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Guardiavoir

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Please read my rules before requesting!

Hi! Welcome to my little thread! I've made siggies and avatars for other users on some Pokemon forums I used to visit... I would put up examples of my past work, but frankly, they're, well, from Pokemon forums and not fitting to the kind of signatures suitable to this forum (e.g. over there it was all "really layer on those effects and make it look hardcore-awesome", but here it's more "stay with a simple and airy appearance", which can be a bit off-putting if I use examples not really fitting with what you can expect from me HERE). What I can tell you, though, is that I'm very good with Photoshop, and can whip you up a great image in a day. I can also make matching profile pics to go with your signature. :) You can request any specific details you want included (for example, make the text this font, include text saying, "I love birds!", don't put in any text, make it look really cool, Photoshop some shades onto my macaw, put my Timneh in a Ferrari, etc., etc.... the list is endless!).

Few rules to set down, though.
-I will accept only ONE request at a time. That means I won't be taking any requests here until I post the finished product for the previous request. A request from one use for an avatar and siggie will count as one request... You can order up to two siggies and/or profile pics from me in one request, as long as it comes from the same user (you can take just one siggie, or two siggies, or an avatar and siggie, etc.... any combination of the two up to two orders at once from one person).

-Please provide me with clear images of your pets (or people, if you want that)! I prefer good-quality, high-resolution images (in fact, my image size cap is at 10000x10000--which would be difficult to achieve... The bigger the better!). You'll get a better result if there is high contrast between the subject and the background (easy to pick out! Set the subject against a white sheet, even... This would be most preferred. It helps with erasing the background. It's less tedious if the subject has a very clear border against the background.).

-And lastly... Please give me credit! A simple line of text saying, "Thanks to Guardiavoir for the siggie!" or "Guardiavoir made my siggie!" in your signature is plenty sufficient. :)
Thanks!
 
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AmberMuffinz

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How neat. :) I usually make my own signatures but I'm a bit lazy (and very busy lol.) So is it okay if I take you up on this? And is it okay if the background is not white? I MIGHT have to get a new picture of Lou Lou but I'll look at what I have first. I just want their names on it and text saying it was made by you (that way it's directly on the image instead of just text, much neater imo.) I'll find some pictures here that will hopefully suffice!
 

Guardiavoir

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It's okay. :) I said it's preferred, but a picture of her against the window or something when it's sunny out also gives a washed-out background usually... Or at least a high-contrast one. It's okay if she turns out dark, because I can fix that, too. :) Any high-contrast background will do well.
 

AmberMuffinz

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I'll either be someone you love or someone you hate LOL. I have lots of pictures to choose from. Instead of spamming with pics I'll send the links instead haha. Just let me know if you need different ones I can try to take some first thing tomorrow. If you want to add anything feel free. I love crochet, Star Trek (Voyager was my favorite), Doctor Who, Pokemon, and sci fi in general. Dunno if that helps. I'm not looking for anything specific so feel free to be creative. :)

Zentavious male 'tiel:
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http://imageshack.com/a/img837/3125/i3u0.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img826/6297/0ha1.jpg
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http://imageshack.com/a/img34/8884/aiif.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img571/1788/lvty.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/5080/8xfh.jpg

Samirah female 'tiel:
http://imageshack.com/a/img823/4412/57a9.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img197/9677/olmw.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img194/8691/0g81.jpg
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http://imageshack.com/a/img35/3152/v6oq.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img35/6710/xr1d.jpg

Neelix male GCC:
http://imageshack.com/a/img802/9862/9jwj.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/9849/moxe.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img843/6285/hgmr.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img541/8841/xjjo.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img199/9066/qpbv.jpg

Lou Lou male WFA:
http://imageshack.com/a/img812/6631/sfrf.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img163/2494/pqlv.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img547/9792/5esa.jpg
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HelloMarsha

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I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product :)
 

Guardiavoir

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Thanks so much for the support! :) I was planning on having it done today, but... That didn't quite work out... And turns out, my timing to set up shop couldn't be worse, lol, because as soon as Saturday hits, I'm on a plane to spend the week in France. :D I'll have Internet access where we're staying (pretty sure of it, anyway), so I'll be able to fulfill some requests in my free time. So I'll take five extra requests for the duration of the trip. I'll be able to post as I finish... But of course, it will take longer because there's gonna be a lotta sightseein' to do. :p
 

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When you're done with AmberMuffinz I'd love to have you make me one. :)
 

HelloMarsha

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I hope you have an amazing time in France ;-)
 

AmberMuffinz

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No worries :) Hope you have a great time in France! That sounds like fun. Whenever you get it done is fine with me!
 

Guardiavoir

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Hey, Muffinz, I'm working on your siggie, and I want to know... What is your favorite Doctor Who season?
 

AmberMuffinz

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Oh gosh. That's a hard one. I didn't have a favorite season persay... I really love Captain Jack Harkness, Matt Smith (Tennant was great too), and just... general Whovian whatnots.
 

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Oh gosh. That's a hard one. I didn't have a favorite season persay... I really love Captain Jack Harkness, Matt Smith (Tennant was great too), and just... general Whovian whatnots.
:heart: I'm so glad we've got so many scifi nuts in here. Makes me feel right at home.
 

Guardiavoir

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God, this is taking me longer than I wanted it to. My mom isn't allowing me to use my laptop much... But finally I have a chance to crash for a couple hours and finally get it done.
 

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Very interested in seeing your finished work. :)
 

Guardiavoir

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I kinda expected to get a lot more time to finish his than I am... ;-; I am using every chance I get to work on it... But so little time. :U
 

Guardiavoir

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Gosh, it has NEVER taken me anywhere NEAR this amount of time that it took for me to finish a siggie this time. :dead: :confused: ...I think I forgot my usual workflow (since it's been kind of a while since I last did this) and forgot what to do after I finished the birds themselves (I was supposed to do the background, but I managed to blank out on such an obvious step... BRAINS, sometimes.). Then I had to get busy catching up on schoolwork and then I forgot about this and then I remembered today, so I crammed the rest of it in.
I would've stuck a TARDIS in the background, but I couldn't find a good image to use that I could select a clean, authentic-looking TARDIS out of (there were some clean pics of TARDISes online, but they looked too fake to me), so I left it out and hoped for the best (I really feel it would've been a thousand times better with it)...
I had to remind myself several times through the process that I should stop being such a perfectionist because I'm the only one that will be able to see all of the tiny flaws and no one else will really care. :U BUT ANYWAY... Here it is! I promise not to take so long next time (I never have anyway... These things usually take me only a day.).
If you need anything adjusted or changed at all, Amber, please mention it. :) Adjustments should take me only a couple minutes of my time (even if it means a new background!).

I also thought it would be fun to show a couple little bits throughout my process (it's pretty vague, though, so you don't really know what steps I took to get the final piece for the most part).
The first one pic that when I was putting the vortex manipulator on Zentavo (would've put it on his leg, but then it would've been unnoticeable since bird legs are really skinny), I used the smudge tool to make it look like his feathers were overlapping the device a bit (fancy, I know).
The next three just kind of struck me as funny as I was putting the birds into the final product (because, you know, sudden huge bird faces... I dunno).
 

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