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20 hours ago, Forlorn said:

Unfortunately during one of my episodes of heightened paranoia I ended up deleting my imgur account, so I need to upload everything all over again. At least I've still got the finished projects and even the .PSD files though, but I do apologize for the irrational things I tend to do and at times even say when I'm in such a state of mind. I don't actually know why or when I started doing that when I get into those states of extreme paranoia, but I can only say for sure that I have problems with an Impulse Control Disorder that I got diagnosed with a number of years ago before the voices thing kicked off. So, maybe that's why. At any rate, I've really been fond of the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl cards along with all of their support cards in the game I'm still playing of Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution and have actually started to collect the cards from the last 2 booster packs left of the first series which are Grandpa Muto booster pack and Yugi Muto booster pack. I've had Dark Magician on my mind a lot lately and @Sakura was kind enough to actually give me a Dark Magician card (of which I added my Knight's Title and Dark Magician Knight cards in the same envelope that she send the cards in ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Thank you again for sending the cards you sent, li'l sis'~~ < 3 ) all of which has gotten me to lean more towards using those cards and their support cards in the game more. I haven't made an efficient Dark Magician/Dark Magician Girl deck so far, but I'm determined to make one that I won't get stuck in a losing streak with. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Here's an avy gif I made and a sig gif I made. I slowed both of them down to where I think it should be ok should anyone with epilepsy happen to see them because the last thing I'd ever want to do is trigger a seizure for anyone, especially given how many I've survived. I haven't seen Dark Side of the Dimensions yet because I plan to binge watch the whole series first, but mom did get me the blu-ray of the DSoD movie so when I'm ready I'll watch it.

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Siggy: P5MZ8NM.gif

Nice it's really colorful I love it ;o 

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23 hours ago, Forlorn said:

Unfortunately during one of my episodes of heightened paranoia I ended up deleting my imgur account, so I need to upload everything all over again. At least I've still got the finished projects and even the .PSD files though, but I do apologize for the irrational things I tend to do and at times even say when I'm in such a state of mind. I don't actually know why or when I started doing that when I get into those states of extreme paranoia, but I can only say for sure that I have problems with an Impulse Control Disorder that I got diagnosed with a number of years ago before the voices thing kicked off. So, maybe that's why. At any rate, I've really been fond of the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl cards along with all of their support cards in the game I'm still playing of Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution and have actually started to collect the cards from the last 2 booster packs left of the first series which are Grandpa Muto booster pack and Yugi Muto booster pack. I've had Dark Magician on my mind a lot lately and @Sakura was kind enough to actually give me a Dark Magician card (of which I added my Knight's Title and Dark Magician Knight cards in the same envelope that she send the cards in ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Thank you again for sending the cards you sent, li'l sis'~~ < 3 ) all of which has gotten me to lean more towards using those cards and their support cards in the game more. I haven't made an efficient Dark Magician/Dark Magician Girl deck so far, but I'm determined to make one that I won't get stuck in a losing streak with. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Here's an avy gif I made and a sig gif I made. I slowed both of them down to where I think it should be ok should anyone with epilepsy happen to see them because the last thing I'd ever want to do is trigger a seizure for anyone, especially given how many I've survived. I haven't seen Dark Side of the Dimensions yet because I plan to binge watch the whole series first, but mom did get me the blu-ray of the DSoD movie so when I'm ready I'll watch it.

Avy: IF92uXc.gif

Siggy: P5MZ8NM.gif

I like the animations in the signature it looks like this took a lot of time to do. 

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On 12/23/2024 at 3:15 PM, Sakura said:

Nice it's really colorful I love it ;o 

Thanks, Sereyuki~~ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ 

21 hours ago, Zeref said:

I like the animations in the signature it looks like this took a lot of time to do. 

It did take a while to figure out how to get the renders of Tea and Yami Yugi to blend in with the art for DMG's Dark Burning Attack and DM's Dark Magic Attack because I wanted to have more than one of them and I'd found renders for Tea and Yami Yugi that I wanted to use which amounted to more than 2. So, I experimented with different blending options for each render so that the Dark Magician's art and Dark Magician Girl's art would still be seen in addition to the renders. I went with the blending options that showed the most of each render and each BG card art. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

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3 hours ago, Forlorn said:

Thanks, Sereyuki~~ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ 

It did take a while to figure out how to get the renders of Tea and Yami Yugi to blend in with the art for DMG's Dark Burning Attack and DM's Dark Magic Attack because I wanted to have more than one of them and I'd found renders for Tea and Yami Yugi that I wanted to use which amounted to more than 2. So, I experimented with different blending options for each render so that the Dark Magician's art and Dark Magician Girl's art would still be seen in addition to the renders. I went with the blending options that showed the most of each render and each BG card art. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

I don't know much about gfx talk but does it work to reduce the opacity of the render on the program you use to blend it?

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2 hours ago, Zeref said:

I don't know much about gfx talk but does it work to reduce the opacity of the render on the program you use to blend it?

It kind of did, but at the same time I didn't want to reduce the render's opacity so they'd stand out more while still showing the card art backgrounds so that neither the renders nor the card art would be reduced as far as being able to tell one from the other because I didn't want to reduce the opacity of either one. When I make a decision like that it's difficult for anyone to keep me from sticking to what I decided to do. ^^; ^^; ^^; ^^; ^^; I know I got that from Mom and the step-father's behavior over the years given how much I paid attention to how both of them acted. I'm not sure if having a trait of such stubbornness is good or bad, but I'm not sure how to get rid of that trait either. lol >< >< >< ^^; ^^;

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I'm working on another GFX project featuring Marik and Ishizu. I'm considering adding Odion because, although he was adopted, he was always treated like any other family member, so they fully welcomed him into their family. It reminds me of... someone that both mom and I wish with every fiber of our being that big sis' has ended up with instead of the monster in human form that was her ex-fiancee... So, I'm trying to find a render of Odion with at LEAST a smirk or even a faint smile, but I haven't found one of him with one smile so far. lol I mean, I know the events of the Battle City Tournament were no laughing matter, but omg, I'm starting to wonder if Odion ever even smiled in the anime at all. o.0 I dunno, I might just crop a smile from a different picture of him and paste it over his mouth with a render that he at least doesn't look angry in. lol It'd take some searching, but that's the closest anime family situation I've seen in the anime I remember watching. So, idk, I might copy and paste a smile on Odion, but he did always seem like a pretty serious dude, too. I'll have to experiment and see what I'll be happy with using regarding Odion renders.

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3 hours ago, Forlorn said:

I'm working on another GFX project featuring Marik and Ishizu. I'm considering adding Odion because, although he was adopted, he was always treated like any other family member, so they fully welcomed him into their family. It reminds me of... someone that both mom and I wish with every fiber of our being that big sis' has ended up with instead of the monster in human form that was her ex-fiancee... So, I'm trying to find a render of Odion with at LEAST a smirk or even a faint smile, but I haven't found one of him with one smile so far. lol I mean, I know the events of the Battle City Tournament were no laughing matter, but omg, I'm starting to wonder if Odion ever even smiled in the anime at all. o.0 I dunno, I might just crop a smile from a different picture of him and paste it over his mouth with a render that he at least doesn't look angry in. lol It'd take some searching, but that's the closest anime family situation I've seen in the anime I remember watching. So, idk, I might copy and paste a smile on Odion, but he did always seem like a pretty serious dude, too. I'll have to experiment and see what I'll be happy with using regarding Odion renders.

Sounds like an interesting project can't wait to see the results. 

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7 hours ago, Zeref said:

Sounds like an interesting project can't wait to see the results. 

Thanks, man!!

So, I found out while reading up on Marik and Ishizu that they each had actual cards made based on them: Gravekeeper's Descendant and Gravekeeper's Oracle were both based on Marik, Gravekeeper's Priestess and Gravekeeper's Shaman were both based on Ishizu, so, I decided to change things around a bit with Odion and how I displayed the characters and artwork. The final result is what you see. He uses Temple of the Kings in preparation for summoning Mystical Beast of Serket in the Yu-Gi-Oh! games I've played (that I remember) and he used that combo in the anime as well to try to summon a mere copy of the Egyptian God Card The Winged Dragon of Ra which got him struck down since he was not only one of the few that could wield an Egyptian God Card, but the Ra card in his deck wasn't even the original. Unfortunately, sometimes I tend to forget about Odion which is a shame because he's a polite, honorable character as well as the adopted 3rd sibling of the Ishtar descendants Marik and Ishizu. Odion was 25 in the series. Ishizu was 20 in the series. Marik was 16 in the series. (I just thought their ages were interesting to find out.) So, in order to include Odion in the new GFX projects I got the card art for both of the cards he's mainly known for using (aside from a legion of trap cards and trap monsters). I wanted both the characters and the card art  to be visible, so I decided to do it the way I did it. If only big sis' had ended up with the guy that all of her friends and us thought she'd end up with instead of how it went, she'd still be with us. She would've been treated so much better, too, because that friend of hers was incredibly polite and friendly. So, I decided to include Odion because that guy friend of big sis's would've been my brother-in-law, which is the closest thing I could think of to still being a brother since Odion was adopted, but both Marik and Ishizu treated him like he was one of them. We would've treated big sis's guy friend everyone thought she'd end up with like our own, too. So, I guess it's my tribute to big sis' and how I wish things worked out differently. Oh, and Ishhizu being Marik's older sister really hits home for me, too. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

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10 hours ago, Forlorn said:

So, I guess it's my tribute to big sis' and how I wish things worked out differently. Oh, and Ishhizu being Marik's older sister really hits home for me, too. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

@Forlorn, you've clearly put a lot of thought into the creation of this sig and it looks great as a result.

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I really believe that this thread for Forlorn's art should recieve replies to his artwork only. Off-topic discussions are distracting to the topic Forlorn posted.

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12 hours ago, Digimon_Sommelier said:

I really believe that this thread for Forlorn's art should recieve replies to his artwork only. Off-topic discussions are distracting to the topic Forlorn posted.

I don't see anyone on this topic discussing anything but the projects he's posted or topics related to the idea behind the project he made, other than this post. It's up to him to decide what he does or doesn't want discussed on his own showcase. 

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18 hours ago, Digimon_Sommelier said:

I really believe that this thread for Forlorn's art should recieve replies to his artwork only. Off-topic discussions are distracting to the topic Forlorn posted.

I believe if he didn't want his friends commenting on his artworks he would have said so since he's a big boy. The graphics showcases are to post the art and discuss it, unless @Forlorn doesn't want his friends to follow up with comments about his work and if that's the case I think he'd say. 

 

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My apologies if I offended anybody. I think posting a piece of art requires one reply critiquing the art posted.

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On 1/9/2025 at 4:29 AM, Digimon_Sommelier said:

My apologies if I offended anybody. I think posting a piece of art requires one reply critiquing the art posted.

I'm sure you're welcome to your opinion but showcases are made to have various opinions posted on them. No way in heck do I want just one self-appointed person who thinks they know something about my GFX style only commenting on my showcase and it's doubtful @Forlorn does either. Though like @Zeref said if Forlorn didn't want anyones comments I'm sure he'd tell us all to bugger off.

This is also about sharing what we've created with our friends here and other like-minded artists who create GFX. Having just one opinion on someone's art doesn't make much sense because art is made to be enjoyed by everyone and additionally everyone has a different opinion when it comes to just one piece of art.

Mostly what I can see being discussed here is his friends praising him for the great work he did and then offering ideas about how to do certain techniques in PS or discussing GFX programs used to make this stuff. To get better at GFX'ing it helps to have pointers from other people who understand how GFX works. 

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3 hours ago, Sarada said:

I'm sure you're welcome to your opinion but showcases are made to have various opinions posted on them. No way in heck do I want just one self-appointed person who thinks they know something about my GFX style only commenting on my showcase and it's doubtful @Forlorn does either. Though like @Zeref said if Forlorn didn't want anyones comments I'm sure he'd tell us all to bugger off.

This is also about sharing what we've created with our friends here and other like-minded artists who create GFX. Having just one opinion on someone's art doesn't make much sense because art is made to be enjoyed by everyone and additionally everyone has a different opinion when it comes to just one piece of art.

Mostly what I can see being discussed here is his friends praising him for the great work he did and then offering ideas about how to do certain techniques in PS or discussing GFX programs used to make this stuff. To get better at GFX'ing it helps to have pointers from other people who understand how GFX works. 

Just block, Lillie, that's what I'm doing. It's not worth your efforts when someone just wants to attack Gfx'ers. Let's get back to the happy atmosphere here that is Forlon's lovely arts that we will continue to be amazed about and enjoy when he posts :) 

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I am not attacking anybody. It's just my point-of-view. You can do whatever you'd like. I didn't mean for it to be offensive.

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I woke up a lot later than I meant to, but before I went to sleep I did mention to Serenity that I'm going to start a Sheele and Tatsumi GFX project. I think I got infatuated with Esdeath since I've had a thing for really strong women, especially ones that can destroy so much in such a short time. Sheele reminds me a lot of me, and also reminds me of what big sis' would probably do if I felt like crying, but didn't want to or want anyone to see. I can't remember which episode that was where she hugged Tatsumi at the end of the episode, but he was crying for his 2 friends from his village who... met a very unfortunate end that nobody deserves. I'm not even going to say what happened to Tatsumi's friends because I can remember the horrific setting and story behind his 2 friends' deaths, but the way Sheele comforted Tatsumi so that he could feel like it was ok to cry made me think of big sis' and the kind of person she was as well. So, the inspiration for this new project is a little bit complicated, but I'll be working on it as my next project. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

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@Sarada, @Sakura, @Sasuke, @Zeref

Thank you all for coming to my defense. < 3 I apologize for this being late. I hope it didn't come across as ungrateful. I'm not used to friends caring as much as you do because of I don't remember having friends that would do that so fast. I'm sorry about being late for thanking you all. >< >< >< ;.; ;.;

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1 minute ago, Forlorn said:

I went ahead and finished my Sheele and Tatsumi project. Here's the avatar and Sig gif. I still need to take a few days' break though, but I really wanted to finish that project. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

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That's a really great piece of work @Forlorn. It looks like you spent a lot of time on it and it shows. I like the background and the colours you used they look really good.

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3 hours ago, Forlorn said:

I went ahead and finished my Sheele and Tatsumi project. Here's the avatar and Sig gif. I still need to take a few days' break though, but I really wanted to finish that project. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

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Very cool my guy, avatar looks top tier. 

18 hours ago, Forlorn said:

@Sarada, @Sakura, @Sasuke, @Zeref

Thank you all for coming to my defense. < 3 I apologize for this being late. I hope it didn't come across as ungrateful. I'm not used to friends caring as much as you do because of I don't remember having friends that would do that so fast. I'm sorry about being late for thanking you all. >< >< >< ;.; ;.;

That's what friends are for :V

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21 hours ago, Forlorn said:

@Sarada, @Sakura, @Sasuke, @Zeref

Thank you all for coming to my defense. < 3 I apologize for this being late. I hope it didn't come across as ungrateful. I'm not used to friends caring as much as you do because of I don't remember having friends that would do that so fast. I'm sorry about being late for thanking you all. >< >< >< ;.; ;.;

Np ~ Like the lil sis said, that's what friends are for. I've been attacked for making GFX tons of times, so it's nothing new to me. 

& I luv the new siggy/icon very nice, I like the renders used in the sigs 💜

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