Suichiro

If the collar belongs to Moggie and the bra belongs to Invincibelle (same symbol on it) then that only leaves the winged headband and claws.

I'd generally think that the claws would be Feral Kat's but they're shaped differently and the headband seems to go with them.

The current list of what we know, pulled from community thought on the DA comments page. From top left to bottom right:

Valkarye/Valaraine's wings and monocle.

Grae Knight's broadsword and sunglasses.

Thor's Assassin's Nemesis staff.

Winged headband and clawed gloves, unknown.

Bra(?) and collar with nametag, unknown. (Though I have a feeling that the collar is Moggie's.)

Invincibelle's shirt.

DragonBerry's scarf.

Soul Train's ankh pendant.

A box and bowl of Ascendant-Os.

The mad maiden Absinthium's top hat and goggles.

Radey Ayte's three eyes and scarf.

Blitzkrieg Bop's skull shirt and gloves.

Remains of Rockstar's stone body and glasses.

A Rowr-skin rug.

Cans of Red Bull from Toxic Shia.

Mel is banned from the thread for flaming everyone who wanted to be cool and join in the pool ban list.

Really, it's nothing personal, she hates you all equally. :3

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Crimson, Gold, White and a tiny dab of Gray.

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While that color palette works for the costume itself, it clashes with the color of her hair. Taking the hair into account as well as skin tone is something that's overlooked a lot, but pretty important IMO.

These are *very* impressive. Your friend obviously has a strong control over proportion, layout, detail and style. We of the art forum are pleased to meet you and disappointed that there is not more to enjoy.

Your own color work is really nice as well, I could never get the hang of painterly style programs myself.

I love Big Sky, that piece's colors and mood just came out really pleasant.

Mel doesn't try and boil people! That's libel!

...that glue thing though? That's spot on. >.>

The brass/gold color in your costume is what makes it stand out. Not the blue and white combination. Blue and white is certainly pleasing to eye, but it's in no way unique when it comes to this game and it's players. It's the combination of multiple colors that really draws the eye in.

Although the outfit is a little complex in pattern, so your eye doesn't know where to follow the costume, and in the process you lose the human silhouette. Clearer definition between the arms and torso would help that. Details are nice, but too many is as bad as too few, sometimes more.

I really can't recall where I read it, nor can I find it again, but there's a rule of thumb that I learned about a while back. The most popular iconic characters generally have two major complimentary or contrasting colors, one of which is generally a primary color, and a 'metal' to represent their epic heroism. Metal, in this case means anything in the range from white to black, silver, bronze, brass or gold (sometimes yellow). Supes is Red and Blue with Gold, Spidey is Red and Blue with Black. Batman is Blue and Yellow with Black/Grey, Cap is Red and Blue with White.

Sometimes you can get outfits that are two metals and a color instead. Like GreenLantern is Black and White with Green, Fantastic Four are Black and White with Blue, Doctor Doom is Silver, Gold and Green.

I follow this general rule when I make my outfits, since it's much easier to balance two colors against each other in your head, as opposed to the more advanced method of finding three colors that work together. It's possible to get four colors with the manner, if you can balance out three non-clashing colors with a fourth metal. Generally, that being a shade in the region between White to Black.

Also, pay attention to saturation. Colors that are contrasting will 'vibrate' when put near each other, when they are too saturate and bold. Make one color darker or duller, with the second color as a brighter highlight. Once you add in the third metal, the outfit should mesh together well, having a firm base, a noticeable color for pattern and a metal for detail work. The game world of CoX isn't bright and colorful. It's cast in a lot of earthy tones and subdued colors, so an outfit that's abusing the brightest of neons is going to be an eyesore unless it's treated well. A dark broody character that chooses the deepest black is going to become a supernatural shadow, instead of someone that likes the dark look. It won't match the world tones, so instead of blending in, you'll stick out.

Take the signature characters in CoX. Statesman isn't bright red and blue. He's a deep blood red and navy blue, with silver for his metal details and brown for his belt, with a white highlight to show off his star symbol. Positron is Brass with Blue details and a Green for his visor highlight. His powers are typically green as well, which is important to take into account when designing a character. Synapse is purposely a vibrating Red and Blue to indicate his wild speed and chaotic personality, but even Syn has silver armor padding with an Aqua visor detail and White symbol patterning.

Generally speaking, it's harder to come up with an outfit that has multiple colors in it, but it's well worth the effort. There's a clear difference between a basic two color outfit and a well crafted 3-5 color outfit. It will stand out well in the open and stick in the minds of people who view it. Don't be afraid to use offbeat colors. Purple and Gold go great together, as do Green and Orange. The key is to use such colors in subtle tones that way they don't vibrate against each other. In a sea of 'Blue and White' or 'Red and Black,' your offbeat Green and Purple will stand out and draw attention. Once you have that attention, your costume choices will determine if people like it and compliment you, or turn away in disgust.

You don't have to be Mr. Black to have a good costume. There's a whole rainbow of choices for you to explore.

You had me at chain. :9

Composition wise, the regular screenie is better since it doesn't split the camera in two. The widescreen one clips with the edges a little too much and the two areas of negative space are disjointed because of it.

If you make a border, make it a dark color, so as to not interfere with the overall look and draw your eye away. The picture itself is beautiful, so you want to keep the viewer looking at that, instead of a big wall of text or an overly saturate bounding box. For text, I'd leave it out entirely, or do something simple and small in one of the corners. Lower left corner has some open negative space to work with, so that should be a good spot for it. Avoid a very serifed font, as scriptwork will again distract you from the main focus.

It's really good to see someone put their efforts into the creative field even if they don't have the skill to craft something from scratch yet. This is every bit as nice a gesture and the piece is very pretty. I hope she enjoys it.

You asked for it. Now you'll regret it.

I mean seriously. It really is this bad.

Now for some good ones instead.

You find funny things in the Hollows.
This one's just awesome.

Also, I can't help but collect these types. Before there was Empowered there was Peril Lass! Also, think *you've* seen inflated bustlines?

It's sad to see you go, but it's neat to know your birthday is only one day after mine. We'll always have that! ;_;

It's funny, since it's even down to the spikes on the shoulder and the fingerless gloves. It just means that it's a popular look. ;3

Give me back my trademark look! Grrr!

I'm always tweaking aspects of my character via the sliders. I use both the body sliders along with the facial sliders to get what I want out of what's available. Generally speaking I find that you get the most out of the torso/stomach area, the hips/shoulders, and the nose. I also fiddle with the jaw line and cheek bones a lot, since I dislike the normal settings for them.

I highly approve of such activities.

Sleepwalker! Srsly, I loved that comic. Darkhawk too.

Oooh ooh, I want to be part of the mess too!

OP is a big stupid dumbhead with purple toes and a 5 way slackpie that he feeds to his lulzhounds. He should zip up his stromberries and flap on back to grumpyvale.

Regardless of whether the OP thinks he's right or not, the fact of the matter is that he's completely ruined any hope he ever had for finding a new artist to use here. It's pointless to continue the fight, unless he *really* likes the taste of his foot. Get up, move on and try elsewhere.

I like the *elsewhere* part the best.

LOL, oh man. This is a train wreck.

You get what you pay for, m'kay?

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Melanie: 37 favs
Turbo-ski: 36 favs
Dragonberry: 32 favs

all seems right in the world to me...

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Indeed it does. :3

This is how Suichiro spinds his time. How about you?

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Turns out that there is a cap to the number of Scrapyarders that'll come out. Who knew? BTW, when I counted it was 42, including Scrappy himself.

Bring it on, lizard lady! :3

But Mel would be happy about that. Less filthy heroes to get in the way of the glorious BURN. :3

Oh, by the way: my 33 favorites > your 31 favorites. Face it, people like Mel more.

Most people have seen it already, but adding to my usual thread.

http://graver13.deviantart.com/art/Burn-94136703

This is a commission that Deebs gifted me with and I am forever grateful for it. Graver did a beautiful job of it and it's already one of my favorite pieces I've ever gotten.