The Custom Avatar Art Gallery (updated 18th May, 2019)
" Oh, that is IT. You're fucking with the wrong umbra now, amigo.
Spoiler
Time to get that new avatar of the Shadow silencing the Scion...
https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- everything I've ever done worth talking about, and even that is debatable.
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This looks really great Charan, as always thanks for the hard work on it.
These artworks really deserve to be show cased as you have them, they are all just wonderfully different. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
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Ooh! I'm loving the descriptions. Some of my favorite ones are even more amazing now with the stories behind them. And how come only some of these have high res versions? (I was told you don't normally get one?) I would love to see more...
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I need to submit something to GGG... :S Just waiting for perfection to strike me. +1 Shavs Project -----> /1075009 +1 Acuity Project ----> /990159 #1 6 t1 Wand FOE BITE (5 perfect mods) SOLD /1031745 The Tale of Foe Bite --->>> http://tinyurl.com/o6ox7an Last edited by JakeAlmighty on May 29, 2014, 2:25:58 AM
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" The early closed beta avatars, some of the first ones made, came with High-res larger versions. They no longer do. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
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How can I get one?
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
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Imho high-res should still be an option by paying the difference (considering hig-res version increases the cost).
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https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- everything I've ever done worth talking about, and even that is debatable.
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As the other thread was closed, I'm reposting the detailed background information on my avatar here, if anyone's interested.
Here's the full story.
My avatar was painted by the talented Kevin Hsu. Kevin did really fine work and was really patient with me as I provided lots of specific feedback... nevertheless worded as a non-artist.
--- Firstly, some backstory detail. The woman in the avatar is a Witch, but not specifically Alira. The circlet is intended to give that away, of course. Her assassin is intended to be a Shadow, who actually specializes in Damage over Time -- the copious amount of blood is a reference to Puncture, and the facial expression on the Witch is supposed to be the effects of a Poison. I originally thought to use a Heartbreaker as the dagger, but it wouldn't have made much sense as it's a caster item. And Bino's is, well, pretty much a butcher knife, and that didn't seem particularly graceful to me (it's really closer to an axe than a dagger). --- The avatar is really a combination of two pieces of artwork that I like. The (potentially) more obvious reference is the art for the Magic: the Gathering card, Assassinate. Here's the artwork in greater detail:
Assassinate
 For the less MtG-inclined, It's actually a reference to another card in both mechanics and artwork, called Royal Assassin. In any case, I really liked the vertigo-inducing perspective employed in this art work and knew I wanted to replicate it for my avatar. The second influence is the macabre photography work of Jenni Tapanila, the Finnish artist known as suzi9mm. Back in 2004-05 I used to visit deviantArt regularly and suzi9mm was one of the top artists there. Her work is very inspiring, and the way she uses gore can sometimes be outright discomforting. I still squirm occassionaly when I view her work today. Here's her gallery site. The specific artwork I reference is one of her "scraps" called Kitty's selfportrait.
Kitty's selfportrait
 It's pretty obvious how this one influences the avatar! But moreso than the blood -- which is really rather excessive in this image -- I was struck by the woman's fairly calm, sedated appearance. So I wanted the Witch to possess a similar expression, while slightly toning down the amount of blood so that it didn't dominate the image's color distribution, which revolves around shades of dark gray, white, and red. Have you made a cool build using The Coming Calamity? Let me know!
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