The Avatar Shop

[Reply #160 on:]

Femjesse is that Nurdtreehouse?

[Reply #161 on:]

Note to self: Never ask for a framegrab from someone who makes avatars.

Good job, Teral. That's a pretty clean avy.

[Reply #162 on:]

Oops, sorry. I didn't see your post El Zilcho. Just saw Canned Eggs asking for an avatar, and then thought: hey, a crate is only straight lines, I can do that.

Next time I'll post a framegrab. 

[Reply #163 on:]

I emailed peelavatars@yahoo...how long do you think that will take?

[Reply #164 on:]

Sweet!  Now how do I use it?

[Reply #165 on:]

Post it in the avatar thread in "Off-topic" and be sure to label it "Upload to costum!"

Drippy_taco will then upload it sometime soon. Once it's uploaded you go to your profile and select "costum avatar" and presto you're a box of canned eggs.

[Reply #166 on:]

Ummm...
You mean "custom," like this?
 http://www.peelified.com/cgi-bin/Futurama/12-000666-14/#t531

[Reply #167 on:]

Exactly. Now you just have to wait for Drippy to do his magic.

[Reply #168 on:]

Ok, cool.  Is this going to take a long time? I ask because RandomEngy is mad at me for stealing Truman.  People on the Avatar thread are talking about emailing avatars to Drippy.  Is that faster, or just more annoying for Drippy?

Also, do you want your prize?  If you want my turn on the trivia challenge you can have it.

[Reply #169 on:]

Don't know how long it'll take. Drippy is the only one who know.

Mailing them isn't any faster, both kinds of avatars (emailed and thread-posted) gets uploaded at the same time. More annoying? Probably not, just redundant.

Nah, you answered the question, it's your go.

[Reply #170 on:]

You will find that help will always be given to those at PEEL who seek it.

It is done.

</Dumbledore>

[Reply #171 on:]

when are you uploading again drippy?

[Reply #172 on:]

Thank you very much drippy, my main man.

[Reply #173 on:]

Very very cool!

[Reply #174 on:]

 
Travis can I get this up there?  Its a cute pic of Fry from my Polygraph series.
If it doesn't hotlink, here's the URL
 http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/femjesseart/polyiconfry.gif

[Reply #175 on:]

Use the avatar thread (here)in offtopic with either Upload to Custom or Upload to Pool

[Reply #176 on:]

This post is about avatars but unrelated to its immediate predecessors.  It's a feature request.

Let's say you've washed your dog and vacuumed your cat, and you're still sitting around burning up with energy and nothing to do 

How about displaying usage counts on the pool avatars?  I tried to pick one that I liked but hadn't seen a lot, and short of grovelling over the entire board, it can't be done.  Knowing how popular an avatar is would help.

Regards,
Dave

[Reply #177 on:]

If you want, you can just request a custom avatar here, and myself or another avatar maker will make it for you. Then, as aslate said, you can say "Upload to custom" and no one else will be able to use your avatar.

[Reply #178 on:]

Thanks for the offer, El Zilcho.  Having joined very recently, I'm sensitive to issues a newbie faces.  Picking an avatar was one of the hardest, hence my request.  Someday, I will ask for a custom avvy; then it will no longer be an issue for me.  But it will still be one for the next new member.

[Reply #179 on:]

You make a good point, (and you sound like a business man), but usually if you pick an avy that someone else picked, they'll point it out. Also I'm not sure if mArc can even add that feature to the message board.

[Reply #180 on:]

Me, a businessman?   
I'm an engineer, though.
[Bones]I know engineers, they love to change things.[/Bones]
I know it would take some work.  That's why I set the priority at "wash your dog first".

[Reply #181 on:]

Out of pure curiosty, does anyone know how many avys are in the general pool?

[Reply #182 on:]

All avatars in pool

[Reply #183 on:]

 

Originally posted by sheep555:
Out of pure curiosty, does anyone know how many avys are in the general pool?

I think 631. But that's just a guess... 

[Reply #184 on:]

Ah! So that's what that button does 

[Reply #185 on:]

can your avatar be anything? I want mine to be Berzerker from X-Men Evo and I wanted to know if thats alright. If so i send it where?

[Reply #186 on:]

Avatar Rules:

Avy must be 64 x 64 pixels.
It cannot be animated.
The background should be transparent.

If you want to have a custom avy (i.e. non-Futurama), go to this thread, post the pic, and say upload to custom. Gottit?

[Reply #187 on:]

You forgot they need to be gifs.

[Reply #188 on:]

Also, there's a maximum size of 3.4 KB and as a general rule the avatar has to be faced towards the post.

[Reply #189 on:]

Heres one that LAN.Gnome made me a while ago.Now my Custom Avy.

[Reply #190 on:]

Mikey's new avatar scares me.

[Reply #191 on:]

It scares us all, Kryten.

[Reply #192 on:]

<Prof Farnsworth> There There, Kryten....
It's going to be all right. <Prof Farnsworth>

[Reply #193 on:]

how do i take the backround off the avatar?

[Reply #194 on:]

The best way is to trace over the original picture in Photoshop or Paint Shop, and color it in (a.k.a. scanning). I'm too lazy to look, but I think there's a tutorial on CGEF.

EDIT: If the original pic looks clean enough, you could just crop the edges off in Paint or something. But if it looks like crap you'll never live it down.

[Reply #195 on:]

Ah, El Zilcho you lazy bum, you. 

The article from CGEF can be found here. It's designed for Illustrator, but you can use the same basic technique in Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.

The Fry Hole also has a tutorial for Paint Shop Pro here. The first tutorial uses bezier curves for tracing while the latter one use a free-hand approach. I prefer bezier curves, but for avatars it doesn't matter much which method you use.

[Reply #196 on:]

 

Originally posted by Mercapto:
The Fry Hole also has a tutorial for Paint Shop Pro here. The first tutorial uses bezier curves for tracing while the latter one use a free-hand approach. I prefer bezier curves, but for avatars it doesn't matter much which method you use.

Nice to see you found the site, but we're meant to be down for fixing, updating and moving servers so don't be surprised by 404s, un-updated pages and other weird crap.

[Reply #197 on:]

 

Originally posted by Mercapto:
It's designed for Illustrator, but you can use the same basic technique in Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.

The first tutorial uses bezier curves for tracing while the latter one use a free-hand approach. I prefer bezier curves, but for avatars it doesn't matter much which method you use.

But I'm retarded! What are bezier curves, and how can I get them in Photoshop 7?

[Reply #198 on:]

Can somebdy fix this for me

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