Let out the ARTIST in you!!!!

This thread has gained a new life. Everything is so cute that it should be impossible to pick one piece :nod:

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

This one is drawn by someone else, but I colored it. :)

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That's a very nicely done coloring, Beaut. I haven't forgotten the coloring I owe you. I've been busy lately, but hopefully I might have it for next week :)


Following a tutorial on flower making on Paint.Net, I came up with the next four pieces (the one with the yellow center is a little variation of the exact instructions given on the tutorial, and the other ones are the results of my own experiments):

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...talFlowers.jpg

Then I took it a little further, I experimented with several effects and tricks, and I designed a humble present for my friend Beautifull:

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...Beautifull.jpg

I suppose they are all abstract flowers. I'm not sure whether any of them resembles a real flower :p

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

This thread has gained a new life. Everything is so cute that it should be impossible to pick one piece :nod:


That's a very nicely done coloring, Beaut. I haven't forgotten the coloring I owe you. I've been busy lately, but hopefully I might have it for next week :)


Following a tutorial on flower making on Paint.Net, I came up with the next four pieces (the one with the yellow center is a little variation of the exact instructions given on the tutorial, and the other ones are the results of my own experiments):

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...talFlowers.jpg

Then I took it a little further, I experimented with several effects and tricks, and I designed a humble present for my friend Beautifull:

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...Beautifull.jpg

I suppose they are all abstract flowers. I'm not sure whether any of them resembles a real flower :p

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:bawling::bawling::bawling::blush: :blush:<<<<<I wanted to do a LOT of that, but I was in front of a lot of people in a veeery quiet hallway, so instead I had to settle for smiling REALLY big! Thank you much Max! :D :D :D :D :D They're really nice pieces, and I can tell they're flowers, so they must be flowers.:hurray::thumbsup:

And thanks for the comment on the piece I colored. I was wondering if anyone had seen it....:p

But take your time. I can wait for that piece. Do what's priority first. :banana::cornut::smilewinkgrin:

But thanks Max, I really needed that a lot. :p

Some Anime/manga:

Ah Beautifull!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture017.gif

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

:bawling::bawling::bawling::blush: :blush:<<<<<I wanted to do a LOT of that, but I was in front of a lot of people in a veeery quiet hallway, so instead I had to settle for smiling REALLY big! Thank you much Max! :D :D :D :D :D They're really nice pieces, and I can tell they're flowers, so they must be flowers.:hurray::thumbsup:

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You did well. Don't show your vulnerability unless they are dependable friends :) I'm glad you liked it http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/friends.gif

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

And thanks for the comment on the piece I colored. I was wondering if anyone had seen it....:p

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I see it all, even when I skip to make a comment... well, "almost all" :p

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

But take your time. I can wait for that piece. Do what's priority first. :banana::cornut::smilewinkgrin:

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It's almost done :nod:

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

But thanks Max, I really needed that a lot. :p

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You need a hug, too http://fc03.deviantart.net/images/i/..._emoticon___v2

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

Some Anime/manga:

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You're definitely a wonderfully talented artist! :nod:

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

Ah Beautifull!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture017.gif

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That's just fantastic :nod:

My friend Beautifull's creation, humbly colored by me (there might be slight unintentional modifications):

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...mycoloring.jpg

Yo, Beaut! :p Lemme know if you agree with the colors! :)

Cool Max, I was going with a dark blue background and lightening the hair. Good result



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2LBQyiNa8

Have to apologise for the horizontal squish but I was working with crap software

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

Ah Beautifull!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture017.gif

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Thanks Mystyry! And that is a very intriguing picture, but I oddly think it's cool! good jobs!

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

You did well. Don't show your vulnerability unless they are dependable friends :) I'm glad you liked it http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/friends.gif

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Alright Max. :p

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

You need a hug, too http://fc03.deviantart.net/images/i/..._emoticon___v2

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Aww! Thanks *hugs back*

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

You're definitely a wonderfully talented artist! :nod:

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Hehe. I wish I had a wacom. I would love one of those. :D

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

My friend Beautifull's creation, humbly colored by me (there might be slight unintentional modifications):

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...mycoloring.jpg

Yo, Beaut! :p Lemme know if you agree with the colors! :)

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I love it Max. Of course, I had a different color scale in my mind, but she's definitely a Beaut like this! Very nice Max! I love it!

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

Cool Max, I was going with a dark blue background and lightening the hair. Good result

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That would look nice...with a dark blue background. :p

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2LBQyiNa8

Have to apologise for the horizontal squish but I was working with crap software

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Ahh. This is pretty fun to watch Mystyry. It kinda takes me on a rollercoaster experience kinda thing.

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

Hehe. I wish I had a wacom. I would love one of those. :D

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Me too, even to fantasize with dumb doodles :p

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

I love it Max. Of course, I had a different color scale in my mind, but she's definitely a Beaut like this! Very nice Max! I love it!

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http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/jus...C_ThankYou.gif Glad you liked it http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/hi.gif

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

Cool Max, I was going with a dark blue background and lightening the hair. Good result

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

That would look nice...with a dark blue background. :p

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Thanks for the comments... I'll see what I can do about that blue background :brow: ;)

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2LBQyiNa8

Have to apologise for the horizontal squish but I was working with crap software

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Crap or no crap software, the result is very entertaining, and even relaxing. What software is that? Did you use Bryce or something similar?

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Originally Posted by Beautifull

Ahh. This is pretty fun to watch Mystyry. It kinda takes me on a rollercoaster experience kinda thing.

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Yes! :iagree:

At Max - Bryce was ace, it was trying to compress it into youtube format using third party free downloads - . The original is high def and looks great, but the free stuff for afterfiddling is not so great (maybe it is - just wouldn't work for me :( I'm not a tech head and that was the hardest most confusing and boring waste of time ever)

In the end I loaded the final 350mb movie into Moviemaker 1, and played with the filesize regardless of quality, randomly choosing to squash it down to 21mb for reasonable length of time upload

The original quality is much better - those diamond textures are spectacular - as is everything else but what can you do? (and there's also this nonsense about square pixels and rectangle pixels, and it's all too complicated) but at a certain point I just wantd to upload it and be dammed

Now though, I've discovered that youtube has things called tags which resize and reshape the video, and I'm also realising this gibberish is as bad as the gibberish I had to suffer night after night


Glad you all enjoyed it :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXYtiGDE28

I think the picture in this is the better art, I still think it's the best picture I've ever taken.

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

At Max - Bryce was ace, it was trying to compress it into youtube format using third party free downloads - . The original is high def and looks great, but the free stuff for afterfiddling is not so great (maybe it is - just wouldn't work for me :( I'm not a tech head and that was the hardest most confusing and boring waste of time ever)

In the end I loaded the final 350mb movie into Moviemaker 1, and played with the filesize regardless of quality, randomly choosing to squash it down to 21mb for reasonable length of time upload

The original quality is much better - those diamond textures are spectacular - as is everything else but what can you do? (and there's also this nonsense about square pixels and rectangle pixels, and it's all too complicated) but at a certain point I just wantd to upload it and be dammed

Now though, I've discovered that youtube has things called tags which resize and reshape the video, and I'm also realising this gibberish is as bad as the gibberish I had to suffer night after night


Glad you all enjoyed it :)

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Working with videos is a whole subject, regardless of the tools you use. People who master the field spend long hours trying different frames per second, resolution, sound quality and whatnot. 350 mb is a decent size for good quality, although it's quite huge to be uploaded. To sum up, whatever you did, it turned out in a good balance of size/quality. Good job, Mystyr :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Revolte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXYtiGDE28

I think the picture in this is the better art, I still think it's the best picture I've ever taken.

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It looks indeed meaningful :nod:

You're right there Max - my mistake was believing that the whole thing could be understood by someone, namely me, who isn't interested in it (at least that side of it) in the first place. I became increasingly convinced that there must be some ultimate free program that did it all automagically - and Moviemaker (2.1 actually - the version that came with xp) has its own limitations if you're working with aspect ratios that it wasn't designed to handle (i.e. most of them)

And the truth is to do it properly is to invest in something like Adobe Premier and learn to use it

But having said that - I don't want anyone to be put off video editing if that's your bag, but if you want to keep it simple and use what you've already got and if you're having problems with youtube remember to use these tags


yt:stretch=4:3 or yt:stretch=16:9


there's also yt:quality=high


which is self explanatory

Also about 10mb per minute is the golden mean


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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

I became increasingly convinced that there must be some ultimate free program that did it all automagically

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Automagically would be great, though rather impossible in our humble dimension where we're bound to sweat http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/heat.gif

:D

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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry

if you're having problems with youtube remember to use these tags


yt:stretch=4:3 or yt:stretch=16:9


there's also yt:quality=high


which is self explanatory

Also about 10mb per minute is the golden mean


:driving:

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That's useful info to keep in mind :nod:



An accidentally created donut while I was experimenting with flower patterns:

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...eateddonut.jpg

so a flower may lead to a donut :p