Art Eclipse's Corner [Image heavy]

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[SIZE=1]Greetings all ^_^
I've been stuffing about with paint allot more recently when I?m relaxing and usually find my self experimenting with pictures and what not. Below are some banner's I've made. Comments and feed back welcome, I'll post some drawings and other things as I get time to do them. If you wanna use any of the banners below PM me first, I'll make an Avi if you want one.

Enjoy ^^[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Made for the release of X-Men 3 The last Stand, I <3 Wolverine.[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6000/wolverinebannernesshr9.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]Banner and Avi that I haven't used yet, I'm an avid fan of 24. XD[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8238/24bannersc7.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7856/24aviht1.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]My current Avi, goes with my user name ^^[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7574/africaneclipseavimo1.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]One of the very first banners I attemped to make look 'professional' in MS paint. Her hair bothers me but I couldnt do much with the pixels, believe me I tried. [/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5884/tifabannermj3.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]Banner of Rinoa, reducing the original image of her caused some annoying pixilation. ^^;[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9317/rban1pl9.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]I'm totally in love with this banner at the moment, I'm so proud of it ^^. Three different virsons here. there is slight variation between the three. I <3 the [B][URL=http://www.dafont.com/decibel-dingbats.font][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Decibel_Dingbats font[/COLOR][/B][/URL] and Quistis ^^ [/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]No txt.[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9241/qban3xt3.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]Txt.[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8169/qban2xm3.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]Txt but slightly lighter than the last two...I think *squints*[/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2721/qbanmr4.png[/IMG]

[SIZE=1]Comments and feed back welcome.

Cheers,

-Eclipse[/SIZE]

[Shi no Tenshi]

Did you say you have no special programs?

Wow. I'm gobsmacked.

[Random]

[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]THAT'S MY AMANDA! Ya!

Ahem.

A, this rocks. I love the last one of Quistis. Totally rocks my socks. An annoying character in the game, but a fun one to mess around with...NO! I didn't mean [i]that[/i]!

The one of Tifa is actually quite good, considering it was one of your first, but I'm not too keen on the ones of 24...maybe just 'cause I don't really like the show, and think whaz-hiz-name is U-G-L-Y. (go ahead, kill me...I'll HAUNT you.)

The X-3 one rocks. Wolverine [i]and[/i] green? You must make me an avi for the set! (winks ~.^)

To be honest, I think that you've finally beaten me in the graphic design department. *sniff* ...I'm...so proud... *tears up*

Now, you just need to catch up in the drawing...lol...not that you ever will...lol. Just kidding, mate.

Love it, and keep it up, my friend!

~Random[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[jigglyness]

I noticed that most of your sigs have a lot of empty space and the small text doesn't really cover for that. They are pretty good but I can't seem to find anything special about them [not to sound mean]. I'm pretty sure you can't make it look that nice and unpixelly on paint either [I've tried]. But I can see potential in all your pieces. :)

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[SIZE=1]*hugs random* I luff you XD

*shoots jigglyness* :animesigh :animeangr All is forgiven! *hugs*

Shall we all get one thing straight right now? All of these were done in MS paint. I don?t posses any fancy wancy programs like a lot of people around here that?s why I take pride in what I?ve done so far. Oh and jigglyness no offence taken. ^_^

They don?t appear pixilated because I save the images as either a bitmap or a PNG file. This seems to eliminate much of the pixilation. A reason why I don?t use fancy fonts in my banners is because they seem to want to make the picture go pixilated as well. If my pictures have alot of space in them its to minimize all possible pixilation that may occur. But any way...
-_-;;


Seems like no one wants to believe me. But all comments are very much appreciated. Thanks guys. *hugs* [/SIZE]

[jigglyness]

hm. wow. than for MS paint, that is really amazing. but i'm just a bit curious as how you made it look like you used the brushes for the backgrounds? [sorry if i sound like i don't believe you]. I've never seen anything like those made in MS Paint before O_O *bows down in amazement* I can't imagine how much work it must've been. ^^"

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[SIZE=1]Guess who's got photoshop XD

My [B]very first[/B] anything ^^ banner if you will. Now I know that it?s really nothing compared to what other people here are capable of, like Delta, Ezekiel, jigglyness and KW to name an oh so few [I adore all of your graphics]. But I?m proud of it?

Comments? Be nice...I still dont know what I'm doing yet ^^; [/SIZE]

[IMG]http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3167/banner4cl4.png[/IMG]

[spoiler] [SIZE=1]Photoshop virgin *giggles*[/SIZE][/spoiler]

[Riku]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Sister, you must be kidding me... this is your first banner on PS? Nicely done, I must say... and the handsome Dark to boot. We must've been sisters in another life or something. XD

Anyways, I would love to see more... so I shall comment on this wonderful masterpiece.

The stock is very wonderful, I know I've seen that picture and it isn't that dark. If you've done something to it (like saturating it or anything), it came out very nicely... the light orange on Dark's skin, the light purple highlight... gosh he is just so sexy. XD Also, I must comment that if you cut out the picture from it's background yourself.... *applause* Bravo, my friend. Nicely cut and wonderful.

Now, the only thing that I don't really like that much is the background. Don't get me wrong, the blues and light greens work well with the stock, but I think the green sticks out just a little bit too much... maybe use blues and dark purples since it goes with Dark, hmm?? The grid would look very lovely and I love how you faded the edges, but bold grids like this (trust me, I know) shouldn't been seen all too well. I truly suggest using some brushes to cover it up a little more or add something that would make it blend in with the background. Remember, grids don't always have to be black, you can always select it and fill it with a certian color you want.

Other than that, everything is looking beautiful for your first try. The text and fading of purple is wonderful, but I think you should put the purple behind the words if it isn't... to me, it looks better. Great job, sister, and I can't wait to see you answering people's request's in no time. ^^

And by the way... I truly appreciate you liking my graphics. Just like you are now, it took a lot of time and practicing to get where I am not. But again, thank you. *bows*[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

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[SIZE=1]XD thanks for the reply sis! And all the wonderful tips!11

Well here is my second go. I took a shot at making some of my own brushes, the "cloudy sky" like background was a texture that I tried to create but accidentally turned it into a brush ><; I sorta went nuts with the glowing-ness but I luff the effect. I didn?t extract the first image of the sexy guy but I [B]did[/B] extract this one. ><

I tried to go for the ?Top gun feel? with the playing cards and all. I adore Yukikaze, Major fan girlyness. [/SIZE]


[IMG]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3095/fightthisallaginbq0.png[/IMG]


[SIZE=1][B]comments? please? *puppy dog eyes*[/B][/SIZE]