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My very first attempt on skinning: The High Elf Tiger Archer

06-11-2004, 11:23 AM#1
Vagabond
Here she is:


Don't be to harsh, it's my first try.

Vagabond-
06-11-2004, 11:37 AM#2
Xeth-Ban
that skin rocks ^_^
06-11-2004, 11:41 AM#3
Vagabond
Wow, is it really that good? I though it looked bad for a first skin.. well well.. what can I say?.. THANKS!

Vagabond-
06-11-2004, 11:45 AM#4
Zapp90
it isn't bad for a first skin, i must say! but it could use a lil more burning!
06-11-2004, 11:52 AM#5
Vagabond
Burning?
You know.. I just suck at Photoshop, bleh.. hehe.

Vagabond-
06-11-2004, 11:58 AM#6
erwtenpeller
hmm... it doesnt fitr the discription high elf... she doesnt look like a high elf at all, more like a dark or draw....

the eys of the tuger look a bit misplaced and blurry. plus, blue eyes on a tiger are weird... tigers have yellow or green eyes, mostly.

the elf from what i can see is mainly recolor... it does look nice but its verry basic. if its a highelf try to make it more sunny with gold and shit.

it could use a liiiittle more burning, but i'd reather suggest to dodge some highlights... just a speck, but some, especially in the armor.

basically, its just a recolor, what can i say?
06-11-2004, 12:01 PM#7
Aznwhore
face looks undead-ish
give it a more human tone and man, remove the red eyes, they make her look even more undeadish...keep it white, the NE and high elves have white eyes
high elves tend to wear red armor too

tiger's not bad, but it is a recolor...
06-11-2004, 12:02 PM#8
Vagabond
Dodge n Burn = What is that?
And yeah, it's mainly a recolor, but it's my first one, and I don't really know how to use PS.
Thanks for the comments anyway ;)

Vagabond-
06-11-2004, 12:07 PM#9
Aznwhore
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vagabond
Dodge n Burn = What is that?

its shading, im not sure how it works in PS, but in PSP, you would use the dodge and burn or light/dark brush to well...lighten and darken the skin...lol, what more is there to say? it adds to the skinso it doesn't appear to be the basic colors.
well, as for your skin, its a recolor so i don't see much need for it, if you plan on modifying it w/ a brush, rather than recolor, try the dodge and burn brushes, you'll see
06-11-2004, 12:10 PM#10
erwtenpeller
u use photoshop? then you should be able to select a burn or dodge tool in your tools bar...

the way it is organized in my tools bar, burn dodge and sponge are in the same button, and youn can right click to change to the think you want to use.

burn makes things darker, dodge makes things lighter...
you can set dogdge and burn to three settings: highlights, shadows and midtones (?)
highlights effects only the light colors
shadows effects only the dark colors
and midtones effects everything besides extremely light and dark colors.

the sponge is made to affect color saturation, set it to desaturation to make the color more dull, set to saturation to make it more bright.

just toy with em, you'll learn... just dont recolor...
06-11-2004, 12:13 PM#11
Vagabond
Wow, I didn't know that! Thanks!
I'll train myself on skinning for some time now, though I may use this skin in a map :> Bwahaha.

Vagabond-
*prepares to send rep to erw and azn*
06-11-2004, 12:15 PM#12
Vagabond
EDIT: No rep for you azn, I can't send any more rep in 24 hours.. What a shame.. :\

Vagabond-
06-11-2004, 12:16 PM#13
erwtenpeller
garrr... rep doesnt work on this computer... i'll have to go to onme of the slow pc's upstairs to rep, but on those i cant skin >''<...

choices choices choices....

and before i go off topic (again)

keep it up... skinning is fun... especially making weird silly skins is fun...
06-11-2004, 12:19 PM#14
Vagabond
Heh, yeah I made an elton-john dreadlord with starformed glasses and pink wings, that looked.. funny :>

Vagabond-
06-11-2004, 12:22 PM#15
Zapp90
we want pic!! Nice idea! hehe, instead of all those panda skins, now, maybe all will do star skins :>