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Title: Graphics on the Mountainside


Shadow - September 7, 2008 04:35 AM (GMT)
Hey, well, I have "Sprites by the Seashore" so why not make "Graphics on the Mountainside"? This'll be a little gallery of my avatars and banners that I've made. You can suggest stuff, but it's highly unlikely I'll make it. Mostly I make things to reflect the mood I'm in at that time.

The Pokemon card art that I use in these graphics is from PokeBeach.com. =)

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Not too many comments about this one. If I was in the right mood I'd remake the "Fearless When I'm With You" banner, because I really like the concept and I know I could make it a lot better now.

I think the "Watching Over You" is one of my best, which is funny because it's also one of my first. xD

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The four avatars on top are free avatars that I end up using for myself every once in a while since I really like them. xD

The Charmander family one is my most recent avatar; I like the stuff in the background but I don't know if I like the "Shadow". It's alright, I guess. The "Dragons" avatar I made to kinda go with the "Dragons" banner, but they don't really look alike. xD And the Xatu "Shadow" avatar was my 'default' avatar for a while.

...hey, Twilight? I just remembered I was supposed to make you a shiny Umbreon avatar. =O I'm sorry I forgot, if you're still interested I can make that for you.

Twilight - September 7, 2008 04:00 PM (GMT)
Yes, please.^^

You remembered after /almost/ a year?XD

What's the black square after the 'Default' avatar, under the 'Grrr...' Avatar?

Shadow - September 7, 2008 04:52 PM (GMT)
xD;; I'm horribly lazy with requests... but anyway, here it is! =D What do you think? Let me know if there's anything you want me to change, it won't take long.

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Hmm, the black square is probably there because of your browser. I put those avatars together in one image and made it transparent, so your browser's probably turning the transparent-ness black.

Twilight - September 7, 2008 05:10 PM (GMT)
I like the avatar, it's perfect.^^

Maybie it is. I don't have anything else, though. (I use IE)

Shadow - September 7, 2008 07:54 PM (GMT)
^^ Glad you like it!

Yeah, it's probably IE. If it really bothers you, you could download Firefox or something, but otherwise there will just be black filling in wherever it'd be transparent.

I made this with the time I should have been using on my homework. xD; It's an avatar to go with my Xatu banner~ It was really quite simple, since I figured out you can drag layers from images into a new image on GIMP. >D

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Flare - September 7, 2008 10:15 PM (GMT)
I find your banners and avatars really pretty, Shadow. :3 The words you put on your banners are beautiful, and they go really well with the images. This is the kind of thing that makes me wish I could be bothered to get Photoshop and learn how to use it.

The colours are just so cool; I like the colours you've used to convey the changing of daylight, or darkness. The "Fearless When I'm With You" banner has some beautiful murky, dark colours.

Emi - September 8, 2008 01:06 AM (GMT)
I would state my opinion but Flare already took the words out of my mouth. =)

Where do you get all the Pokemon images, Shadow? I'd love to make myself some Pokemon graphics but I can't find any decent images to use.

Of course, I haven't been searching particularly well or for very long, but your help would still be greatly appreciated. =D

Shadow - September 8, 2008 09:23 PM (GMT)
<3 Thank you, guys! ^^ I'll probably make an avatar for the "Fearless When I'm With You" banner next, or maybe something based on a character in a story of mine... hmm...

I get the card scans from PokeBeach.com. I probably should have put a link up before; I'll do that now.

Shadow - September 11, 2008 11:24 PM (GMT)
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Anyone here ever seen the movie Secret Window? I love it. <3 That's what this banner's based on. It's rated PG-13, though. I think there's people here that are under 13, but I dunno. xD

The banner looks kinda cluttered, I think, but I still kinda like it... enough to put it in my signature, at least. =3

Emi - September 12, 2008 12:52 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (Shadow @ Sep 8 2008, 04:23 PM)
I get the card scans from PokeBeach.com. I probably should have put a link up before; I'll do that now.

Thank you, Shadow! =D So I can use Pokebeach's card scans, as long as I give credit to them?

Shadow - September 12, 2008 01:15 AM (GMT)
Mmm, I think so. I emailed the owner and asked, and he said it's okay as long as I put up a small link where I use them. It might be a good idea to ask anyway. He got back to my email really quick, so it probably wouldn't take very long.

Emi - September 16, 2008 12:50 AM (GMT)
Ah, okay. Thank you very much, Shadow! =D

(Also, sorry I've been a little late replying to your posts here- schoolwork has been keeping me busy for the past few days.)




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