Aaronarchic mugs.

[Aaron Winsett]

In keeping with most everyone else, I've given my image thread a goofy name. (relating to the fact that chotic, sometimes anarchic things happen around my character, for all you future readers. lol) I don't know why I held off for so long, but now I'll get the thing up.

I do take requests. Feel free to ask, though full bodies cost me a lot of time and effort. Don't expect me to jump at making one. (I may feel charitable though, so feel free to ask if you wish.)

Following are mugs, sprites, and whatever else I feel like adding. Recolors, splices, and some custom work. I'm not likely to redo the work I did before I learned to do transparencies, but... ehh. Oh well. Enjoy.

Mugs:

Aaron:

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- Original Aaron recolor done by Alphonse

- I'm sure something is different....

- a 1/3rd body that I started fairly early. Likely will never refine this one, but may use it as a base to make a better one in the future.

- Promoted mug

- Hooded in a black robe.

- Vamp Winsett!!!

- Aaron-Win Settobi's force ghost. xD A sort of spectral image of Aaron which I made.

Garnet:

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Original version.
Added his damaged armor in. Supposedly. I could probably do better now.
Final version of the original.
After his Armor busted in half from wear and tear, he packed up a few of it's pieces, and continued on his way.
Projected hero mug. Supposedly remade from bits of his old gear.

Clair:

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I wasn't as good at recoloring back then. lol Still kinda fond of this coloring though.
A little better. I also added snowflakes in since I couldn't do transparencies at that time. lol
My attempt at Clair's Etrurian Armor. Black and white being the Etrurian colors.
Richter actually recolored this to have more white, so it's not my work. He also fixed the hair color to what it is now.
Kessel, another player, also supplied an image. This one didn't get chosen, but I still thought I'd put it up.
Mass robes, which she wore when High Commander Arriston attempted to have Richter, and his forces killed during a church mass.
Modified as Clair neared promotion. The Etrurian armor was repainted.
Projected Falcoknight mug. Done by myself, and a friend.
Custom helmets FTW!
Fullbodies I made while feeling especially productive. Notice she lost her "sacaen tan" after returning to Illia. I thought I'd made them transparent, but I guess I'll fix that later.... Yep. Clair's career demanded a great deal more mug changes than I expected.

Yes. That is a Falcoknight with a fully custom windsword up there. I used Mage Knight 404's work for references, and got some critiquing from a few members of the forum here.


Requests Done and Other Work:

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A mug I recently put together for a prospective new character. I think his name will contain Griffin somewhere. Reminds me of Red vs. Blue. lol

Banners

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An early, early attempt at the base for a banner, using paint. This was going to be for DoA, I believe. Never had te chance to make it something better.


First attempt at a banner using Gimp. What fun it was when I found all the different tools I could use, even if all I could figure out was the flame, and gradient flares. lol

Hey, I think he's getting better. A little.... An advert image I made for Code of Dawn.

Here we are. My first banner that I'm proud of. (I still didn't do very much to it though.) Regardless, I still like it.

Here's one that I played with, and got a bit more complex with. The gradient turning to transparency, and revealing the maze beneath. A bit of color adjustments on the text sets it apart from the black surrounding the border. Maybe it gives some contrast to the border too. Maybe it just looks funny. Still pleased with how it turned out. (The book (That is what that is.) was done on paint, back when I made my first, unfinished attempt at the DoA banner.)

Other Projects

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Playing with a photograph of a friend who agreed to model for the role of a character I'm developing. I think the glowing white eyes really suit him. The character. Not my friend. lol




As you can see, the images above are about my character, Clair Feldsky, and another, who is not Clair Feldsky. The Not Clair, is actually a pegasus unit NPC which is in Marle's troop in "West, Always West", in Illia. She was supposed to remind Marle of a young Clair, and I couldn't leave her faceless reading that. xD

[Karina]

This is really awesome! <3 I've got a few critiques, though.

The left (not holding the sword) arm looks a little rubbery. I think it may be because there is no little line that shows her forearm overshadowing her bicep.

And, on the same arm, the sleeve looks like it is skintight, though the other one does not.

The hair under her arm looks a little off as well. It never looks right when I do it either, so maybe it's just me.

Other than those, this is fantastic! =D I think I may take a whack at it after seeing this!

[Richter Abend]

Ugh, now I need to do something fancy or I'll get left behind in the dust...

EDIT: I doubt it needs repeating, but it's really good. My only complaint is that the breastplate looks like a halter top.

[Aaron Winsett]

The breastplate wraps around the chest, hence what is supposed to look like clasps/joints under the arm. The pauldrons are separate pieces of gear.

Anywho, Thanks for the tips and compliments. I think I'm going to hold off on any more for now, and see what you two whip up. lol

[Richter Abend]

I caught that, but it just looks flat, like a shirt. It doesn't have that red edge which gives the pauldron's their weight.

I understand if you're sprited out, but here's a reference:

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[Chelsea Dagger]

Now I feel worse about my spriting skills >_>

[Aaron Winsett]

Heh, sorry Chels.

[Aaron Winsett]

Updated with banners, and another project I'm working on. Let me know if what you think, so I can know whether I'm on the right path, or not.

[Karina]

Your stuff is pretty amazing. I'm afraid of gimp and only us it to add transparency to my images.

[Richter Abend]

The banners (post number 1) are well done. They've got a good composition and color choice, but the text is just kind of...there. If you're going to use text, you've got to find some way of integrating it into the banner, either through color, shading/lighting effects, or position.

EDIT: sorry, I get kind of teachy when I critique.

[Aaron Winsett]

No worries. That's the way we learn, by asking questions, or having them answered. Could you give me some examples? I'm looking at the WotW Banner.

Stuff like the blue fuzz around Way of the Warrior?

[Richter Abend]

Essentially. For people newer to banner/signature making, it's best to keep the text from having a clean edge, but stuff like glows and shadows can have the opposite effect depending on how it's done.

For example, the blue glow on "Way of the Warrior" works because it blends the words in colorwise. The whole banner is already sort of a black to blue color tone, with the blue kind of swirling a glowing around the blacker areas, so it matches it up visually with everything else. If I had made the glow white, or even black, it would have probably not looked as nice, drawing undue attention to the text.

Also, shadows, in the way you've used them in your third and fifth banners, don't accentuate the text as much as push it out, as if it's on a glass panel in front of the banner. It works better in the GKW banner because of the monochrome color scheme.

Basically, you either want ALL depth, i.e. the visual focus being separate from the background of the banner, or you want no depth, i.e. having the banner look like it was all originally one image.

[Aaron Winsett]

Hmm... I think I'm starting to catch on to your banner advice at last, Richter. At least a bit.

Anyway, update. I added a single image to the requests done and other work section. I'll eventually get all my stuff up, but this is it for now.

[Clair Feldsky]

Read the notes about these images in the other projects section of the first post.