80/Ffidratma/Copyofzephrawhite.jpg
funny thing is, I actually liked it...
How do I make it appear not a link? i tried deleting spaced, and it didn't work
take out the url tags

[Calamity]

This is my 1st avi:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Photouser_/Calamity3.png

Shameful, isn't it?

I am much happier with my 2nd, 3rd and 4th(current) avies.

Oh, btw, I use Paint.NET, it's good and free!

[Chaszmyr]

Just had a go at making one - I hope it's loaded up okay.

http://www.btinternet.com/~emily.hirst/avatars/ootschaszmyr.gif

[Gradience]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g249/qazatron/belkar.png

It took me an hour to get the gradient right.

[Sampi]

Here's my first one done:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Sampi/Avatars/maero3.gif

Thank you, lankybugger. Done in paint, converted to GIF and resized by Irfanview.

[Lord Herman]

My first avatar:

http://home.planet.nl/~hdgoede/tdg/StickArt/Javie.gif

[416365416c]

Here is my first avatar, which I just made.
http://alan.imagin-itis.net/images/ootsatar1.png

I found 'Peregrine's Guide to Making Avatars with Sodipodi and Irfanview' quite helpful in making my first avatar, even though I used inkscape.

[bosssmiley]

http://www.phoenixthrone.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GITP/GITPava4ver1.png

First avatar, Splodge the Paladin. :smallsmile:

[Shattersnap]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/NorseBeast/ava.gif

Made this a week or two ago. Been trying to get better, but been so busy with classes lately I've had little time!

[Gradience]

Looks like Miko, kinda, you need to learn gradients, they nmake msot art look good.

Unless that is paint in which case learn shading.

[Rex Idiotarum]

No gradients, you need animation and to remove the white background.
*Removing the white background requires it to be animated and removes much of the quality of the gradients*

[Shattersnap]

Naw, its inkscape. I ain't paying money, I'm too cheap.

It wound up looking like Miko kinda by accident- her hair was initially a different color, as well as her clothes, but it didn't work out. It was only after I changed it all that I was like, "hey yeah, that looks kinda like Miko." But I got bored and wanted to move on. Plus, I had a chem sheet to finish. I'm currently messing around in Inkscape trying to learn my way around.

Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate them- always trying to improve!

[Mr_Saturn]

I must say, the last five avatars are quite good! :smallbiggrin:

[Attilargh]

Made this es ago just because I felt like expressing myself. And I wanted to post in this thread. Not entirely satisfied (not OotSy enough), but I think it's still pretty good.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/AttilaTheBum/ootsava.gif

Ædit: Ah, the torso is too big and the lines are too thin. I'll keep that in mind for the future.

[headwarpage]

Made my current avatar yesterday. Some things need fixing, hopefully tonight - the head's too small, the torso's too long, a few other things. Unfortunately, the top hat takes up a lot of space, making everything smaller than most avatars. But it just wouldn't be Slash without it.

Edit: Updated my avatar. Top hat's still shrinking everything, but at least the proportions look a little better. Here's the first one for comparison:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p104/headwarpage/slash1-1.gif

[Abardam]

I suck at gradients, myself. I use Sneak's Colored Line Technique™ to add depth, and just reserve gradients for Speshul Effects.

Also, shape tweens pwn motion tweens.

[Rex Idiotarum]

Dude? WTF? Shape tweens are only good with Shape Guids, and even then it's just easier to redraw the whole thing yourself. A Motion Tween, with Guide Layer, can get you someting like:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/pogo2.gif
The Hat's flip, really, all I drew was a Line and pu hat at one point in the first panel, and another i the last, the guide, oriented to path, of course, did the rest.

Also, if you want to get rid of the Black background, and go with a Transparent one like mine are, Publish it as an animated GIF with Transparentcy Set.

[Abardam]

So, you would redraw something like this:
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/Banners/gwbannerparagon.gif
frame by frame?

And yes, shape tweens are only good with shape guides. And they are awesome with shape guides.

[Rex Idiotarum]

That's okay, but when you get to OOTS style, It's easier wid da Motion Tween:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/pogofeind.gifhttp://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/DasFallen.gif

Could you do that with your Shape?

[Abardam]

For reals, yo.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/mohrg-1.gifhttp://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/talonmcscruffles.gif

[Rex Idiotarum]

You get cooler magic effects when you combine Motion Tween and Masks.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n291/rexidiotarum/Mauril.gif

[Abardam]

Oh, I won't argue with that.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/rurik2.gif
But you get even cooler effects when you combine all of them.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/balor3.gif

And as a sidenote, we're totally derailing the thread.

[Dispozition]

Totally...I could post my crappy animations here...But I wont!!!

[Lord Iames Osari]

*doesn't know how to make animations, but suspects that it involves the expenditure of money*

[Dispozition]

Not true...I use a crapp program called jacs animation shop 3!!! Yeah...I don't animate often...Or at all really...

I'm pretty sure those two use flash.

[Ava]

I just made my first stick-like avatar using MS Paint... I have Photoshop at home, but MS Paint is all I have at work, lol. Thus, it's a JPG and without a transparent background.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/padmeamanda/AvaCora1.jpg

I styled it after my old MMO character.

Original:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/padmeamanda/avatar2sm.jpg

[The Hammer of Thor]

I made this a couple of days ago with MS paint. I don't even know what it's meant to be.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/titan_monarch/WeridGuySmall.gif

[LoopyZebra]

I actually deleted my first avatar, but it was a samurai in red armor done in Sodipodi. I actually used orthodox stick limbs then, too. It was the last time.

I do have my second and third avatars (respectively), though. Although I think the third one (the Atathian Centurion), has had some editing done to the cloak.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/LoopyZebra/Avatars/fireelemental.gifhttp://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/LoopyZebra/Avatars/atathian-1.gif

[Old One]

Gee! I did know how to make animations once... but I've forgotten all of it! It would be cool to be able to do it... but I think I'd be too lazy for it! :smallwink: I'll stick to my drawing and painting instead! But it's fun watching all the others!

[Rambi]

My very first avatar ever, really I just scribbled around in flash.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k167/Rambi_2006/Myfirstavi.gif

[Dementius]

startet yesterday:

http://dementius.xini.de/comic/marius.gif

[Chamomile]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/maplecarolann/oots6.png
Here's my first ever attempt at an avatar (Inkscape). I really like the hair; it came out kind of Miko-ish. I based the body on a forward-facing Haley. I think I need to make it come out a bit bigger. You can't really make out some of the detail. Please let me know what you think.

[LoopyZebra]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/maplecarolann/oots6.png
Here's my first ever attempt at an avatar (Inkscape). I really like the hair; it came out kind of Miko-ish. I based the body on a forward-facing Haley. I think I need to make it come out a bit bigger. You can't really make out some of the detail. Please let me know what you think.

I like it, but her hair seems too lined up with her shield, and the shield itself seems too thick. Nothing really stylistically bad, just those kinda bug me. You get a cookie for such a good first try.

[Chamomile]

I like it, but her hair seems too lined up with her shield, and the shield itself seems too thick. Nothing really stylistically bad, just those kinda bug me. You get a cookie for such a good first try.

It's actually supposed to be a cape, flowing in the same direction as the hair, with a crescent-shaped blade in the right hand. I didn't realize it looked like a shield handle. Maybe I'll fiddle around with it a bit more, and, again, make it larger. Thanks for the cookie!

[moleytov]

So mine would be 1: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/moleytov/goodguyupload-1.jpg which got upgraded to http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/moleytov/gooddude_avatar.png
before I did 2: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/moleytov/High_cleric_avatar.png

[The Dirge]

Moleytov, If you exprted those images using irfanview, the lines would not be fuzzy.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Just made this one using Lankybuggers awesome MS paint tutorial. It appears to be some sort of...ninja man. With blue hair. Gotta have blue hair. (A cookie to anyone who gets that reference.)

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/Vespe_Ratavo/stickninjafirstavatar.png

Not too good, but eh, I did it in about 5 minutes.

[Dispozition]

Just made this one using Lankybuggers awesome MS paint tutorial. It appears to be some sort of...ninja man. With blue hair. Gotta have blue hair. (A cookie to anyone who gets that reference.)

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/Vespe_Ratavo/stickninjafirstavatar.png

Not too good, but eh, I did it in about 5 minutes.

It's pretty good, but the head need to be a little lower on the shoulders. It's very good aside from that.

[Flouncy]

Helloooo, just registered today and have pumped out my first batch of avatars. I've got the basics down and I'm sticking fairly close to OOTS standards for my first avatars.

Also whoever uses paint has my deepest respect, as I recall it is a fairly clunky program. Does the newest revisions have layers yet? That would drive me batty doing avatars without layers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/sin01/half-orc.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/sin01/av.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/sin01/flaming-carrot.gif

[Sampi]

Nope, no layers for me. Man, what I'd give for layers. But then again, I've not upgraded to vista yet..

[Bryn]

Flouncy, those are rather good for first avatars, I must say. What software do you use?

[Flouncy]

Thanks Z, I'm using Adobe Illustrator and if I had to guess judging from your avatar you're using it as well.

I've used Illustrator extensively for the last 4 years on some design projects, and it seems to be a perfect fit for the OOTS style. Illustrator is great for avatars because simple shapes are highly editable and manipulation is fairly easy once you've become acquainted with the tools.

I still got plenty of work to do on my stances and the details like clothing and weaponry.

[ufo]

I believe Z-Axis uses InkScape.

Also, yay! New fellow AI user, and new great avatarist!

Great first tries.

[Bryn]

Yep, I use Inkscape.

[Ava]

I use the Vista version of MS Paint... no layers, just maybe one or two minor improvements.

For something as simple as an OOTS-style avatar, I don't see the need for layers. If you really want to do something like layer wings separately from the body of a character, just make two separate pics and layer them in Photoshop or something. :)

[Bryn]

I'd disagree. Perhaps you need, say, a shield to move along slightly, and you've spent a lot of time drawing a very detailed, shaded shield. Problem is, there's something in front of the shield. With layers, you can move it and not have to redraw anything.

[Rex Idiotarum]

Layers also rock with animation. You know how hard it would be to draw my avatar Frame-by-Frame?

[Captain van der Decken]

I guess I could..

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1926/avatarup2.png

[Ava]

I'd disagree. Perhaps you need, say, a shield to move along slightly, and you've spent a lot of time drawing a very detailed, shaded shield. Problem is, there's something in front of the shield. With layers, you can move it and not have to redraw anything.

Eh, in MS Paint I would just cut out the shield part with a mask and move it over slightly, then fill in the few empty pixels. Sure, it might be easier with layers, but I usually sketch everything out with outlines that can easily be deleted or replaced before adding detail anyway to avoid needing layers. :)

[Perducci]

My first avatar...is my current avatar. I did it on MS paint in about 10 minutes. Not too bad. Still rough though.

[Bryn]

Eh, in MS Paint I would just cut out the shield part with a mask and move it over slightly, then fill in the few empty pixels. Sure, it might be easier with layers, but I usually sketch everything out with outlines that can easily be deleted or replaced before adding detail anyway to avoid needing layers. :)

Fair enough. Personally, I still find Inkscape easier, but each to their own.

[Raistlin1040]

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/9070/whitekitandothersis5.pngI'm never EVER making another one. This was purely experimental.

[Rex Idiotarum]

That's what I thought, then my brother moved out, so I lost all my files, so in order for me to have a new avatar, I needed to draw a new one. And then I decided in a conversation to create a modification for Ego Slayer, then another for G-B week, and then another for whatever came up. I'm on my 45+ personal avatars and (130-22 um... 108) 108 total avatar like things.

[Dread]

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s280/drem1301/oots%20avatars/pirat05.png
I made it a few days ago, thanks to lankybuggers tutorial. :-)

[Fus.Weapon 1337]

Well, my first avatar was a sprite. And then I made 3 slightly different ones. Here they are (in order)
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p129/FusionWeapon/FusDemonic.png
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p129/FusionWeapon/FusSouless.png
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p129/FusionWeapon/FusPaladin.png
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p129/FusionWeapon/FusBloodyDragoon.png

[The_Losar]

http://genericlosar.net/avatars/losarvatarstick.gif

My first wasn't too bad. However, I quickly realized that keeping the face-hair wasn't going to fly (my hair is black), so I just eliminated it in later avatars. Also, I decided that simplicity was going to be my goal, so I never used a gradient again. The avatar is actually diagonal because I thought it looked too short given the confines of 117x117. I got over that pretty quickly, though.

Hard to believe that was over two years ago already. =|

[crazedloon]

My first is my current one as seen here

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/crazedloon/rocketfists2.png

Needless to say It evolved from a descusion on monk weapons which changed into a way to give monk rocket hands :smallwink:

[Stormzen]

My first avatar is my current one. It took me an hour to figure out how to turn it into a .gif, and it took 30-45 minutes of actual drawing in Inkscape.

[Trog]

My first Avi: :smallbiggrin:

http://home.centurytel.net/jeffsjunk/Trog.gif

[Ego Slayer]

My first Avi: :smallbiggrin:

http://home.centurytel.net/jeffsjunk/Trog.gif
Ugh...It stinks!:smallwink:

[Ravyn]

My first and only avatar is the one I'm currently using--I did the picture by hand, using colored pencil and ink, after introducing the character in question to my game group. The full size version is the only thing I've ever actually inked the lines on, and looks like this: http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j222/Ravyn_gawi/LyshaColor.jpg

Lost a bit in the scanning phase, more's the pity.

[Ego Slayer]

Ravyn, that is really, really cool! :smallbiggrin:

[2 Eyed Cyclops]

My first (That is finished) is my current one.

[ArchiviesTheQua]

^^ that's really good!

Of course, I've never made one before, so I worked on this for a while, but it still isn't as good as I want it. But ah well, I'll make a new one later.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/ArchiviesTheQua/GITP%20Forum/ootsfigure.jpg

It's only paint. :smallsmile:

Thanks to Lankybugger's tutorial for all help and assistance!

[DrowWolfrider]

Okay, This is a Tiefling wizard I made, One has a tail and another does not, which looks better? http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u194/DrowWolfrider/FirstTieflingwizard-1.jpg http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u194/DrowWolfrider/FirstTieflingwizard.jpg
And here is an elf adventurer I made
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u194/DrowWolfrider/Elfadventurerwavinghand.jpg

[Electric_Monkey]

My first inkscape avatar:
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1861/napoleoniiicc7.gif

I'll have to do a bit more digging to find my first ever av

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7118/stickyvickygp0.th.jpg
Found her! This one was done in Ms-paint

[Last_resort_33]

http://pedrick.franks.org.uk/me.gif

[DrowWolfrider]

Dude, that stinks worse than my stepdads socks!:biggrin:

[Endeavourl]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/endeavourl/a287a3dd.png

Thanks for the awesome help thread :elan:

[SteveMB]

Just finished my first one:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/smbrinich/coronafire-avatar.gif

[Annon]

<----First one is current one. Made it a couple of years ago, then went dead on the boards for a while. I thought I had lost it--had to break into photobucket to find it. Thought of switching the mind flayer to a ghoul, for the irony of having a metroid suck the energy from a ghoul, but never got around to it. At the time, I had a statement below him (before the boards got changed) that said "nothing sucks like a metroid."

At the same time, I made this guy:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/Annon1126/newavatar.gif


He didn't scale down to avi size very well, so here's the big version (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/Annon1126/newavatargame.gif)

He was a mithril-bodied warforged barbarian with yellow eyes that changed color to sapphire while he was raging. His head is low on his body because his shoulders are supposed to be hunched. If you were wondering, that's a shield on his back, a warhammer on his belt, a scythe in his hands, on which he is wearing spiked gauntlets. Yeah, I like to be prepared :smallwink:

Funny thing is, I found this thread because I forgot how to set up Sodipodi, and searched the forums for it :smallsmile:

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

First Avater (sadly, I lost the resized version...and I'm in desperate need of a good new resizing program. Any ideas?):

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t73/Gideon_Gideonson/InayaElrissa-1.png

Followed shortly by my current Djinn in Tonic.

-The Djinn

[Sampi]

Looking good, the mixed style is nice. Try Irfanview for resizing, it works.