Fire Elemental part two

[dlinkwit27]

Originally posted by not in santiago
Okay, I'm probably the only person who holds this opinion, but does it have to be lava? Can't it just look hot? While those shapes don't really look like lava, they do look liquidy and warm. Would you be willing to settle for a bit of abstraction? I only wonder because I kind of like the way they look now. It'd be a shame to mess with it too much.

I agree. It is fire elemental, not lava elemental.

[xenosomething]

thats true but i dont want it to be as boring and dull as it is now.

abstraction is definately something i can do, but i want it to be more than that.i'm striving for that "kinda like lava" look without making it too loud.

btw, the eq bar outlines arent neccessary since the bg is the same for each bar, its just in there cause it looks better.


i really want to start the shuf/rep too, but i dont want another thing like the volume sticking out though. any ideas?

--off topic, but some guy at 1k1ws commented my remix skin and said "There are 13 in a dozen of skins like these."
i know he's entitled to his opinion but wtf is he talking about??? --

[Krynis]

bassicly he said ur skins about as unoriginal as a skin can be and im sure hes wrong the remix skins are some of the most original skins to date

[StillWater]

I assumed he was reffering to 'breed-style'skins. But I agree, I don't know what he was talking about. I think this skin is well unique. To mention just two things: I've never seen a skinner with such an obsession for symmetry as peacemaker, which makes Arora quite different to begin with, and secondly, few skins which use as heavy detail for texturing and lighting as you used end up being so spacious and uncluttered. I definitely haven't seen 13 skins like this one ever, let alone 13 in a dozen...

[not in santiago]

Forget what I said about the border.

It didn't occur to me at the time that it was just the background your skin was on. It didn't occur to me to look at the elements of your skin and notice something like, oh, all the elements fit on the skin without appearing on the border.

(I'd like to plead clemency on the grounds that I usually comment on skins early in the morning . . . for me, anyway.)

Um, I like the return of the signature flower in the eq. As for the shuf/rep all I can think to suggest is whisps of smoke . . . if you can make it look definitive enough.

[xenosomething]

thanks for compliment ¤SW¤

i think the lava looks way better IMO, maybe a little work needs to be done...but its a big improvement i think.

that huge cbutton shape is smaller now too.


and.....:P

[k_rock923]

is the entire EQ window going to be that same shade of red? I'm not sure what but i think you need to put some other colors in it. maybe some yellow and orange. IMO having the entire window shaded like that doesn't look that great.

[dlinkwit27]

now I like the fat that it is for the most part all one colour. . I like how the EQ bar seperates it and whatnot.

[e-raser]

i'm thinking this is looking very sweet, compared to the almost gothic look it once had, this skin has come along way, indeed its a beautiful skin i'd love to get my hands on

[Krynis]

nuff said

[xenosomething]

Originally posted by k_rock923 is the entire EQ window going to be that same shade of red?

well....not much I can do considering 11 bars need to have the exact same bg and I have to make sure the sliders look good when high and low AND trying to make it look seamless with the rest of the skin


but of course ill take what you said and try to improve on it

[zwylle]

Maybe a subtle shading would losen up the EQ bars. Like getting a a tad brighter the higher the slider is set. You could use some of the flames you have now between the bars and put them in the bars, and then maybe don't put them between every bar but just a few... to make it asymetric.
Just a suggestion, this pic already looks awesome!

[xenosomething]

Originally posted by zwylle
Maybe a subtle shading would losen up the EQ bars.

i havent even started the eq bars yet

right now its just placeholders....

[zwylle]

Hey, nice placeholders

[dimichan]

Only suggestion I have right now (gasp - only one) is the layering appearance area between the main and eq, would be to maybe add a thin "crack" of the firey lava-stylized stuff, like you see in the inside of a volcano where there's a point of weakness and the glowing magma shows through... it's coming along very nicely!