Liontamer's Open Discussion Graphics Thread

[Stennick]

I'm cool with waiting on championship belts. I'm used to waiting on Reaper and Payne when they're busy. I'm not sure if Reaper is still creating them anymore, after all isn't he still in Korea?

 

Not last time I checked. He got back from Korea and I'm pretty sure he's going back but if memory serves he's in the States right now but very busy.

[Linsolv]

Stupid Sony Vegas. Having trouble getting a video format that will output in 720p and such, but editing seems so much easier without having to measure to the frame like I was doing with my first attempt.

[ZMAN]

I was going to use these, but I lost the diary and then someone else popped up with one of their own which was too similar. Figured someone might be interested in using this style for their game.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/zimmy.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/randy.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/vengeance.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/valiant-1.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/sexy.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/morisette.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/money.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/marat.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/gilmore.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/giedroyc.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/garcia.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/frehley.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/faith.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/eisen.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/duboise.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/brandon.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/bruce.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/atomic.jpg

[liontamer]

I like the promotion background. If there's not already a way, it might be beneficial in the future to have game versions that impose the character pic over the logo in game so it changes automatically when the wrestler joins a new company. Looks nice (if it's not too much work I might even try adding a little name graphic like you'd see on TV, your call though as it's purely for you game)

 

and to update.... I finally have a laptop again, but the desktop is still awaiting parts before I'll be able ot use it so that's going to be a while. in the meantime I'll see what I can salvage on the laptop, post some files and artwork for others to use (assuming I backed it up, not 100% sure of that yet) and maybe try a belt before the yr's end.

 

 

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edit to add that I also think it may be worth ptting a shadow behind the wrestler to make the background more 3d. Yo'll have to match it to the location of the lightsource. I most of these it looks like stright ahead or ahead and above in which case there may not be much of a shadow.

 

Also a question. With all of the re-renders, I was wondering if there is any sort of a re-render repository with the 3d files for these guys to allow the community to reposition or otherwise edit them? Completely understandable if there's not given the work that goes into it, just wondering.

[Linsolv]

Glad to hear that, Liontamer! I hope the holidays go well for you.

[ZMAN]

Been a while since I did banner work, but heres some stuff I made for my game... If you can find some way to use it then go ahead, I don't care.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/hctv.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/ecwhw.jpg

 

Some border as well:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/zachalous2/bwbg.jpg

[fullMETAL]

I recently got FaceGen, and made a bunch of faces with it. These are all freely usable to put on top of bodies and to put hair and masks and accessories on. And stuff.

 

This one, I tried recreating Aleksandr Karelin's head (using his VPW2 face texture). He ended up looking more like Randy Couture, but it's still awesome anyway.

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/AleksandrKarelinTest.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/KarelinFront.jpg

 

Random Heads:

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan1.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan2.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan3.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan4.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan5.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan6.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan7.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan8.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan9.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternMan2.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternWoman1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternWoman1a.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/JapaneseMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/JapaneseWoman1.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/TanMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/TanMan2.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan2.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan3.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan3a.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan4.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan5.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan6.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan6a.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan7.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan8.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan9.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman1.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman2.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman3.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman4.jpg

[liontamer]

I recently got FaceGen, and made a bunch of faces with it. These are all freely usable to put on top of bodies and to put hair and masks and accessories on. And stuff.

 

This one, I tried recreating Aleksandr Karelin's head (using his VPW2 face texture). He ended up looking more like Randy Couture, but it's still awesome anyway.

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/AleksandrKarelinTest.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/KarelinFront.jpg

 

Random Heads:

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan1.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan2.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan3.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan4.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan5.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan6.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan7.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan8.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/BlackMan9.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternMan2.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternWoman1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/EasternWoman1a.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/JapaneseMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/JapaneseWoman1.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/TanMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/TanMan2.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan1.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan2.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan3.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan3a.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan4.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan5.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan6.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan6a.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan7.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan8.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteMan9.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman1.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman2.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman3.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/WhiteWoman4.jpg

 

nice.

 

I'm not familiar with it, but I'm going to peak at this program or whatever it is because the faces look realistic to the point that they could be photos placed on a model shape.

 

That said I do have one problem in looking at these, although it may actually be intended by the creators of the software given the name of it. The issue I see here is a lack of detail to everything around the face to the point that even basic things like head shapes on some of the people look very unusual. Even if they did come from photos I'm wondering what happened to the forehead texture.

 

 

Seperate question for you since you've dabbled more in 3d than myself. any idea how to make belts in daz?

[crayon]

nice.

 

I'm not familiar with it, but I'm going to peak at this program or whatever it is because the faces look realistic to the point that they could be photos placed on a model shape.

 

Bang on the money there

[fullMETAL]

Well, FaceGen comes with a set of textures to use on the faces. I decided not to take advantage of that for the majority of those gens, because I was interested more in getting them made quickly. In the meantime, that also means that they're ripe for just about any clothing/hair add-on you could think of in PhotoShop/Fireworks/GIMP. You can use the dodge/burn tools to give them character/age, and whatever else you can think of. They're there for everyone to use and customize, and I plan on posting more.

 

I plan on posting a Robert Downey Jr. gen soon, once I find a nice large pic of that Sherlock Holmes poster. (Jude Law, too)

Plus, a bunch more VPW2, WM2k, and WCW Revenge gens (I texture dumped the faces from PJ64), and maybe even No Mercy gens.

[fullMETAL]

<p>Robert Downey Jr., everybody! <strong>AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE MOD USE</strong></p><p>

<span>http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/RobertDowneyJrTest.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p>

Couldn't get the Jude Law one made, but I did make Ming-Na (ER, Street Fighter):</p><p>

<span>http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/FaceGens/MingNaTest.jpg</span></p><p>

<strong>ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE MOD USE</strong></p>

[fullMETAL]

Here's a high-res remake of the Carrington Institute patch you see in Perfect Dark. You can use it for...well...Carrington Institute stuff if you're so inclined.

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Miscellaneous/CI_patch_Texture.png

[Jaysin]

Wasn't sure where to post this, but in my May 2001 game, I have Davey Boy Smith teamed up as the Road Warriors until Hawk is healthy. Davey is going under the name Road Warrior Bulldog and I could use someone more patient with photoshop a picture of him with Road Warrior style facepaint with the Union Jack as inspiration.

 

It'd be greatly appreciated.

[liontamer]

Wasn't sure where to post this, but in my May 2001 game, I have Davey Boy Smith teamed up as the Road Warriors until Hawk is healthy. Davey is going under the name Road Warrior Bulldog and I could use someone more patient with photoshop a picture of him with Road Warrior style facepaint with the Union Jack as inspiration.

 

It'd be greatly appreciated.

 

feel free to leave it in this thread, but it might also be worth trying the alts thread (unless that's dedicated solely to c-verse alts). I've seen them do that on C-verse charcters, but never with real life ones.

[Jaysin]

feel free to leave it in this thread, but it might also be worth trying the alts thread (unless that's dedicated solely to c-verse alts). I've seen them do that on C-verse charcters, but never with real life ones.

 

I'll head over there too. Thanks

[liontamer]

Wasn't quite sure where to put this so I'll stick it in here. Thought it might be a good idea for all of those making network and PPV carrier logos to also make a tiny version of the logo that could be easily pasted onto show logos for users and diaries

[liontamer]

I've searched high and low and can't seem to find backups of any of the clip art I used or the title belt pieces from what I put together and only minor remnants of a few animations saved for show logos. Since all I have is what I saved online, I'm going to start a folder that I will link to the main page that will have clipart I find free for other belt makers to use. Hopefully some day I'll use it again myself. Others can feel free to link similar folders and I will attach them all to the original post for others to use.

 

I do have some of the GIFs, but apparantly my computer can't play them and hotmail must have stopped (even the one that currently works on the main page won't work if I upload it new)

[liontamer]

Caved in and dowloaded a trial of the software I used to use and am trying my hand for the first time in a while. I'll be doing some real world and remakes until I get things together again and then if I have time will open for requests (currently not open). Here's a work in progress with some clean up still needed.

 

 

The main plate is probably going to be redone because it took some major shortcuts and it's still mostly just a cut and past with some edits to make it look slightly less real. I want to see if I can duplicate it (meaning the metallic 3d appearance from scratch.

 

But for those who want an easier way to do the plates, what I did here for the main plate, is cut it from the actual belt pic, duplicated it, fill one in with a silvery coolor and overlay so that it was partly transparent and blend the layers. Can save a lot of time. Should make doing the full thing easier too

[liontamer]

Decided to make this a work in progress to show the procesx to the forum and those wanting to learn how to make belts.

 

Still a lot of work to be done, but I'm probably taking a break for a few days. Here's what I have so far (I also have a version for belt makers that should make it easier to create their own belts and alter colors from my work so far and will further simpify my process to people). I removed the TNA logo to allow people to put other logos on for diaries and what not. I Found a different pic I used for the main plate where the whole face was dark and the outside was light and thought that looked cooler, so that's what I'm trying to duplicate here. Note that I have done nothing outside of the main part of the face so all of that blackened stuff and the ears etc will get done.

 

Could use your thoughts on what you like and don't like so far as this is probably the most challenging one I've done (and I'm trying my darndest not to make this ugly belt any uglier) and should teach me things for future belts.

 

Here it is

 

 

Also, I don't use PSD much, is it normal to have this much artifact?

[fullMETAL]

Turn on your grid, make it 10x10, snap to it, center the plate, and work with one side before copy-flipping.

[liontamer]

Turn on your grid, make it 10x10, snap to it, center the plate, and work with one side before copy-flipping.

 

That's kind of what I did to make the face. It's not a perfect flip, but large parts of it were flipped. But for the sides, yeah that exactly what I'll be doing.

[fullMETAL]

<p>Also, I suggest using paths for smoother results. Don't worry about artifacts until it's time to export your finished pic.</p><p> </p><p>

If you're REALLY worried about 'em, just run a Smart Blur or something after marquee selecting the bits you're worried about (I don't suggest smart blurring an entire layer cuz you might lose your shape and have to undo).</p>

[Jaysin]

I made these for my NWA Ohio game in the iDOM mod. Just thought I'd share them. NWA Ohio is based in Cleveland in my game, so I based the color schemes on the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Cleveland Indians.

 

Thought about doing one in classic Cavaliers colors, but didn't get around to it.

 

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/VenomousPrime/nwaohiobrowns.pnghttp://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/VenomousPrime/nwaohiocavscopy.pnghttp://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/VenomousPrime/nwaohiotribe.png

[fullMETAL]

looks sweet.

 

My only question is whether you're committed to using a font/style for the "NWA" that's not normally used for the NWA logo (it's usually block letters cut out of squares or that snazzy 80's version that AWA ripped off of).

 

Other than that little detail, I think these are pretty sweet NWA-OH logos.

[fullMETAL]

Just finished these up, what do you think?

 

the BLADE belt, based off the PRIDE belt, for the FPW version of PRIDE, aka BLADE.

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Belts/Renders/BLADE_lg.jpg

 

a custom version of one of the DREAM belts

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Belts/DREAM-Welter_fM.jpghttp://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Belts/DREAM-Welter.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Belts/Renders/DREAM_Welter_lg.jpg

 

compare to the actual one (put on my custom leather)

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Belts/DREAM_real.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx166/FullMetalitia/Belts/Renders/DREAM_Welter_real.jpg