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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sialia" data-source="post: 1083901" data-attributes="member: 1025">Re: Re: Who wants an Avatar?Ok, so, I haven't forgotten your request. I just got distracted for a while with Madriel's tattoo.Now, the problems here, as I see it , are that 1. Beardless Dwarves are an obscenity. Which is ok, I'm cool with that, but I just thought I'd mention it. It's an inherently kinky idea, of which I'm not sure Eric's Grandma would approve.2. Beardless Dwarves, at 64x64 are going to look a lot like little fat men, easily confused with smurfs, gnomes, halflings and little fat men. I'm not quite certain how to make it clear that it's a Dwarf.3. (and this is probably the real sticking point) Your current avatar is a better sketch than I'm going to be capable of doing at any size, just so you're prepared--I'm not going to be able to do that kind of detail or personality or delicate line. That shot was done by an artist that was a whole lot better at that sort of thing than I am. Which is not to say that I won't try, but don't expect what I do to be better, just different.Ok?If you think of anything you'd like that isn't a face shot, I'd be much happier giving that a try--haraldry, iconography, concept . . it's much easier for me to do that sort of thing. Ashy's for example--I didn't try to literally show a tiefling, but I chose the "A" for "Ashy", gave it horns and a red and gold treatment that I thought looked nicely demonic (or is that devilish--I never can keep those lower plane folks straight. All look alike t'me.), and replaced part of the A with a quill pen for Ashy's dramatic writing flair. It works, captures the essence of the thing, and reads easily at small size.Faces . . . faces are really difficult for me.But I'll see what I can do. As you can see with Madriel's, sometimes it takes me a couple of tries to find just the right thing.</blockquote>

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