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wsapooh

wsapooh

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I'm in need of a new avatar and I need to find someone willing to make one for me. Anyone out there willing to do so?

Edit - Sorry - accidently put under the wrong thread heading
 
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AkiraRaptor

AkiraRaptor

Meega, nala kwishta!
Originally posted by epcotisbest
Well, AkiraRaptor you did it again. Great work...You been using Photoshop long? I just got 7.0, my first taste of Photoshop, and man is it complicated. I have been trying to learn, using the "Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Classroom In A Book". I have a long way to go before I know how to use the program, but with time and patience, I'll get it.
Ricky
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Yea, for about 6+ years. I used to work for a pre-press company, so I worked around graphics packages of all types. The Mac version is what I learned on, but I prefer Windows.

Yes I use 5.5 and 7.0. Depends on where I'm doing my work. I really love 7, it's great, but I had to relearn a few things 'cos they ganged up some of the buttons differently, and moved a few things around. But it's not to difficult of a learning curve.

Take it one step at a time. The hardest thing to do is doing too much at one time. Break up things into layers. Do stuff in very small ammounts. Then what you get at the end can be very satisfying.

Example is like wsapooh's graphic. It's actually 3 layers. The picture, 'wsapooh' in black and 'wsapooh' in color. Then move the black layer over and down a few pixels a poof, instant drop shadow. I was using 5.5, so the font tools are a bit limiting their.

But you get the idea. Don't even try to do multiple things together. Copy layers and break the work up in steps. If you ever look at some professional .psd files, they are loaded with layers. It's really an easy way to make the software help you do the work, and free's you to be an artist and not a technition.

Have fun with it!
 
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wsapooh

wsapooh

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ZZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

That was the sound of all that going right over my head.

But then... that's why I have you guys! :D
 
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UncleJeet

UncleJeet

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I didn't make you an icon, but I'll also be having an anniversary in WDW soon, only I'll also be getting married. We met two years ago this October, I proposed at WDW last October, and we'll be married at the wedding pavillion this October.

My avatar is a little something I whipped up on a whim one night. I even added a little animation to go with it. ( Check it out at http://staff.beaumont.k12.tx.us/kbland/epcot-fore-animation-3.avi )

I've had a hankering to do some Disney themed renders and animations. I'd like to model Cinderella's Castle, but I need some better pictures from quite a few angles to get it anywhere near right.

I did toy around with a Body Wars homage, though:
Still: http://www.beaumont.k12.tx.us/microscopic-final.jpg
Animation (fly-through only, static elements): http://staff.beaumont.k12.tx.us/kbland/bodywars.mov

If anyone has any good, detailed pictures of WDW landmarks that they'd like to see as a three dimensional render and/or animation, let me know. I'll need as many pictures from as many different angles and distances as you can get, though - and some architectural drawings would not be amiss.

I'd rather stay away from characters for the time being, though. I'd like to, in time, get as much of the Resort modelled as I can. Since I can only afford to work on these Disney scenes in my extremely limited spare time, I want to stay focused on my end goal of modeling each park in detail.

Ultimately, I would like to take some of this work and re-create it in a realtime rendering environment for the purpose of virtual vacations and simulated attraction experiences.

Anyway, if anyone can help me out with the pictures and drawings I mentioned above, please drop me a line. It would be greatly appreciated. I did manage to get a ton of pictures of the castle from multiple angles and distances on my last trip. Unfortunately, the memory stick I used in the camera decided it rather enjoyed Disney and lept out of my bag at some point of the vacation so that it wouldn't have to leave.

It's kind of fun to check out the looks you get from people when you're taking a million pictures of the same thing, sometimes getting within a few feet from it and taking a picture of a blank wall. They look at you like you're crazy....hrmmm, maybe they're on to something! :)
 
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GaryT977

GaryT977

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Originally posted by AkiraRaptor
Ok gary, this one IS scary! :lol: Didn't know what you wanted, so I put your head in MK and gave you Mickey ears![/IMG]
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Excellent! Much better than I could have come up with on my own. Thanks! :sohappy:
 
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shari71

shari71

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!!

Wow, you guys do great work. Haven't used Photoshop in about two years (5.5 version), but you make me want to break it out of storage and whip up something real fast. As you can tell, I have just stuck with the default versions.

Keep up the good avatar's! I actually enjoying viewing them and look forward to grizhall's new one each time he updates it. Now I have some new ones to look forward to.
 
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epcotisbest

epcotisbest

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Originally posted by AkiraRaptor
OK, you got my creative avatar juices going and I guess it was about time I changed my avatar...what do you all think?
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You deserve some kind of creative award. I propose the "WDWMAGIC Avatar of the Day" award be immediately bestowed on you.

Ricky
 
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epcotisbest

epcotisbest

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Hey Jeet, you get one too, and while this award is not as prestegous as a Peabody, Pulitzer, or MTV Madonna kiss (yuck!) it is something you can be proud of forever....err...for the rest of the day.The SE with Mickey ears is very clever and well done. All that rendering and modeling stuff is way, way over my head. Sounds like an interesting project though.
Ricky
 
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UncleJeet

UncleJeet

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Cool, thanks! But where are my fries?? For some reason, the best fries on the planet are sold at that little McDonald's stand in Frontierland where the birds are likely to take your hand off as you try to eat. Mmmmmmmm.

UncleJeet
 
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GaryT977

GaryT977

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Originally posted by UncleJeet
Cool, thanks! But where are my fries?? For some reason, the best fries on the planet are sold at that little McDonald's stand in Frontierland where the birds are likely to take your hand off as you try to eat. Mmmmmmmm.
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When I did the 'Keys To The Kingdom' tour, we were walking by that stand right as it was opening. This lady in our group and I made a bee-line towards it and got the first fries of the day. We had no sooner gotten the fries and were heading around the side to get some ketchup when the birds attacked! Scared the crap out of both of us.
 
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UncleJeet

UncleJeet

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Heh. Eating there one time, I saw this kid drop his little container of fries. Within seconds, the birds had descended and devoured every fry.

I suspect they're not really as vicious as we're led to believe, however. No - clearly, they are robot birds. Robot birds constructed by Disney to replace hard working path sweepers and intimidate guests into not littering the ground with carelessly discarded fried potato products. It's really all very clever.

UncleJeet
 
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