Avatars by Sialia

[CrusaderX]

Very nice work, Sialia. If you have the time, I'm looking for an avatar similar to my current one, only with a cooler, bolder, and more stylized look. While still being fairly simple. If that makes any sense. The concept would be a Paladin's shield to go along with my Crusader X nick - so I'm thinking a holy shield that incorporates both a cross, as well as an "X" symbol somehow.

 

[Angcuru]

Well Sialia, I wish I'd seen this thread earlier. If you could, I'd like to see a re-working my my current avatar, who is a serious cropping of this pic right here.

EDIT : Dang, image link didn't work right. Well, my current avatar should be reference enough, I hope.

If you'd like to take the time to work on it, I'll give a general description of what I'm going for. First off, it would be a facial portrait, not a torso shot, so don't bother focusing on anything below the neck. The pic I post here would be used as a reference of facial structure instead of a pic to be edited, so you can be as creative as you want. The facial tattoos would be removed, and the ears would be human, not elf-ears. I'd like for the pic to have kind of a misty, semi-mysterious air to it, and his expression a sort of melancholic boredom, facing slighty down and to the side (preferance given to the right). Other than that, feel free to do whatever and take as long as you like.

 

[Temprus]

Is it possible to get 2 avatars: one with a d20 with the 20 being center and one of 3 six sided dice?

 

[Krug]

A Stormhammer symbol for this old, gnarled dwarf?

 

[Sialia]

OK, that should be enough to get me started for a bit.

We'll see what comes over the next month or so.

Please hold off on further requests until I am caught up on these and decide whether I can handle any more.

I am not going to do any facial portraits of anybody. Portraiture is just not my forte, especially not at this size, and not for characters I haven't run with. Even with people I know well, it is very difficult for me to capture the essence of a person's soul and attitude and expression. That gift comes to me so rarely, I can't count on calling it on demand.

I will work on all of the others, all of which sound do-able.

I would like Krug to tell me more about the Stormhammer. I need a little more to go on.

 

[Macbeth]

Dang, looks like I just missed the deadline. Too bad, I'd like an artistic version of my present avatar. Geuss I'll just have to wait.

 

[Sialia]

Macbeth, for you I might make an exception. But gracious, you'll have to tell me more than that. What do you like about your current avatar? What don't you like? What should the new one represent that's different?

I tried the phoenix one today--concept was cool, but when shrunk to avatar size, it looked like a small lobster. Back to the drawing board! Updates when I get 'em.

 

[Macbeth]

What do I like about my current avatar? Dang, now you made me go and think about it...

Well, let's see. Probably the thing I like most about it is it's recognizable. I've made a point of using different sprites of Black Mage from Final Fantasy I for all my avatars. So every once in a while I change avatars, but it's always the same character, just a different pose.

I originally chose the avatar as reference to 8-bit theatre (which can be found here). I chose it since it was a good avatar size, showed up well on screen, and the Black Mage character in 8-Bit theatre is awesome.

If you can get around to taking a shot at it, I'd like to see the same character, with whatever visual looks you can imagine. I really like your art (especially when I have to work it into a Ceramic DM story), and I think I'd like anything you do to the avatar. Really, just go wild, try anything you want with the same basic character somehow in it. You're much more artistic then I, and I would be happy to see anything you can do with it. Take that little picture and go completely crazy with it. Whatever you want. Anything you can throw into it, I bet I'd like.

I can't think of too many other ways to inspire you. The main ideas I have for possible inspiration are my current D&D character (a psychic samurai who uses a nagamaki with a crystal in the pommel. A nagamaki is kind of like a cross between a polearm and a sword) and my Cermaic DM stories. I'm pretty sure neither of those would be any good for adding to my avatar, so don't feel you have to do anything relating to those. Just go crazy, and we'll see how it turns out.

I have some more sprites of the same character I've used as avatars, I'll post them when I get a chance to post from my home computer. Thanks for even considering taking a shot at it, I'd love to see anything you could do to it.

 

[Macbeth]

Oooops, forgot to post what I DON'T like about my avatar. The main thing I don't like about it is the pixelated look. I feel like I want to change away from the pixelated look, but I want to keep the recognizable avatar. Any artistic stuff you can do with is would be awesome. Just because I don't like the pixelated look doesn't mean I want something 'realistic' looking, I just want something smoother and more artistic. Geometric shapes (like BSF's avatar), abstract stuff, crazy filters, pretty much anything you can think of that's not pixelated is cool.

The main thing it should represent that's different is that it shouldn't be JUST pixels. You can keep the pixel-based image, as long as you do something to it that's not so 8-bit. I really want it to be... I don't know... more artistic, I geuss. And anything you do will be artistic, so just go crazy. Have fun with it. Try anything, just post the results.

 

[Krug]

I would like Krug to tell me more about the Stormhammer. I need a little more to go on.

Well Sialia, the Stormhammer is a dwarven clan name. I guess it's the equivalent of a heraldic symbol? I see it as having a hammer in the middle and storms being depicted by... well I'll leave it to you. Lightning flash(es)? Whatever gets your fancy.