Friday, February 15, 2008

Guild Avatar Archive

I occasionally make forum 'avatars' for members of my guild based on their WoW character of choice. They started out as semi-jokes of using Windows Paint to whip out quick/silly 2 minutes renderings of guildmates but as I did more of them, I took it to an obsessive/extreme level (like always) and started adding more detail so the style has evolved quite a bit over time.
All of them still start out in Windows Paint, but now most all of them end up in Photoshop where they are then "polished up" to add dramatic lighting, fog/lighting effects etc. I now refer to the originals as the "Crayola" style, and the more recent ones as the "Comic Book illustration" style.

In any case - I have a blast making them - most likely because they are a strangely addictive combination of WoW, my guildmates and art - it's like making miniature portraits of all my in-game friends.

I do these for group/guildmates for free at no charge but happily accept donations of gold from satisfied customers :). I have so much fun making it's almost hard to keep the gold.....(almost!)



Current Queue
Queue cap removed since it's harder to manage - just be patient for me!

  1. Bagheera
  2. Zailine
  3. Diva
  4. Umbrial



Guild Avatar Gallery

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Wrath of the Lich King Series!
Limited Edition, only 300 each!* /wink wink







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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

May I add Groghe to the queue? Comic style please!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/2311390130_89d7874f63_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2311389882_42be86ac71_o.jpg

Unknown said...

Updates:
- Groghe added!
- Avatar Queue updated

Anonymous said...

oh wow, Zarjani's new one looks sweet with the mask! i may need to commission one for Alicks in the new style. will dig up some screencaps later.

Anonymous said...

Hey! It's Mel, here's a link to Mel's gear!
Shadowy: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6451/melinshadowbu7.png

Regluary: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3576/melregph5.png

Anonymous said...

My name is Bodewhin! I can't take screenshots myself zomg it's like so hard omg!

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2541/wowavbodewhinawx4.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4786/wowavbodewhinbqg9.jpg

Anonymous said...

Sorry about the crappy SS hopefully this one will be better!


http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot031108183511lx3.jpg


Yekop

Anonymous said...

heya it be friarz i think this is how to do it ./shrug lets go with some crayola plz
http://img521.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowscrnshot032108223200qd8.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowscrnshot032108223207tr3.jpg\
is me w/o shadow on due to it's a bit hard to see me in shadow form

Anonymous said...

could I add Kelantos to the queue for a comic book style? Any of the following shots could work. The other avatar images are cool enough that I trust you'll pick an awesome one. :D

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn17/beigechokobo/ScreenShot_011509_212036.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn17/beigechokobo/ScreenShot_011509_212049.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn17/beigechokobo/ScreenShot_021909_192138.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn17/beigechokobo/ScreenShot_021909_192208.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn17/beigechokobo/ScreenShot_020709_154646.jpg

Unknown said...

Sorry to folks who've been in the QUEUE for so long! I hold out hope that I'll get a few windows of time to bang the last few out but haven't had a chance yet.

/grovel

MutterFudder said...

Hey Hoof, well, Vol's been rubbing his avatar in my face for some time so I'll take a seat at the back of the queue for now, if you're still doing em! I think I ran a few times with you when you were on Soofie back in BC. Anyways, here's my Mage:

http://www.derekc.net/putri.jpg

I have the hatchling out cuz it's the perfect pet for a fire mage. No frost here ;)

Anyways, appreciative if you're still doing them! Take care,

-P

MutterFudder said...

And Vol hasn't been rubbing it in per se... not his style... i just see it on forums and it rocks the house.