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!
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