Baron Samedi

[size=1][color=darkred]*points to his post* I said I had Adobe Photoshop 6. You even quoted me on it. lol. The other program I have is Serif Photoplus 7. But regardless, I can't find the blinds effect on either of those programs. Is there an update or something for PS6.0 that I could download for it?[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]Well, you're probably not going to believe this, but I was playing UpWord one day and the letters I had on my rack spelt out this username! Amazing, huh?! No. In all seriousness, I was researching religion in... Yr 8 I think, and came across this name, which is another name for Papa Ghede who is the uuh... Voodoo God of Death. Cheery, huh? I just thought it was a seriously cool name. I later found out that characters from both the Phantom and James Bond have been called "Baron Samedi". So, it's all good. I'd like to think I've given the old fellow a bright, upbeat makeover.[/size][/color]

[color=darkred][size=1]I've looked around, but I couldn't find anything...so, is there any way to duplicate the "blinds" effect in Adobe Photoshop 6? Can I download some plugin or something to do that particular effect?[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]Amazing stuff Sennen. I really love this one! I'd have to agree with Syk's comment about the glow on the end of those strands...it kind of goes a little bit funky there and ruins the general soothing and streamlining effect that an outer glow should have. I'd have to say the background is amazing, and having a slightly thicker border looks really excellent on this piece. The conttrast of the girl and the background is perfectly toned. If I was able to name this piece I'd call it "Wist-futility", a fusion of wistful and futility. Anyway, I'm really liking this one Sennen- possibly your best banner ever. Be proud.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]Instinctively? We're here to procreate. Mentally? We're here to learn. Basically? We're here to live. Look we are here. Face it. Everyone dies, and you'll die. Face it... everyone else can. Do we live, only to die? No, we have a purpose in life, and death is the dessert. I'd say that you're around my age, which guarantees you about 60 more years on this planet. Providing, you don't get hit by a bus or slit your wrists or get gunned down in the street or get shot or get murdered or fall down a weak trapdoor and starve to death in a secret underground prison. Anything could happen. But probably won't. As for the brain transplant... I doubt that'd work. I mean, your brain cells die. Unless they could find a way to rejuvenate your brain cells, you'd end up being a 200 year old vegetable. Why are you so good that you want to cheat death, or something? We're all going to die one day. We'll be missed by a few. But we're dead anyway. Face it.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred] Most of those are pretty good but you really need borders on them. New layer, thin black one pixel border. Cap any avatar off. Without borders, avatars look like rubbish I feel. Yours are good...but I always find myself saying the same thing to new designers- you need borders. As for other ways to make avatars...well, there are heaps of programs out there...it isn't the program though, but what you do with it. As any artist knows, images and effects you use are the thing that matters. Any half decent program with a clever artist can outrank a master program with a lamer artist.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]They both look good...but I like the UT03 layout better. Gorge is an awesome character, and fits in better with the whole plan, especially considering the Phobos maps. I don't really like the "UNR34L" using the numbers, but there you go. Also, something I'd like to point out- you didn't change the site address on the anime layout. It still reads [url]www.unrealplanet.net[/url]. Also, I think the "www" addition is unnecessary. Most people by now know that you use www in front of the URL. Nice layout though.[/color][/size]

[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]Here is another one...I personally don't think this one is as good as the previous. Bigger though. I had to use the planet from the tutorial though...I can't make my own. Does anyone know how to attatch a texture to a brush in Adobe 6.0? Anyway, critique it to the ashes, folks. [url=http://www.angelfire.com/sk3/b2tha_s/Star-progress_copy.jpg]Star Cast 01[/url][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[size=1][color=darkred]Actually, there is a difference. The art section here is for any form of art- be it anime, digital or random. Hell, someone even put up some of their pottery one time. Whereas the mO is specifically a "fanart" site. More specifically, [i]anime[/i] fanart. So, fanfics belong here, fanart can go here or there, but mO is specifically fanart. Now, I have a request. When you go to add a comment, sometimes you're referring to other comments...but you can't see them. If you have many windows up, by the time you get back to add your comment, you may have forgotten what you wanted to say. I think it would be great if, similar to OB, it had a list of all other comments below the typebox for your own comment. Thanks for your time. ^_^[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=darkred][quote name='Anatema']...and not get screwed over.[/quote] What appropriate terminology.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=darkred]I have never heard of hazing before. However, from what I have read here, it is a disgusting, useless, sadistic activity. Weed out the weak? Hhmm. Weed out the smart ones more likely. If you can play whatever sport it is, if you play it well and if you are tough enough out on the field, then you have nothing else to prove. You're just going to continue the vicious cycle because like all of the other stupid, ignorant asskissing ******** before you, you are a crony. "What happens on camp, stays at camp". Now I think about it I have heard stuff like this before. It isn't funny, it isn't cool, it is absolutely useless. You humiliate some person, and then they turn around and do it to the next one. Where does it end? Why did it begin? If you can give me some useful explanation for the reason for hazing, aside from tradition or that lame Weed out the weak, then how can you face yourself. The more of your stuff I read Hell's Fire, the less I like you. You obviously live a very different life to me, but from my end it seems a lot worse. You are an arrogant, rich snob who takes it all for granted, but now I think you're cruel too. Hurray, you're doing oh so well. Go give that new guy the beating of his life, shove a broomstick up his arse, break his arm. Go on. Be a [i]real[/i] man. Yeah, right.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]o_O. Your family is obviously a lot different to mine HF. Geez. Anyway, I picked up most of it...around I suppose. You just seem to pick up a lot of stuff. When I was... 10-11, maybe even 12, I'm not sure, my mum brought home a book and one of those animated videos. I think I'd already had Sex-Ed in Year 6 by then, so I knew most of it. As for porn magazines, or sex videos. Hell, my mum would probably rather slit her wrists than do that. Very....against that sort of thing she is. [i]Very[/i]. Anyway, thats how I found out. School, friends, mum.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=darkred]Fair enough. I suppose I'd have to agree...maybe the main stars are a bit too big. However, the glow is brown because I used an orange glow for the background...I'll have to check out what I can do with that....and that is the tutorial that I used to design this ^_^. I saw the link before, when Hittokiri put it up. I really enjoyed making this, so you can probably expect more in the future.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=darkred]I would have to mimic a lot of other comments that a) the names are redundant, b) the Navigation thing looks silly so far over and c) you're not utilising the page properly. What exactly is this for? Just art? I'd suggest putting up a "Piece of the Day" picture in the 'Content' Box, having the 'Partners' column replaced with a list of your works on there, and put a link to Partners in with the rest of your navigation buttons. Also, increase the overall size of your main area. Or at least centre it on the page. Thats about it...the colour scheme is nice, and it looks very good. I am just worried with the layout of it really. Hope I helped.[/size][/color]

[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]I only tried it on a small scale this time...but who knows. Next time I might aim to cover the whole universe! Enjoy.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[size=1][color=darkred] This is much better. Your star art looks much better, and I love how you faded off the bar down the bottom. This looks really, really good. I do get the impression that you kind of just 'bordered' the edge of the image with stars though. In future maybe remove some parts so it wouldn't be so uniform. More random. This reminds me to put up a piece of my own 'Celestial Art'.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]"Don't rush it"? Haha. Thats funny. I used to be quite short...now I'm average height. Height doesn't matter though....a tall person could be a wallflower and nobody would notice them either. Are you out there? Are you exuberant? Are you friendly? Or are you quite, shy and retiring? Try to be all of the former, and not the latter. If all else fails wear a really big, bright yellow cowboy hat.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]The Literature Section here is for Fanfics Nikorasu ^_^. If you write up one though that you'd like people to see, you could put it on OB and link to it through your mO Introduction if you so felt. Anyway, mO is not for fanfics as a general rule I believe. If you have any to post, whack them up in the Literature Section of OB ^_^.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]I don't feel I could really critique this properly, seeing as I could never make something this awesome. The space station type model is absolutely fantastic. What I will say is that a) Starfield could be improved...some of them are too scattered and it doesn't flow well, and b) Microtext could do with a bit of variety...it is plainly obvious that it is just the same 4 lines repeated. Just a bit of variety would set it off nicely. I have a bit of a problem with some of the fonts...but they are OK. Overall, a very nice piece. I am awed, and lets leave it at that.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]My family is kind of poor. Well not poor, but not well off. So, no really expensive stuff [or lots of it] for me. Most of my stuff is Big-W. I have a few [2] Quicksilver T's, some nice jeans, some cheap denim shorts. Lots of other stuff. I got a pair of $50 Slazenger sneakers. Normally my hair costs about $12 to do, and I get it cut...once a month? Maybe less than that even. I'm not a big spender, but I'd definitely like more brand-name stuff. Also, keep in mind that the aforementioned prices are AUD...not USD.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]A villain must have style, personal grace and an air of superiority. They lord it over others. The thing about the villain is that he always believes he is invincible. He must always gloat over his victim, leaving time for the victim to escape. The villain wants to be noticed, wants to be loved. A villain craves adoration and attention. They want the hero to know why they're doing what they are, so that the hero may realise their genius. A villain wants to have their ego pumped. A villain can be many things...but they want attention.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=darkred]Well, if you went to [url=http://www.myotaku.com]myOtaku[/url] then you'd know whether or not it was still up, wouldn't you? I've been using mO for awhile. I can't be bothered looking, but I signed up fairly late on. Just about everyone had a myO before I did. I signed up and then forgot about it, only to check it out. Found it was cool and started using it. I probably update most days, however due to Life it may be every few days. As a general rule I have daily updates. MyOtaku is a place where I can write about my life, make comments on stupid stuff and make everybody else feel good about themselves. All worthwhile causes, in my opinion. Sadly two people from Life know about myO, which I don't like. So I can't be 100% open anymore. Basically, mO is a place where you can say what you want to say with no repercussions. Who wouldn't want that?[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]Woah. Really impressive stuff Sara. This is a legendary piece. The colours are really vivid and bold. Everything meshes really well....I love it. My favourite part would be the jumpsuit, and undoubtably the neckline. It looks so real, like you could almost touch it. The lips are very cool too...they look so plump. Heh. This picture survives the quick glance impeccably, and the long stare just about as well. I could honestly concieve this being official artwork by a true career artist. Nice work. [spoiler]10000000/10000000[/spoiler] :p[/color][/size]

[color=darkred][size=1]Well, here are some buttons that Strike Gundam asked me to make. I hope these are what you were after.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkred]Some more explanation might be needed. First of all, a banner must be no more than 100x500 pixels. Second, you must have it somewhere online. Right click on it and click on properties. Copy the URL link that you'll find and, in your signature put [img]http://www.otakuboards.com[/img*] but replace the Otakuboards URL with your pictures', and remove the asterisk. Hope that helps a bit.[/size][/color]