OotS Style Art/Fanart Showcase

[Flabbicus]

All really awesome guys. I especially like your new avvie sneak. But can I ask the guy's who've put up the bigger images to maybe link them instead? My internet is kind of dieing trying yo load the things. *Shoots dail-up* They're good, but they're to big for my connection. Thanks...

And now to be a hypocrit...No...Just a small image...



It's a werefoxpire/Vampwerefox or somehting like that. Comments anyone?

Just one.





Don't let Ego see it!

[Ego Slayer]

Dis, that is very nifty! :D

[Dispozition]

Don't let Ego see it!

Too late. Oh well...She likes it. Thats good!

[InaVegt]

And he made it for me ;D

[Ego Slayer]

[Dispozition]

You know what. I think that I need AI or Inkscape. Sodipodi seems to have it's limits. And I think I've reached them. Either that or I've reached my limits.

Nice work Ego. I think you're better than me now...*Sigh*

[BelkarsDagger]

Nifty. Cool. Well done. Nuff said.

[ElfLad]

This quite clearly denotes a win. Well-done, President.

[Ego Slayer]

Thanks guys. ^_^

<--- This is the newest. Not all that great, but not too bad.

[Serpentine]

I really like it. The blood's a nice detail.

[Sophistemon]

This is my first. The lines are too thin and the leg positions suck. Still, I hope to get better with practice.

[Chris the Pontifex]

makes you wonder... how did he manage to scratch / chalk the wall without his hands...

also I've got this lying around for pandaren.

I'd love to hear some comments and tips because I'm completely stuck on the legs. something about them is bothering me

[Dragon_Rider]

I think the issue, Chris, is that the upside down V that you use to create the seperation in the legs is to lopsided and so the little bump in the back to represents her rear end just ends like looking like she has one extremely large thigh and maybe a tumor...

But that's just me being overly critical, I think overall its a good job.

[Sophistemon]

makes you wonder... how did he manage to scratch / chalk the wall without his hands...

Oh, good. You noticed the straight-jacket.

...

He held a spoon in his mouth?

Do you have any suggestions on how I might improve, other than thickening the lines?

EDIT
Question for those that use Inkscape and The Gimp: I'm trying to fix it up (thicker lines, larger, transparent background) but I can't make the background transparent. If you could impart the knowledge I would be greatful. Here's my attempt:


As you can see, the lines got all pixelated, though the background is transparent. Help me, please.

EDIT
Hmm. I might make the lines even thicker. Most of them are at 2.0 now. I may raise them by a .5...

[NEO|Phyte]

The blockiness is because GIF doesnt support partial transparency, you need to cheat via adding a second layer, filling it with white, then magicwand selecting the transparent bits of the main layer (with ~15% tolerence) and removing that selection from the white layer.

As for line thickness, 2.0 is what I use, it seems to be a good thickness

[Sophistemon]

I did make the second layer. Wonder why it failed... maybe I accidentally erased the layer... I'll try again in a bit.

EDIT
Nope, did it wrong again. Any chance you could post a guide? I am making a second layer, coloring it white with the paint-can, moving it back, using the wand to select it, pressing Ctrl+K, then saving as a .gif. What am I doing wrong?

[ElfLad]

Been practicing with action scenes lately, and I came up with this:



I love the "stick noir" look; I'll have to use it more often.

[NEO|Phyte]

Ok then, you've set up your white layer and such. With the AVATAR's layer active, select the bits you want transparent with the wand tool. You should get something like this:


You then switch to the WHITE layer, keeping your selected area. CTRL+K should remove the selected portions of the layer, leaving you with this:


Then save as a .gif



The first image didn't recieve a proper 'white layer' treatment.

[Sophistemon]

Okay, let me try that.
I'll post the result.

EDIT
Here it is. I could swear that I'm following the directions...

[image]Fail![/image]

Dang. Going to try again. I wanna get this right so that I can move on.

Okay, maybe this will work...


There. Does that look any better?

[Omen]

Okay, let me try that.
I'll post the result.

EDIT
Here it is. I could swear that I'm following the directions...
<<SNIP>>

Dang. Going to try again. I wanna get this right so that I can move on.

If I may? I use the bottom left most button on the main GIMP gui to make the white layer. If you click there, there is no need to fill it in with white - you can check a box in a gui that comes up for plain white. It will then show 2 layers in the white block, on the main GIMP gui just above where you clicked on the layer tool, and you can drag the image up to bring it to the top. Then just do as explained earlier.

As for line thickness - I go 2.0 for all body parts (usually head, arms and legs) 1.5 for clothing (makes 2.0 look thicker than it is) and .5 to 1.0 for detail work.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Looks like you got it while I was typing :-/

[Sophistemon]

If I may? I use the bottom left most button on the main GIMP gui to make the white layer. If you click there, there is no need to fill it in with white - you can check a box in a gui that comes up for plain white. It will then show 2 layers in the white block, on the main GIMP gui just above where you clicked on the layer tool, and you can drag the image up to bring it to the top. Then just do as explained earlier.

As for line thickness - I go 2.0 for all body parts (usually head, arms and legs) 1.5 for clothing (makes 2.0 look thicker than it is) and .5 to 1.0 for detail work.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Looks like you got it while I was typing.

Regardless*, that does help. And those line ideas make sense. I will use them later, when I have regained enough patience to try and make another one.

*As per Sneak's request.

[Ego Slayer]

Hey Omen returns. I haven't seen you around lately.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

So.. what, I can post all my crappy, OotS-style, Paint-forged avatar-creations here?

Cool.



The Witch-King (of Amroth)

Uhhh... It was my first OotS style avatar, and, do to lack o' legs/arms/visible apenntages, he may not look it. But hey, It's paint, and I like the Witch-King. He's the King.

Also, it's how I have invisioned the Witch-King via the books. It may or may not reflect the movie's perspective.

[Sneak]

Irregardless

GRAH!!

Sorry for this post which may seem like meaningless spam, but please refrain from using that 'word' ever again. It hurts my sanity. Try 'regardless' instead. I'm not trying to sound harsh, but it's a pet peeve of mine.

@ElfLad: Looks good.

@Sophie: Looks good.

[Sophistemon]

Sorry for this post which may seem like meaningless spam, but please refrain from using that 'word' ever again. It hurts my sanity. Try 'regardless' instead. I'm not trying to sound harsh, but it's a pet peeve of mine.

Okie-dokie.

And thank you.

[TinSoldier]

Not to beat up on Sophistemon, but thank you Sneak. My brain exploded on that one as well.

[Sophistemon]

Not to beat up on Sophistemon, but thank you Sneak. My brain exploded on that one as well.

I don't get it. It's a real word and I used it correctly.

[Sneak]

No, it's not. Regardless is a real word, but irregardless isn't really correct.

Let's try to get off this subject and back to art now, okay?

[Dispozition]

Since I'm the only one right now that can put this thread back on the rails...I might as well get some more art into it...



Look...He became a demon...And some more...



It's gezina's werefox in armour, but something agoit it is bothering me. I can't quite put my finger on it though...

[ElfLad]

Looks kinda wall-eyed. Move the eyebrows further apart or the eyes closer together.