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[Nightwing]

You post your first avatar and then the one you think is your best and we see hoe much you have improved.

[Lyinginbedmon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/Lyinginbedmon/untitled-1.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5743/morganthavvyig8.png

[[Insert Neat Username Here]]

I haven't been avataring very long.
Here's my first, which is terrible:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x299/Insert_Neat_Username_Here/rogueavatar.gif
My best is hard to say. If I had to guess, I'd say this:

. . . I never uploaded it. one moment.
EDIT: Here it is:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x299/Insert_Neat_Username_Here/Clericgood.png
blown up for detail:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x299/Insert_Neat_Username_Here/Clericblowup.png

[Nightwing]

Wow. cvbvbng

[Dihan]

I'll do this...

My first is quite embarassing:

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

My best... I guess it's this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Cymru_Lad/PsylockeBEST2.png

BIG:

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

[Nightwing]

Isn't that captain Britain's sister.... I forget her name.

[Artemician]

I don't really think I've been making Avatars long enough for the difference to be really big, mind you.

First:http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/artemician/AllenWalker.png

Most Recent:http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/artemician/Urahara-1.png

@Nightwing, yea that's Psylocke, I believe.

[Gengy]

Painful to look at:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/waywordfool/GerbilAttack.gif

Easy on the eyes:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/waywordfool/OotSAvatars/Dweath2.gif

...and of course, my current avatar that I've been using for a couple years now. Just look in the usual place below my screen name.

[hyperfreak497]

Painful to look at:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/waywordfool/GerbilAttack.gif

I think it's cute!

[Serpentine]

I have a bunch of early ones, but I'm not sure which was first, so I'll just throw in the first I did for myself.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/Red.jpg

And my favourite, huh...? Hard to choose, but I do like my Allecto...
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/allectobig.gif

[Ego Slayer]

Well, I don't have any of my first ones. They were terrible. I should find them. :smallbiggrin:

Still, from after I became semi-decent, there was still room for improvement. :smalleek:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/EgoSlayer/taliesin.gif
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/EgoSlayer/taliesin.2.gif

Edit: This is the first one I made with Inkscape. o.O
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6228/redwizardti4.gif

[Baboon Army]

Here is my first:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa24/vicban3d/Freshmeat.gif

And I think one of my best is this:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa24/vicban3d/dwarve.png
((I use paint))

[banjo1985]

Hehe nice idea...

My first:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z175/banjo_the_clown/AngryFighter.png

And my absolute best:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z175/banjo_the_clown/succubus3.png

I'm embaressed of the first one now :smalleek:

[Serpentine]

Heheh... It looks like it's about to trip over :smallbiggrin: I remember that one, though... still a damn fine first effort.

[Dispozition]

Hahaahehe...A compare the crap to the slightly less crap thread...Awesome sauce!!!

I never really hit a top form, I think...Anyway...
Started out with this:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Dispozition/basicwarrior.gif

And my best...Probably one of these:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Dispozition/ranger-1.gifhttp://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Dispozition/disoldschool.gifhttp://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Dispozition/Dia.gif
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Dispozition/Dualwingangel1.png

[Abardam]

Well, I never uploaded the first one I did, but this is the earliest one in my album.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/paragonav4.png

And I am of the opinion that this is my best:
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/vardalakthunderhand.png

[Serpentine]

I have to say that even though it's a very early piece, made with a crappy program, when I hadn't worked out all the right proportions, I do have a soft spot for my Black Spaceball:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/blkspbl.jpg

[Nightwing]

Ser Or Dis have the biggest improvement.

[Ego Slayer]

See, Dis, you're good! :smallwink:

I used to draw 'em by hand, so I had a lot of practice before for doing them here. I should find the worse one of those. o.O

[Artemician]

See, Dis, you're good! :smallwink:

I used to draw 'em by hand, so I had a lot of practice before for doing them here. I should find the worse one of those. o.O

Ah.. it is the same for me. Random doodles on the back of maths worksheets, in between History assignment margins.. next to the school logo on foolscap paper.. *dreamy look*

[Omicroncubed]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/Lambdaomega/Greyknight.png

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q105/Lambdaomega/EOmeagain.png

Yeah, first one was on paint, the second one on inkscape.

[B-Man]

I do somewhat regret losing (read: destroying) my first ever avatar. That little Paint-drawn thing lasted me until I requested an avatar. But I do still have some of my original avatars (drawn with Inkscape):

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/bman777/avatar.png
(first one with Inkscape)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/bman777/Ootsavatars/avatar4.png
(fourth edition)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/bman777/Ootsavatars/avatar5.gif
(fifth)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/bman777/Ootsavatars/avatar-2.png
(remove the school uniform)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/bman777/Ootsavatars/catgirl-3.png
(most recent)

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/bman777/Ootsavatars/vaati.png
(here's what might be my best)

[Dr. Bath]

First ever:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/general2.jpg
Best with MsPaint:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/dwarf2.png




First Inkscape:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/warrior.png


this:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/CurlyKitGirlP.png
or this:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/samura.png

Are probably my favourate Inkscape ones.

There, not sure how much I've improved though....

[Mr_Saturn]

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

Favorites:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Yitsockl/Lordknight.gifhttp://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Yitsockl/link4.gif

*shakes head at those who deleted their first avatar* :smalltongue:

[Lissou]

First:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8964/sorasmallfl8.png

Best:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8964/sorasmallfl8.png


:smallbiggrin:

[DarkCorax]

First Avatar that still exists, I did have some from PS, but they have vanished...
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/ElfFighter.gif

Best is one of these:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/Justine3.png
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/Mine/WoodElf1.5.png
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/Mine/KyreBanner.png
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/Darkcorax/NeftrenSig2.png

[Calamity]

First: (Prepare to be extremely amused!)
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Photouser_/Calamity3.png

Best?:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Photouser_/R4-1.png
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Photouser_/V.png
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Photouser_/R-2.png
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Photouser_/R4.png

Can't really decide which is my best.

[Dispozition]

Dr Bath or Mr Saturn win the thread :D

And I am so not good to everyone who said I was...I'm not >.<

[Mr_Saturn]

But I can tell you Dis, I did look up to you way back when. :smallbiggrin:

[Sampi]

First:

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

Best: can't really decide which:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Sampi/Avatars/Cgoblin.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Sampi/Avatars/faceofevil2.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Sampi/Avatars/Deuterium.png

[Serpentine]

I remembered my first ever avatar! =O
The Internet Pirate! :smallbiggrin:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Iron%20Avatarist%20Entries/nerdpirate.jpg

Compare with one of my more recent humanoids:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/serpentine16/Avatarables/TeaPriestesslg.gif

[Dispozition]

But I can tell you Dis, I did look up to you way back when. :smallbiggrin:

Hehe...Just 'cause I was the only person that used Sodipodi...I've pretty much retired these days...I can remember when I thought I'd be making avatars forever...Those were the days *sighs*

[Mr_Saturn]

Hehe...Just 'cause I was the only person that used Sodipodi...I've pretty much retired these days...I can remember when I thought I'd be making avatars forever...Those were the days *sighs*

I didnt even know you used sodipodi until i made a thread about it. MY avatar making days have slowed down alot. Now i only make them when they pm me. Even then im pretty slow about it. :smallredface:

Yeah, those were the days...

[Dr. Bath]

I'm not even excepting requests anymore! *competetive failing*

I've always looked up to you and Dis, as well as those like Sneak and Kalirush, but recently a lot of avatarist have been stuck by the wayside. Like Nathan and the Djinn, and I haven't seen Sampi much (until this thread).

Avatarist seem to come and go. But only Ceika remains a constant.

[AmberVael]

Welll.... this should be interesting. >>

From:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h107/sjunderw/Confugi.gif and http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h107/sjunderw/Me.gif


To:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h107/sjunderw/draken-2.png http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h107/sjunderw/Krysta.png


Not only has my skill changed, but my style... drastically.

[Dispozition]

Avatarist seem to come and go. But only Ceika remains a constant.

Don't be quite so sure, she has been slowing down a bit recently.

But yeah, it seems like a lot of the greats from the '05/06 are disappearing...As are a lot of the early '07eners. There also seems to be a lack of talent to fill that void, but that could just be me being waaay out of touch with the avatar makers these days.

[Nightwing]

No, your right Dis.

[Szilard]

First:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Stickszilard.jpg
Best so far:
my current avatar, simple yet full of meaning.

[Dr. Bath]

Don't be quite so sure, she has been slowing down a bit recently.

But yeah, it seems like a lot of the greats from the '05/06 are disappearing...As are a lot of the early '07eners. There also seems to be a lack of talent to fill that void, but that could just be me being waaay out of touch with the avatar makers these days.

Aw, they do their best. When I joined there were about five or six avatarists active, Sampi, Djinn, Jannex, Cap'n Van Der Decken, Cult of the Raven and myself. It was a veritable scrum to accept requests and the standard C'est Magnifiqué.

Aaaah, the glory days of avatar making.

Who's even making avatars from the request thread now? I don't know the thread anymore. We've grown apart. *sniff*

[Bayar]

First: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff15/bayar_m2003/GF.gif

Improved: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff15/bayar_m2003/GF3.jpg

Best: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff15/bayar_m2003/best.jpg

I done the first one with no stick figure knowledge, the improved version after 6 hours of crashcourse learning thanks to Yeril and my current one who I think it is the best...

[Artemician]

Who's even making avatars from the request thread now? I don't know the thread anymore. We've grown apart. *sniff*

As far as I know, me, CSK, The_Chilli_God, and thecrimsommage. And I think Mr Saturn's still hanging around.

Well I'm sorry that we don't live up to the high standards set by the forerunners, but it's something that the forums will just have to deal with.

[Dr. Bath]

I was kidding, it was fun mainly because there were enough interested artists and good requests that pretty much every request that wasn't rude was taken up. Like I said, the avatarists change, but there always seems to be at least a few people making amazing stuff in the requests thread, for example, not that long ago there was only Kyace making avatars regularly and only occasionally someone else joined in.

I don't know the thread since I don't really know the avatarists (except Mr Saturn), I wasn't insinuating that any of you were doing anthing less than a stellar job.

[Simius]

My first avatar ever, done in Paint (I never used this one on this forum).
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z265/_Simius_/ganooom2.jpg

Some of my best:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z265/_Simius_/DireWolfRider.png

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z265/_Simius_/ChaosGnome.png

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z265/_Simius_/Dany.gif

[Dallas-Dakota]

I mainly look up to the avatarists like Dr. bath, Sneak(I dont see him much lately) and mr. saturn(thenk you very much for my current avatar again, I have been receiving 10´s for it in the avatar thread)
First stickfigure thingy that I can find easily :
This one
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o135/legolas-maxx/Deathslayer-avatar1.jpg or this one http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o135/legolas-maxx/Gnome-ninjaavatar1.jpg

My best until now...or most recent....
This one
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o135/legolas-maxx/GDJicesoldieravatar-1.jpg
or this one :
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o135/legolas-maxx/NazdeAvatar-1.jpg

Note : I have always used paint, using anything else comes out as a disaster for me....

[JasonDoomsblade]

First: on Paint
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/JasonDoomsblade/OmegaJason.png
Most Recent: on Paint
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/JasonDoomsblade/JasonDblade.png

First: on Inkscape
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/JasonDoomsblade/JasonDoomsblade.png
Most Recent: on Inkscape
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/JasonDoomsblade/JasonDblade-2.png

[Szilard]

Now my best is the guy to the right in my sig-atar

[Mr_Saturn]

I mainly look up to the avatarists like Dr. bath, Sneak(I dont see him much lately) and mr. saturn(thenk you very much for my current avatar again, I have been receiving 10´s for it in the avatar thread)

Note : I have always used paint, using anything else comes out as a disaster for me....

Comon, using a program like inkscape or sodipodi can really give you an edge in your avataring game. They will give you nice, straight, non-pixel-y lines. And it helps a bunch on making shapes and effects. One of the best things is layering and being able to copy body parts or weapons that turned out well and rearranging them into a new avatar. (with new additions of course) I don't mean you can't have a decent avatar on paint, just look at simius right above you. :smallamused:

But i can see some improvement going on since your first and last. Main things are:

1. Rectangular bodies. (Ovals look terrible!)
2. More circular heads. (But they are not yet perfect circles...paint does allow those. Just press shift like you would to make a straight line.)

1. But the feet should be longer like the first avatars you made.

2. You could definately improve on the eyes. They play a huge part in making an avatar look OotS-y. Look at the other people's drawings, nice ovals of different sizes just a bit higher than the center of the head. Eyes look better on a stick-figure when they are closer together, and when they are really close, they kind of look cute. :smallsmile:

3. Your hands need to be a bit bigger. You unless your avatars all have striveled hands. :smalleek:

Try working on those parts and i hope to see some improvement. :smallbiggrin: Oh and feel free to pm me and ill try my best to answer any questions you got. :smallbiggrin:


I don't know the thread since I don't really know the avatarists (except Mr Saturn), I wasn't insinuating that any of you were doing anthing less than a stellar job.

Dr. bath knows me! Woohoo! :smallcool: <3

[Dallas-Dakota]

And, bling fresh out of the oven....
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o135/legolas-maxx/Oceansentinel2.jpg

[Mad Mask]

Mad Mask's first avatar
http://www.valerie-lewis.org/mask/first.png
My first wasn't that bad, but I think the lines were too thick.

Mad Mask's most recent avatars
http://www.valerie-lewis.org/mask/kick-axe.gif
http://www.valerie-lewis.org/mask/magi.png
These are my most recent, not my bests.

[Simius]

I don't mean you can't have a decent avatar on paint, just look at simius right above you. :smallamused:

Hey, I don't use Paint :smallsmile:
But he's right: do a search for Kurnour's avatars if you want to see what kind of awesomeness can be done with MS paint.

[Mr_Saturn]

Hey, I don't use Paint :smallsmile:
But he's right: do a search for Kurnour's avatars if you want to see what kind of awesomeness can be done with MS paint.

You said your first avatar was made in paint, i was referring to that one. :smallsmile:

[Szilard]

If you take your time, and resise it, paint can look pretty good, like in my sigatar, the guy in the red cloak was made in paint.

[Fin]

This is my first:

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/mambosurfer/th_Paladin.png

And my best is either this:

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/mambosurfer/th_DwarfSlayer.png

Or this:

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/mambosurfer/th_Peace.png

But i made my first one one the 22 november so i havent really had too much time to improve.

[Ichneumon]

This was one of my first:
http://www.freewebs.com/jleuven/gp2.png

This is my latest:

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6594/capepersonen0.png

[NEO|Phyte]

I accidentally overwrote my first piece at some point, but it MAY still be hosted on Imageshack, if I can find the thread I posted it in. Currently waiting for the ability to run another search. :smallsigh:
:edit: found 'im!
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1811/firstof0.png

As for my best, that would be a tossup between a few options...

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4797/commissaruv9.png http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1677/techpriestta5.png http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9617/heavyarmorkj7.png http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6058/darthmariodl2.png http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4615/assassinyb5.png

[Dispozition]

This is my first:

*snip*

And my best is either this:

*snippage*

Or this:

*great snippage*

But i made my first one one the 22 november so i havent really had too much time to improve.

Those are pretty good, especially since you've only been at it less than a week. One piece of advice, line consistency. Your line thicknesses are all over the place. Stick to one thicknesses on the outlines, then do detailed things with slightly thinner lines. Take the last avatar you posted as an example. I would make the line thicknesses of his face a little less, and use it for everything. Legs, arms, hair, jacket, everything. Things like the sword or belt, I'd keep pretty much how the are though, maybe make the sword a little thicker.