CelticStryder Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 This post was recognized by Skuzbukit! CelticStryder was awarded the badge 'Great Content' and 50 points. Decided to try my hand at avatars so staring this thread to auction them off. I am not a graphic designer but do have a bit of experience playing around with PhotoShop as a hobby. All proceeds will go towards funding a gym to train my fighters. I have seen most people starting bids at $25k with minimum increase of $25k Here are a few to start and will add more later. All backgrounds can easily be changed All auctions will begin at the time of the first bid and will close in 48 hours #1: The Dragon Winning Bid: $25k to @teyoken #2: The All American Winning bid: $25k to Brodie7 #3: The Great White North Winning bid: $75k to @venom09 #4: The Cameroon Predator Winning bid: $150k to @Sprooch 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imcool Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Good first effort! But cutting out the head whole and slapping it on top of another head will always look off(angle will be off(#4), color will be off(#1/3/4), size will be off(all of them)). Depending on which software you are using, look up on youtube how to properly blend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, imcool said: Good first effort! But cutting out the head whole and slapping it on top of another head will always look off(angle will be off(#4), color will be off(#1/3/4), size will be off(all of them)). Depending on which software you are using, look up on youtube how to properly blend. Appreciate the feedback as I learn. When you say not to just cut out the heads and use blending do you just use the facial features of an avatar and blend your them into the existing face? I was worried trying to do that they might get rejected for looking too real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imcool Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 26 minutes ago, CelticStryder said: Appreciate the feedback as I learn. When you say not to just cut out the heads and use blending do you just use the facial features of an avatar and blend your them into the existing face? I was worried trying to do that they might get rejected for looking too real I cute out the face as a whole(so a little of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and some chin). Then, I throw that on the image and blend the features to the original guys head. They won't look too real when you do that, Mike won't reject that. He often rejects avatars where people try to be slick and only take the eyes, or eyes and nose but leave original mouth, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom09 Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 I agree with the sentiment, great first effort. A little bit of polish and I would be all over #3! Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 13 minutes ago, imcool said: I cute out the face as a whole(so a little of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and some chin). Then, I throw that on the image and blend the features to the original guys head. They won't look too real when you do that, Mike won't reject that. He often rejects avatars where people try to be slick and only take the eyes, or eyes and nose but leave original mouth, etc. My original plan was to cut out the eyes and mouth and blend them but was concerned that would be considered to real. I will take another shot at these with your suggested method. Appreciate the feedback and sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imcool Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, CelticStryder said: My original plan was to cut out the eyes and mouth and blend them but was concerned that would be considered to real. I will take another shot at these with your suggested method. Appreciate the feedback and sharing From my experience, it's a lot easier to cut out the whole face than do separate features like eyes, mouth, nose, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teyoken Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 #1 is definitely the best one out of the lot, id just swap the face of only cut the face out next time. Good effort for you first time making them though. 25k on #1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Appreciate the bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 4 hours ago, imcool said: From my experience, it's a lot easier to cut out the whole face than do separate features like eyes, mouth, nose, etc. 2 hours ago, teyoken said: #1 is definitely the best one out of the lot, id just swap the face of only cut the face out next time. Good effort for you first time making them though. 25k on #1 Updated #1 using the whole face and blending. Let me know if this looks better or if it is too real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imcool Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, CelticStryder said: Updated #1 using the whole face and blending. Let me know if this looks better or if it is too real Substantially better in my opinion, although Mike may/may not give you shit for not changing the mouth(he's not very consistent). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 11 hours ago, imcool said: Substantially better in my opinion, although Mike may/may not give you shit for not changing the mouth(he's not very consistent). Update all the faces..... hopefully they look better now. Will look to do some more later today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 #1: The Dragon Thanks to @teyokenfor kicking off the bidding on #1 The Dragon at 25k. Auction on this one will end January 24th at 10:00PM EST (48 hours after first bid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom09 Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 6:38 PM, CelticStryder said: Decided to try my hand at avatars so staring this thread to auction them off. I am not a graphic designer but do have a bit of experience playing around with PhotoShop as a hobby. All proceeds will go towards funding a gym to train my fighters. I have seen most people starting bids at $25k with minimum increase of $25k Here are a few to start and will add more later. All backgrounds can easily be changed All auctions will begin at the time of the first bid and will close in 48 hours #1: The Dragon #2: The All American #3: The Great White North #4: The Cameroon Predator 25k on #3 please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, venom09 said: 25k on #3 please! Appreciate the bid..... auction on #3 will end January 26 at 10:30AM EST (48 hours after first bid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 3:25 PM, CelticStryder said: #1: The Dragon Thanks to @teyokenfor kicking off the bidding on #1 The Dragon at 25k. Auction on this one will end January 24th at 10:00PM EST (48 hours after first bid). @teyoken wins the bid on #1 The Dragon with 25k. Thanks for the bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexManiatakos Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 50k .ah crap. Too late. Edited January 25, 2022 by AlexManiatakos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 6:38 PM, CelticStryder said: #3: The Great White North Top bid: $25k to @venom09. Auction will end January 26 at 10:30AM EST About 3 hours left on #3 The Great White North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsdaugh Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 50K on #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, jsdaugh said: 50K on #3 Thank you sir..... little under 2 hours to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprooch Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 5:38 PM, CelticStryder said: Decided to try my hand at avatars so staring this thread to auction them off. I am not a graphic designer but do have a bit of experience playing around with PhotoShop as a hobby. All proceeds will go towards funding a gym to train my fighters. I have seen most people starting bids at $25k with minimum increase of $25k Here are a few to start and will add more later. All backgrounds can easily be changed All auctions will begin at the time of the first bid and will close in 48 hours #1: The Dragon Winning Bid: $25k to @teyoken #2: The All American #3: The Great White North Top bid: $25k to @venom09. Auction will end January 26 at 10:30AM EST #4: The Cameroon Predator 25k for #4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Sprooch said: 25k for #4 Thanks for kicking off the bidding on this one..... Auction on #4 will close January 28th at 9:30am (48 hours after first bid.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom09 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 hours ago, CelticStryder said: About 3 hours left on #3 The Great White North. 75K on #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticStryder Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 31 minutes ago, venom09 said: 75K on #3 @venom09 wins the bid at 75k. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom09 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 33 minutes ago, CelticStryder said: @venom09 wins the bid at 75k. Thanks Will submit and pay upon approval. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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