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Some images I found to spur the creative juices I guess...

reply to post by VoidWalker


Based on your description, I hope this one may be good for you.

reply to post by FortAnthem


Wow I love this image! Is there anyway to spike the image up a little? Possibly make it rainy or dreary out?

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for rain ill have to wait until i get off work. dark...i can do right now.

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How's this?

sled735
reply to post by cody599

 

Cody, what does that symbol on my back mean/represent? (I don't want to be wearing some satanic symbol)

Nothing as far as I know

I just thought enlightenment when I saw it. Just a gut feeling

Cody

reply to post by cody599


I thought it meant "Camel Flops"

reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan




Buggered if I know BFFT

Just a pretty pattern, If it calls the evils of the universe upon us.

Want to share a camel ?

Cody

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no thank you I'll pass on this one

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Thank you all so much for your help with this by the way.

mOjOm
Ok NewAgeMan,

Let's give this a shot. Set both of these into their appropriate spots and let's see if they line up and all that good stuff so I can see what I need to change or whatever. Once you get them set up, I'll take it from there...

Notice the red nose on Rudolph??

First your Background

Next your Avatar

edit on 12-12-2013 by mOjOm because: (no reason given)

Thanks again so much mOjOm. Now I just need to make the reindeer stop.

I'd like to continue to use this format, as it creates some possibility with regards to future .gif annimation, where I was thinking of having the moon first rise to half, the star-conjunction flare and twinkle, with the rest of the stars in the avatar portion then twinkling in different colors as they are radiating outwardly from the conjunction, but in a way that blends nicely with the rest of the non-twinkling background, ending with a sparkling flare behind Jesus' "hat ball" at the horizon (he wears it year 'round the hat).

For the time being though I just wanted to stop the reindeer, and as to the rest we can worry about that afterwards. gif's are fun and it's nice to be able to work with them while staying in the rules of no animated backgrounds.


Thanks again for the Christmassy avatar, mOjOm. I loved it!

NAM

cody599

sled735
reply to post by cody599

 

Cody, what does that symbol on my back mean/represent? (I don't want to be wearing some satanic symbol)

Nothing as far as I know

I just thought enlightenment when I saw it. Just a gut feeling

Cody

edit on 27/12/13 by cody599 because: (no reason given)

Enlightenment.... PERFECT!!!

reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan


Saw this and thought of you.

Something to add to your files to play around with?

reply to post by NewAgeMan


Here's the avatar image

never mind, i'm good for now just need a little re-sizing.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone.

reply to post by sled735


slightly different tattoo.



also, switched to be looking at your post rather than away.

reply to post by NewAgeMan


Is this what you need?

reply to post by mOjOm


Yes yes, thank you!

That's perfect.


Let me know if or when you might be interested in animating it, not that i'm asking right now, but at some point it would be totally cool.


As far as that goes, if only for future reference (hey if you don't ask you don't get) and don't worry i'm not going to go crazy like went i sent all those pics and stuff, before, with my over the top Christmas wish list (i lost it) although you do have everything you might need now to pull it off.., but what i was thinking was
- a slowly rising moon where when it hits half risen, the two stars of the conjunction flare and twinkle first one then the other (with the flare/flicker centered right on the stars) then both of them together, just like you did before, and then spreading out from there among the background stars of the avatar, the twinkling of those stars each in it's own color or multi-colored, like the starfield, representing some sort of universal celebration, and at the end of the cycle, like a wink and a nod, if it's doable, a rainbow colored flare of some kind "hidden" behind Jesus' hat ball on the horizon, if that's possible against a whitish background.. and that would end the cycle, where the twinkling would fade out the way it started before the loop starts again with the rising moon, if that's possible.

Edit: forget the moon rising part for now cause that's too much work, but, if you like, time permitting, feel free to just light me up! we could do the moon thing later, which could rise to full and then simply vanish at the end of the loop (which could be kind of freaky).

The object is to capture the eye and freak people out with a potential meaning and significance that they can't quite fathom, such that it makes them laugh even if for no reason at all. Something to be inquired into, like the daVinci code decoded, that's the overall impression and idea.


I'm good now as i sit, though, for ever if need be, thank you so much. I really appreciate your help big time.

But if you do feel like animating the avatar portion, that's just what i was thinking, to take advantage of what might be possible, for a story-telling avatar of awesome proportion, .gif

Thanks again, and don't get me wrong i'm only trying to be specific and clear in the description not trying to be pushy or tell you what to do with your valuable time.

Thanks again for your help.

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! To you and to all, may it be a good one (there's always hope).

NAM

I just wanted everyone to know I have had fun... it was nice participating some here.

My first ever play with photoshop

I know I have a lot to learn yet this is just messing around finding out what brushes do what, how to do transparency and working with layers

This took about 15 minutes from 3 different images, yes I know it's naff but I wanted to share it anyway



Cody