Stalin Avatar

[Zafuel]

I don't tend to make a lot of avatars (read: none), but I decided to try and do one, and I did, and I wondered what anyone thought of it.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3156/stalinrp9.png

[ufo]

It looks rather nice, but:

His boots are too square-ly.
I believe his arms should be attached to the bottom of his head.
What the heck happened to the top of the head/the hat??!

[Lord Iames Osari]

In addition to and expanding on what ufo said, the body needs an outline, and I'm not sure why it and the hat are so fuzzy-looking. The brim of the hat needs to be better defined as projecting out over the face. Also, the mustache is a little too angular and the eyes are unevenly placed.

It's slightly worse than my first attempt, but then, I was conferring with a more experienced avatarist about how to use Inkscape as I was making it:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Bell2.gif

[Zafuel]

What exactly is Inkscape? I was using powerpoint. :smallbiggrin:

The fuzziness is because I copied and pasted into paint to turn it into an image so I could use the transparency function. I've found a better way of doing that, so it won't come out fuzzy.

[Sampi]

Powerpoint? That's a new one.

Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) is a free vector-based drawing program. Many are satisfied with it.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Wait, isnt Powerpoint a slideshow program or something?

Becouse ya know, it is very lousy if you want to draw avatars and something in that catagory if you mean the one I mean, I mean, even paint is way better for that then.

[Omicroncubed]

Indeed it is. It's what I've used to make some small pieces of shows for my friends before I learned I could entertain the world through a video by movie maker. Heck even once I made a mouse game. It was almost impossible. So powerpoint is mostly used for presentations or something. If you have the newest version, it can be useful to copy into powerpoint, turn a picture you want turned there and copy to paint.

[Zafuel]

http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e410bf82ee.png

How's that?

[Emperor Ing]

Slight improvement. But the mouth and arms are awkward. :smallredface:

[Zafuel]

He doesn't have a mouth... and what do you mean by awkward.

[xanaphia]

The hat needs a lower outline.

[Raiser Blade]

Are you allowed to use a stalin avatar? Some people might get offended.

[Dallas-Dakota]

I think by awkward he means that the arms look a bit strange becouse they begin at differnet points(not counting left and right)