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Universal Absurdity
For an image link, just right click and go to properties (any image) copy the URL
Paste that url into the IMG box that pops up when you click it.

I started workin on Anakim's yesterday. Heres what i got
thebarman, feel free to add some smoke if you like


Anakim
Nicely done UA!
Universal Absurdity
No problem Anakim. I have an adjustment to make, i'll edit this post, and put it here shortly (just the way the eyes glare...sorry i'm a perfectionist).

Strangel, i'll work on yours, thebarman, you too... i tend to loose color more so than you. (with that fancy newer animating program you got. you <censored> ohmy.gif laugh.gif )
thebarman
mmm difficult one I'm not sure what to do with this one...

user posted image

I can't quite make it out, are those wings? If they are I guess I could make them flap.

Anyway, Anakim first then Nxt2Hvn...
KindredSpirt4125
Thank you thebarman....I saw my Avatar last night! w00t.gif She's beautiful! Looks like the wind is really blowing up her dress. I love it! Thanks again! wink2.gif grin2.gif thumbsup.gif
thebarman
Hey no worries crystal3rose, it was my pleasure thumbsup.gif

OK Anakim, I added some smoke from the gun, hope it's what you wanted;

Here's the URL:

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/uploads/post-68-1091111165.gif
Nxt2Hvn
Now Me! ... Now Me!! grin2.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (Nxt2Hvn @ Jul 29 2004, 03:48 PM)
Now Me! ... Now Me!! grin2.gif

lol, I was just serching for a good pic to use...

...suggestions welcome thumbsup.gif
Anakim
Thanx again barman! I like the smoke affect. its just like i thought it would be!
Universal Absurdity
Ok this one for strangel has to be the most altered one yet... i am pleased with the result, i did not think it would turn out this well.

Nxt2Hvn, I have no idea what pic to get you. Lets see what thebarman comes up with.

btw.. Very nice work with the smoke barman thumbsup.gif

[EDIT]- After seeing it again, i think i could do a bit better. Monday i will have a bit of time to fix the wing color.
Scorpius
Nxt2Hvn, this means Next to Heaven right? Well you can get a picture that contains the essence of heaven...whatever you think I mean tongue.gif

My computer's lame, I might just wait till I get a new one and then start helpin' you guys, whenever you guys need me...right now..i'm tired ..takin' a nap grin2.gif *body collapses on seat and starts snoring*
cor_raven
anything you can do with this like make otto's arm strum. fairly quickly to if it's not to much trouble user posted image and if you can't do anything thats ok. i won't mind crying.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (cor_raven @ Jul 30 2004, 07:56 AM)
anything you can do with this like make otto's arm strum. fairly quickly to if it's not to much trouble

Shouldn't be too difficult cor_raven,

Hold tight I've got a couple of other avatars queing up but I'll definately do it sometime next week, unless someone beats me to it of course...
thebarman
Nxt2Hvn!

Right, you gave me free range on this one so I hope you like it, I had a moment of inspiration last night and this is the result:

user posted imageOr you can have it go the other way:user posted image


Here's the links if you need them:

Left image;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/thebarman/nxt2hvn.gif

or right image;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/thebarman/nxt2hvnreverse.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (cor_raven @ Jul 30 2004, 07:56 AM)
anything you can do with this like make otto's arm strum. fairly quickly to if it's not to much trouble

Your in luck mate, I'm on a bit of a roll at the moment and I had a spare second so here you go hope this is ok, I took the liberty of making the music notes move aswell, hope thats cool with you thumbsup.gif


Here's the link if needed:
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/uploads/post-68-1091189211.gif
Daughter of the Nine Moons
Very cool thebarman. Love Nxt2Hvn's
Nxt2Hvn
Thanks barman!!!

Lookie Lookie... at my NEW AVATAR!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!! w00t.gif

I Love It!

Anyone think it captures the real me?????? dontgetit.gif

You will notice.. that I chose the one that is going up of course! thumbsup.gif
Anakim
Nice barman!
Jesus_Freak
niice job Barman... i like 'em both
Universal Absurdity
Very nice work thebarman! Both nxt2hvn and cor_raven
i think we're both in the wrong field of real life work. Maybe warner brothers is hiring w00t.gif w00t.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif
thebarman
Thanks to all for your kind comments, but it appears again I've worked myself out of a job....

anyone want an avatar.....

...anyone huh.gif
Jesus_Freak
well, i have somewhat of a challenge for you Barman... i want my avatar animated in some way, whether you give me an idea for it, or do the animation yourself.... but i just tried making the fingers move from out of the picture up to their current position, and it sucked...

yes, those are fingernails, painted black... just in case you couldnt make out what was going on... and they are resting on the person's cheek just below his eye... with the band name "zao" on there...

i'm stumped....

if ya can do anything than that'd be awesome

(thisfallendrummer has umm... died..... whistling2.gif thumbsup.gif )
thebarman
QUOTE (ZaoFreak85 @ Jul 31 2004, 03:30 AM)
(thisfallendrummer has umm... died..... whistling2.gif thumbsup.gif )

Had a bit of a name change have we??

lol, it's certainly do-able, but the fingers are only a small part of the avatar anyway, also as you pointed out its a pretty hard avatar to make out,

I'm not entirely sure what you'd like, is it just the fingers you'd like animated??
Jesus_Freak
sure, if you could do that, that'd be awesome...

and yes, i like this name more... so i changed it
skaterblues
thats great
skaterblues
heaven... nirvana as some other will call it...
cor_raven
that is awsome thanks for the avitar oh and by the way how do i put that avitar made by the barman and universalabserdity in my signature

Edit- Its UniversalAbsurdity dontgetit.gif I sent you a PM for the sig thumbsup.gif
cerberus
Those are cool avatars and animations.. whistling2.gif

Wonderedm if you could do one or both of these..

user posted image

(Like a flag waving in the wind.. no pole needed)

See how i mean here. Linky

user posted image

I would just like this one to rotate 360*, in a loop.

Please let me know how you make these. I can use them for my website.

Cheers

jUbi

strangel
Thanx for the new avatar it looks great kiss.gif
Universal Absurdity
No problem strangel, i am going to go back and do some touch ups to the wings on monday. I'll PM you with the result.

Cerebrus, i dont know if i could do the flag, and the 360 spin i cant do much for because i mainly use MS paint (it only allows 90 degree angles) maybe thebarman could help you. I might have a program at home that i could get some spin on that ball for you, i'll check.
Jesus_Freak
yeah... i just did the ball in MS paint, cerberus, just o you can see what UA means... and the flag thing is nearly impossible in MS paint....

here's the ball
KindredSpirt4125
Thebarman, could you send me the link to put in my signature, saying you made my avatar?
Scorpius
Have anytime for me again. Found a better Avatar Pic, wondering what you could do with mine. I have an idea for myself, but I wanna see what you guys come up with thumbsup.gif

Knowin' you guys are busy, and this is a free service, take as much time as you'd like.
Jesus_Freak
i've been looking at your avatar for sa while blue, thinking of what i could do... so far nothing comes to mind...

i'll keep on thinkin'
cerberus
Thats brilliant.

How do you animate the ball?

I assume that you must have 2 pictures, one of the ball normal, and 1 reversed.

But.. how do you put them together to make an animation?

It would save a lot of time if i knew how to do them myself!

Many Thanks!
cerberus
Here is one i made.. i made a few.

They are all easy if they are simple.
cerberus
Here's another.

Hair is moving.
cerberus
Lion is growling..
Universal Absurdity
Its good to see that youve found an animating program cerbeus, i noticed you have an annoying banner. try looking up Microsoft Gif Animator, its free and there are no banners
cerberus
I need some help here.

I make the frames in MS Paint..

I used the ones copied and pasted from the program i used to animate.

When i save them as GIF, they mess up.

Now, when i go into MS GIF animator, i can only select GIF.

So, my BMP image, i saved in MS Paint is useless.

How exactly do you manage to save a GIF in MS Paint without messing it up?

Please reply asap.

Thanks ! thumbsup.gif

Mail me at Garypidwill@aol.com
Scorpius
Here, how 'bout I post the larger version; that way you can get a better view on what he looks like. thumbsup.gif

ph34r.gif I didn't realize he was a freak with 6 arms, I wonder if they're retractable, cause I ain't got 4 arms hidin' behind my back tongue.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (cerberus @ Aug 1 2004, 03:50 PM)
How exactly do you manage to save a GIF in MS Paint without messing it up?

Unfortunately I don't think you can.

I started off with the very same problem, I still use MS paint to draw my frams but I use Ulead Gif animator to put them together as there is very little colour distortion.

As I understand it the problem lies in the .gif format, as it doesn't support the full spectrum of colours - only a select few.

This means if you've used colours which arn't .gif compatable and you save your pic as a .gif it will change the colour to what MS paint thinks is the closest alternative, Ulead I presume does the same but manages to pick its colours more accurately.

Hope this helps thumbsup.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (Blue-Scorpion @ Aug 1 2004, 06:04 PM)
Here, how 'bout I post the larger version; that way you can get a better view on what he looks like. thumbsup.gif

That's a difficult image to animate Blue, its way too complicated and intricate, all the best animations are simple designs.

It makes a great avatar as it is but I'd be interested to see what your plans are for it...
Universal Absurdity
strangel...no matter what i do i cant reproduce what i did to your avatar. sad.gif
so i cant fix the wings

on the brighter side, disinterested, i made 2 for you to choose from (burnside asked much earlier for yours to be animated)

first one:
Universal Absurdity
second:
Disinterested
Thanks UA grin2.gif

I liked the second one best, I already uploaded it.

THANK YOU!!!
BurnSide
Awesome! thumbsup.gif
strangel
Thanx for what you have done with my pic anyway - I love it!!! kiss.gif
Jesus_Freak
haha, UA i did basically the same thing with that pic, (2nd animation) but it was a tad bit different... and i didnt like it.... so i didnt post it grin2.gif

Scorpius
Yes, my new Avatar Pic does have a lot of intricately placed details. hmm. Well, like I said, my computer is lame and slow, and stupid enthusiastic me, I installed the advanced graphic arts softwares, which my computer has trouble doing tasks quick enough...

Anyways, maybe UA can have a go at mine
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