Red Valkyrja

Samuraiko, you rock!

Too funny, Alex. lol

I would change a few things in the story (that's just the writer in me,) but you were asking for costume help, not a critique on you story.

And with the costumes I saw posted in the other thread, I find it hard to believe you have a problem coming up with a costume for KAKTOS.

The one above might even work better as an older, more mature KAKTOS. I did that with my main, her costume changes were an evolution of her getting older and more experienced, with a more physical change down the road as she realized her past and heritage.

[u]Corel Painter[u]

Digital Painting by Akiahara

PhotoShop CS3
Digital Painting Tutorial by Dianae - In depth, 3-parter, with video. All with with an English and a French version.

PhotoShop
Create Anime Artwork - Created by NiegeBlanc and featured on PhotoShop's website.

PhotoShop
Flaming Photo Manipulation by Jayan Saputra

Not sure if this is anywhere close to acceptable. I tried to avoid using any non-human armour/skin pieces and kept green in there, but not the brighter one.

KAKTOS

Oh, gas masks...

(Currently at work, so I can't throw something together.)

Okay, at home now. Is Faceless 1 and 2 kind of what you were looking for? Ignore the colors.

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It was WAY more than 10 seconds - maybe over a min of rubberbanding the same distance. The distance itself between points was moderate, and I watched her do it over and over. It almost felt like a joke.

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I've had the same thing happen during a mayhem (King's Row lvl 14 character I think), kept snapping me back to the truck. I was worried at first about the timer, but fortunately everything the skulls and clockworks were destroying, I got credit for. Went on for 2 or 3 minutes and ended up with 17min on the clock.
Stepping out of the mission and back in fixed it, although I guess /sync would have worked just as well.

Enjoyed the story.

Edit Removed question. Realized size reference was within an early medical report.

d20 roll on reading comprehension: 3.

I'm at work and can't really help, but perhaps you should put up his history as well to give others a clue for what might work.

A little bit of everything.

Elfwood F.A.R.P. has a rather large section with user-made tutorial from the very basics of sketching and drawing, to digital artwork.

Angel Red does, but they're small, and on her forehead. }:>

Here's a better close-up.

My main, Angel Red - Happy Valentine's Day was actually a combination of two of my favorite DnD characters. My longbow wielding Druid (gotta love Deities preferred weapon,) and my Dragon Desciple sorceress. I miss them greatly.

Tartyr, it's your show. I'm just glad to have made the cut.
I eagerly await the results of you rampage.

It will probably throw up a message similar to the one you get when choosing a saved costume that is the wrong sex.

Frau DasBoot again.

Anyway, seeing as how I already spent the time, here is Angel Red - Valentine's Edition

and a screenie from Icon, because the setting sun actually made her skin colour normal.

Valentine Angel Red - Icon

PaintShop Pro

Break-Away Tutorial by stinky666 - WOW! Creating a fractured, crumbled look to an image. Amazing job.

[u]GIMP[u]

Blood Splatter Tutorial by Sushi-is-Yummy

Kudos to Juggertha for posing these on his DA page. All I've got to say is, "You da Man!"

Tutorial - Basic Faces

Facial Shading

Digital Drawing Tutorial

Digital Coloring Tutorial

Making Faces - A great sketch of facial expressions.

Male Torso Drawings

Female Torso Drawings

If you are looking for an artist, the best place to start is here:

The Network - Thanks goes to Thors_Assassin for setting this up.


As a start for resources, I've been scouring the art forums and came across a couple of guides and tutorials.


[u]PhotoShop[u]


Juggertha's Art Guide on Creating an Image - PhotoShop
As Juggertha told me, it's a few years old, but I found it interesting in that he goes through the stages of creating an image.


Amanda's Lineart Tutorial - PhotoShop 7

Amanda's Cell Shading Tutorial - PhotoShop 7
(For whatever reason the images are squished, but expands out when you click on it.)

Coloring Line Art Tutorial by John Becaro

Coloring Tutorial by SplashColors - An amusing and quite hilarious take on coloring a pencil sketch.

It's a great list, Thor. Tons of great artists there.

Not really artistic help but here are your Faceless options are costume wise.

There also a couple of helmet detail pieces that allow for partial coverage of the face.

I'm partial to bows myself, Agge.

Both of those are great, Alex. Love Overspeed, nice action/movement going on.

I have a question, and I figured since this thread is stickied and labeled "Artists and Resources" it would be a good place to ask.

I see that all the artist have their own preference for the programs that they use: PhotoShop Pro, Illustrator, GIMP, ZBrush, etc.

Q: Why do you prefer a particular program and/or version? ( I know my sister prefers PSP 7.something over 10.)

My big question is: Where are some good resources for using these programs? Is there a particularly good resource for working/learning said program? Is "Graphics Program X for Dummies" really a good book for beginning?

Perhaps all you graphics guru's can help some of us beginners out and point us in the right direction.

I would join in, but stuck at work.