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Guide To Creating And Maintaining An Avatar, Index, And Help Thread [CLOSED]
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#1 Posted: 23:47:31 13/04/2013 | Topic Creator
Featured Avatars

[User Posted Image] Terrafin Avatar By Pepper Head
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What are avatars?

Avatars are 100x100 sized picture users use tor represent themselves here on DarkSpyro or any websites. On DarkSpyro they must be 30 kilobytes or less.

Types of Avatars:

Avatars can be both digitally drawn or edited with softwares such as Photoshop, GIMP, and etc.

Examples of the types of avatars

Hand Drawn and Resized Avatars:

Avatars can also be hand drawn and then resized to avatar using photo editing softwares.

Photo edited Avatars:

These kinds of avatars are made with photo editing softwares and are not drawn by the user but is made with existing arts and pictures found on the internet.

[User Posted Image] Infinitars
[User Posted Image] Rappatars and Varientars

Digital Art Avatars:

These avatars are 100% drawn by users using photo editing softwares.

Examples:
[User Posted Image] Infinitus' Avatars
[User Posted Image] Trix's Avatars
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Guide to Getting Started on Making Your Own Avatar Thread:

To get started, go to the Fan Art forum and create a thread. For a title, you can make a creative one or just name it Username's Avatar. Also to give people a good idea of what your avatar's like, you should make an example before creating your thread.
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Guide To Maintaining An Avatar Thread

Always try to finish a request as soon as possible, and also make good quality avatars, not rushed one. Make sure the avatars you make are 100x100 or less, you can make them smaller, but as long as it 100x100 or smaller will be usable Also make sure that the size of the avatar does not exceed 30 kb. Regularly update your thread with new avatars will help get other users to like your work and know about it. A great way to organize your avatars is to sort it by different types, this will help other users find the avatar they want faster and easier.
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What is True Art?
Many of the users here decided to edit photos and call them "art", but that's not what it really is. Art incorporates one's creativity through drawings both hand drawn or digitally drawn. Photos that are taken from the internet and edited is graphic thief. Many users here do that and do not give credit to the creator of the picture.
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One thing you should always do when you are making edited avatars
Always remember to give credit to the original artist by putting a note (In bold if you can) that says that you give credit, since you do not own the art and it was created by another artist.
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Recommended Softwares:

  • Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Around $600 to $700)
  • Photoshop Elements 11 (Costs less the Adobe Photoshop CS6, tends to be around $70 to $100)
  • GIMP (free)
  • Pain.net (free)
  • Paint tool sai (Available for a trial period, then it requires for you to pay)

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Avatar Thread Index (Sorted In Alphabetical Order)

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4 types of Avatars with new Sadatars

A
Anythingatars
australiatars

B

C
Cynder Lover's Avatars!

D
Deal with it skylanders Kappatars!!
Dragondog is making avatars!
Dragonstars

E
Epicpokeatars and Traineratars.

F

G

H
HDAZ's Art
Hedgehogstars

I
Infinitus' Avatars And Art, Now With Fakémons

J

K

L
LegendaryFlames' Avatar requests!

M
My Skylanders Avatars

N
New! X-Treme (a.k.a Thumpterra12)'s acidtars/artwork! LLAMA VERSION!!!!
NINJAsk11's art

O

P
Papa's artwork (Requests open)
Papastars
Pepper's Pixeled Avatars
Pony-tars/pony-art

Q

R
Rappatars and Varientars

S
SF1 presents pokemon poketars
SFF's Avatar Shop: The Perfect Place for Avatars and Art
SF Fan's Avatar Editing and Alternate Skylanders Thread
Skylanders Giants Avatars ~
Skylanders: Giants Infinitars
Spyrobaro's Art and Avatars
StalkerSnake's skylander drawings and more.

T
Trix's art, We has Avatars and Pixel dolls. (requests are open)
Thumpterra12's Acidtars and Artwork! (or what's left of it)

U

V
Vikky J's Avatars and Art (part 2)

W

X

Y

Z
Zap's Avatar and Art
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#2 Posted: 23:51:39 13/04/2013
N is not working.
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#3 Posted: 23:53:37 13/04/2013 | Topic Creator
Fixed it
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#4 Posted: 00:07:20 14/04/2013 | Topic Creator
K fixed it, I actually didn't check what's in the topic, I just put all thread with the word avatar or -tar in it.
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#5 Posted: 14:26:14 14/04/2013
Very helpful thread.
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#6 Posted: 19:23:38 14/04/2013
how do you get people to come to your page?
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#7 Posted: 19:28:41 14/04/2013
Quote: Fly Spyro Fly
how do you get people to come to your page?


Simple question. You can link it in your signature, put it in your guestbook, or just let people know by using a avatar you made.
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#8 Posted: 19:33:23 14/04/2013
Quote: Trix Master 100
Quote: Fly Spyro Fly
how do you get people to come to your page?


Simple question. You can link it in your signature, put it in your guestbook, or just let people know by using a avatar you made.



ok, thanks!
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#9 Posted: 19:37:40 14/04/2013
Quote: Fly Spyro Fly
Quote: Trix Master 100
Quote: Fly Spyro Fly
how do you get people to come to your page?


Simple question. You can link it in your signature, put it in your guestbook, or just let people know by using a avatar you made.



ok, thanks!


You're welcome.
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#10 Posted: 00:42:00 18/04/2013
How do you size a picture?
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#11 Posted: 00:46:09 18/04/2013
Quote: HotDogAndZap
How do you size a picture?


You can crop it. Or you can use the resize tool which is on most art programs.
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#12 Posted: 00:53:11 18/04/2013
Okay thanks.
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#13 Posted: 19:45:49 19/04/2013
For L I do art requests AND avatars.
Its pretty much called "LegendaryFlames' art topic thingy" lol
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#14 Posted: 23:45:46 22/04/2013
I changed my topic's name to something that might bring people around to it.
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#15 Posted: 21:03:35 23/04/2013 | Topic Creator
Added and changed
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#16 Posted: 22:30:48 23/04/2013
Quote: Infinitus
Added and changed


Thank you.
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#17 Posted: 01:39:47 02/05/2013
Add papastars. Please.
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#18 Posted: 01:42:19 02/05/2013
What drawing system is reccomended? I would like it to be a free one, for I dont have internet money.
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#19 Posted: 01:44:26 02/05/2013 | Topic Creator
There are some free ones that are very good, I suggest GIMP.
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#20 Posted: 02:21:26 02/05/2013
Quote: HotDogAndZap
What drawing system is reccomended? I would like it to be a free one, for I dont have internet money.


Free ones, I would have to say

  • Paint.net
  • Gimp
  • photoshop
  • (or if someone gave you paint tool SAI)
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    #21 Posted: 17:58:32 02/05/2013
    If you want to know what my avatars look like, look at my avatar of Red (May not be Red in the future)
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    #22 Posted: 20:16:20 02/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Quote: papa123
    Add papastars. Please.


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    #23 Posted: 00:21:16 03/05/2013
    Quote: Infinitus
    Quote: papa123
    Add papastars. Please.


    Added



    Thank you!
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    #24 Posted: 18:28:15 04/05/2013
    Downloaded GIMP and it crashed my computer. smilie
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    #25 Posted: 18:45:03 04/05/2013
    ^Not their problem, Your computer must be pretty weak, sorry :/
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    #26 Posted: 19:05:23 04/05/2013
    Quote: HotDogAndZap
    Downloaded GIMP and it crashed my computer. smilie


    Paint.net might work. It's not as big as gimp.
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    #27 Posted: 19:23:31 04/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Yep, that's pretty much your only choice if your computer can't download GIMP.
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    #28 Posted: 01:20:02 05/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Quote: shorty
    Quote: HotDogAndZap
    Downloaded GIMP and it crashed my computer. smilie



    Did you make sure to download it from the offical site? If not, it could very well kill your PC.


    www.gimp.org is the official website.
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    Edited 1 time - Last edited at 01:20:44 05/05/2013 by Infinitus
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    #29 Posted: 01:23:14 05/05/2013
    Yeah I downloaded it from that site...
    Edited 1 time - Last edited at 01:24:04 05/05/2013 by HotDogAndZap
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    #30 Posted: 01:27:39 05/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Quote: HotDogAndZap
    Yeah I downloaded it from that site...


    Then I guess it's just because of your computer. I guess your only choice is paint.net, it has a small file size, so your computer probably wont crash.
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    #31 Posted: 01:32:13 05/05/2013
    I'm not going to worry about it now, my computer is dead and all. It's not messed up, it's is legit dead.
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    #32 Posted: 01:32:48 05/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Quote: shorty
    There is also something on dA called dAMuro which you can do quite a bit with. You have to have a dA account, though.


    If you want to try it out, the link is http://muro.deviantart.com/
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    #33 Posted: 17:59:42 08/05/2013
    Quote: Infinitus
    Quote: shorty
    There is also something on dA called dAMuro which you can do quite a bit with. You have to have a dA account, though.


    If you want to try it out, the link is http://muro.deviantart.com/



    Or you can take a screen capture of the picture.
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    #34 Posted: 00:45:34 19/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Updated index with new avatar threads.
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    #35 Posted: 02:12:42 19/05/2013
    Shouldn't this be stickied?
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    #36 Posted: 02:58:40 19/05/2013
    Quote: DummyZ
    Shouldn't this be stickied?


    The better question is, Does Dark even know how corrupted and lazy the mods in this section are?
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    #37 Posted: 13:19:14 19/05/2013
    Quote: Trix Master 100
    Quote: DummyZ
    Shouldn't this be stickied?


    The better question is, Does Dark even know how corrupted and lazy the mods in this section are?



    Simplest answer: Nope.
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    #38 Posted: 03:10:17 20/05/2013
    Could you add HDAZ's art and avatar thread? That would be great!
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    #39 Posted: 04:08:44 20/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    added
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    #40 Posted: 17:51:26 26/05/2013
    Can you add my topic? (StalkerSnake's Skylander drawings and more)
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    #41 Posted: 17:59:24 26/05/2013 | Topic Creator
    Added!

    Starting from this month, every month, this thread will feature 1 Art and 1 Avatar. If you would like to enter please sign up by posting below, and then PM me your entry (Each person is limited to 2 entries, 1 Art and 1 Avatar), entries must be in by May 31st to be valid. No late entries, please.
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    #42 Posted: 03:37:10 27/05/2013
    Quote: Infinitus
    Added!

    Starting from this month, every month, this thread will feature 1 Art and 1 Avatar. If you would like to enter please sign up by posting below, and then PM me your entry (Each person is limited to 2 entries, 1 Art and 1 Avatar), entries must be in by May 31st to be valid. No late entries, please.


    Alright then.
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    #43 Posted: 00:51:05 17/06/2013
    My computer! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    #44 Posted: 00:57:43 17/06/2013
    Quote: HotDogAndZap
    My computer! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    YAY!!
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    #45 Posted: 01:18:37 17/06/2013 | Topic Creator
    Quote: HotDogAndZap
    My computer! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    HORRAY!!! smilie
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