Board 8 > Zen Talks About the Match Pics Part 2: Spirit of Vengeance

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Awesome pic.

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Cloud Squal 1 is too good

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I'm not gonna lie, I almost did a spit take when I saw the Saved By the Bell one. lol.

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Was bored and worked on a trainers vs mario + bowser pic

not sure but would mario + bowser on same side of the pic somewhat fighting / facing down the other set of rivals be allowed (red and mario on clouds facing down with bowser and blue below bowser breathing fire at him)

also how do the chosen pics / others come out to be so clear when I finished it and tried making it 280X200 it comes out slightly blurry / too small to read text etc or is it supposed to do that if not how is it kept so clear? etc (seems bigger for chosen pics)

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also when are pics chosen by (from just 280X200 the text names seem small unless pic will look somewhat enlarged)

meh lol

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60: Cloud/Sephi vs Squall/Seifer

Pic 1


THIS IS GREAT it's a joke pic that doesn't hinder any of them (unless Leon was too disgusted to vote). I rate obvious jokes higher (serious pics with jokes hidden in the background don't count) and as long as it's funny, gets the joke across and doesn't obscure the competitors then it's an easy 10.

Overall: 10/10 (joke scale)

Pic 2


OK so Ulti was KINDA getting the "consistency" thing with the KH pics in the middle but he used KH Sprite Cloud. Uhhhhh... Also Seifer's neck thing looks weird. And are the FFVII and VIII overworlds really THAT similar? Props to using something simple and not-blurred and NOT overcrowding it!! This is a HUGE step forward.

Overall: 6.5/10

Pic 3


Seifer's portrait is too sharp. Also, why is Cloud thrusting his sword in the wrong direction? The "swords at each others throats" concept was cool but I think Cloud is missing the "point." HA I crack myself up HA yeah Sephiroth could have been skewed to look like he was closer to Cloud's sword tip. Pretty cool pic with some questionable image quality.

Overall: 7/10

Pic 4


"what am I looking at what am I looking at OH it's them fighting with no adjustments done to make it clearer OK." Also, some weird text.

Overall: 4/10

Pic 5


Seifer is way too bright. Brightness/Contrast adjustment layers, people! Also everyone looks like a tomboyish woman. The font doesn't pop nearly enough, especially for Squall. He gets an obvious action figure pic, and as a person who knows too much about action figures from working at a comic shop I know that it's probably a bad idea to use the recent FF action figures cuz their faces are SOOOO DAAAAMN SOOOOFT. They're like made of baby skin or something. It looks awful in real life and it looks awful here. PS bad image quality for Cloud.

Overall: 5/10

Pic 6


Dissidia, 3D, Dissidia, 3D. What? OK... Add a big VS and some lightning and you got a pic!

Overall: 3/10

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From: ZenOfThunder | #357
Squall. He gets an obvious action figure pic

Uhhhh, I don't think that's an action figure pic.

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Tomboyish woman? I'm pretty sure most of them just look like women.

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61: Mario/Bowser vs Red/Blue

Pic 1


I, uh... I applaud the originality, I guess, but I also SPIT at the person who thinks they can get away with using that as Blue art. Couldn't be bothered to replace Pikachu with Eevee, huh? "A selective color layer will do!" I HATE this pic, not only for the audacity to use some Red art that wasn't that good in the first place TWICE, but to think that a character that has been portrayed as GARY OAK in every other match (AND in the game itself, god damn) could get a pic like THAT and consider it acceptable.

It's not artsy. It's not a good idea. It doesn't look that cool. AND the names are dull and blendy. How about you use a brighter color? Mario/Bowser is alright but they look pre-rendered. I'm thinking this person didn't even know how to use a goddamn render. You know what happens when you drag a PNG layer with transparency right into Photoshop without saving it? It gets a black background. This black background screams to me "look I didn't know what I was doing! I got two cool renders off of PlanetRenders but they had black backgrounds lol LET'S MAKE IT ALL BLACK." Also they're not even facing each other and Bowser is holding some weird white blob for some reason.

Overall: -5/10, I really hate this one. It hits all my sore spots and I hope not to see anything like it again. This is probably going to get the Piccy for my least favorite pic.

Pic 2


This would have been pretty cool without the overlays. They crowd it up SO MUCH and take away from the rest. JUST CUT IT DOWN QUANTITY =/= QUALITY. PEOPLE KNOW WHO THESE GUYS ARE WITHOUT THE EXTRA PICS!

Overall: 5/10 (probably would have been 7 or 7.5 without the overlays)

Pic 3


Blue has a boob that is a Pokeball and Red is fondling it. Also, outer glow. Really these are all going to get a boosted score because I'm so upset about the first one. I don't know why the first one is so awful but it just is. Don't do what the first one did.

Meh image quality on Bowser. Decent renders. Background is weird. Some OK font. Weird banners behind font, and it kinda works. I think the banners are so loud they take away from the middle. Sprites are OK. Why Frog Mario? Whatever, might as well use him at least once.

Overall: 6/10

Pic 4


THIS IS PRETTY COOL. I like Blue was here Red is a loser! I was getting upset that we hadn't seen that joke thrown in yet as it is one of my favorite lines from anything. Mario has some weird gradient on his font... I think it was trying to look more like graffiti but I think it needs to be more consistent if you're gonna wanna try to pull it off with just one.

Also Mario is kinda big-headed. Consistency! But it fills in space and keeps it cramped. Usually being cramped would be bad but I like the idea that they're all crammed inside the castle and Bowser is pissed and Mario is wary of Bowser and Red is turned on by the close proximity and Blue is about to give him a little summin-summin.

Overall: 7.5/10

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I'm glad Saved by the Square got your seal of approval. I actually kinda half-assed the Cloud and Sephiroth renders because I was pressed for time. Figured only one guy would notice, so I didn't need to be as meticulous.

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Pic 7



Oh wow I had this one written up but I cut it off to save the limit and forgot to post it after. Now I lost the big paragraph I wrote with a glowing review! Oh well. I like it a lot. I really like the consistency, I like that it's mostly pics I don't recognize, I like the background, I like the simplicity, and I like that they manage to combine their semi-coolness into straight up coolness.

I also had a section analyzing if Seifer was from the same game as the other three or not and I don't think so, but it wasn't TOO obvious so I think it's passable.

Overall: 9/10

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Uh, Bowser's not holding onto a white blob in Pic 1, that's a cursor hand - like the picsmith dragged and dropped something but forgot to move the mouse before taking a screenshot and sending it in. It's awful... ~_~

From: ZenOfThunder | #362
It looks just like this one figure that nobody will buy at my shop. I think it's this one:



But a better res pic or something. It stares at me all day, I'd recommend that soft baby butt face anywhere.

Or it could be that Squall now has a baby butt face in his games, too.

Pretty sure it's a Dissidia FMV shot.



Yeah, this thing.

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Pic 5


Alright, the individual premises were cool. Evolution of Mario? I dig.

And then at the bottom a bunch of Pokemon. In order. Also some art of Red and Blue. IS IT BECAUSE THE POKEMON HAVE EVOLUTIONS LIKE MARIO? OHHHH I JUST BLEW MY OWN MIND but I have no idea if that was intentional or not. I don't like how behind the Pokemons is that Pokeball. I don't think it was necessary and I don't like the banner hanging below it because it just sticks out and could have been removed easily. I think the eye goes to the Pokeball in the center and the Trainers are just lost in the sea of Pokemon. The top was def better than the bottom even though it wasn't all that revolutionary.

Overall: 6.5/10

Pic 6


THIS is cool. Very simple, very cool. I think the Trainer's background should have been a bit brighter and less poopy brown but I guess that keeps it even with the other side, so I respect that. It's too bad that there's no good high res SMRPG art because the Trainers and their Pokemon look stellar on the other side. There's not much else I can say; I think it's missing something, but all in all the premise is pretty brilliant.

Overall: 8/10

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From: LeonhartFour | #366
Pretty sure it's a Dissidia FMV shot.



Yeah, this thing.

oh my god I don't like this at all

it's like that action figure come to life

my baby skin comment stands

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From: LeonhartFour | #358
Uhhhh, I don't think that's an action figure pic.

It looks just like this one figure that nobody will buy at my shop. I think it's this one:



But a better res pic or something. It stares at me all day, I'd recognize that soft baby butt face anywhere.

Or it could be that Squall now has a baby butt face in his games, too.

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From: ZenOfThunder | #364
I also had a section analyzing if Seifer was from the same game as the other three or not and I don't think so, but it wasn't TOO obvious so I think it's passable.

Cloud, Sephiroth, and Squall's pics are all Dissidia 012 alt costumes. Seifer's obviously is not.

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From: ZenOfThunder | #361
Pic 4


THIS IS PRETTY COOL. I like Blue was here Red is a loser! I was getting upset that we hadn't seen that joke thrown in yet as it is one of my favorite lines from anything. Mario has some weird gradient on his font... I think it was trying to look more like graffiti but I think it needs to be more consistent if you're gonna wanna try to pull it off with just one.

Also Mario is kinda big-headed. Consistency! But it fills in space and keeps it cramped. Usually being cramped would be bad but I like the idea that they're all crammed inside the castle and Bowser is pissed and Mario is wary of Bowser and Red is turned on by the close proximity and Blue is about to give him a little summin-summin.

Overall: 7.5/10

Ugh, the version with Mario in the middle is so much better but I didn't want it to not get picked because they weren't in order so I quickly made that version. And yeah, the extra green was supposed to be Bowser crossing Mario's name out.

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wow this is legit art from X-2

bikini DLC

we gotta make good use of this

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Hah, you DARE to insult me like that? You're just another Ulti. I'll take my match pics elsewhere.

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Of course, you also rate the great pic 2 a 5/10. There's no accounting for taste I suppose.

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It's more a 5/10 because Ulti is heading in the right direction and I'd like to encourage him more than driving him further into the ground.

I'd like to see him do better because I know he really does try and really enjoys making pics.

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Trying to keep this nice and simple and use the best representation of everyone so as not to bias either side, even though I had to try real hard not to use Wind Waker Link.

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I like that, I always like a good "neutral" pic for the final. As long as the art style/quality is consistent I think it's a blessing.

Good job.

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Actually I'd mess with Cloud's levels. He's looking a tiny bit blue.

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From: ZenOfThunder | #371


wow this is legit art from X-2

bikini DLC

we gotta make good use of this

Man, that outfit Serah wears is deceiving, apparently!

I guess this is to counteract the whole "She looks underage!" thing...!

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I saturated Cloud a bit extra because the eye was getting drawn to Link too easily at the default levels. May have went a bit overboard, but I'd rather Cloud look a little more blue than then to have him get lost in the picture.

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good point, the default FFVII art has always been a bit dull and flat. Did you adjust the vibrance?

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Nah, just sharpened up and saturated Cloud a bit, and desaturated Link slightly.

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OK, I'm settled. I'm going to make the worst match ever for this last one.

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You beat yourself up with your past. Don't blame yourself, blame the world. Blame God. Blame me.

Also, I'm sure that I even have a vibrance option. My hidden shame is that I've always used Fireworks to make my match pics instead of Photoshop.

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Fireworks is fine! It works. Vibrance is only in Photoshop CS5 (maybe 4) I think. I thought it was just like a common feature because it seems so simple (making colors more/less vibrant) but I guess adobe just didn't think of it 'til now?

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lol adobe

I use Macromedia Fireworks 2004.

Don't mess.

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that new Koei/Nintendo Pokemon crossover in feudal Japan will probably get us some AAAA++++ art

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points for creativity

at least it's lively

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Hold on

HERE we go:

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i just submitted one for the millionth Zelda v. Final Fantasy 7 round. Very similar to my Brawl v. Twilight Princess from last year.

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From: GANON1025 | #390
Hold on

HERE we go:

I think you have succeeded in your goal of making a terrible pic.

But now you need to get it accepted!

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I made a second one:

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From: GANON1025 | #395
I made a second one:

At first I thought Ganon was riding the horse so naturally I assumed Seph was riding Cloud when I looked over. Nice job

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And just to clarify, I used a picture of Dissidia Squall not an action figure.

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Hey those metroid/pokemon pictures didn't get rated did they.



Despite the fact that you purposely crammed everything in here that you could, it actually kinda works. That Link text is totally camouflaged though haha.

I can barely see Link in that Christmas one.

I churned out another formulaic picture for the clash of the titans:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/semifinal2.png/

Basically all of my pics feature questionable image quality and random backgrounds, btw.

From: GenesisSaga | #365
Uh, Bowser's not holding onto a white blob in Pic 1, that's a cursor hand - like the picsmith dragged and dropped something but forgot to move the mouse before taking a screenshot and sending it in. It's awful... ~_~

Someone must have really liked my cursor arrow in my first draft of AluFrog.

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