Sartori

You've been outed as a deviant!

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Just been fooling around with the little things you can do in DeviantArt Journals and playing around with some codes to make my site look a little cooler! I thought I'd share with my friends some of the info I have gathered!

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That's really nice of you!

I'm glad you came and told us about it, too.

Seriously, those are handy tips. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you all for the compliments!

The concept for this piece -- Grace looking into a mirror and seeing Gamer's Widow reflected back -- was Moggie's idea. I instantly loved the concept. Then a few days later, I knew for certain it was the right one. When I told Pyrria I was doing a piece on Gamer's Widow, she suggested the exact same thing! So the old saying is true: great minds really do think alike!

Here is my rendition of Moggie's character, Gamer's Widow.

Comments and constructive criticism are always invited.

I had a lot of fun making this piece. Hope you enjoy!

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Noted on DA but I'll say again. Awesome!

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QFT!

Nice!

Anyone who knows me already knows what a deviant I am.

Looking good! I'll be looking foward to seeing updates on this one.

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I like it, a little easier to navigate as well. And when did you do that Red Savior picture....did I miss that one? The turorial was very neat as well but I'd still love to see a toturial on just how you did her face and hair alone!!

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QFT!

I love it: "2 hours later..." Two HOURS?!? Do you do this stuff in your sleep, or what?

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Did you think he did this stuff in 2 minutes? >_>

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No, you misunderstood. I thought 2 hours was a very short time. I couldn't have done it in two weeks if my life depended on it.

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I like it, a little easier to navigate as well. And when did you do that Red Savior picture....did I miss that one? The turorial was very neat as well but I'd still love to see a toturial on just how you did her face and hair alone!!

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QFT!

I love it: "2 hours later..." Two HOURS?!? Do you do this stuff in your sleep, or what?

DJ, in all honesty, I have to tell you, I have a real problem with your artwork.

My problem is that I keep running out of superlatives to use when trying to describe it.

This is yet another truly outstanding piece. Simply breathtaking. As a Poser amateur myself I have to say: how you achieve such amazing work is beyond me, even taking good postwork skills into account. It just doesn't get any better than this.

Most excellent! Your work is so outstanding, I don't mind saying I find it a real inspiration.

Excellent post, very worthy of being stickied. It seems like obvious enough advice, and yet... it is certainly needed.

That's pretty cool. I'm usually good at dice, but I'm not sure I would mess with those!

It doesn't stop you from going there, it just raises a little warning pop-up. Obviously, clicking the image link is no worries, since it just displays the image and doesn't link to anything weird. So for anyone reading this, don't worry about viewing the picture. Just thought you'd like to know.

I like the drawing. But just so you know, McAfee doesn't like the site.

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The only things I claim any originality to, is to the commissions themselves. Anything I did for fun or otherwise, COULD have been (and some of them blatant! I.E. the piece that is not shown, but of Karnal Sin and Death Spider was from the classic Jean Grey/Wolverine piece; or even the Indigo Fury piece, which was a direct clone of a Nightwing piece - when I actually DID those pieces as well as the rest that were referenced, I was very upfront about it) referenced off other material - though I haven't done that since August of 2006 due to my apprenticeship with Bob Layton and my taking the art seriously at that juncture.

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"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

- Albert Einstein

That's pretty cool!

Me neither. Looking forward to seeing the new site.

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I really liked how this one came out...and since you said on your DA page anyone could color it, I gave it a shot.

Invincibelle Colored

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I really like how that came out too! Nicely done.

Sweet!

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That would be really cool DarkJedi. I know you can use photoshop to make the skins but... I need the details on how to do it.

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Here is a tutorial that explains the basic process.

Essentially, you start with an image file that has a template for the clothing item you want to skin. This shows the outline of the garment or object. You can use a program called UVMapper to generate this. Then you use Photoshop or PSP or whatever to add layers, painting the textures that you want to see in the render. Then you save that to a graphics file, and in the 3D program (Poser in my case) you tell it to use your file as the texture for the clothing object.

The process isn't that difficult, once you understand it. It's getting the texture "just right" that takes time and practice.

That is really sweet. I'm glad I hadn't seen that when I made mine, or I might not have attempted it.

Sadly I have to report that I didn't render the buildings myself, I just used an existing image as a backdrop. I don't remember exactly where I found it. That's something I've generally tried to avoid, but in this case the site I found it on didn't have any restrictions listed about re-using it in any way, so hopefully I didn't rip anyone else off in the process.

Any tutorials you might throw together would be awesome. I recall seeing a tut you once did on how you made your Crimson Storm piece, which I didn't have the foresight to save, and which is probably now lost and gone forever. In any case... I for one heartily second the idea!

I think it depends on what you mean by "making costumes". If it's just a matter of simple clothing, it's not all that difficult. Basically it's just a matter of creating a "skin" to put over the character or other clothing item, which only requires reasonable skill with a program like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. (Some examples I've done: Fallen Skye, Karnal Sin, PlasmaStream)

The part I haven't tried yet (but hope to soon) is making armor pieces (think Thor's Assassin, for example). That would require a program to make 3D objects, which I assume are what Maya and Max are that DJ mentioned. Then there's the matter of making your own figures, like a robot or werewolf or whatever, which is what the book covers that DJ linked us to.

My advice would be to try the free program first, keeping in mind that it may require an investment of time and that there will be a learning curve. Ok, actually my advice would be to listen to DJ's advice, he is the master. My experience has been that it can be time-consuming, but also a lot of fun.

Looks good!