Mogwai Prime wrote:Here's a humorous look at a robot mode.
Archanubis wrote:I'd love to join in on this, except 1) I don't play as much as I used to and 2) my "artistic talents" are in prose, not images.
Mogwai Prime wrote:Try making one that isn't transparent through the whole image. It seems to me that it loses too much detail that way.
SSJMihoshi wrote:Another couple before I go have dinner. I've been playing with 2 ways of doing the pre-movie bots:
1) Grab their toy images from the galleries here. Most of the faction symbols are easy to photoshop out, but I ran into a problem with Bluestreak, since he has one on a window.
2) Try and find photos of their real-life alt-modes. So far I've been lucky, but I probably won't be able to find them all
Which would you prefer?
SSJMihoshi wrote:Cassette:
From: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/g1-1984/frenzy/874/1/35/ and http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/g1-1984/frenzy/874/1/86/
SSJMihoshi wrote:Another couple before I go have dinner. I've been playing with 2 ways of doing the pre-movie bots:
1) Grab their toy images from the galleries here. Most of the faction symbols are easy to photoshop out, but I ran into a problem with Bluestreak, since he has one on a window.
2) Try and find photos of their real-life alt-modes. So far I've been lucky, but I probably won't be able to find them all
Which would you prefer?
Cassette:
From: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/g1-1984/frenzy/874/1/35/ and http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/g1-1984/frenzy/874/1/86/
Datsun 280Z (AKA Bluestreak):
From: http://www.dat280z.com/
Mogwai Prime wrote:Either will do go wild Remember we need robot modes, weapon and armor graphics also. Find guns and melee weapons. Find armor and stuff too.
Lorekeeper wrote:I've been trying to do one of these, but I've never really worked with a photo program before. I downloaded GIMP, and it seems full-featured and all, but I just don't know how to do certain things. Maybe the terminology is different than PaintShopPro, and that's what's throwing me off from the Tutorial. The video tutorial is just too much for me to follow.
Roadblocks so far: How do I know what the background color is for Seibertron?
How do I "promote" a layer?
How do I set a layer to black and white?
Raphael Prime wrote:Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
Got it from here.
Delorean
Got it from here.
Toyota Supra
Got it from here
Looking back over, the Delorean and Supra shadows seem to be messed up, but they should be there *Head scratch*
Mogwai Prime wrote:Raphael Prime wrote:Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
Got it from here.
Delorean
Got it from here.
Toyota Supra
Got it from here
Looking back over, the Delorean and Supra shadows seem to be messed up, but they should be there *Head scratch*
Some of your altmodes need to be adjusted to 100x100px and 50x50px
GreenLantern of Cybertron wrote:
BMW 5 Series
my current alt mode (well kinda, not sure if you guys would care for a police version, but i can make one if you want it)
This is an example of the custom paintjob thing I mentioned earlier.
When that image is placed under the car instead of a solid colour, this happens.
Mogwai Prime wrote:GreenLantern of Cybertron wrote:
BMW 5 Series
my current alt mode (well kinda, not sure if you guys would care for a police version, but i can make one if you want it)
This is an example of the custom paintjob thing I mentioned earlier.
When that image is placed under the car instead of a solid colour, this happens.
I'm thinking of saving custom paint jobs for awards.
SSJMihoshi wrote:Mogwai Prime wrote:GreenLantern of Cybertron wrote:
BMW 5 Series
my current alt mode (well kinda, not sure if you guys would care for a police version, but i can make one if you want it)
This is an example of the custom paintjob thing I mentioned earlier.
When that image is placed under the car instead of a solid colour, this happens.
I'm thinking of saving custom paint jobs for awards.
Oh, neat idea! So there would be commander rank stripes and stuff? It would be way easier to make those custom as needed, since only some bots would get awards.
Mogwai Prime wrote:
Actually you need to fill in the rest of the background. You left some of it transparent. And, you forgot the drop shadows
Raphael Prime wrote:EDIT::
This better? (If so i figured it out.)
Its just subtly darker and is the difference between just the alt showing and it having a pale box around it. I got it wrong on a few occasions at the start too, at least its usually easy to go back and correct.SSJMihoshi wrote:And I saw you added the hex for the proper background color Mogwai, but I thought it was just plain white. What's so special about the hex code version?
Psychout wrote:Raphael Prime wrote:EDIT::
This better? (If so i figured it out.)
Sorry to be picky Raph, but you've still missed the dropshadows. Its the problem I keep having, forgetting to move the layer above the off-white background befroe saving as an .png - Ive had to redo 2 or 3 of them for that now.
Other than that, its looking awesome.
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