The ''Rate Everything You See'' Thread

[Buddy4point0]

****plzkllme****
-avvy: mediocre, just a sprite.
-sig: not bad, could use more action and colors
-name: inventive
-title: okey dokey
-general: im done rating stuff

[Kaida]

Can you rate mine, Buddy?

[PLZKLLME0080]

I'll do it. using buddy's way of rating mine.
~avvy: Nice a dragon like mine! 7/10
~sig: I can only read English so I don't really know what it says. all I see from it is "I Shelly" like iRobot.
~Name: It's fun to say.

btw buddy said in it that he was done rating stuff.

[Kaida]

Well, it doesn't say I Shelly. That's the Japanese kanji. Anyways, I needed help making a Tayuya, Gaara, and Tsunade siggy. I just need some good pictures and background. I have paint. Any suggestions? Those are characters from Naruto.
Just changed it, now you can look at my album. And one more thing...

LoL

[JKKDARK]

name: good chinese name

avatar: nice chinese dragon

signature: great chinese words, it's your name right?

[Kaida]

Actually, it's Japanese. And yeah, it's Shelly. Any tips on making a Gaara/Tsunade/Tayuya siggy? I wanna include the three of them. And I need a Gaara/Tayuya avvie. Any tips?

[Gold Line]

Make your sig bigger and more flashy

[beetroot bertie]

I'd say use something better than paint, something that will let you work on multiple layers so you can move your characters about freely (have each one on a separate layer). You can then work on your background on another layer or layers. Layers will give you more freedom to experiment.

Photoshop would be ideal or if you want something free try something similar like GIMP. I've never used it so I can't offer any direct advice, but you'll need to learn how to make and modify selections so you can remove/cut out the characters from whatever source files you have and paste them into new layers. There are different ways of doing this such as using a lasso or marquee tools or a magic wand type tool to make slections based on pixel/area colours but these all work in different ways. I'd also learn how to use a pen tool to create vector-based paths which can also be converted to selections.

Well, this is how I'd do it photoshop anyway and GIMP appears to have similar tools and functions. Just don't expect too much from paint.

More info on GIMP here (http://www.gimp.org/), but like I said, I can't vouch for it as I've never used it.

If you want to take graphics seriously and perhaps pursue a job in the creative industries, then Photoshop really is the thing you should be learning. If you're just having a bit of fun, then try out various pieces of software until you find something that works for you.

Does this mean I have to rate your stuff? I'm not going to as it seems daft and rather judgemental on my part as it's not my opinion that matters. I'd rather just tell you to enjoy what you're doing and keep on learning.

[Kaida]

I can't get Photoshop. Now I'm just going to make a Tayuya/Gaara background. Suggestions?

[beetroot bertie]

Have you tried Gimp yet? Maybe it's worth a go in the absence of photoshop. It seems to offer layers and a good toolset judging from the screen shots on the gimp site and you can download the user manual too which should help you.