Epsilon

[SIZE="1"]Hybrid Ninja, I love your contrast of the cold and warm colors. The list hasn't been updated, and no one seems to have called the next spot, I'm claiming it. I'll update this post when done. [b]Edit:[/b] [URL=http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gw0107sr5.jpg][IMG]http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7672/gw0107sr5.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] PS. - Thank you, Boo.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=SlateGray]If no one has yet requested permisson / selected the topic of [i][b]Using Layers[/b][/i] tutorial, I'd be happy to create one. Being color chanllenged, I also have a request. Within Adobe PhotoShop and various other programs, like OpenCanavs, there is the the Image > Adjustment options. If anyone has enough knowledge upon how to use any of these options for changing the various color levels. [b]Request:[/b] [i]Adjusting Color Levels.[/i][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1][b]Name:[/b] Sister Rasphin L. Poise. [b]Age:[/b] 25. [b]Gender:[/b] Female. [b]Race:[/b] Human. [b]Alliance:[/b] Section XIII. [b]Description:[/b] [URL=http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5514/posie02oi0.jpg]Poise.[/URL] A height of exactly 5 feet, Poise is light, weighing 98 lbs. Having a fairly small build, she walks with an air of slight self doubt. Having come from a family of many cultures, she has no definite ethnicity. Often commented upon how her eyes are her best feature, they're a vivid brown. With a slight eerie green that creeps in form the outer rims. Within her eyes, as the brown meets and merges to the pupils, it seems as though there's a faint white lining. Her hair is short, being the same lengths as a male within the back, but gradually becoming longer to frame her face. Dressing casually outside of work from the Section, when she hunts or carries out orders, Poise will dress formally. Wearing a pair of black pants, a white button top, and ankle boots. Around her waist she wear a belt composed of three silver links, they come together as one at her right hip beneath a skull buckle. Around her neck she wears a dog collar, two small dog tags stating: name age and date of birth. Upon the other, there is simply a family emblem. [b]Weapons:[/b] [URL=http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/817/fnfanwg4.jpg]Two FN - FAL.[/URL] [i] - Fusil Automatique Léger. A 7.62 × 51 mm NATO, self-loading, selective fire rifle. Originally produced by the Belgian during the Cold War, it was later adopted by many countries through out the world. A common militia weapon and a fairly common civilian rifle. However, unlike the basic standard of the FAL's magazine capacity ranges from 5 to 30 rounds. Her gun is able to hold 10 to 40 rounds. Each magazine usually carrying 25 rounds. The basic concept and design of this FN - FAL remains, for most part, unaltered. Custom made to suit her needs this version is lighter then most. Having two silver strips of lining, horizontally, along the barrel. The identification number has been filed off the top and replaced with her first name in silver. The bullets Poise uses within her FN-FALs are custom to the Section XIII. Created of silver, the gun powder has been dried and saturated with holy water. Later to be redried again. The bullets are engraved with a cross from the Christian church. [/i] [b]Specialist Skills:[/b] Poise's special skills relay heavily in tactical advances and covering the tracks of her self and other members of Section XIII and the Second Order, fixing the flaws of their actions afterwards. [b]Personality:[/b] Uncomfortable within her own skin, Poise is often times considered timid and shy. She tends to have problems expressing her ideas and she is polite to a certain extent. She keeps her life and work separate. She is caring but is easily worried. The tendency of her personality, as a whole, often leads to miscommunication between she, Section XIII and The Second Order. However, she knows how to do her job and how to do it well. Sister Posie is neutral against Vampires. Seeing them not as good or bad, but things in general that simply need to be gotten rid of. [b]Short Bio:[/b] Born to a family of six, Poise was the youngest child and the youngest female. Although the two parents loved their children, it was inevitable that they couldn't distribute their love or kindness evenly. After the first two children were born and raised, they no longer need to watch their children as closely. As the third child came they knew they simply needed to support their children facially. The four children could take care of the youngest and of themselves. Poise did not know her parents well. It was simply the way things were done, a way of efficiency. At the age of 10 her family had moved to a new home in England. A larger one to accommodate all of them and the children's developing need of space. The house was three stories high and far away from neighbors or a city. One day while exploring the new house's attic, Poise happened to stumble upon three sleeping people. They stirred slightly, seeing as she was only a child, they went back to rest. Feeling only amounts of indifference, she thought of mice and cats. She later returned with a shotgun she'd found in the basement from the former owners. Poise never spoke of this incident. The following month two men dressed came to the door. Alone and slightly confused, their was no one else home of which she could turn to. She let them in politely as she watched the search around the house. Collect the former owner's thing from the basement. The continued to look through out them home, not satisfied to their findings. Poise led them to the attic, they found the gun and took it. At the age of 18 Poise was contacted by the Section and Order. Leaving for London, her parents and her first brother were dead. [b]Notes:[/b] Contrary to Poise's dedication and the joy she receives from working with Section XIII, she holds a job in a local bar and cafe. [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=SlateGray]You're welcome, I'm glad you like them. The last two sets I had made are done with the same image and style, so that they may be matched in different ways. [b]Avatar[/b] 101. [IMG]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6202/an02bj9.jpg[/IMG] [b]Avatar[/b] 102. [IMG]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8917/an03mn3.jpg[/IMG] [b]Banner[/b] 101. [IMG]http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/281/an101av1.png[/IMG] [b]Banner[/b] 102. [IMG]http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/4636/an102uq9.png[/IMG] [/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]One set I tried out of three. I will post the other to sets later. Please let me know if you like them and would like to see anything changed. I wanted to keep them simple, due to the fact Amuro is very lovely. [b]Avatar:[/b] 001. [IMG]http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9199/an002mq3.jpg[/IMG] [b]Avatar:[/b] 002. [IMG]http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8724/an003ss9.jpg[/IMG] [b]Banner:[/b] 001. [IMG]http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7460/an001xh8.png[/IMG][/SIZE] [/COLOR]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]Get an apprenticeship for a graphic or design studio / company. You'd be able to get experience and help along with help on how to market your skills as a freelance artist. If that doesn't suit your fancy, as everyone else has said. Practice and study the feild. Go to college or general classes and continue to study graphic design. Also it doesn't matter what program you use, it depends on what you're trying to create and if you know how to do it. --- There are two things that bothered me about these. [b]1.)[/b] There are border. Logo's with borders, with the use you are referring to, shouldn't have borders. It makes them a bit limited. IE: [i]They won't work very well on pamphlets, envelopes, stationary, etc.[/i] I'd make another version for them. One with and without the borders. So incase the clinic does not later need the borders, they'll have the option. [b]2.)[/b] This goes back to my original suggestion. Because of the border, it's limited. The size of the grey image I suggest making smaller and whole. Being able to see the top of of the parent's head, the image extending down to mid point before the cut off. As for the text, I think it should be moved off to the side. Both the purple and black text. In the center going horizontally. The purple text upper and the black text slightly smaller. On the other image, my only recommendation is to give another option with out the background. To you're work so far, I like the concepts of which you've come up with. [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]I'm calling the next spot. My piece will be up shortly. Keyblade Wielder, yours is very cute. [b]***Edit.[/b] Finished. [URL=http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3899/limitshy2.jpg]Please Click Here[/URL] to view. Art featured is from the art book 'Void.' And Adobe screen shots. [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]My first name and my two of my three middle names. [b]Name:[/b] [i]Rodrica[/i] [INDENT][i] - Female variation of Roderick or Rodrick. Please see Roderick or Rodrick for meaning.[/i] [b]Roderick.[/b] [b]Gender:[/b] Masculine. [b]Usage:[/b] English. [b]Pronounced:[/b] RAHD-ur-ik, RAHD-rik [i] - "Famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power". This is the name of the main character in the poem 'The Vision of Don Roderick' by Sir Walter Scott. In Scottish this name means famous ruler or .[/i] [/INDENT] [b]Name:[/B] Lei. [INDENT][i] - Lei meaning flower bud or to tire.[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Female. [b]Usage:[/b] Chinese. [b]Pronounced:[/b] LIE[/INDENT] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Bengjira.[/i] [INDENT][i] - Origin of name is unknown. 'Daughter of Benjamin, our right handed son or man.'[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Female. [b]Usage:[/b] Unknown. [b]Pronounced:[/b] BEN-geari-a[/INDENT] I've never actually met anyone else with the same name of Rodrica or of Roderick. Although I won't post any of my surnames, my father's origin is British / Irish. Our crest meaning is supposedly [i]'Those brave in times of hardship and war.'[/i] Which goes well when combined with my first name.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=SlateGray]It's been a while since I've seen some of your work, however, I still adore your color schemes. The solid colors appear very vividly. Helping to contrast towards the beginning of the two bars where the colors fade and merge into one another. Also upon your use of the slanted direction of the yellow, blue, and white bars. The angle of which those colored bars and how they match up to the dashed lines help to further focus upon the center piece. I love you splatter, unlike many artist you've used it in moderation. The text fits very well. Especially the effect of which you used on the lower most of the picture. The text is over lapping, but at the same time readable. The shades of pink used for the numerical two is befitting, matching with the bottom. The overlapping into splatter while other letters touch and become part of the empty spaces above it. Your placement of 'Pick It Up' is a good choice. Getting down to being nit-picky. The small little area of where the light blue, white, and pink bothers me slightly in terms of design. Although I like the way the three come together, having them over lapping at the same point in the image goes a bit against some of the dashed lines. I'd like the image better if one of the merges started slightly later in the image, or was increased, preferably the top one. Lovely job, Retribution. [/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1] Wonderful story, Ezekiel. Please notify me if anything needs be altered or if my sign up is errored thus far. ------------ [b][i]Sign Up-[/b][/i] [b]Name:[/b] Soli Discordia. [b]Age:[/b] Appears 26. [b]Gender:[/b] Female. [b]Race:[/b] Yarou. [b]Occupation:[/b] Solider. [i](Allied w/ Meram.)[/i] [b]Position:[/b] Specialist. [b]Weapon:[/b] Duel Rapiers. [i] - Relatively slender, blade 2.5 centimeters in width and 95 centimeters in length. These two swords are sharply pointed. Well kept and sharpened. These The blades are composed of two different strong metals, iron and steel, melded into one blade. Coming up from where the blade meets the hilt is a thin strip of darker colored steel. This strip ends at mid point of the blade, looping into a thin oval hole within the blade. The handle and hilt of Soli's rapiers are relatively simple. The top rounding in a slight sphere fallowing downwards. As two more stripes of the darker metals cross to form a curved x. The handle it's self is ridged and collored black. Covered in slightly decaying bandages. Because of the dullness of the nervs in her finger tips, there is string wrung tightly around each of her fingers. This is usually used as a cutting or trapping device.[/i] [b]Spells:[/b] N/A. [b]Appearance:[/b] [URL=http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3827/solikb4.jpg]Please Click Here.[/URL] [i][color=gray](Character and drawing © My-self. Please do not use or reproduce without permission, etc. )[/color][/i] [b]Personality:[/b] Om Ni Me Hung. Bliss and pride to passion and desire. The fear of poverty and the feeling of possessiveness to things held dear. Aggressive as a fighter, Soli is annoyed by others easily. However this does not show normally unless provoked or bothered. Preferring to keep silence and speak when it's mandatory. There is an odd silence and high tension that seems to fallow her around. Soli becomes a hot head in debates or while strategically planning. She refuses to be wrong. Soli is often called brutally honest and too serious, pointing out the flaws of others and her own battle actions. Intelligent, there are few who stand up to her. This goes the same for in battle, strong and merciless. She has earned a reputation for being such a low ranking soldier for not letting others off with put an extensive blow. [b]Excerpt of Character:[/b] [i]Hades: Realm of the Dead : 1 Year ago.[/i] [b]"You're so annoying."[/b] Voice unwavering, Soli's finger tips danced along the hand of her rapiers. An insistent tapping as the strings slowly unwound from her fingers. Trailing down, the string had been stained red. [b]" Always awaiting your disaster."[/b] The humans stared, stunned, stumbling, and stuck. They could not return to their out post anymore. Slowly and carefully they began to retreat, not yet turning their backs, forming the classic tactical position of a small circle. The other Yarou began to revolve round the small group, all of them slowly drawing closer. Watching them closely, Soli smiled, twirling her rapiers they flipped and rounded about hand quickly. Her body swaying slightly before charging to meet the lead human. The other Yarou bounding forward. [i]Terra: Realm of the Living : Current Day.[/i] The three tacticians of the Meram paced back and fourth. Soli stared, leaning back against the shores' rocks. A rapier in her hand, she trailed the blade within the water, waiting. Small bubbles floating through the ripples as they moved away. Tracing the sign of infinity in the mud and sand. She watched as the water flowed, sweeping it away. Stroking her cheek with her other hand. Pulling at her skin, Soli torn light layers of skin of. Letting them fall and catch light breezes. Seeing a small piece of Soli's rotting skin flow by on the wind, Tory looked up from the beauty of the water. He scorned slightly his face scrunching in disgust. His foot prints left behind him in the sand as walked near her. [b]"Must you do that now? It's repulsive." [/b] She made no answer or any form of reply. Her hand continued to stroke her rapier through the water. Ignoring his presence completely. Kneeling down beside her, he tilted his head to see the other side of her cheek. Unable to Tory grabbed her head by the chin his other yanking her hand away, he pulled her head over and pressing down. So that the opposite side of her face was exposed. Soli's finger dips a dark red she had stripped away the layers of dead, rotting, skin. Only to reveal small areas of live skin, bleeding. He stared, dropping her hand and releasing her chin. Tory slapped his hand across the cheek closest to him. [b]"That dead skin is protective to you, isn't it?"[/b] Angry he took the rapier from Soli's hand. Striking it down in between the rocks. [b]"You're bored, so you tear your skin apart. Can't you be more productive?"[/b] Soli smiled. [b]"Can't you be more useful?"[/b] Another tactician stopped, coming up behind Tory. [b]"We can find a better use for her."[/b] She smiled, staring at the other two tacticians. She moved her hand back to her cheek, covering it with her palm. The final tactician came placing his hand upon Tory's shoulder. He jerking his hand away, Tory turned more angry then before. [b]"I've been appointed director of the Yarou units. I don't need either one of your help!"[/b] Tory's head fell back as he took a slight step to the side. Soli stood, wrapping her arm around his neck, pulling back with her hand. He grabbed her arm, trying to pull away. Watching the glistening of string in the light.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]Thank you, Mike. I feel loved now. ~

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1][b] Image 001.:[/b] [i]Original Sketch.[/i] I enjoy the characters expression and your use of color. The green snake / reptile in the background really helps to accent the character's eyes further. However, I must say that the concept reminds me more of the artist Amano. Rather then the art work of Angel Sanctuary or it's concept of the character Lucifel. The dynamics of the face and angle of hair are done very well. As Dragon Warrior has already stated, I'd like to see more detail on the piece. The simplicity of the clothing doesn't contrast very well with the detail and eye catching movements of the hair, reptile, and facial expression. The only other thing that bothers me is how pointed the upper tip of the characters ear is. Other then those small things, I like this image very much. [b] Image 002.:[/b] [i]Kingdom Hearts II.[/i] The concept seemed to catch my eye before the drawing it's self did. In this image you did very well on using the concept of the triangular design principal. Eyes fallowing the two characters, up to the comet in the sky and back down to the hole (crater) in the mid selections background. Also, the area where the sky meets the horizontal line. Gradually becoming lighter. Although I think you did very well on the concept... Your design elements and execution could have been better. What has bothered me most, is that your horizon line is... Flat. The areas around the holes or craters are as well. Generally there would be mounds of areas around the holes / craters that would rise. Even if only slightly. As I was looking at this I noticed six areas upon the ground that rise and have a darker outline. Those same kind of shadows and build up of the ground's material should appear around the holes / craters. As for the horizon line, I think that it's incoherent when paired with the rest of the image. Regardless of how long the land, water, etc. stretches for. There should be slight deposits or dips that are more noticeable. A smaller comment now. In the human skin you can find nearly every hue or color pigment you can imagine, when under the correct lighting or glow. Since the sky is purple, indigo, blue, etc. there would be a light shadowing of those colors. [b] Image 003.:[/b] [i]Sephiroth.[/i] The concept of Sephiorth and flames is always a nice concept to try once or twice. To see the variations of an artist's interpretation. I like the high lights used upon his clothing, armor, and sword. The colors of which you chosen go well together. Especially your blending of colors on the flames. The thing I notice most about this image is that it's very 1 dimensional. There are no row of flames. Nor do any of the flames move around or are in front of Sephiorth. The shading on the upper most of the picture seems messy and fairly rushed. [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=SlateGray][QUOTE=Revelation][B][color=#CD6619][SIZE=1]Le Finished Product:[/B] [IMG]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4372/dc5lh.jpg[/IMG]. Since my dear character is in sketch, the basics of him is that he has black hair with red tints, his shirt is black with the 'DC' grey with a white outline, and his eyes are blue.[/size][/color][/QUOTE][size=1] I am claiming Revelation's character. [color=red][b]EDIT***[/b][/color] Done. I'm so sorry Revelation. I had problems with the tatto underneath his eyes. I hope that you like it though. I like this one a lot though. You're character is very fun to draw. I also hope you don't mind me adding a dead set. I'll be posting the CG'ed / Color version soon [IMG]http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5599/dc5yu.png[/IMG] My character [URL=http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7513/boixflower7nf.jpg]Boi.[/URL] Sadly I do not have an updated profile image. And I apologizes for my terrible pen skills in moving vehicles. But he has the appearance of a child. Dresses in black pants and a black long sleeve shirt. He likes flowers, both dead and alive ones. Under his left eye he has the number three in roman numerals.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[quote name='Ezekiel][SIZE=1']Why is 666 an evil number anyway? I'd really appreciate it if someone could explain to me. =/[/SIZE][/quote] [COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1] I would like to know that as well. Since my religion doesn't have 6-6-6 anywhere as being bad, or even being mentioned... I don't really know why people think it's the Omen, end of the world, etc. So, this day is basically a normal day for me. Other then hearing that more people are in chruch then usual on a Monday or people are lockiong them-selves inside for a bit. Also, if I remember correctly. When the calender was reformatted by the Romans', didn't they get rid of a yew days / a week(s in the month of Septemeber? If so, that'd mean our date of 6-6-6, today, is off by quite a lot.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=SlateGray]Sakurasuka's character has not yet been posted at this point, thus can't really be claimed. Hopefully this can help. So far the people listed as fallowing character's have been drawn. [b]Please note.:[/b] The one in bold is currently in transition. The one marked in [b]'*****'[/b] is currently unkown. [color=red][b]Red[/b][/color] means the person has not yet posted their character. Or [COLOR=Orange][b]Orange[/b][/COLOR] if the character is up but has not yet been called. [i]Sara's character drawn by Lunox. Lunox's character drawn by Illusion. Illusion's character drawn by Dodeca. Dodeca's character drawn by Sara. Sara's character drawn by Ezekiel. Ezekiel's character drawn by Boo. Boo's character drawn by Forest. Forest's character drawn by Ozymandius Jones. Ozymandius Jones's character drawn by r2vq. r2vq's chacater drawn by 1nOnlyCloud. 1nOnlyCloud'a character drawn by The Boss. The Boss'a character drawn by han ki-tae. Han ki-tae's character drawn by Epsilon. Epsilon's character drawn by Ezekiel. Ezekiel's character drawn by The Boss. The Boss's character drawn by Delta. Delta's character drawn by cancer. Cancer's character drawn by GTK. GTK's character drawn by The Boss. The Boss's character drawn by han ki-tae.[/i] Han ki-tae's character drawn by [b]Amelia's character drawn by Revelation. [/b] Revelation's character drawn by [color=red]*****[/color].[/COLOR][/SIZE]