AvvaTime
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Printed Date: 08 June 2026 at 8:05pm
Topic: AvvaTime
Posted By: jalonso
Subject: AvvaTime
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 8:39pm
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Just wondering what others see... I'm working on my winter PJ avvy for this year and can't tell how obvious my scarab is in this. Is the second arm even needed (in the middle image)? Does it look too wierd? BG or no BG? If you saw this alone would you even see my scarab at all? 
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Posted By: ekobor
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 10:15pm
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The scarab is very hard to notice.
Right now it looks like a snowman with a scarf in the wind. Not sure how you would fix it though, sorry. Perhaps you could make a scarab snow-angel? ------------- |
Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:24am
| give it a cigarrete and have the smoke be the other leg ^^ |
Posted By: pixer
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 3:14am
i see your scarab, he's on the second pic x)
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 11:50am
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I sort of see the scarab since you pointed it out, but I never would have if you hadn't.
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Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:04pm
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I agree with hatch here.
Maybe you could change something on his bottom. Not sure why though. Maybe a hole in the snow or something. :/ |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:31pm
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Any reason you can't just make the scarab body itself out of snow, jam some sticks in it for legs, and give it a pipe/coal?
EDIT: Maybe have it it face up rather than your usual face down ------------- |
Posted By: Ninja Crow
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:00am
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I think the snowman is awesome - well pixelled and full of character. The background is very supporting of the image, and the corner tabs definitely give it the look of a season's-greetings card/photo. And the animated snow is the cherry on top. Sorry, the scarab shape doesn't read unless you know to look. I'm assuming you're not going for a hidden picture contest, so how about trying something like giving the snowman two sets of stick arms? (it sounded cool and exciting at first thought, and it's never been done before, but I admit I don't know if it'd be awesome or weird unless I saw it first!) Thanks! |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 1:06pm
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Originally posted by Hatch Any reason you can't just make the scarab body itself out of snow, jam some sticks in it for legs, and give it a pipe/coal? Duh! why of course 9.9 ------------- |
Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 1:48pm
| Why not just give him another pair of threads-hands (like Ninja Crow said) instead of making an illusion? It will easily produce insect associations. But if you aim to draw just regular snowman - maybe put him into desert setting (oh, yeah, very regular)? Nevermind. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:02pm
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:31pm
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first one is muuuuch better than all the other ones!
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 3:22pm
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I think all the little sprigs coming off the twigs make them look more like roots. and slightly creepy, for some reason. diggin' it otherwise. (don't forget his scarf) ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 5:12pm
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Originally posted by Hatch Any reason you can't just make the scarab body itself out of snow, jam some sticks in it for legs, and give it a pipe/coal? Duh! thx! Pipe gets all messy looking in there. (strict color palette)  ------------- |
Posted By: Pragz
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 6:30pm
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This one looks much better. I like it a lot! :D
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Posted By: CaKsTeR
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 9:00pm
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I don't think the lower half of the scarf is necessary, considering you've already got an arm half-visible underneath it. I don't normally (Or at all?) see people wearing scarves with two... whatever you call 'ems flapping out behind them. That aside, it looks quite nice! The two-frame animation looks a bit choppy in some places, but I don't know if you have any set restrictions. |
Posted By: IsoWayne
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 10:55pm
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Maybe replace the bottom legs with snow made legs. I just think there are too many limbs right now. It makes the scarab way too obvious and not subtle but noticable.
If you give it legs made of snow it will make it look less obvious but will keep the scarab visable. |
Posted By: r1k
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 2:44am
| the lower legs look sort of wierd. I had an idea, not sure how it would turn out exactly but you could try putting the snowman on the ground again and then for the lower legs have two objects in the forground that happen to appear to be placed where the legs would go. Not sure what type of objects you could use though. |
Posted By: Ninja Crow
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 11:40am
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Originally posted by jalonso Duh! thx! Pipe gets all messy looking in there. (strict color palette) This is very dynamic (like he's jumping down from some higher perch, holding his hat on) and cool. But even though there are so many demands on yer poor snowbug, here's more.... 
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Posted By: Pragz
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 3:20pm
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I think it has to be 2 frames since all the other animations in his avatar file are 2 frames?
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 4:03pm
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Ya, I have a self imposed 2 frame limit. That was just thrown in. I'll fix the snow. I'll have to play around again soon. If the branches go to the orange red ramp then I only have green and blue for the scarf and that didn't look good...yup strict color limit too. ------------- |
Posted By: Pragz
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 6:55pm
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What is your color limit?
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 7:22pm
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Its not that I have a color limit. Its that I will only add a color when there is just no other option. Originally my scarab had 8 colors, current pallette is somewhere around 20. ------------- |
Posted By: Ninja Crow
Date Posted: 11 November 2009 at 1:18pm
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Forgive me if this is a technical issue that I don't understand yet, J, but exactly why can't the scarf and the limbs both be reddish (done very successfully in the earliest shown version)? And earth tones are very seasonal anyway, right? Uh...right? Thanks. |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 12 November 2009 at 2:31pm
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I love it, I also loved the 1st one of Nov 9, deserves to live on its own (even without snowman). Mandragora root scarab? And I love the current turkey one best of all! |