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PSN_shade
02-26-2010, 10:28 AM
A lot of people think my graphics ideas started with TU Journeys, But in fact we must go way back to October 2008, When i first came to TU's art section as Sub|Zero, My designs were pretty basic, Standard shapes, Colors and shades, Back then It was just something to do. But slowly over time i developed a passion for it, I love making anything to do with art, Because it's different every time i don't mean to sound big headed but i like the stuff i make, If I'm happy the people who look at it should be. I don't think i have a specific method i just get an idea, Start going and before i know it i'm sat looking at the finished piece. I haven't always just done paint i did a lot of writing aside from that.

This was my first ever forum graphic idea called a fa-vetch, How it worked was quite simple each red tab re-directed to a page outside the site that had information regarding the Pokemon/object you put in it, I'm not sure why.. It just seemed cool because it was new to me.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/favetchfinaldesign.png

That was of course 4 separate images, That's a non-working prototype.

Ever since xat started the use of regular images as avatars i started making xat avvys, Now at first they were either too big, or too small but over time i figured the right size out and began making them for people, I only have 1 i can post due to i forgot my password to photobucket.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/Avvy12669930993-iaza.gif

Next up was my clever idea for Member Profiles back when Invisionfree was around, long before V bulletin and the other new forums were around, So there wasn't much freedom when it came to member profiles.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgar2.gif
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgar3.jpghttp://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgarbut1.jpghttp://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgar5.jpghttp://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgarbut2.jpghttp://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgarbut4.jpg
Graphics made by Riolu.

again, Each image linked to another page outside the site, This was my first major on-take of graphical work, All done on paint naturally (Which later inspired another member to create animated versions which is above), Here's what the profile link led to when you clicked it: http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/nigsprofile2.png All the gadgets i created worked in sync with each other every link on the member profile was also an individual customizable gadget individually designed and made by myself, In the end i gave up on the idea due to there was nobody to help with the requests.

Back then i had no idea about Renders, Photo shop or any of the graphic design applications out today, So i used what i could find for my ideas and a lot of the stuff was mostly copy + pasted with simple texts and color schemes.

In between those two i created many other forum based gadgets, This gave me wide knowledge of forum BB codes, HTML and the use of paints features.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/achievementcase.png

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/achievementcaseclosed.png

Those were designed back when i actually played Pokemon and i was doing a league at another site.

Not far into 2009 I got a message from one of TU's very own members asking me to design something that would appeal to the members of this site, That everybody could use so i made these:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/mytrainercard.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/boyscardcomp-1.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/boyscardgreencomp-1.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/girlcardcomp-1.png

Trainer Card Start to finish

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/trainercard1.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/trainercard13.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/trainercard-1.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/trainercardfinal.png

I made a couple of Gym Challengers some, even our very own statigar one. And then slowly Trainer cards became less popular and requests dried up, However On another site i was using my Badge Case and somebody pointed out my shading was way off, So i read a few tutorials on shading and became quite pro at it, Which gave me the nickname Shade, Now Shade itself came from an old name i used called Shadeon aswell. Which was a fake Eeveelution.. Which was sexy so i took on the name. So both names interlink if you think about it, Sub|Zero was my TU name as i didn't want to use shade at the time, But i later ended up forgetting my Sub|Zero password and registered as shade. Shortly after that I met my ****** Safe <3.. Who helped me create the first ever TU Journeys, Which actually looked nothing like they do now, I can't pull up an example since tiny pic removed it but those who saw it can verify it's hideousness. Over time i gradually improved my work and made my own style turning this:

http://i46.tinypic.com/oaslzk.png

Into This:

http://i44.tinypic.com/md2n13.png

Sprites/Splices

I have literally made hundreds of these, sprites are how i started and i sometimes make the odd one for old times sake but alot of them have now perished from existance, Though i managed to salvage a few.

http://i31.tinypic.com/f5djso.png http://i30.tinypic.com/2qwjxoo.png http://i32.tinypic.com/10ihzjb.jpg http://i30.tinypic.com/29yf995.png http://i25.tinypic.com/2nt8duu.jpg http://i27.tinypic.com/fkry80.jpg http://i31.tinypic.com/2wna93q.jpg http://i29.tinypic.com/2642yvc.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/ountw0.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/polygar.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/babyabsol.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/abreon2.pnghttp://i42.tinypic.com/2mzhz4o.png

Xat Backgrounds

I only did these for a short period of time, I print screened a xat chat used that image to make a template and designed this background a round that black and white frame template quite easy really.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/xattemplate.png

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/T3pnewbg.png

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/phoenixchatbgnew.png

Xat doodles

I only really ever did two or three of these they usually turned out horrible nothing like what we were trying to draw, But being the cool guy i am i did one cool one that i had to screenie.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/Dannynik_2008/roserade.png

I actually have no idea how i came round to getting into pixel art,

For those who are interested in art work, TU Provides more than enough tutorials to find the type of art you are suited to, So have a look round the entire art forum, You may find old artwork from every member of the TU Arts community which you can compare with there new designs for competitions and whatnot.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/just_joelt/mawgar2.gif

Hero Kid
02-26-2010, 04:42 PM
Zomg i remember them old ones. Tbh i didnt know you had your name changed :P

PSN_shade
02-26-2010, 04:51 PM
Yeah, Theres still alot of my other old work on here I just used the ones i was most surprised to see lol. If you go to the last page of the art forums theres some of your posts from 2008 lol

Dragonknight
02-26-2010, 04:59 PM
Shade, you are pretty much a genius.

Hero Kid
02-26-2010, 05:09 PM
Yeah, Theres still alot of my other old work on here I just used the ones i was most surprised to see lol. If you go to the last page of the art forums theres some of your posts from 2008 lol

Roflmao oh ****!
I might aswell delete ma embarrassing crap..

PSN_shade
02-26-2010, 05:12 PM
Lol, It's good to look at once in a while, you see how much you've improved since you posted it.

Also i'm hardly a genious.. I was just very creative when i discovered paint lol.

Latiosmaster
02-26-2010, 09:06 PM
Holy **** genius zomg.