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| Topic Started: Sep 17 2009, 03:14:01 PM (246 Views) | |
| Pig_catapult | Sep 17 2009, 03:14:01 PM Post #1 |
Delicious cake!
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Okay, so, it's not at all required to have a PB for your character. I just thought I'd throw that out there first-thing. However, having a PB is always kinda nice. The problem is, sometimes it's hard to find one. This thread is here to help. First of all, here's three locations that are usually good places to start. /c/, the "Cute Anime Girls" section of 4chan. It's (usually) (supposed to be) worksafe. /cm/ is /c/'s spear counterpart. This means it has anime guys rather than anime girls, but is otherwise the same premise. Again, (usually) (supposed to be) worksafe. Safebooru is just like Danbooru, only, well, safe. This is kind of the point. Worksafe is good when it comes to PBs. Since I don't have any personal experience with navigating *booru sites, I asked Munch to provide a brief guide for the thread. It is as follows
Sounds easy enough. Now, remember, once you decide on a PB, you should always host it somewhere like Photobucket so you don't eat bandwidth that's not yours. In addition, pics hosted by 4chan don't stay there forever, or even very long in most cases. And, well, that's all I got. Does anyone else have any tips they'd like to share? |
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| Endy | Sep 18 2009, 01:01:12 PM Post #2 |
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Yep, I got a few thoughts. The first one, go here: Stock.Xchng Using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), Paint.NET, or any other layered raster image editor (like Photoshop), you can use images from stock.xchng as backgrounds or as PBs. I happen to be a fan of using Urban Decay images as backgrounds to my custom PBs, which I usually either get from either the Business>People category or the People> categories. As an alternative, find a celeb you think would be appropriate, in most details. Play with the program you choose (I suggest Hue/Saturation Layers most of all) until the person looks like what you want - remember you can use layer masking as well as cutting. I also find that I'm often inspired by manga or comics - for instance, on an X-Men board, I play a character whose physical appearance comes from a Star Wars Expanded Universe character. I recolored him and his uniform to fit the concept I wanted.[/url] Edited by Astaroth, Sep 18 2009, 06:12:45 PM.
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| Spaz | Sep 18 2009, 08:27:47 PM Post #3 |
Axis Powers Hetalia Freak
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What's a PB?
Edited by Spaz, Sep 18 2009, 08:30:02 PM.
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| Munch | Sep 18 2009, 09:19:46 PM Post #4 |
MAIM KILL BURN!
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Play-by. It's fancy pants speak for what most of us just call THE FUCKING IMAGE WE USE FOR OUR FUCKING CHARACTERS, but noooo you can't just say 'super cool pic bro,' it's always gotta be 'OH SUP I LOVE YOUR PB ILU BFF' and then I start screaming about blood for the blood god. |
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| James R. | Sep 22 2009, 01:32:39 AM Post #5 |
鋼的心臟
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I was hoping it was peanut butter |
 
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| Munch | Sep 22 2009, 10:53:24 AM Post #6 |
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MAIM KILL BURN!
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FUCKING PEANUT BUTTER hate that shit |
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