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Princess Garnet · November 2nd, 2011, 06:40

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Originally Posted by Xblade

I think it would look better if you scaled down the image.

It's coincidental you say that, because the image I took that from to make it was smaller, so it is enlarged a bit. That's part of the reason for the filter, but not the only one; I was simply going for that effect.

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Originally Posted by Kaizen

It's tough to find decent fan made Garnet art, they always overplay her status.
They never portray her as just a girl, it's disappointing.

I'm not on my other PC, but I'll have to remember come back to this and post some of what I have of her up. There's simply not a lot of fan art period, and not enough good high resolution stuff either (and not just of her, but of anything Final Fantasy IX); least, if there is, I never found much of any.

It's a shame, as Squaresoft was able to get some decent high(er) resolution images of the FMVs for wallpapers they released, but if you try running the FMVs at 1024x768 (the size of the wallpapers they released), it wouldn't look as clear and nice. I bet the source material for the FMVs was larger than the 320x224 they put on the game discs.

Regardless, there's not a lot of HD material, official or otherwise, for either her or the game.

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Originally Posted by Yeloazndevil

changed mine again and of course I had to beat the set avatar size limit

The Grey-ish/Blue-ish of the hair goes well with your star and title color.

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**Yeloazndevil** · November 2nd, 2011, 06:45

you know I didn't notice until now

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Strike105X · November 2nd, 2011, 12:18

Had a bit more free time today so made a vector for an avatar that can go in theme with my previous made sig, finally i'm pleased of the combo.

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niku · November 3rd, 2011, 16:34

what's a vector?
apart from thing that has magnitude and direction.

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Strike105X · November 3rd, 2011, 18:44

Google is your friend...

Spoiler:

I kid :P, but i'm not talented at explaining so bare with me... well... lets see there are mainly two types of graphics, raster graphics (also known as bitmap) and vector graphics, most of the images you see are raster graphics they are based on pixels to render the image, hmm... how to simplify this, well you known that when you enlarge a image at max all you see are this rectangular colored dots, all those dots create the image you see, that is the base of bitmap graphics. Now Vector Graphics on the other hand aren't pixel based or constrained, they work with geometric primitives, which are lines, curves, shapes, points, which are based on mathematics equations, to represent the images. This way unlike a bitmap based image vectors can be resized both higher and lower without loosing any quality. Now i may have said vector but this is actually flawed, photoshop cannot make vector graphics, its a bitmap based program, it does have some tools which are vector based, but in the end it cannot save or make vector images, only a program such as Illustrator (also by adobe) can work with those type of files. Now you may be wondering why did i said vector even if it isn't a true vector (this miss use isn't just on my behalf but its on a general scale with this type of art i'll explain why in a bit), well simple, like i said vector images are based on shapes, each shape represents a color or a gradient, using a model you can recreate an object using vector art, of course though it will have a cartoonish look (mainly with people, cars or some objects you can get a more realistic look, this is also why its so popular with anime artists), it is done by tracing each color as a shape, of course if your experienced enough you can create something completely new based on a source, or if your fadz you can do one from scratch, anyway all the shapes combined give out an object or in my case a character. So anyway the same way of creating a a vector in Illustrator can also be use in photoshop for example, and it works out nice at high resolutions, even if its bitmap based unlike a normal image it does better at retaining its quality when rezising lowerbut it still looses some and of course you can't resize it higher without getting pixalation, which is why of course "vectors"/tracing in photoshop is done at high resolutions. This is pretty much it, hope you where able to understand something from this mess

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niku · November 5th, 2011, 05:36

what programs can i use apart from illustrator?

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**Hard core Rikki** · November 5th, 2011, 06:27

Inkscape is alright.

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niku · November 5th, 2011, 07:49

thanks hcr, I'll try ink scape.

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Strike105X · November 5th, 2011, 08:13

Yup i used Inkscape its decent, just remember if you use some image as a model or otherwise said a source for tracing keep it together with the project and remember the path, last i used it, this part is why it fu... up one of my works.

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niku · November 5th, 2011, 13:22

can't i draw something from scratch using my tablet?

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Strike105X · November 5th, 2011, 14:11

Of course you can, in that case it all saves in the file and you wont have to worry about locations, etc, i was just saying in case you might wanted to do some tracing to be careful :P.

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Strike105X · November 6th, 2011, 14:20

Missed Sakura so remade a sig and avatar of her.

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niku · November 7th, 2011, 07:53

it looked like that character from bleach.

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Strike105X · November 7th, 2011, 08:02

Your probably thinking of Matsumoto.

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niku · November 7th, 2011, 12:51

no, ichigo.

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Strike105X · November 7th, 2011, 13:09

lol, personally i don't see the resemblance, but to each there own

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Strike105X · November 8th, 2011, 09:48

Changed, took me a while to find some material to make this...

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · November 8th, 2011, 11:32

Woah, Strike went retro

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Strike105X · November 8th, 2011, 11:44

Its not quite as retro as it would seem, since its only from '93, but i guess you could say that

, 90's is my favorite age in anime though.

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Ahielia · November 8th, 2011, 11:44

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Originally Posted by SCHUMI_4EVER

Woah, Strike went retro

I'll be surprised when he doesn't have an anime avatar

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November 2nd, 2011, 06:45	#18862
Yeloazndevil Touka <3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 11,868	you know I didn't notice until now __________________ Nintendo Network ID: Yeloazndevil

November 2nd, 2011, 12:18	#18863
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Had a bit more free time today so made a vector for an avatar that can go in theme with my previous made sig, finally i'm pleased of the combo. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config Last edited by Strike105X; November 2nd, 2011 at 17:04..

November 3rd, 2011, 16:34	#18864
niku ni san Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 939	what's a vector? apart from thing that has magnitude and direction. __________________

November 3rd, 2011, 18:44	#18865
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Google is your friend... Spoiler: I kid :P, but i'm not talented at explaining so bare with me... well... lets see there are mainly two types of graphics, raster graphics (also known as bitmap) and vector graphics, most of the images you see are raster graphics they are based on pixels to render the image, hmm... how to simplify this, well you known that when you enlarge a image at max all you see are this rectangular colored dots, all those dots create the image you see, that is the base of bitmap graphics. Now Vector Graphics on the other hand aren't pixel based or constrained, they work with geometric primitives, which are lines, curves, shapes, points, which are based on mathematics equations, to represent the images. This way unlike a bitmap based image vectors can be resized both higher and lower without loosing any quality. Now i may have said vector but this is actually flawed, photoshop cannot make vector graphics, its a bitmap based program, it does have some tools which are vector based, but in the end it cannot save or make vector images, only a program such as Illustrator (also by adobe) can work with those type of files. Now you may be wondering why did i said vector even if it isn't a true vector (this miss use isn't just on my behalf but its on a general scale with this type of art i'll explain why in a bit), well simple, like i said vector images are based on shapes, each shape represents a color or a gradient, using a model you can recreate an object using vector art, of course though it will have a cartoonish look (mainly with people, cars or some objects you can get a more realistic look, this is also why its so popular with anime artists), it is done by tracing each color as a shape, of course if your experienced enough you can create something completely new based on a source, or if your fadz you can do one from scratch, anyway all the shapes combined give out an object or in my case a character. So anyway the same way of creating a a vector in Illustrator can also be use in photoshop for example, and it works out nice at high resolutions, even if its bitmap based unlike a normal image it does better at retaining its quality when rezising lowerbut it still looses some and of course you can't resize it higher without getting pixalation, which is why of course "vectors"/tracing in photoshop is done at high resolutions. This is pretty much it, hope you where able to understand something from this mess . __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config Last edited by Strike105X; November 3rd, 2011 at 18:53..

November 5th, 2011, 05:36	#18866
niku ni san Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 939	what programs can i use apart from illustrator? __________________

November 5th, 2011, 06:27	#18867
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November 5th, 2011, 07:49	#18868
niku ni san Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 939	thanks hcr, I'll try ink scape. __________________

November 5th, 2011, 08:13	#18869
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Yup i used Inkscape its decent, just remember if you use some image as a model or otherwise said a source for tracing keep it together with the project and remember the path, last i used it, this part is why it fu... up one of my works. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

November 5th, 2011, 13:22	#18870
niku ni san Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 939	can't i draw something from scratch using my tablet? __________________

November 5th, 2011, 14:11	#18871
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Of course you can, in that case it all saves in the file and you wont have to worry about locations, etc, i was just saying in case you might wanted to do some tracing to be careful :P. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

November 6th, 2011, 14:20	#18872
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Missed Sakura so remade a sig and avatar of her. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

November 7th, 2011, 07:53	#18873
niku ni san Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 939	it looked like that character from bleach. __________________

November 7th, 2011, 08:02	#18874
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Your probably thinking of Matsumoto. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

November 7th, 2011, 12:51	#18875
niku ni san Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 939	no, ichigo. __________________

November 7th, 2011, 13:09	#18876
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	lol, personally i don't see the resemblance, but to each there own . __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

November 8th, 2011, 09:48	#18877
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Changed, took me a while to find some material to make this... __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

November 8th, 2011, 11:32	#18878
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,366	Woah, Strike went retro __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

November 8th, 2011, 11:44	#18879
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,687	Its not quite as retro as it would seem, since its only from '93, but i guess you could say that , 90's is my favorite age in anime though. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config