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wow, didnt know you were australian remoteman :shock: wow, learn something new every day! (im in good ol QLD) nice pictures! i was wondering what the theme was for this year. i thought it was a diamond on the bridge lol. not an emerald. my parents will like to know that, we couldnt figure out what it was sposed to mean! :lol: they had some good firework combinations this year IMO. of course, i only saw em on TV, but eh. oh well :lol: i was actually playing cards with le bro and my parents when it struck midnight, so i was concentrating on winning... : ill stop blabbering! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

its not a new idea, hundreds of people have stat sigs, but what i like is that you actually tried to make something, instead of just using the ever-updating premade ones that are available, like so many others do. ive seen a lot of really dodgy stat sigs, and compared to most of them, this is pretty good IMO. i wont give a rating, because theyre generally not helpful at all. if you have photoshop, you could look at some tuts and learn to make awesome abstract/grunge/fractal sigs. just an idea.

Rednik started a thread for a stat-sig, and eckered gave it a 2/10 with some cc, obviously rednik wasnt happy and decided to say this was crap. ontopic; the anatomy is pretty incorrect. for example, eye is too large, neck is too long, should be able to see the second eye etc. i do like the shading for the skin though!

my pixel may seem too off theme, but yeah.. oh well. it was the first thing that always springs to my mind when i hear "heavy metal" besides the music lol. looking sweet so far, IMO! :D

hahaha i love that guitar one terley, its awesome! any good at turtles? a funny idea with a turtle? lmao. brilliant work as always terly, good luck with the pixel competition!

i know exactly what i want to do! wewt! only problem is that it'd be better if it was taller than 200 pixels (vertical) 200 wide is fine :( aww oh well, i hope i can incorpirate it into the size! goodluck again guys!

i meant... panther :oops: wow that was bad for me, dont believe i said jaguar :oops: i know tree's start with branches, but it woulda looked weird if i did it that way IMO. i fixed the 'leap' to the stride, so the back legs look a bit better lol. i knew it looked dodgy, i got slack with the slides :oops: i was considering changing the sky, so that maybe its sunset when the tree is there, then as the horse runs, it turns to night time, then the panther its dawn then day, the growing tree is day to sunset. might take a long time though :shock: anyone rekon its worth doing? opinions? heres the updated version: i wish the filesize wasnt so big :cry: i woulda liked to have used it as an avvy on this site :cry: :cry: :cry:

its now got about 98 slides, had to add a few more in. but the first slide is set to stay up longer, as well as the blank sky one (before the tree re-grows) thanks for the comments :D still trying to fix the back legs of the panther.. will probably also add some light shading to the panther and 'black' horse.. though technically theyre dark brown :lol:

i know, its a weird panther. gonna go back later (im too sick of working on it atm, been working on it all day straight) and try and make it look more panther-like. it probably looks more like a horse cause it was a horse :lol: just kidding.. not really sure why, i usually do cats well :) thanks for the post!! :D edit: you beat my post, beesafree! when i go back ill also fix up the hind legs. the front legs move well IMO, but as you said the back legs lack the 'leaping' action. thanks :)

looking pretty good to me so far :) only a few possible little problems i see... 1) the head may be too small on the char in the foreground 2) also the legs seem slightly too short on the second char (in the bg with wep) 3) the feet of the second char (in the bg) seem to be facing the wrong way, you may want to play with it, see which angle looks better and less.. 'dislocated' :wink: you've got a very lucky friend, goodluck with this siggeh :D by the way, i adore your new avvy :shock:

i made every slide completly in paint. i can tell you, it took so long i lost count of the hours. overall, im pretty happy with it though. a friend suggested doing a pixel which was animated, and morphed. dont think this is quite what they meant, but i still think its pretty cool! check it out! i know the panther is kinda messed up, but yeah.. i was having trouble with it, and this was the best i could do. first version, back legs were completly messed up on the panther second version: back legs of the panther fixed a bit, looks more like its running heres the single slides, one by one, for the first version with the messed up legs what are your opinions? good/bad?

im in no rush for the new theme! i started a 60x60 animated avvy yesterday, already has 98 slides :shock: :shock: taking a while. its a morphing animation. starts as a tree, morphs to a horse, the horse gallops, turns black, the black horse keeps galloping, the black horse morphs to a black panther, the panther continues running, then leaps and dissapears off the 'screen' then a little plant starts growing, forms the tree, and it loops! ugh.. gonna be over 6kb i think! :cry: :lol:

nice pictures everyone, congrats to those who made it to the next round :)

nope :wink: wewt 25th of december (12:02pm for me) yay! got some awesome prezzies, specially for my new car (which i got for my bday) wewt!!! so happy :thumbsup: MERRY XMAS AGAIN ALL!! now ima gonna go feed turt some special xmas treats :D fish, shrimp, and turtle cubes!!

im loving the sky a lot! only problem i see at the moment is that the perspective is off. to me, the castle looks like a little toy replica, it dosnt look real, cause the robot is so big as well as the person nxt to the robot. basically the perspective and proportions are off.. i can see it fine, not too dark, tho this screen is fairly light as well :)

argh thats xmas day for me! MDH, did you get my pm with my entry? wasnt nearly as good as i was hopin, just checking you got it. sent it a few days ago. im still in the comp (least, for the first round) but i cant get online much for the next few days; renovations in the house and i cant keep my internet plugged in, im currently stealing time on my parents comp. so yeah if i dont post, self explanatory. just came online to check you got my pm... with the entry... also.. sorry, but i forgot about the namless thing, and like terley, put my name, or at least, "DS" in a corner... could you find it and wipe it out neatly MDH? i cant do it cause im on the wrong comp and cant get it to fix it :( thanks! merry xmas to all!

finished, but i have a dilema- i have two versions, each with different bg's. i cant decide which i should send in! argh!! i wanna post for C/C and advise on which version to use, but i cant! :cry:

wow i dont know how i got a double post, one AFTER someone else posted :shock: im talented :oops: and its the 2nd of january, not the 3rd :D about half way through my entry!

ha i havnt even gone xmas shopping yet, and its the 20th!! no presents for ANYONE. left it a bit late this yeah, i rekon? must make sure when i do go xmas shopping that i also buy turt a bday present.. (my turtle, in my sig :) ) her b'day is comming soon! 2nd of january! wewt!! i really wanna post my entry for C/C -.-

:lol: :lol: awesome, terley!

the shading on mine seems to be goin well! still a long way to go, but its lookin great so far IMO! the judges will hopefully be able to judge that for themselves soon :D better get back to work, hoping to finish it today/tonight (1.12pm atm, plenty of time i hope!)

haha yeah! its always easier to get ideas off other people work! 'tis kinda cruel, isnt it? :lol: thanks for going to help me terley (you said you were going to post ideas to help me) :) i finally got something that ima gonna do now, i sat down and started sketching and about 10mins later a random thought popped into my head, and hey, PRESTO! half the lineworks done! i love small scale pics... so much easier!

thanks for the advice, and im trying to. it just isnt working, its like my pixelling ability has abandoned me. im gonna go hand sketch some things, hopefully i can get some rough linework. not making any progress thinking of ideas on here!

argh! i hate abstract themes! everything i try isnt working!!

1.) i know i would; ive finished school, and only work 20hrs a week, i have tonnes of time 2.) its why im asking... 3.) never said it was, id just like to do an animation all id like to know, is can i do one. if i cant, fine, i wont, no problem, ill just take a 'still' shot of what i was already planning to do