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[QUOTE=Rising Sun][COLOR=DarkOrange][SIZE=1][FONT=Verdana] Try to get ou of this one. :P[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [color=gray][size=1]*tags up with sun* [IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23724&stc=1[/IMG] [see attachment] Name: Commubox Weapons: hammer Powers? makes fires and stuff :3 [/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]Go to the sign up thread in the Adventure Inn ;P BTW, I don't know anything about Narnia so if my Sign Up is wrong in some way, please tell ^^[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]This is the best art I've seen any of you two post. The only problem I see is the text. If you could blend it in more it'd be a very nice art-ish thing (for a sith lord and his gfx companion >>'). [/color][/size]

[size=1][b]Long time since I RPed ^^. I must say I have never read or even heard of the books, but I have Ozy at my side when I need any help ;P [/b] [b]Name:[/b] Salorid Diamore [b]Nickname:[/b] N/A [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 46 [b]Status:[/b] Former Warrior (Tarkaan) [b]Hometown:[/b] Born in Tashbaan. [b]Appearance:[/b] [url=http://cglenn.com/images/2d/rw_b.jpg]Click Here[/url]. Lose the goggles and the halberd. Salorid has green/grey eyes and black hair with strokes of grey. His equipment is light so he can move easily, but he it's quality didn't suffer under it's weight. Around his waist he has a piece of cloth in which he can put away his katars. [b]Abilities:[/b] Salorid is great with up close weapons. He had much training, being a former Warrior. Being a smith's son he knows a few smithing basics, but not much. [b]Weapons:[/b] [url= http://apoco.250free.com/Katar2.png]Katars[/url]. He uses two of them. They are light and swift. On his back he still carries the long blade that each Tarkaan has. This is for when he stands against bigger or mounted enemies. [b]Biography:[/b] [I]The sky was said to be a brilliant red, combined with the awful noise of screaming voices and metal hitting all sorts of things, including flesh. I did not witness this all. I was out consciously lying somewhere outside the city. How could I let it get this far? My house, my money and my family? Everything was gone? Who am I, you ask? I am Salorid, formerly a Tarkaan warrior. One with a great reputation and a lot of respect. I had it all, and this is my story?[/I] It was twenty-four years ago that I was born. Born in a house of wealth and prosperity. My father was a great blacksmith. I can still remember myself being astounded by all the people that were over the floor. They all had the most expensive clothes or the shiniest armour. My mother was a beautiful and sweet woman. She was the one who took care of me while my father was working in the smithy. When my dad was not working, he would either tell me stories about his adventures as a young lad, or he would teach me to handle weaponry. I loved my parents and they loved me back. We were a happy family. When I was around twelve, my dad got me a trainer. As my dad was never really good with any weapon, but his bow, he thought it wisely to let someone else train me. This man was Aifa, just a commoner, but brilliant with any weapon. And so I trained every day after my other lessons. Hours we could spend duelling, although I knew he could win in a few seconds. My skills rose by the day and my ambition with it. One day I [I]would[/I] be the greatest warrior in Calormen history. Years later, I sat in my own house. I had a lovely woman by my side and I had a son. Everything I could wish for, I already owned and nothing could tear this dream apart. Except me? As I grew older, I lost my ambition. I never spoke or spend time with my wife and my son and only cared for my money. Most of the day you?d find me counting money with a bottle of strong cider next to me. One day I was invited to a party. It all started off nice and all and we all had our portion of cocktails. Eventually we started gambling. I already lost a whole lot of cash when I suddenly grabbed a man?s throat and stomped him in the face, with the message that he was cheating. Me with my numb brains, didn?t realize I had just stomped one of the most important people of Tashbaan. Before I knew it, I was lying somewhere near dead, while my house was burned down with everything in it. [I]That's eleven years ago. Now I'm wandering around in the scorching sand, doing all kinds of small jobs or deliveries. Yes, I know I was a complete idiot and do not think I don?t curse myself each day for giving up my beautiful life. Ever since then, I had nothing. And having nothing seemed to be even worse then I could have ever thought. I realized that the chaste system that had been here for centuries, was bad. Those who had no money was not even thought of by those who had. I should know. When I heard about the supposedly upcoming rebellion, I knew that was the only way something would change. And maybe this would be the perfect opportunity for me to make a new start.[/I] [b]Personality:[/b] Salorid's age and history make him a torn, yet experienced man. He thinks more than he talks, though pretty often he talks to himself (as result of many years alone in the desert). Ever since he was a few years old he was trained for combat. When he wants to lose steam, you can find him bashing trees or something alike. [b]Password:[/b] [spoiler] No one knows any story but their own[/spoiler] [/size]

[color=gray][size=1]You need new fonts, I don't know what program you're using, but the text is bad. If you use MSPaint (as I think you do), you can't help it I guess. About the banners itself... The border is too thick for my liking. The picture you used is not really good quality. *looks more carefully* Oh, You placed the black line under a part of the original picture... If you cover up the black line and the text with your fingers, the banner looks nice enough. I recommend getting paint shop pro or something alike, because I must say that these banners could be a lot better. PS: the banner is too high for OtakuBoards or is it for something else?..[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]I'd like to thank JadeNinja for showing his sprites. This remembered me of my own ;P [/size] [/color][size=1] [b]Edit a year later:[/b] And now Kazuko : ) [color=gray] The first sprite that I'd like to show you is [b]Bahamut[/b] [IMG]http://apoco.250free.com/HeadAdd.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://apoco.250free.com/HeadAddBig.png[/IMG] I don't like how the head turned out in this one. It's a dragon I made for someone who was planning to make an MMORPG. It's made completely out of scrap, so it took me quite some time to make. Here are some pictures of the dragon, in progress: [url=http://apoco.250free.com/InTheMakingBahamut.png]First Image[/url] - The big peach coloured blob is there for the size of the creature and the other things around it are there for colour usage/examples. [url=http://apoco.250free.com/BahamutEditorial1arm.png]Second Image[/url] - It now has a torso and an arm. [url=http://apoco.250free.com/InTheMakingBahamut02.png]Body, woohoo[/url] - Check out the rest of the body, rawr. [url=http://apoco.250free.com/Bahamendblackpixeladd.png]One of the last (saved) steps[/url] - I thought it was over now, but the boss didn't like the head -__-' [url=http://apoco.250free.com/ItsAHeadInProgress.png]New head.[/url] - and so I made a new head

[QUOTE=Retribution][SIZE=1]Did you create the head of the people? I know you stole the body from Bass of Mega Man, and only recolored part of it, so technically you didn't make these completely. The heads look alright, but C's head is stolen from Mega Man himself, with recolored hair. I can see a jacket that's original (I think so, at least), so that's a plus. You've done well with these... except for ripping Bass' wings/body. Next time, try to create a spring 100% your own.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [color=gray][size=1]... Do you realize that it's bloody hard to create a good sprite from scratch? I do not know how long this guy has been spriting, but I can tell it takes a lot of time and experience to be able to make a whole custom sprite (which looks right.). For recolours I'd say these sprites are quite nice. I don't really like how the hair covers 70% of the face, but that's a matter of taste. The jacket you made was nice, it could use some more shading though. Also, B's wings don't look right. The wings come out of his neck instead of his shoulder blades. Hopefully this is the beginning of a new spriter revolution (is going to post some too).[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]Couldn't resist.. [IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23619&stc=1[/IMG][/size][/color]

[quote name='Mad Hatter][color=#550000][font=tahoma]The fault lies within the creator of the RP.[/color'][/font][/quote] [color=gray][size=1]Things that could be so pretty fail because mankind can't live up to the idea. (I'm such a poet imitator ;P) The rating system was a nice idea, but seeing as no one seems to be able to control himself, it has no point. And ofcourse there's also people who are like "Omg, but what if the RPG gets more gory than I thought at first? Lets raise the rating!" [/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]The whole idea [i]was[/i] to make it look messy, especially the colours. And that aint no "grid effect for good measure" but it's the PS effect 'patchwork' it's just a bit adjusted.[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]Here's a wallpaper which is extremely bright and has pretty colours in it :3 [b]Work In Progress[/b] [url]http://files.bighosting.net/fb42868.png[/url] copy and paste it into your adress bar so it will show in original size. [i]Edit:[/i] This is supposed to be so messy, bright and colourful.[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]Drop the subject! o_O; A newbie is a normal new person and a n00b is someone who just doesn't [i]seem[/i] to change (who keeps his bad grammar etc.). Yet, n00bs may change. Take me as an example, both James and SuperSaiyan/Chaos couldn't stand me XD (wait, Chaos still can't stand me probably and James... I dunno XP) [quote name='Retribution][size=1']Now, I do believe that the quality in the Arena is somewhat lacking, and while it may be better than what it used to be, there is still room for major improvement. I'm longing for quality RPGs that stick around a little longer than a few pages. We need some of those...[/size][/quote] I, for one, do not think the Arena has improved. It's different, but that doesn't mean it's better. Right now, people create and/or participate in at least two RPGs at a time. This may resolve into people quiting other RPGs because they want to spend more time in others, or the quality of the RPG (plotline) may drop. Though I did see some nice RPGs around here, it's like Retribution said: The RPGs just don't keep people's attention long enough. Might be because [i]1.[/i] the people have other RPG's to work on, or [i]2.[/i] they just don't like the idea anymore. I think both of these things should be worked on. If people lose interest, the plot is probably lacking or the RPers are not creative enough. [i]1.[/i] seems easy enough to solve though. I must say though that the posting quality has risen a lot within these three years, I just wouldn't say the Arena improved that much. [/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1][IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23535[/IMG*] Get rid of the star at the end and copy this in your sig. It's done.[/color][/size]

[quote name='ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet']Do you have parents that throw things at eachother or get drunk and don't admit it? [/color][/quote] [color=gray][size=1]OMG that's so much [i]fun with family[/i]! I'm laughing my behind off! I really advice you to change the point of the thread. I don't know about you, but having an insane family or drinking parents isn't exactly funny stuff in my eyes and I even find it insulting. My parents had great trouble and you act like you should be rolling over the floor about it. Having alcoholic parents or parents who throw with stuff or insane family members is the best thing that ever happened to me!! It really changed my life! Thank you Home Shopping![/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]I myself wasn't much in the Battle Arena. At first I went there a bit more, but later on I realized that constantly writing how your characters beat eachother up, wasn't my thing. Though I can understand that other people like it. If you were going to put it back up, I'd say it should be a sub-forum again, like before. Meh.[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]I almost never drink unless I go out or when I go to a party. I hardly go to any of those -.-; In spain the drinking age doesn't matter really, so when you go to a bar, they'll keep giving you alcohol until you drop (it happens -__-). In the Netherlands (here right where I sit on my chair, in my room, in my house, in my town, in my country, being Dutch) people sell alcohol to you when you are 16. This is the main reason why people get drunk in parties over here I guess >.>; I never get drunk, I know where my limit is so I don't get further than a bit dizzy when climbing stairs. Ph34r m3.[/color][/size]

[quote name='Sean][SIZE=1']So in answer to ringtones: they're just annoying, and get on people's nerves, put it on silent for god sake![/SIZE][/quote] [color=gray][size=1]Amen. -.- Though I do like my Evanescence ringtone with "Missing". All the other ringtones, except videogame songs, are teh suxx. Wear it on a spot where you easily detect it when it vibrates, solves a lot of people their stress problems.[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]I like the pictures you used. I've never seen those before and they seem great quality. Also, I think each of the pictures fits its background really nice. The text is standing out way too much though. You might want to make the text layer want to blend in more. This counts for all banners ^^[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]Same here, I was just going to post about it when I saw SunFallE's post. It probably doesn't mean it's the end of the world, but the thing disturbes me and it pushes the forums down a bit -.-;[/color][/size]

[quote name='Hack Helba][COLOR=DarkSlateGray']The picture of the girl on the avatar seems different and out of place compaired with the banner (just how I feel) [/COLOR][/quote] [color=gray][size=1]I also felt it didn't quite fit the banner, but I just needed one quickly so I could post the banner XD [b]Retribution:[/b] Yeah, the left part of the banner is out of place, but I didn't really find a way to do something about it lol. The text... Well, I like it as it is =P Thanks for the comments :3[/size][/color]

[color=gray][size=1]I don't know that "Big O" thingy, but I still think the banner looks really nice :3 The pictures at the side of the robot don't seem too bright or dark so the brightness/darkness at the sidees of the robot looks a bit too strong. Other than that, I love how the robot is red against the black and white, like in all the black and white movies where [color=red]red[/color] is the only colour. Great job Helbeh >>;[/color][/size]

[QUOTE=Dragon Warrior] Women in showers with me rocks ;^D[/QUOTE] [color=gray][size=1]Yes you should try that out once :3 Anyway, I practically only shower to wake up and to remove my bed smells... Not like I have those ofcourse... My shower is just one with these glass doors that you can't draw on because you can't look through them (well, really unclear). And that's my shower :P[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]Okay I probably wont post very much, but I put [Image Heavy] in just in case. Here's my latest work. An avater and banner as you can see =P I tried the same banner but that it fades to transparant, but that didn't look nicely centered in my signature >>; (I use them right now so there might be uber brightness in this post) [IMG]http://apoco.250free.com/avpic2.png[/img] [IMG]http://apoco.250free.com/Banner03.png[/IMG] Comments and Criticism are very welcome, even a rating or two is allowed :3[/color][/size]

[color=gray][size=1]I think [i]Terry Pratchett[/i] and [i]Raymond E. Feist[/i] would be my favourite writers. Which would probably be because they are the only writers of who I have more than two books >.>; It's just with Raymond E. Feist that he sometimes likes to spiff stuff up, but he overdoes it... I do that too a lot, so that might be why I like his stuff xD[/color][/size]

[quote name='Baron Samedi][size=1']I believe I've mentioned this before, but what if you released a folder containing every single one of OB's images, and allowed the OB public to work on it and modify it as they may. This saves you the work, meaning all you need to do is test-run the submissions on a local machine, and see if they're good enough to be added to OB's skin library.[/size][/quote] [color=gray][size=1]Go you, that's brilliant =o You could make a competition of it like the Otaku[b]Boards[/b] Banner contests of before. I want to win once >.>;;[/color][/size]