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Ozone
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 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:15 pm Post subject: Ozone's SVG gallery [Done: See OP] [WIP: Airman] |
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Well, hello!
Long time I posted something ^_^
Rant about my absence
| Quote: | Sooo... as someone remembers, I had to close my previously gallery 
Although I said I could concentrate on more difficult things, I decided that my 3D skills were quite crappy; moreover, I had no place where I could store my pics because after that episode I couldn't trust pics hosters anymore 
Time passed, I got a work, I left the work, I signed up University and I totally forgot about doing 3D training (d'oh...)
Recently, however, I've participated to a so-called LinuxDay, where I've done a couple of 3D works from the megaman universe, to be precise, Z-Saber and Colonel's Sword (which, if I do recall correctly, I sent to Mistress as reference).
Sadly, I've noticed my skills had not improved at all, as I took the whole day to complete the works 
For this reason, I've decided to let 3D apart for a while and to learn how to do SVG conversions (see next block for infos)
Moreover, now I have my personal web-space where I could drop my artworks!  (actually, is a sub domain on my father's site  ) |
What SVGs are?
| Quote: | Most people knows that a digital image, like a .png or a jpg is made of pixels. That is called a "raster image".
However, such a method has a problem: higher the zoom, bigger the pixels 
SVGs, instead, are not a bunch of pixels: they are math as images
While thay still have a resolution, like every image, this information is used only for letting you have a 100% zoom view.
Moreover, even when you zoom to ridiculous levels, like 256000%, you'll never end up viewing a confused bunch of obese squares! 
For that reason, this kind of images are called vectorial images, as every item behaves like a plot on a graph, with infinite values between two points.
This way, you could draw your image in SVG and then save it as a raster image of any size you like without having quality loss at all 
Side note: this technique is probably the same used to do the neat cartoonish pictures you find in the artbooks! |
How do I work:
| Quote: | Since I only use Linux on my PC, I use Inkscape in order to draw my artworks.
It has almost all the tools you could find on a professional program, but it has more advantages:
It's free: so I don't need any crack to make it work
It's OpenSource: that does mean that if I find a bug or I don't trust the author, I could check the code for issues.
In order to make the conversion, I import the original raster image, then I literally draw over it without any script, just the built-in tools, obtaining at the end a perfect copy of the picture. (Your mileage may vary!)
Once finished the copy, I give the image a white background, then I delete the imported picture from the file and resize the finished artwork to a decent base resolution (usually 256*256 or similar for icons, for the characters, I'll decide time by time), then I export the SVG in a PNG file with the same size in order to include it into galleries.
For the navi marks, I used these images as refrence (I'll send the whole SVG pack to the author once I find out how to contact him without registering to his board ), while the navi pics are taken from there
Since navi marks are shaded, I took the "middle" color of the gradient, so that I could obtain a cartoon style (Inkscape doesn't support shaped gradients... yet)
I'll post every image I do as PNG, with a link to the vectorial version, so it's strongly advised to install Inkscape in order to have SVGs rendered correctly! |
As always, any comment is very welcome!
P.S.: Since I've already finished all the 93 navi marks, I'd like to donate them to REO for the avatar section, just let me know how via PM
Navi Marks
+++++ CHANGELOG +++++
16/02/2012 3:26am GMT+1 - Posted complete Navi Marks Gallery
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Unknown Neo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice to see you again. I think I remember your work. |
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Ozone
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| Unknown Neo wrote: | | Nice to see you again. I think I remember your work. |
D'oh! I thought I've had recharged the neuronalizer enough for everybody XD
thank you for remembering, I'm setting up the directories on my site before posting anything
(it's not as easy as it seems... I hate redoing the links because of a bad file organization...)
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Ozone
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Navi Marks complete pack (.png)
Navi Marks complete pack (.svg)
Clicking on an image will bring you to the SVG version, to save the PNG: right click on image > Save Image As...
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Ha. Sorry, Don't work on me. My glasses have filters for stuff like that. But glad to see you're going to post stuff. |
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Ozone
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| Unknown Neo wrote: | | Ha. Sorry, Don't work on me. My glasses have filters for stuff like that. But glad to see you're going to post stuff. |
well done, you got the right training 
navi marks uploaded, have fun, i'll update the OP every time i add an image
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nice. I don't know who some of them are but they're still great. |
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Ozone
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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just look at the file name and look it up on the gallery on the MM network
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| Thank you. |
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