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Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:15 pm

I created a new forum avatar. The artwork was drawn in Flash 2.0, exported as image sequence, imported into The Gimp, color corrected (for the background of this forum), converted to 32-bit pallet, optimized using the Optimize for Gif filter, stored as an animated GIF, and tweaked the GIF hold time for animation.

The large version looks like this:

The small version looks like this:

The source file and GIF files can be found on my .Mac account:

bunnylogo.zip

I know it isn't great artwork, but without practice I will never improve.

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:58 pm

So did I, but I didn't want to shout about it...only kidding!

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:41 pm

Ah, maybe I should create a new avatar every day. That will help me improve...

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:55 pm

The trouble with changing your avatar so much... I lose track of "who you are".

I associate an avatar with the "person". When it changes it seems like a "new person" or a different person.

Of course... this coming from someone WITHOUT an avatar.

-vern

Gnaws · Post by **Gnaws** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:24 pm

Rasheed wrote:...drawn in Flash 2.0...

<gasp> villanous, traitor!

j/k...looks great!!!

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:03 pm

If my ugly avatar gets other people to create beautiful ones, I don't complain...

How about this avatar, created with Moho:

only 1355 bytes (source: meimoi.zip)

I now understand that I can't change my avatar every day, but I can put an avatar in this thread every day, can't I?

Or how about this still avatar, I created some days ago.

(source: fireman.fla.zip)

Here's one I made tonight:

(1893 bytes, source: alien-001.fla.zip)

Mind you, I will start to create those avatars in Moho, once I have a feel for good design and a better workflow. IME other programs are just so much easier to sketch in than Moho. In Moho everything is just so final.

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:43 am

gnaws wrote:j/k...looks great!!!

Thanks!

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:31 am

(source: cartoonguy-002.zip)

This one was made with Anime Studio (my first real avatar so far with AS!):

(3228 bytes)

DarthFurby · Post by **DarthFurby** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:28 am

Whoa Flash 2.0! I wonder if Flash's drawing and animation tools have evolved much since then. The stoned green bunny is my favorite by far.

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:03 pm

Here's an avatar made with AS:

(6000 bytes, source: talkinghead.anme.zip

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:55 pm

DarthFurby wrote:Flash 2.0! I wonder if Flash's drawing and animation tools have evolved much since then

Well, Flash's tools have evolved a lot since version 2...but drawing and animation? Nahhhh...Macromedia are too focussed on giving corporate programmers boners...Wonder if Adobe will do any better?

artfx · Post by **artfx** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:46 pm

I like your first real avatar with AS! That one is great!

red hamster · Post by **red hamster** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:30 pm

The green rabbit is very funny.

bupaje · Post by **bupaje** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:53 pm

Missed responding to this. Nice avatar -wasn't sure what the bubbles were, is he drunk?

You suggested an avatar a day. That is actually a good idea if you want to learn to draw. I did a Texture-A-Day thread a while back on 3D Game Studio forums and I made a game texture everyday except weekends for a while. It not only produced a useful resource but I learned a lot about making textures. Go crazy, make a "Toon Avatar a Day for 30 Days Thread" Let people use them on the forums and you generate useful content while learning.

Actualy after I saw Adam Philips 'animation a day for 30 days thread' I am thinking I will try something similar, but probably going to be a 'Flash effects' type thing.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:55 am

Ok, I could not resist, made an avatar of myself!

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