Betta Avatar Graphics Anyone?

[mommyof2bettas]

Great, thanks!
Sadly, the little boy has a tumor, and I would give up fishkeeping if he passed away
BTW, what program do you use to make them? thanks!

 

[Phaedra]

im jealous. i dont have the patience to do that. i tried.

Well, patience IS a prerequisite for pixeling, IMHO. If I had more patience, I'm sure I could make them much better. But then, I don't.

Great, thanks!
Sadly, the little boy has a tumor, and I would give up fishkeeping if he passed away
BTW, what program do you use to make them? thanks!

My pleasure. I'm glad you like it.
Aww, sweet little Kenni does? I'm so sorry to hear that! I've started to notice a little something on Darby's side too... but I can't tell if it's just how his coloring is, or if it's some kind of muscle... or worse. It's not by any means big though, so I'm leaning toward tail muscle. *knock on wood*

Edit: Whoops, forgot to tell you, I use Adobe Photoshop 7.0 to make them, but any program with a pencil and the ability to zoom can probably do them.

 

[Phaedra]

me want

Well, pick one of your thousands of Bettas and post a pic for me.

Here you go

I also want a pixel betta a red hmpk ... yoohooo thankssssssss

I just have to say, your KILLING me Cracker! This one is by far the most difficult betta I've tried to pixel. I'm doing my best, but I can't guarantee results!
*Faints from squinting at all of the unbelievably different colors*

 

[Jaded12]

How do you do the fading look? I can't see to get it right

 

[Phaedra]

There's a blending tool in photoshop called the smudge tool. If you don't have that, you can up the transparency of whatever brush your using, but don't use a hard-edged one.
Wait, what program are you using?

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

oohhh i know how to do that! *jumps up and down in an overly tired state of hyperactivity*

it would take me a month to do one fish. i seriously don't have the patience. can i steal your VT pixel to use as a template?
if i ever take the time to do it...

 

[Phaedra]

oohhh i know how to do that! *jumps up and down in an overly tired state of hyperactivity*

it would take me a month to do one fish. i seriously don't have the patience. can i steal your VT pixel to use as a template?
if i ever take the time to do it...

I think you should come up with your own template. You're creative, give it a try.
You'll never learn until you do.

 

[Jaded12]

I'm getting better, heres one I just did

 

[Phaedra]

I'm getting better, heres one I just did

Lookin' good! The color on the tail looks much better, it seems you've figured it out! If you want some constructive criticism, let me know.

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

oohhh i know how to do that! *jumps up and down in an overly tired state of hyperactivity*

it would take me a month to do one fish. i seriously don't have the patience. can i steal your VT pixel to use as a template?
if i ever take the time to do it...

I think you should come up with your own template. You're creative, give it a try.
You'll never learn until you do.

creatives one thing, i've never been able to draw to save my life . horses are one thing. everything else is awful.
i tried to do an outline of a betta for another thing i was doing...i think i need to buy a mouse for my laptop, not just use a touch pad.

 

[Phaedra]

Well, I can see your problem then. I wouldn't even THINK of attempting pixeling with a laptop!

And it's taken me a full hour to get it looking semi-good, but I think my creativity is tapped out.
Here is your betta, _cRaCkEr_!

The tail isn't quite up to snuff, but it was the best I could manage. Strangely, the colors kept blending together in odd ways. *shrug*
Hope you enjoy it!

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

i like the texture on the blue on his body.

 

[Phaedra]

Thanks! It was hard to figure out a way to capture the definition on his scales. Just shows what a good picture reference can do.

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

he was definatly a different looking fish, you did a good job capturing him in pixelated format.

 

[Phaedra]

Thanks! That's sweet of you to say.
I think I'm off to lala land now, I'm already forgetting half of what I'm reading. Gnight!