Mod to Member ratio... (Current Discussion: Forum Specific Images)

[RedStarWarrior]

Yes, they do.

[VirtualPlay]

Attempt #2:

[RedStarWarrior]

I'm at work so excuse the green background, but I edited it a little bit and added a shine.

Just make the background transparent and it should look alright.

[ChobiChibi]

Hallo! It's me again ^^



Just realised how annoying my pink scrawl is... I can't be bothered to resave...

Anything you want changed, sketch wise? Piii-chu!

EDIT: Oh! And my ideas for other sections-
Fanart: Smeargal writing the word "Fanart" with its tail. I'll either find a painty-looking font or attempt it myself... Also had the idea of Jigglypuff with her marker pen. Can put both on there aswell!
Video Games: A pokemon playing some form of games console?
Binary District: Porygon or Porygon2... A Pokemon confused at a computer? Unown binary? XD
Trading Card Game: Pokemons playing TCG. Yes...

Erm, I'll get back to you guys with betterer ideas >_>

[Blademaster]

Video Games: A pokemon playing some form of games console?

It better be a Blaziken.

[RedStarWarrior]

It better be a Blaziken.

How about multiple Pokémon playing something like Halo?

[Lady Vulpix]

How about this? I think it looks more like the ultraballs I've seen on the web. (Edited from RSW's version.)

[RedStarWarrior]

How about this? I think it looks more like the ultraballs I've seen on the web. (Edited from RSW's version.)

It looks rather odd with the spire-like appearance. I don't think it really looks good (imo).

[Lady Vulpix]

Spire?



Sorry, I don't see the connection, but that may be because English is not my native language. What kind of spire are you referring to?

[RedStarWarrior]

I'm referring to the slender, tapered part betwixt the lines.

[RedStarWarrior]

I removed the background.

[Jeff]

RSW's looks too pointed IMO. The middle stripe should be flat on top. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...ok.C3.A9_Balls

[RedStarWarrior]

RSW's looks too pointed IMO. The middle stripe should be flat on top. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...ok.C3.A9_Balls

How does this one look?

Another, less crazy tweak.

[Lady Vulpix]

OK, here are 2 alternatives.

[Lady Vulpix]

Another, less crazy tweak.

OK, I like this one.

Who would have thought a pokeball would give us so much trouble?

[RedStarWarrior]

OK, I like this one.

Who would have thought a pokeball would give us so much trouble?

Yeah. Sorry for the double posts. I'm on my work computer, so I can't really create all these files and had to use the same filename.

[Lady Vulpix]

Double posts? Where?

I guess I can give Zan and Andrew that last one, then.

So what do we need now? Great Balls and... Luxury Balls?

[PancaKe]

I haven't noticed the difference in the balls fort eh last ten posts But you guys are great

[VirtualPlay]

All I can say is…luck with the Great Balls. They have the two little tabs on either side, so they're not just simple spheres/circles. Luxury Balls should be easier, in fact I'll try taking a swing at them when I get a moment.

[VirtualPlay]

Okay, for the few Donators we have out there, I have made the Luxury Ball. There are two different versions with a differently-placed red stripe so people can decide which one looks better.



My personal vote goes towards the second because it doesn't look like an egg…

Also, the one problem I have with Gabi's Great Ball is the right tab looks like it's painted on and not actually popping up from the sphere.

EDIT: So I made an attempt at a quick-fix on the right tab of Gabi's. (You did a freaking good job on the left tab, though; I was having so much trouble with that one…)

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks!

Great Ball attempt.

[Jeff]

Last one looks good.

Yeah, great balls for mods and luxury balls for donators sound good.

Edit: This is what I get for leaving the thread open for so long before posting. Great ball looks pretty good too.

[Houndoom_Lover]

The balls all look great, gus! It's kinda mind blowing that you can crank all this out so fast ^-^

[Jeff]

They look good!

Edit: As for which luxury ball, I like the second one, looks rounder.

[Lady Vulpix]

That's great, VirtualPlay! I'll hook them up soon.

And thanks, H_L.

[Houndoom_Lover]

You're welcome!

It seriously looks so well put together and funky, like a Pollock painting I'm so happy about it. I shall make an advertisment dA news report sometime this week X3

[VirtualPlay]

Okay Gabi, not sure if you put up the Luxury Ball image for Donators yet, but it doesn't look like they have their rank section enabled (like you did for Moderators last night/this morning). Just wanted to make sure you knew about that.

Also, thanks H_L. It's really not as hard as it looks, at least not to us. ^^;

[Houndoom_Lover]

What is it that you're doing with them? Editing and then uploading- Oh! Don't twll me, that'll take the magic away! Haha, it looks complicated, I'm glad its not for you guys.

[Master Rudy]

What is it that you're doing with them? Editing and then uploading- Oh! Don't twll me, that'll take the magic away! Haha, it looks complicated, I'm glad its not for you guys.

That pretty much sums it up. Sprite editing can range from simple things such as recolors, can get moderately in the middle if your editing an existing sprite and the finally proceed into getting hard if your doing something 100% from scratch. In all cases it's fairly time consuming and even a simple recolor tends to quickly fall into the realm of trial and error as some things will work well on the first or second try, or can take as many as 10 tries to look halfway decent.

I myself recently started to do this as creative outlet for the times when I really don't have much else to do. Check out my Goku edits in fanart if you guys haven't already. Considering I haven't been doing it very long I think they turned out fairly decent looking.

As far as the Pokéballs go I attempted to try my hand at them but they turned out to be surprisingly complex and included a much wider range of colors (and in a much smaller area) than the Goku examples above. You'd be surprised at the subtle changes some of these things have once you blow them up to 1000% magnification. In any case since I've got a subpar computer and program for editing it was somewhat out of my league.

In the future however if I keep practicing then once I have a better computer I'd be more than willing to see what I may be able to come up with to help out if we ever need a simple recolor of an icon, smilie, ect.

On another note I had an idea for Video Games but I say ditch my idea in favor of keeping a Pokémon theme going. Perhaps one of our artists can perhaps draw a Pokémon playing with a DS, holding a Wiimote, PS3 controler, ect ^_~

[Lady Vulpix]

Yes, they do.

You may have spoken too early. I said"soon", not "immediately".

They look weird on a black background, but I guess that's OK. They're stealthy balls.

[Kurosakura]

*I* think that VirtualPlay and ChobiChibi should get Premier Balls for contributing so much work to the revival of the site. Or maybe even their own rank, to make the balls work. :3

[Houndoom_Lover]

They kinda look like ninjas X3 Oh snap! We have a ninja smily face!

[RedStarWarrior]

Good work on the balls. Next conversation topic: FORUM IMAGES

[Crystalmaster Mike]

Hmm, that's a tough call. Do we want a Pokémon in each image? Or are we going to leave them out of "Other Video Games", for instance?

[RedStarWarrior]

Might need some touching up, but I quickly made a Premium Ball for Website Contributors (if Gabi decides to create such a category). It's different from Donators in that these people contribute stuff other than money.

[Lady Vulpix]

As I said in my PM reply which you didn't wait to get before you posted this, website contributors belong to different groups and already have their respective pokeballs.

Hmm... is it just me or does that pokeball look more like a Forretress than our Forretress icon?

[RedStarWarrior]

lol

Yeah, I posted it so you have it regardless.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Great Premium Ball ball!

That Fortress looks like a meatball. ^w^ Forum images?

We needa Balbasaur :01:?

I think we should have all the Pokemon as icons ^_^

[VirtualPlay]

Great Premium Ball ball!

That Fortress looks like a meatball. ^w^ Forum images?

We needa Balbasaur :01:?

I think we should have all the Pokemon as icons ^_^

We do have the first 251 as icons, you just need the triple digit (001 instead of 01).

[RedStarWarrior]

STAY ON TOPIC, NOOBS.