Non game pictures

[PhantasyStarHero]

Post any pictures you have made on your computer here.
These aren't edited pictures from games, these are made from scratch.

[PhantasyStarHero]

A guess I'll start things off:

I call it: X-drive
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Phantasystarhero/Awesome/x-drive.gif

[Everlast]

Looks cool I would have never guesses that the first letter was a D though. :rolleyes:

[zetablack]

how did you put that big pic on here????

[Was It Me?]

By uploading it to another site and linking to it. ;)

[Loofiloo]

Well, all righty. Both of these were made in Paint.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/600/willibitlillabitscreenic2.png (http://imageshack.us)

And my latest beautiful creation:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2344/moonlitflowersgr9.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Everlast]

Wow those are good for Paint.

[zetablack]

in paint god those look awsome!

[Loofiloo]

Yeah, the flower picture could still use some touching up... But I'm pretty much done updating the first picture. It's pretty well finished.

[HardRenaLine]

huhu copy paste @ the flowers down there: ) still a good pic thou :)

[PhantasyStarHero]

I didn't make it, but this is possibly the greatest MS Paint masterpiece of all time.

The ultimate MS Paint (http://stuff.ubersite.com/114016643040982988/1/ultimatepaint.jpg)

Zoom in if it looks small.

[zetablack]

um the link is broken....

[Zwaken]

Yeah, it sais "FORBIDDEN" lol, it sounds like it's top secret or something.

[zetablack]

mine says can't find page...

[Everlast]

I still can't beleive that was done in paint.

[PhantasyStarHero]

Hard to believe huh

Here's a different link:
Uber-paint (http://www.ubersite.com/m/84167)

[zetablack]

ok i just died THATS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zwaken]

Here's a background I just made. It took about 3 sec to make literally and you have to put it on "tile" in order for it to look cool.

[PhantasyStarHero]

simple and good

nice job

[Xap]

That "uber-paint" picture definately couldn't have been made in paint.:rolleyes:
It's too awesome.

[Zwaken]

simple and good

nice job

thanks PSH!

[zetablack]

Xap he shows you how he did it look at it again.

[PhantasyStarHero]

There is proof that he did on the main site

[Loofiloo]

I don't know... Even with "proof" I'm still kinda skeptical. Mostly because in this picture, (http://www.swmoore.com/images/kthx/ultimate/20.gif) you can't see any transition between the colors at all. In other areas, you can see each individual layer in the shift from one color to another, but that one just seems too smooth to be done by hand.

[Everlast]

I can see the transitions. You have to look really hard though.

[Yiuo]

So can I...

[Loofiloo]

Yeah, well uh..... That's just because........................................... ...

HEY! LOOK AT THIS THING I JUST DREW! (possibly still to be updated in the future)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8366/pimpcn9.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Everlast]

Who is that? The monopoly guy?

[Loofiloo]

Just some random pimpin' guy. Someday I aspire to be just like that. But I also want a handlebar mustache.

[PhantasyStarHero]

Right.....

[PhantasyStarHero]

You really have no idea what this picture will do to your mind:

http://www.geocities.com/andrew_the_steez/headache.bmp

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is hypnotism.

[Xap]

That one's cool!
How about this?

http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/augenklinik/live/homede/mit/bach/ops/mdia/rotsnake2.gif

Or this?

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/images/optclillusn_diag.jpg

[Everlast]

You that none of them are really moving. But they look cool.

[Imposter]

Woah! :eek: :eek:

[???revived]

I just spent the last five minutes staring at those... Good mind control techniques...

[zetablack]

Dizzy @.@!!!

[Everlast]

Just stair in the middle of the pictures and they stop moving, easy as that.

[???revived]

...I know that, it's just that those are pretty nifty...

[Imposter]

I did the text by hand and it turned out ok:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k110/imposter110/theimposter.png

Those black things are supossed to be eyes but they didn't turn out to well.

[Zwaken]

I know weird thingy...
wierd thingy doo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEWTNot4BI8)
I know it's annoying to look at but the outcome is really strange...and no, it's not a prank.

[Xap]

Whoa... that's awesome. I looked around after and everything looked a bit warped...http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif
The music is cool too!

Btw, this smiley definately needs to be on these boards: http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif
I don't like this one:eek: , it's too OMG-jawdroppping-ish.

[Everlast]

Same here I liked the music. The room looked warped also. Weird.

[Imposter]

Hmm... it didn't work for me. All that happened was I saw an afterimage (it didn't move it was just a still frame of the diamond).

[Loofiloo]

I decided I'd do a little experimenting with that technique of fading from one color to another. Right now I've just made a few little buttons that shift from darker to lighter, in a few different patterns. I've also been working on some text, in the same style as my sig. Light letters with a dark background are highly useful. The second one isn't as good as the other two I think, but I'm still experimenting with Paint.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1074/buttonsgs8.png (http://imageshack.us)

Later on I'll shift from one color to another, and maybe I can somehow employ this in a drawing. I'm thinking I was probably wrong about that other drawing, because you can't really see the transition in my colors either. It's really subtle, even if you zoom in 8 times.

[PhantasyStarHero]

I tried doing one of those in paint, and it worked, but man did it take a long time.

BTW, those color fades are called gradients.

[Xap]

Those are real neat looking. What program did you use?

[Zwaken]

I think he said that he used paint...

[Xap]

How do you make gradients in paint? >_<

[PhantasyStarHero]

With a great deal of patience.

You take one color, find it's RGB values, then take another color you want it to blend to and find its RGB values. Then, measure the amount of pixels that you want the gradient to take place. We will label this value X. Next, find the difference between each R, G, and B value between the two colors and record each one as R1, G1, and B1.

Now, divide the RGB1 values by X and you will get more numbers which are essentially RX, GX, and BX.

Now, using the pencil tool, put your first color on one end of your pixel space, and the other color on the other end. It doesn't matter which side you start on for the next step.

For each pixel after the first original, go to custom colors, and either subtract or add the RGB-X values from the number of the previous pixel. Over time, you will see a blending change.

[Everlast]

Thats confusing. :scared:

[Xap]

Yikes. Looks a bit like algebra (which I'm not bad at anyway)...:rolleyes:

[PhantasyStarHero]

Yeah, I know. But, keep in mind that all the variables are just there for examples. There is very little algebra involved in this whole thing, but there is a good amount of basic math.
If you are really familiar with paint, it tends to be easier.
Paint Gradients are for more experienced painters.

[Everlast]

I'd rather paint for real than in......Paint. But hey my teacher is Mr. Siau and he is a very good painter...........I think he is famous but I don't know. :confused: So I could actually learn to paint paint and not just paint if that makes any sense at all.

[Loofiloo]

Well I know how to do it, but that explanation even confused me. O.o

[PhantasyStarHero]

I tried making it as technical as possible.
I really couldn't find any other way to explain it.

[TranQ]

Just a little picture I made for people who want to put this as their signature =D But you have to credit me xP

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6943/blitwisedr3.png

[Xap]

Whoohoo, UserBars!:)

[TranQ]

Cmon , No1 Else Gonna Crit My Picture ? :D

[Everlast]

I like it, its cool. I don't know why but I think I would like it better if it was green instead of blue...

[PhantasyStarHero]

change background to black.

[Zwaken]

I give ya credit. Nice job!

[Loofiloo]

:D
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6873/xmasbitsto7.png (http://imageshack.us)
:D

[Everlast]

Nice pics Loofiloo

[Xap]

Ooh, I like the Christmas outfits!:)

[Kalphite]

Wow what the hell not to flame or anything but a real userbar for one is:
150x19px, secondly its blurred because you didn't save it as a .png, and thirdly the render is gay and doesn't blend, learn from a pro while i make one, hold on.

[Kalphite]

errr 350x19px

[Kalphite]

There we are, oh btw, this is my fist animated userbar!!

http://www.maj.com/gallery/op2rules/pics/blitwise-member.gif

[Xap]

Wow, that looks great!:)
My only complaint is that is says "member" and not "fan" or something.:o
Member makes it sound like you're part of the company... :shocked:

[Kalphite]

**** i was only putting this up to show off lol, but yeah your right cause i was only putting it as a userbar for the forum (board), not the actual game :P

Only problem is; i don't have the file saved as a psd anymore:( I might still be able to edit it, but i doubt it.... ill try when i get on the computer (i am using the ds right now)

[Kalphite]

Ahh i can't change it anymore, concider it this way:

The blitwise member one indicates you are a member of blitwise's forum, and contribute to their community, then if you want to make it a game userbar, i would make the entire thing different and put the game name, i mean you don't have "tom clancy fan" you have "splinter cell fan" get the point?

[Xap]

Yeah, that makes sense.:)

[Loofiloo]

Well... My friend IMed me the other night saying he and this other guy are trying to make a game, and they wanted me to make sprites for it. I've come to find out that they're using a game-making program, rather than coding it all themselves, and the program they're using has lots of pre-drawn graphics. It seems I'll be having a smaller role than I realized. But I got excited about it, since I hadn't made any pictures in a good while. I went ahead and drew up some swords, and even came up with a good system of elements to assign to each item (each one has several strengths and weaknesses). Anyway, these are the swords I've drawn so far:

Ice Sword, Fire Sword, and Scissors Sword.
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/245/allswordsho4.png (http://imageshack.us)

And in case anyone's curious, here's the elemental chart I was using. The original idea came from a guy who made up "RPS-15," a Rock-Paper-Scissors game with 15 gestures. Now, I didn't think Paper, Sponge, Human, or Gun would make very good elements for medieval weapons, so I replaced them with Cloud, Cross, Noise, and Laser, in that order. That's why a few of them are of a lower quality than the rest. And yes, I'm aware Ice isn't on the chart. I may replace water with ice if that works.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4214/chartsb9.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Everlast]

Wow those swords are ausome, how long did it take you to make them?

[Grif392]

Swords are nice. Yay Paint!

I'd attach my "portfolio", but I'm too lazy, plus it has about 200 f words. In one sig! [For NG]

[Xap]

Those swords are AWESOME!:) :)
I like to draw swords, but not on the computer.

Also, the chart is cool looking (I like the "laser" in particular), but what do the arrows mean? Does the one at the beginning of the arrow beat the other, or the other way around?:confused:

[TranQ]

Dude.... I know paint can be good for somethings but those swords are fwicking sweet! Better than what I can do in Photoshop CS 2 and that's pretty sad for me. Where'd you learn Pixel Art and how to combine colours and stuff? I know it sounds easy but believe me , it can be difficult at sometimes.

[Loofiloo]

Well... The story of how I got into pixel art is kind of a long one. I basically saw a post in a forum where somebody posted a bunch of tutorials, and after doing LOTS of skimming, I learned the basics, and a few dos and don'ts, then just said "Yeah, I bet I could do this." And I've basically taught myself everything I know. I didn't even get started until May of this year. If I wanted, I bet I could write a tutorial for beginners, since I'm pretty much a beginner myself.

To explain the chart... An arrow pointing from icon A to icon B means that icon A beats icon B. For example, an arrow points from Rock to Fire, so that means Rock beats Fire. I finished the Snake Sword tonight, but I think I'll wait a little while before I post it. It still needs a little work, and I'd like to post more at a time.

[Xap]

Okay, thanks for explaining.;)
I made a snake sword once on paper. The blade was wavy and the handle was split into two parts that wrapped around each other.:)

[Grif392]

Lol. My reason for pixel art is much, much simpler-I can't do ANYTHING with the "good" programs. Too many buttons!

[TranQ]

Not necessarely a game picture, well not of any Blitwise games, but here is a picture of a Terrorist from Counter-Strike 1.6 ( or Source , which ever ) which I drew in Paint during Math class.... stupid substitutes never look at the artistic ones as much as the bad kids :) You'll never know what they're doing. Anyways, I hope you like it ! Took me like 5 minutes.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5763/terrtp4.png

[Loofiloo]

Well, I've been pretty busy with the swords lately. I'm more than halfway done. I don't think the newer swords are as good as the first three, but they still have their charms. It was hard to make them effectively convey their element, but still appear threatening. So, in up-down order, here's ice, fire, scissors, snake, noise, tree, wolf, cloud, and air. Now with color backgrounds!

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8123/allswords2vq6.png (http://imageshack.us)

It's probably a mistake to show these so early after making them, because I'm SURE I'll go back and make changes to them. =P I'm hardly ever totally satisfied with a picture, especially the first draft.

[Xap]

Wow! Those look awesome!:)
I love the way they seem to transform.
I think the cloud and air ones look a little messy though.:rolleyes:
What are you making these for again? A game? For fun? I think you said, but I forget...:o

[Everlast]

Wow! I think they all look cool, BUT the tree one looks like if you took one wack with it, it would fall apart. :anirolleyes:

[Loofiloo]

My friend said he and this other guy are making a game, and they MIGHT ask me to do a little of the art. He didn't tell me a whole lot at first, so I just jumped right into it making these swords with all these different elements. At first, I thought I'd have a much bigger role in the development. I thought I'd be making ALL the art for the game, rather than just a thing or two (if anything). I've come to find out that I probably won't do much related to that game, so I'm now just making these things for fun.

I also thought they were making it from scratch, but it turns out they're using some kind of "RPG Maker" program, which is why they won't be able to incorporate the system of elements I wanted. =/ If they even finish it, I don't think I'll get any publicity from it. I had all kinds of ideas for it too, like including Littl' Bits characters hidden in the game as a highly obscure easter egg, or inconspicuously incorporating lines from the show in characters' dialogue, or making quests that parallel episodes of the show. =P I could've contributed a lot, but I guess I would need to work with people who can do more programming on their own.

I really wish I knew more people who could make good use of my talent. =/ I need people who can program, or write comics or something, but who can't draw at all.

[???revived]

I can't draw, but I can't really do anything else that involves anything creativity either... :P

[Was It Me?]

Loofiloo, can you draw tilesets for platform / maze games?

[Kalphite]

Yeah maze games are easy to make on flash :)

[Loofiloo]

The Cloud and Air ones are a tad sloppy, I'll admit. Again, the problem with those was making them a threatening representation of their element. By tomorrow, I should have three more ready to show you. I'm pretty happy with the way the Dragon sword came out, and it shouldn't be too hard to make a threatening Devil Sword.

Oh, and by the way... I decided to remove Cross from the list and replace it with Ice. I think it works pretty well that way.

I don't know if this makes it any more intimidating, but the tree sword is supposed to have a blade made of roots, branches in the middle, and the leaves on the bottom of the hilt.

As for Was it Me?, I'm sure I could make a tileset. That's one thing I haven't tried yet, but hey, I was prepared to do it for my friend's "game.":anirolleyes: I'm always up for a job.

[Everlast]

Yeah, I don't really see how a cloud can be deadly unless its a thunder cloud, mabye you can have like a thunder sword. And for the wind/air it looks like you already have a tornado but if you made it darker or more grayish, it might look more deadly. Also the sound one looks OK, but I don't really see how it could be "threatening", it kinda doesn't look like there is a blade there at all...

[Loofiloo]

I probably will try to make the cloud sword look more like a thunder cloud, but keep in mind that I also have to make a lightning sword, so the two need to be distinct.

Well I'm not going to repost ALL of them, but here's the latest batch: Water Sword, Dragon Sword, and Devil Sword. I think they're pretty good compared to the last few.:anirolleyes:

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4948/threeswordspe1.png (http://imageshack.us)

I'm not sure what the black junk surrounding the devil sword is, but it looked appropriate when I put it there. <______< Let's just say it's..... A cloud of pure hatred, or something evil like that.

[Everlast]

Mabye it could be pure floating shadow...

[Loofiloo]

I just have to do the Rock Sword, then I'll have all 15 done. (b'.')b After that I can move on to bows or axes or armor or something. I'm going to go start it now, so unless I'm interrupted, it should give you all an idea of roughly how long these take.

[Grif392]

Ah. You have way more patience than I do. But, hey, it looks cool.

[Loofiloo]

Ok, I'm done with the last one. It took aboot 10-15 minutes longer than usual, because I had to rearrange them all into an even set of tiles. Here's the full spectrum of those elements, in sword form:

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/161/allswords2wa0.png (http://imageshack.us)

[theguy0000]

...
Now, divide the RGB1 values by X and you will get more numbers which are essentially RX, GX, and BX.
...

how would dividing give RX GX and BX? would that not be multiplying?
A divided by B is A/B.
A multiplied by B is AB...

[Imposter]

The flame and devil ones are awsome.

[Grif392]

Well...it's not THIS game.

Mock GUI. MS Paint.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45710087/

[Loofiloo]

Oh, um... I posted this in the randomness thread too, but why not here? ^_^

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5504/childrensfestival2vd4.png

[Xap]

Wow good work with those pics Lofiloo! :)
What's the bottom-right sowrd?

[Loofiloo]

That's the laser sword. =P I know, it's a bit odd.

[Xap]

Not at all! =P
Did I tell you that I used to draw swords like these?
I drew all sorts of swords with weird powers.:rolleyes:

[Loofiloo]

I just made a new avatar today. It's for a different site though, where they allow bigger pictures. I could resize it for this site, but the filesize might still be too much. =/
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7968/coulditbegu3.gif

[Grif392]

I just made a new avatar today. It's for a different site though, where they allow bigger pictures. I could resize it for this site, but the filesize might still be too much. =/

Hah! So that IS you on Cortex Command forums! I was pretty sure, but, bwahaha!