Soul Train

I might be able to roll something up.

DAMMIT! Now I'm gonna have to get this. How tricky is it to mod the cars?

(( Interstate 82 allowed you to mod the paint there too... so I did up a version of the van with the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers on it. ))

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Burnt Reynolds is a Superstrength/Fire Tank. He hit 50 on Champion last year, so he's retired. For that reason you may prefer choosing someone else's main.

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Now THAT'S cool.

Sweet. Can't wait!!

Indeed! Thally's sweet and fun and saucy.

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Ahh, the benefits of Demorecordings...

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... neither one were, actually.

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No no, that's the only way I can get well-timed screenshots.

My AR/KIN corruptor Betty Highside is available for model shots... I'll have screenies up on DA in just a bit.

EDIT: here we go...

Costume 1: Motorcycle Gear
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58927713/

Costume 3: Motorcycle Gear, No Helmet
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58928296/

Costume 2: Club Outfit
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58928043/

Ahh, the benefits of Demorecordings...

I'm on Virtue right now... exhorting folks to tweak their costumes.

Wow. That's really cool.

A bit more than the gawky kid that deebs is now... amazing how they grow up innit?

Nice!

Sharing is good!! Sharing is quite good.

And with two other succubi... the question is, how resistant are the photographers to, uh, you know...?

Oh my... Dia's getting on a cover...

*she thumbs her nose downward* SEE? I TOLD you I could make it on my own up here!

Chisoku: great stuff man!!

But I'd like to point something out in your color guide...

Those pinkish-fuschia-purple colors at the bottom? They make GREAT colors for the various makeup patterns for the ladies.

However, the Makeup 2 pattern really doesn't lend itself well to bright reds, as it makes the eyes look bloodshot. It's actually better for DARK colors, almost an Egyptian kohl pattern.

Makeup 3 is a very muted pattern, so you can get away with using bright primary colors on it and they don't look like Tammy Faye Bakker.

Makeup 4 is actually my preferred pattern, but I tend to stick to pastels with it, again to soften the look.

And while we're at it...

SKIN TONES.

This is a custom palette that is only available for skin.

Values to the left are of course darker, and as you progress to the right they get lighter, until you're at 'cave-fish' pale.

The first three rows are your 'flesh' tones.

The first row has a lot of red to it, and can make your hero look a bit sunburnt or flushed. As you get to the left side, you get into those REALLY dark-skinned Nubian skin tones, or the "Native American" dark red and tanned tones.

The second row is more brown, and makes for good tanned or dark skinned heroes. The leftmost one is the one I commonly use for my African-American heroes, or the one immediately to the right of it.

The third row is a bit yellowish, and can be used to simulate skin tones from the Asian continent (from the dark skin tones of Thailand to the pale aristocracy of Japan).

Row four - black and white, and several shades of grey in between. Right side - undead and extremely pale heroes, perhaps those with ice powers. Left side - heroes that are made of charcoal or absorb light. Example: My friend's "Mistress Kali - Primal Form" costume is all black skin tone, with a bright orange-red flame aura superimposed on it. And it works well.

The rest of the rows are 'colored' skin tones, but they're arranged in columns, and get paler as you go down. If you're modeling a succubus and want a red skintone, use one of the red ones. Or, a lizard-woman could use the green skintones. Lots of possibilities here.

One other thing: The rightmost column in the standard color palette is a 'sheer' color. It tends to mix with the base skin color, especially when used with any 'tops/bottoms with skin' patterns. As such, one can do interesting things with these colors, simulating hosiery or sheer gloves, or translucent faceshields for helmets, etc etc.

As an exercise, I'll break down the colors I used to make Soul Train's costume, which gets a lot of complements.

Primary color: White, or black (SG colorset).
Secondary: Gold
Skin Tone: Coffee - second or third from the left, middle row
Hair Color: Black and Coffee
Accent Color: Primary Red
Makeup color: Warm Fuscia or Burgundy, pattern 4

The combination of a white uniform with gold and red accents, against a dark skintone, really makes a striking costume. Since the red is the most striking color, I reserve it for small accents (jewel in the jeweled belt, ankh symbol in the tiara, or the lower half of the ankh chest symbol). Gold is used almost everywhere: The panels of the epaulets, the brooches of the cape, at the hem of the skirt, the belt and tiara base colors, the chest emblem base color (it's RP'd and illustrated as a necklace), and the tribal marks on the outside of the cape, the boots, and Soul's forearms (tattoos).

The rest of the uniform is white (changed to black when in SG mode).

For a very striking 'background' I'll color the inside lining of Soul's cape either black, or a slightly darker red than the accent color. This sets up a wonderful contrast between the white costume and the dark chocolate skintone, and helps make her stand out.

My wife had a double masectomy about 6-7 years ago, and my mother soon afterward.

Both are in full remission... I do miss my wife's boobs though. She had nice ones.

So yeah, this is one of those things that truly deserves our attention and our support.

Thank you, Zikar.

I'm down for this... Soul Train costume reference is here: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51801556/

Welcome back, Big Daddy!!!

Art trade, perhaps?

Hehe.

It's another husband/wife team (look out GillBates!!)

Martheus is one half.

Janet is the other half.

and, uh, yeah, I got a watch on her too.

commented on DA, but I think the only thing you're missing is muzzle flash from the gun. Other than that it's an awesome piece.

Hrmm.

Turbo's right, you need some contrast up in there to add some interest. even moving one of your two color choices up or down the hue scale (darker or lighter, to get it away from the other one) would help.

Also, don't be afraid to add accent pieces/colors if you need to.

You need to register for an account at an image hosting site.

Personally I use Imageshack. However, many other folks like Photobucket.

Once you've registered, walk through the steps to upload the file.

Also, I note that you've got it in .bmp format (windows Native). This is a very large format, which takes up considerable time to upload/download. If you have the ability to convert it to .jpg (JPEG), I'd recommend doing that.

And no it's not just a matter of changing the name. You have to actually convert the file.

OK. Two things:

1) In order for people to view your screenies/references, you have to upload the file to a hosting site such as photobucket or imageshack.us ... what you pasted is a local path on your system. No one else on the Internet can see that file, unless they hack your system.

2) Best way to get freebie art is to hang out, check out people's work, offer honest constructive comments et cetera, and when an artist says "Hey, I'll draw the next X characters that get posted" you jump quick to get in line. Otherwise, expect to pay SOMETHING.

Good luck on your quest for artwork. And welcome to the Art Forums.

Yummy!!!

Might have to toss one of my girls in and see what Gamma does...

question is, which one??