M.E. needs an Avatar
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 08 September 2025 at 3:33am
Topic: M.E. needs an Avatar
Posted By: M.E.
Subject: M.E. needs an Avatar
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 9:40am
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Metaru was so nice to make M.E. an avatar. But I should of course make my own. This is a selfportrait I made some 10-15 years ago. As I haven't changed much, I decided to make it my avatar:  This is the latest version of the avatar:  Anything you see that needs some work? Thanks in advance for any feedback! Best regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 10:13am
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hey! he mentioned me! whooho! hmp! this looks incredible, i would just point how how the face on your face looks, as if was somehow.. sad... it looks completely diferent, compared to the one that you posted above. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:49pm
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Yeah, I noticed that my original artwork had me as a young boy almost smiling while the grown up had a more neutrual look. It is one of my dreams. Maybe someday I will paint it once more but than the grown up is more like a brick statue. I painted this in between a statue and fleshlike style. I've attempted to make the young boy more diagonal as it was.  Any more suggestions? Best regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 2:35pm
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No way man, Your avvy must be/have 'BestRegards'  ------------- |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 4:40pm
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Your background as a painter really shows here (meant as a compliment).
Are you planning to make another pass to smooth, clean up, and AA? Because my only crit so far is that it's sort of messy. Oh, and very nitpicky: zoomed, the tip of your nose seems kind of flat, like it should be more bulbous. I think it's the speculars around the tip rather than right on it that are bugging me; makes it look like it has a flat surface on the end of it. [/ramble] ------------- |
Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 11:39pm
@Jalonso: Kind Regards  @Hatch: Smoothing cleaning up it is. It will be tricky for me but we'll see how it goes. Was waiting for some critique before doing that .... And WOW that is the kind of nitpicking I like. I will look into the nose (Eeks) Thanks a lot guys ! All sorts of regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 11:49pm
I think your avatar should be a piece of paper and a pen. Or even better a quill. 
-------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 12:24am
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Dear GreenRaven, Too bad that you think that I write too much?!? (No agression intentend!) To quote one of the respected members here on PJ: 'Give back to the community that gives freely to you on occasion' So I'm giving a lot of comments after that to hopefully help others. But you are free to make me such an avatar and I will use it now and then ....  Kind regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 12:33am
Actually the fact that you write a lot is a good thing, a very good thing. I like it when people give long in-depth comments instead of short one liners. I'm not afraid of a little reading.  That's why I suggested a piece of paper and a quill.
------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 1:41am
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@greenraven: Thanks for the support! Do you have something long in-depth to say about my avatar  I rest my quill for two minutes ..... ha ha ha ha ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 06 November 2007 at 12:51pm
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Taking my quill up again to write you all about a new update. I've attempted some AA and tried to get the expression right on the child and the grown up.  Any thoughts, comments, critiques and nitpicking? Thanks in advance for them! Best regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 06 November 2007 at 1:58pm
I've sacrified bit of 'realism' in order to achieve a readable image. changed few pixel on the lips, and played a bit on the eye. it looks better in my humble opinion.
what do you think ME? edit: just noticed how i ruined the eye. it was suposed to look to the side.  ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 8:23am
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Hello Metaru, Thanks for your edit. I've tried what you have suggested with the eye. Your edit was a really large pupil. I moved some pixels to the side but then it looked like I was crosseyed. Then I did a lift of the eyebrow and let the rest of the face do a semi-scary look to the left but that felt wrong. It is supposed to be a child in a grown-up head. The grown up is the person that was built by the boy inside. It doesn't feel right if the grown up 'knows' and checks out the boy inside. I did try your suggestion but sorry that I have to decline. There are some pixels in your edit that I implemented. The mouth and some removal of white in the eye-corner. Thanks for the help! Any more suggestions? Anybody? Or am I ready to become my own avatar? Best regards from M.E.  (My monitor at work is so different from my home thing!) ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 2:04pm
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as for me, you're ready sir.
------------- I ate leel's babies |