Forum Avatars

[The Orichalcon]

Success, my avatar is no longer available to the commoners. HAHA!

[SoloGamer]

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2760/kinnikuman001ver2avi000nn3.png


<3 Liontamer

[The Joker]

Yayers, yayers... yayers.

[Evilhead]

Sweet! Glad to see all of these up!!

[KakTheInfected]

Yay, new Samus <3

[analoq]

bah, if i changed my avatar to something new nobody would recognize me :/

[i <3 robots]

Multiples of 1337!

[zircon]

bah, if i changed my avatar to something new nobody would recognize me :/

:( Sad but true. Your avatar is a legend.

[OverCoat]

nyorooooo~n

[DragonFireKai]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Fishy]

This is the only fish related one i could find.

[Theory of N]

omfgducktalez!!! <3

[Arek the Absolute]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Our battle shall not end for who uses this avatar!

[DragonFireKai]

Our battle shall not end for who uses this avatar!

I was here first. But I shall graciously extend joint use to you, if you want it.

[Arek the Absolute]

I was here first. But I shall graciously extend joint use to you, if you want it.
Blasphemy, for I have been posting far more than you and have a "greater presence *see:rofl*" here. That and I have been here far before 05, but didn't chose to register an account until 05.
Have at thee.

[DragonFireKai]

Blasphemy, for I have been posting far more than you and have a "greater presence *see:rofl*" here. That and I have been here far before 05, but didn't chose to register an account until 05.
Have at thee.

And you think I didn't lurk for a few years before registering my account? please, I always conduct a proper recon.

I see you will not accept my peaceful terms, so we are forced to take things to the next step. A fight to the death. I'm free monday afternoon. Bring it!

[Triad Orion]

...So glad I changed to X. I suck at battles to the death.

[Binjovi]

Are those my pixel 'phones that Zircon is wearing? Too bad I can't use/find them. Chibi OCR4-tan will do fine though. There're finally avatars I don't mind using! Huzzah!

[Dafydd]

:nicework:

[kamoh]

As much as I love Ken, he got old after a while.

The above is pwn :)

[Amayirot Akago]

Woo, Arcueid!

[jmr]

I know I'm stating the obvious here, but the new organization system is MUCH MUCH better than the old one. :nicework:
I'll have to glance through them later on today to see if there's anything new that I like.

[Imagist]

Holy shit, actual choices. Yes.

[Mr. Bottle Rocket]

haha, i've been waiting such a long time to wear this av. :nicework:

[watkinzez]

I knew this day would soon come; where I would have to choose between Beyond Good and Evil, Psychonauts or Asterix, and go insane trying.

[Black Mage]

Hmmm, decisions decisions decisions.:-?

[The Unsung Plumber]

^^:nicework:


Nice work everyone!:nicework:

[Gollgagh]

I is a samurai, bitches.

Yay, I can finally use my Metaknight avatar.

[!Nekko!]

Falcon PUNCH!

[Emura]

Whoo hoo, my avatars were accepted!

Space Invaders crab >> Dr. Mario blue virus

[Doulifée]

i can now wear my self made ocr-quality avatar 8-)

too bad i forgot rip von winkle and shrodinger in my hellsing pack

[PassivePretentiousness]

mine is extraordinarily pretentious now <3333333

I still would kill to have a Gaius Baltar one though

[Blue Magic]

Lynx just kicks too much ass.

By the way, that dog in your sig makes me laugh every time is see it.

[The Orichalcon]

Oddworld. No better game idea in my opinion. Sligs are stupid, but great fun. Used to have a lot of fun back in '98 just possessing a slig and running around making noises and shooting things.

[PassivePretentiousness]

Lynx just kicks too much ass.

By the way, that dog in your sig makes me laugh every time is see it.
credit fratto, not me. he made the image macro in a ppr thread

[DragonFireKai]

Apparently Arek and I are still going to fight to the death over this one.

[PassivePretentiousness]

for some reason I think arek started with a different avatar and changed it to the one he has now. that could just be my imagination.

[Gollgagh]

Hella awesome.

Also, it's my first OCR avatar in a year and a half.

[D-Lux]

Toadman has returned .. with a vengeance.

[Strike911]

dandy. hehe. :)

[Dexie]

<3.

*damn10charlimit*

[Doulifée]

old style FF6.

[SoloGamer]

for some reason I think arek started with a different avatar and changed it to the one he has now. that could just be my imagination.

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/anime/elhazard3.gif





My avatar is pretty much an custom since I doubt anyone else really cares about wrestling anime lol, so I finally have an avatar all my own (I even made it, too).

[RealFolkBlues]

Um, this is awesome and all Larry, but to paraphrase Jack Sparrow, why is all the Bebop gone? Granted I'm just gonna rock the Protoman, but what's up with getting rid of avatars?

[TCK]

Oh yes...

[Black Mage]

Apparently Arek and I are still going to fight to the death over this one.

My money's on Arek.

Though I'm a huge fan of the Shy Guy (see? (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Motzart120/TomShyGuy1.jpg)), I felt it was time for a change. I figured that I'm a big Kirby fan, plus a lover of the snow, so this one was a second natural.

[Liontamer]

Um, this is awesome and all Larry, but to paraphrase Jack Sparrow, why is all the Bebop gone? Granted I'm just gonna rock the Protoman, but what's up with getting rid of avatars?

I don't even remember any Cowboy Bebop avatars, but I kept 99% of everything we used to have (some were replaced with background transparency fixes, and I got rid of that one crappy Lando one). Maybe the quality on 'em was super low, but being at least vaguely familiar with the series, I feel like I'd distictly remember having some CB avatars. Anyone know what he's talking about? What's up?

[DragonFireKai]

My money's on Arek.

Eh, I think I can take him.

[CHz]

Is there any particular reason that all the Meteos avatars are going by their Japanese names instead of the English ones (like "Byuboom" instead of "Bavoom")?

Besides ZOMGZ JAPAN R SUPARCOOLS and all.

[RealFolkBlues]

I might be smoking rock. I thought I remembered at least Spike, but maybe I'm thinking of something else. Either way, it would be great to see them added, but meh, like I said, I probably wouldn't use them anyway, so I shall now proceed to STFU.

[PassivePretentiousness]

My money's on Arek.

Though I'm a huge fan of the Shy Guy (see? (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Motzart120/TomShyGuy1.jpg)), I felt it was time for a change. I figured that I'm a big Kirby fan, plus a lover of the snow, so this one was a second natural.
my army when i take over the world will be comprised of prussian mercenaries dressed as shy guys.

[Black Mage]

my army when i take over the world will be comprised of prussian mercenaries dressed as shy guys.

Trés chouette.

[suzumebachi]

haha, i've been waiting such a long time to wear this av. :nicework:

A POX, A PLAGUE UPON THEE!!!

There can be only one.....:evil:

[Liontamer]

Is there any particular reason that all the Meteos avatars are going by their Japanese names instead of the English ones (like "Byuboom" instead of "Bavoom")?

Besides ZOMGZ JAPAN R SUPARCOOLS and all.

Whoever submitted them way back when during the UnMod avatar project titled the files that way.

I might be smoking rock. I thought I remembered at least Spike, but maybe I'm thinking of something else. Either way, it would be great to see them added, but meh, like I said, I probably wouldn't use them anyway, so I shall now proceed to STFU.

Now that you mention Spike, I feel like I vaguely recall something too, but again it may have never been there, or the image(s) had been too grainy. Honestly dunno, but someone will, I'm sure.


A POX, A PLAGUE UPON THEE!!!

There can be only one.....:evil:

I admit, with currently 978 avatars, 2 people picking the same one is LOLer than ever. :lol:

[suzumebachi]

DAR HULK.

I've been using this avatar for years, at VGMix, ThaSauce, and OLR. And now I have it on OCR too! Victoly!

[OA]

I am using mine as therapy for deeply seeded childhood trauma where these punk ass bitches gave me nightmares.

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, EGGPLANT?! WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!?

[CE]

Everyone Who Is Anyone Will Wear Balto Or Die!

[Thylacine]

I like the more "elder" characters in video games. Peppy's knowledgeable about flying and a substitute father figure to Fox, another one of my favorite VG characters.

[Dew]

it completes me

[Gollgagh]

oshit

It's Dew.

Where ya been?

[Dew]

dead. so sorry.

[Dhsu]

I have a feeling everybody recognizes me by my sig anyway.

[Antipode]

AT LAST Ivan Ooze has infected OCR. Bwahahahaha...

[Antipode]

Ladiiiiiieees and gentlemeennnnn!
The oooooooze is BACK!!

I've been waiting a very long time to use my Ivan Ooze avatar.

[Blake]

rofl hulk hogan

[Arek the Absolute]

I might be smoking rock. I thought I remembered at least Spike, but maybe I'm thinking of something else. Either way, it would be great to see them added, but meh, like I said, I probably wouldn't use them anyway, so I shall now proceed to STFU.

I do recall there being Spike and Fei*sp*.
Oh well, not a loss.

[Thalzon]

I chose Meteos because it is as good-natured and unseen as I am. I also chose one I haven't unlocked to further augment my invisibleness.

[Antipode]

I like all these new ones. Freshens things up a bit. Oddly enough though it doesn't seem like nearly the amount of new ones I was expecting, what with all those posts in the avatar thread.

[Red Shadow]

yeeeaaaaaaaaaah

[Forty-second]

Take That!

[Ciel]

I still would kill to have a Gaius Baltar one though

Agreed.

sretcarahc net

[Yoshi3gg]

Take That!

OBJECTION!

The Lost Vikings avatars clearly belong in the Blizzard category!

[Forty-second]

OBJECTION!

The Lost Vikings avatars clearly belong in the Blizzard category!
HOLD IT!!

As the Court Record clearly shows, the awesomeness of all these new avatars clearly contradicts any complaints from the witness!

[Yoshi3gg]

HOLD IT!!

As the Court Record clearly shows, the awesomeness of all these new avatars clearly contradicts any complaints from the witness!

Of all the foolishly foolish things fools have foolishly - Wait, wrong character.

Yeah, I'm definitely glad to have some Ace Attorney avatars available now.

[Forty-second]

Of all the foolishly foolish things fools have foolishly - Wait, wrong character.

Yeah, I'm definitely glad to have some Ace Attorney avatars available now.

Hoo! Oh, er, of course! I see now! Well, there seems to be no reason to prolong this trial any farther... I hereby pronounce this thread....

[atmuh]

so wait if i submit one now it will get put in?

[Soma]

I don't even remember what my old avatar was. >_<

[The Coop]

Mine's pretty easy to remember :wink:

[Liontamer]

Oddly enough though it doesn't seem like nearly the amount of new ones I was expecting, what with all those posts in the avatar thread.
On the contrary, I was actually shocked at the sheer number, only because by accepting them basically 1 by 1, I never noticed that we added around 650 of 'em. Apparently two Cowboy Bebop avatars I don't even recall ever having disappeared into thin air. If anyone has them cached or something, and they looked good, I can add 'em back. If they ever there to begin with. :lol:

As for the thread topic, Bowser is "RAWRZ!" Just looks like a badass pic of a classic villain. Had a lot of fun switching my avatar lately, in expectation of finally rollin' these out. That Chrono Cross Starky avatar also looked pretty cool.

[atmuh]

I want other ones I think I will make some.

[PassivePretentiousness]

Actually, LT, I associate you with your old one as much as I associate The Coop with John Talbain. I miss seeing the green head speak for the judge's panel in image macros.

[Razumen]

Damn, I missed that thread, would've submitted some Ravensoft avatar goodness.

[NNY]

I made the Kevin avatar. A couple years ago, before the "let's make avatars" craze hit. This is my avatar. Coolio.

[Liontamer]

Damn, I missed that thread, would've submitted some Ravensoft avatar goodness.

You act as if the thread (http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3715) died on account of the new stuff being added. Everyone should keep trying to submit more stuff. Like I said, from here on in, newly accepted avatars can be added ASAP by me.

[The Orichalcon]

Mine's pretty easy to remember :wink:

If you changed your avatar and changed your sig to a crappy MSPaint scribble. Nobody would know who you are.

You'd have quite a few people saying "STOP CAMPING COOP'S NAME!"

[Lizz]

we need rareware avatars.
I chose Maria again. I'm a boring person.

[DragonFireKai]

I Demand A Big Boss Avatar!

[The Coop]

Do I really need to explain anything? :lol:

[Gollgagh]

I Demand A Big Boss Avatar!

I can't believe I didn't even think of that.

I'll try one tomorrow, if I think off it.

Oldschool Connery or newfangled Naked Snake?

[DragonFireKai]

I can't believe I didn't even think of that.

I'll try one tomorrow, if I think off it.

Oldschool Connery or newfangled Naked Snake?

Naked Snake, Bandanna and Eyepatch, please.

[PriZm]

Where oh where are teh Xenosaga avaters ?

[Liontamer]

Where oh where are teh Xenosaga avaters ?

They're always in the last place you look.

[WesPip]

My new avatar looks suspiciously like my old avatar.
Suspicious.

[Israfel]

Meet the new droog, same as the old droog.

[Xelebes]

I haven't had an avatar for so long. Let's see what's available...

[Xelebes]

I'm extraordinarily creative with my avatar.

[PassivePretentiousness]

I made the Kevin avatar. A couple years ago, before the "let's make avatars" craze hit. This is my avatar. Coolio.
what the hell is this.

i was here first

[DragonFireKai]

Hey, Gollgagh, I managed the cobble together an aproximation of what I'd like, using my feeble MS Paint skills. I'd apreciate it if you could resize it and touch it up.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7994/sxts5.jpg

[Liontamer]

what the hell is this.

i was here first

That avatar's been there for a dog's age. You just didn't realize it was available. All the Sin City stuff is from way back. Now you must fight for it.

[PassivePretentiousness]

you're just upset that the fight between dragonfirekai and arek fell through. I will not spill blood for your amusement


although unless another sufficiently pretentious avatar is created, I'll cut anyone who gets in the way of me and this one.

[PriZm]

They're always in the last place you look.

OIC U MEANT THEY WHERE MISTAKAINLY PUT IN SQUARE - XENO LOLOL

[Liontamer]

you're just upset that the fight between dragonfirekai and arek fell through. I will not spill blood for your amusement
(grins)

OIC U MEANT THEY WHERE MISTAKAINLY PUT IN SQUARE - XENO LOLOL
(grins)

[Fiendofthenorth]

I find this highly awesome. Who doesn't like a short chubby penguin?

[Atomic Dog]

It's a question-block with wings.

[Lyrai]

Awesome, Arcade Bumstead from Turkeyhandle.

[HoboKa]

Voodoo? Is it voodoo? VOODOO!!!

[Amayirot Akago]

By sheer coincidence it seems someone added an avatar that goes perfectly with my sexy siggie. So naturally I picked that one.

[Doulifée]

finally i can't betray Edgar. i was wearing him for so long that i kept it. he as also a french touch.

[John Revoredo]

my new avatar makes me look smarter

[!Nekko!]

Falcon Punch! Fear the knee!

[Mr. Bottle Rocket]

HULKAMANIA IS COMING FOR YOU!

wrathful

[Mr. Bottle Rocket]

i changed because suzumebachi had it and that meant it was nooooo gooooood

So burning kirby will do fine for me, it even kinda plays nicely with my sn. :mrgreen:

[Mr. Bottle Rocket]

A POX, A PLAGUE UPON THEE!!!

There can be only one.....:evil:

maaaaaang, this is noooo goooooood.

burning kirby ftw.

[Gollgagh]

Hey, Gollgagh, I managed the cobble together an aproximation of what I'd like, using my feeble MS Paint skills. I'd apreciate it if you could resize it and touch it up.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7994/sxts5.jpg

:?:

I don't see nuffin :?

[DragonFireKai]

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9277/sxlj4.jpg

Why must imageshack fail me?

[Martin Penwald]

Clint Eastwood. 'nuff said.

[Skrypnyk]

Earthworm Jim. Need I say more?

[Doulifée]

Clint Eastwood. 'nuff said.

that took some time to make it :p

[PassivePretentiousness]

ok itt request avatars of the offtopic community who will never venture into site help threads

one of these plz

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/photos/uncategorized/baltar_1.jpg



http://www.sbs.nl/images/database/b/battlestargalactica/wallpaper/wa_battlestargalactica_04.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/23/30366307_fe290d4875_m.jpg

[SoloGamer]

Clint Eastwood. 'nuff said.

If only I still had my Account with No Name alt

[CE]

I made the Kevin avatar. A couple years ago, before the "let's make avatars" craze hit. This is my avatar. Coolio.

Man I loved that part of transmet so nice sig

[NNY]

That avatar's been there for a dog's age. You just didn't realize it was available. All the Sin City stuff is from way back. Now you must fight for it.
Yeah man. I made those. It was a while ago. DJP was all like "make some Sin City avatars" so I did.
I even made a Back To The Future avatar and some Terminator ones too. Why didn't you use those Lloyd?!?!?

[Txai]

I will keep my old one. It fits better to me than anything I looked at.

Anyhow, nice work everyone. Love Larry.

[Gollgagh]

It looks subtly different from what I remember.

Sharper or something.

[BigBoss]

Edgeworth is the best.

[Effector]

Grar. I'd been using SFA3 Sagat for a while now, but I was still reluctant to change it. Also a battle to decided who to replace him with.

Metal Slug tank > Prince of All Cosmos > Sagat. Only avatar-wise, mind you.

[Brycepops]

Michael Chaos! :D

[Pixelated]

There are new whats now?

e: OH SNAP FELICIA

[Gollgagh]

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9277/sxlj4.jpg

Why must imageshack fail me?

Oh, it's working now, weird.


I'll see what I can do.

[DragonFireKai]

Oh, it's working now, weird.


I'll see what I can do.

You da man!

[The Coop]

If you changed your avatar and changed your sig to a crappy MSPaint scribble. Nobody would know who you are.

You'd have quite a few people saying "STOP CAMPING COOP'S NAME!"

I'd be wandering around the forums in an amnesic state, popping into random threads with a lost look on my face asking, "Do you know who I am?".

[watkinzez]

This forum is crazy.

we need rareware avatars.

Indeed. So many good characters.

[BlueMage]

Ahahahaha, they do have it! Superb. I shouldn't have to tell any of you who this bloke is - it only got GOTY several years running.

Oh shit I just lost some of my internet anonymity.

[CE]

Ahahahaha, they do have it! Superb. I shouldn't have to tell any of you who this bloke is - it only got GOTY several years running.

Oh shit I just lost some of my internet anonymity.


DeuSex

10freakingcharactersdoyouneverfixthisshit

[Liontamer]

10freakingcharactersdoyouneverfixthisshit
It's not a bug, it's a feature. :-P

[The Coop]

It's not a bug, it's a feature. :-P

Didn't Sony say the same thing about the sticking button on PSPs? :wink:

[Xelebes]

Didn't Sony say the same thing about the sticking button on PSPs? :wink:

At least the factory workers at Sony leave work happy.

[Doulifée]

It's not a bug, it's a feature. :-P

Also Larry is a feature on the OCR board :lol:

[wormguy]

Kick. ass.

I didn't even notice until I saw someone using my Dark Samus avatar. That's when it hit me. Time to go about finding a good avatar!

[Bummerdude]

I am Ark, and so I shall stay.

[andyjayne]

Some really quick rips from Pokemon D/P sprites. If someone with more patience could do it'd be appreciated.

#001 - Bulbasaur
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8929/pokemondp001bulbasaurkk5.gif
#004 - Charmander
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4513/pokemondp004charmanderzc9.gif
#007 - Squirtle
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1187/pokemondp007squirtlejl0.gif
#025 - Pikachu
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7354/pokemondp025pikachumk9.gif
#039 - Jigglypuff
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1804/pokemondp039jigglypuffqg2.gif
#050 - Diglett
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4681/pokemondp050digletted5.gif
#081 - Magnemite
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1240/pokemondp081magnemitevo0.gif
#172 - Pichu
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4548/pokemondp172pichucd4.gif
#387 - Turtwig
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/572/pokemondp387turtwight8.gif
#390 - Chimchar
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2304/pokemondp390chimcharqf0.gif
#393 - Piplup
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1634/pokemondp393piplupff3.gif

LT: Some of these have odd cropping choices (e.g. Charmander? Do most not shrink well to a 32x32 size? Looking at Jigglypuff, why not try to scale it down enough to fully fit the image in the dimensions?

I'm anal, but the sprite details look a little grainy, likely not your fault. Still, I'm wary on taking 'em if they all look like this. Is there a way to ensure they look smoother?

[Doulifée]

Continued...

#039 - Jigglypuff
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1804/pokemondp039jigglypuffqg2.gif


hell yes :grin:

[Martin Penwald]

If only I still had my Account with No Name alt

Heh, I actually remember the sig you had for that alt account.

[Polo]

Hiryu (Card Fighters 2):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/cardfighters2_hiryu.gif

A Tonberry from FF8:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/ff8_tonberry.gif

Kid Dracula (NES):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/kid_dracula.gif

And an armed skeleton from Castlevania 2:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/cv2_skeleton_sword_shield.gif

LT: That Tonberry looks ugly, but the rest are coo. Thanks!

[wormguy]

Hiryu (Card Fighters 2):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/cardfighters2_hiryu.gif

I LOVE YOU

[Liontamer]

Finally wanted to give my formal thanks on this (ongoing) project, which has been a huge success. As is somewhat customary around here, it took a LONG time to finally get things implemented. :lol: With the switch to vB solidified and djp giving me some limited but handy admin powers, I'm now in charge of maintaining OCR's collection of forum avatars, approaching 1,000 avatars to choose from.

As y'all can see, the categories have been reorganized, specifically breaking up all the VG-related avatars into company categories, hopefully making it easier to search what's available. Some of the smaller categories like id, Technos and Namco are very ripe for expansion, so I'm looking forward to future submissions helping us out.

I first wanted to thank the UnMod Avatar Project from 2005 for helping freshen up OCR's stagnant collection of stuff. We needed the changes very badly at the time.

For this specific wave of the avatar additions, loads of people deserve credit, more than I can name offhand. There are several people who helped on a larger scale that I wanna acknowledge: Joyzilla (who got things rolling), the late and lamented Nineko (who unleashed his inner crazy and got banned, but we still appreciate), Doulifée, The Coop, Evilhead, SoloGamer, Polo, Andy Jayne, & Gollgagh.

Thanks for everything, bros. Your hard work in particular had helped make the avatar project the success it is. Hope to see more! Everyone browsing the forums, I hope you enjoy the selection around here as well as OCR's deep music collection.

[Polo]

Amen LT! *salutes* Thanks for taking the time to look over our subs, accepting, rejecting, commenting, and being particular about the quality and all. The end result is a golden collection.

I'm happy to be a contributor / find my subs in the colorful archives / see people* sporting my avatars / read my name listed among the more notable contributors. Many awesomes.

Even if vB's 4-image limit perseveres, I find it's not that big a deal after all. I'd say it forces us to be more judicious with our subs. 8-)



* wormguy - YOU'RE WELCOME :lol:

[Kaden]

This is awesome and everything, and Great job Liontamer. My only question is..Could you put a Vincent avatar in there? It would be greatly appreciated.

[Dafydd]

I think the drill is, you find the avatar (or ask Polo or someone), and LT implements it so you can use it.

[Doulifée]

you were harsh LJ, but OCR quality deserve that ;)

still on the roll to make some more. i'll check the thread from time to time.

[Kaden]

I think the drill is, you find the avatar (or ask Polo or someone), and LT implements it so you can use it.

ok, thanks for the headsup. didn't know.

[Rexy]

Pardon me for being slow on the uptake, but how did I get Crash as my avatar automatically? :p Whatever, thanks very much to everyone who contributed to the new icons.

My money's on Arek BTW. *munches popcorn*

LT: Nope.

[Dhsu]

HAHAHA. Kudos to the whoever's responsible for that one.

Also, sup Rexy, haven't seen you in a while.

[Rexy]

I say you give all credit to Nineko. I tried to submit a Crash avatar myself but he did a better job than what I could pull off.

Yeah, I actually haven't been around much outside running PRC. College life - soon to transition to real life - is starting to get really demanding. I'm doing ok though.

[Polo]

I noticed two avatars cut off differently. Do these fixes look better?

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/nintendo/mother2_robot.gif --> http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mother2_clumsyrobot.gif

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/misc/lunar1_nall.gif --> http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/lunar1_nall.gif

Also in the following categories:

Nintendo --> The R.C. Pro-Am car is called "Rcproam Brighter" (in case you wanna change it) and
Square ~ Final Fantasy --> "Ff4face Cecildarkknight" is actually Kain's mugshot.

LT: Thanks, bro. I appreciate the attention to detail more than you know. Everything should be fixed.

[andyjayne]

How about this kind of approach for the Pokémon D/P avatars?

#001 - Bulbasaur
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9997/001aw8.gif

#004 - Charmander
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8519/004je4.gif

#007 - Squirtle
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8478/007pa6.gif

#025 - Pikachu
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1066/025lr7.gif

Just want to check that these are okay before doing any more. If they are okay I'll take requested Pokémon avatars.

LT: Way too small. :-)

Fair enough. These are sprites taken from the game, and they are still bigger than the avatar I use:
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8478/007pa6.gif> http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/square/terra_huball.gif

LT: Keeping in mind that Terranigma sprite looks a lot more detailed...

[Doulifée]

http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Dryad.gif
http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Gnome.gif
http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Lumina.gif
http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Luna.gif


i posted them before, there were "supposed" to be ok. i put them back here. Maybe i'm blind and didn't find them, or Larry changed is mind.

http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Salamander.gif
http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Shade.gif
http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Sylphide.gif
http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/avatar/Mana_Undine.gif

LT: I don't recall approving those. I thought the sprites were ugly and blurry to begin with. No dice. :-D

[Dhsu]

Blurry I could see, but ugly? Maybe you don't like the art style, but that's no reason to reject avatars.

Also lol at "sd2 Marle". So true.

LT: Fixed.

[Liontamer]

Blurry I could see, but ugly? Maybe you don't like the art style, but that's no reason to reject avatars.
LT: It is when I'm in charge. When you're in charge, you can add all the blurry, ugly avatars you want. :lol:

[andyjayne]

What are your opinions of this?
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2034/larryltex6.gif

LT: Too blurry, too ugly, too nigga.

Damn. I had my heart set on using that one. :(

[Dhsu]

LT: It is when I'm in charge. When you're in charge, you can add all the blurry, ugly avatars you want. :lol:
I'd only add the "ugly" ones. Rejecting avatars based on not liking the game's art style is akin to rejecting ReMixes based on not liking techno.

That said, I've decided to take your advice and announce my candidacy for avatar judge.

SAY NO TO PUBEFROS! VOTE DHSU!

[KyleJCrb]

Now that is a cause I can get behind.

[Doulifée]

LT: I don't recall approving those. I thought the sprites were ugly and blurry to begin with. No dice. :-D

is it worth trying to sharpen then, and then less blurry? or their ugliness is a no go whatever i try?

LT: No go, sir. Move on to greener pastures! :-)

[Polo]

Here's the hero from Abadox (NES):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/abadox.gif

Kyle Blackthorne from Blackthorne (SNES):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/blackthorne_kyle.gif

Rubas, end boss of Deadly Towers:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/dt_rubas.gif

And an enemy witch from Namco x Capcom (PS2):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/nxc_enemy_witch.gif

LT: In order, 1) can't tell what that is, 2) ugly, 3) ugly AND can't tell what that face is supposed to be, 4) YES

[Liontamer]

Saw this badass sig from The Shizz, courtesy of matsunami:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Matsunami/punchoutfinal.png

Could anyone make 32x32 images of the fighters with their regular faces, with the game background included? Could also be from the matchup screen, if those images don't look bad with a resize.

EDIT: Oh shit, don't forget Mr. Dream. :-)

[andyjayne]

These are cropped rather than resized.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6209/punchout1kd8.gif
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5549/punchout2dj3.gif
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3718/punchout3tw8.gif
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7914/punchout4sx5.gif
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5400/punchout5id6.gif
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9425/punchout6ak5.gif
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6640/punchout7bi1.gif
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5286/punchout8pj6.gif
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3332/punchout9ei3.gif
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4860/punchout10cs3.gif
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3383/punchout11as4.gif

LT: My bad, I wasn't clear enough. I didn't want crops of those images; the pic I showed was just explaining why I made the request.

I was actually looking for something where the boxers weren't reeling after being punched in the face.
This (http://freenet-homepage.de/tomspunchout/characters.html) has some good pics with the boxers in their corners.

Seems harder to get good shots of each boxer with their normal face during the fight and without the crowd in the face's background (Glass Joe example (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NES_Punch_Out.png)), but that's more of what I'm looking for.

The three factions from Supreme Commander:

Aeon - http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1382/aeonxo5.gif
Cybran - http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5656/cybransb7.gif
UEF - http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3751/uefzj5.gif

LT: Too soft/blurry. Maybe giving them a colored background would help.

[Polo]

Shingo Yabuki and Rugal from The King of Fighters R-2:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/kof_r-2_shingo_yabuki.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/kof_r-2_rugal.gif

Druaga from Namco x Capcom:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/nxc_druaga.gif

And since Evilhead started giving borders (and backgrounds) to some Card Fighters avatars, do you suppose Juli, Shermie, Chun-Li, Kula, and Vanessa could use the same upgrades? To be consistent with the series, I mean.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/svccard1_juli.gif (Capcom ~ Fighters)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/svccard1_shermie.gif (SNK)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/svccard2_chun-li.gif (Capcom ~ Fighters)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/svccard2_kula.gif (SNK)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/svccard2_vanessa.gif (SNK)

LT: Wasn't feeling any of the 3 new ones (ugly sprites), but thanks for the background updates on the existing ones we had in order to keep the look consistant. Nice work.

[Aegis Runestone]

Here are the Final Fantasy IV Advance Portraits to use as avatars. (http://runestonelibrary.pbwiki.com/f/FF4%20Advance%20Portraits.rar)

They have transparencies and should work fine.

LT: The sprites look a little ghetto with the resolution, but that's probably not your fault. No PNGs though. We use GIFs. If you can convert those to GIFs and not sacrifice the quality, we can do something with 'em.


Edit: I always felt .pngs were better than .gifs, but I can do it without losing the quality. Try them now. :) Oh wait, do they stretch to fit the 32x32 size? I can fix that so they don't stretch. Hang on.

Edit 2: Okay. NOW try them. They are 32x32. I just canvas sized them to that size so the original picture shouldn't stretch.

LT: Cool, thanks. With the exception of 2 or 3 ugly ones, I added all the FF4 GBA sprites you gave. Nice work.

[SoloGamer]

Could anyone make 32x32 images of the fighters with their regular faces, with the game background included? Could also be from the matchup screen, if those images don't look bad with a resize.

EDIT: Oh shit, don't forget Mr. Dream. :-)

Since I made the Super Punch-Out!! avatars, might as well be the one to make the ones from the original as well. Here ya go, boss.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/SoloGamer87/Avatars/Punch%20Out/PunchOutCollection.png


Select the ones you like from here (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v609/SoloGamer87/Avatars/Punch%20Out/).

And on a random note, here's another Super Dodge Ball submission:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2334/sdbrikiur1.gif

EDIT: and in honor Mr. McMahon in light of his recent car accident.

http://i17.tinypic.com/5ywehbt.gif

LT: SBD one is ugly, and the McMahon one is blurry, plus I wouldn't take a McMahon avatar anway. Awesome Punch-Out crops though, thanks very much for these. At some point, I may vary up the background color for them so they're not all blue/green, based directly on their intro screens (http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/mike-tysons-punch-out/screenshots), (e.g. Piston Honda: red, Super Macho Man: light blue). If you wanna do that any point, that would be sweet, but I don't know how readily available those screens are for every character.

[Polo]

Super Mario World - Mega Mole:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/smw_megamole.gif

DuckTales - Magica DeSpell and Flintheart Glomgold:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/dt_magica_despell.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/dt_flintheart_glomgold.gif

Lufia 2 - Gargoyle enemy:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/lufia2_gargoyle.gif

Speaking of which, the Lufia avatars in the Sunsoft category are all from Lufia 2. Their names are:

Lufia 01 - Artea
Lufia 02 - carpenter
Lufia 03 - Maxim
Lufia 04 - Guy
Lufia 05 - Dekar (surprised)*
Lufia 06 - Selan
Lufia 07 - Tia (falling / jumping down)
Lufia 08 - Erim
Lufia 09 - Brinz Lizard
Lufia 10 - Amon
Lufia 11 - Venge Ghost

* this also appears as Lufia1_10.gif in the Miscellaneous category.

LT: Thanks so much for these new additions as well as all of the Lufia 2 fixes. Back when I added those, no specific information was given. I was sincerely hoping someone would eventually come along and provide more details, so I really appreciate the help.

[megadave]

May I suggest the following:

Barney the Dinosaur
Captain Planet
Captain Crunch
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Duff
Widget The World Watcher
Pocahontas (the little Indian girl)
Droopy The Dog
Inspector Gadget
Some real dinosaurs:
Tyranosaurus Rex
Brontosaurus
Dimetrodon
Pterodactyl
Bozo The Clown
Binky The Clown
Falkor The Luckdragon
Morla The Ancient One
Pippy Longstocking
Janet Jackson
Optimus Prime (duh!)
Aerial the little mermaid
Snow White and all the dwarves too
Mr. Clean
Mr. T
Chuck Norris
Bruce Lee
Bolo Yung

oh, and alternate-universe zombie Wolverine



Thank you and have a nice day.

Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot Jean-Claude Van Damme and Papa Smurf - those too please

[PassivePretentiousness]

then make them and submit them you moron.

oh yeah gaius baltar kthnx.

[megadave]

No, you make them, asshole.

And McGruff the CrimeDog, too. Thanks guys.

[Agonotheta]

somebody needs to put the JJ & Jeff avatars under Hudson Soft category, I had a hell of a time finding them

LT: Done. Hell, I had no idea JJ & Jeff was even a game until you posted. Thanks for the catch.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

We need the captain of the thames from xenogears as an avatar.

[Liontamer]

Thanks very much for the recent updates. Everything newly accepted has been added. Punch-Out!! is our recent large addition, courtesy of Solo!

LT: Cousins! :lol:

[Polo]

Punch-Out!! is our recent large addition, courtesy of Solo!

Fixed. ;P

...

Actually, I can supply some different background colors for the Punch-Out!! fighters. First, a comparing / contrasting pic:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/2_punch-out_sets.png

Top row is Solo's bunch; bottom is mine with each boxer's background swapped for their intro screen hues (except for Mike Tyson, who shares Mr. Dream's blue screen, so I left his green to match his ring color). As requested, here's Piston Honda and Super Macho Man, plus Mr. Dream:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_piston_honda.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_super_macho_man.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_mr_dream.gif

Any more you want? As you can see, most have their own intro colors to begin with, some not so different from when they enter the ring.

LT: I'd value your input. In your opinions, what do you think makes for better icons? The main thing I'm concerned about if the avatars looking too similar if used en masse. The other option though is doing 32x32 versions (cropped to a square, then resized) of the intro screen portraits that would be available alongside the existing icons taken from the matches, leaving those backgrounds alone. If intro screen portraits aren't feasible at 32x32, then I'm leaning toward Polo's recolored material.

[Liontamer]

Gimme input.

[OverCoat]

Why not use gif transparency?

[Liontamer]

Why not use gif transparency?

Because it's lame.

[CHz]

Why not use PNG transparency?

[Liontamer]

Why not use PNG transparency?

Because you're lame. Because your mom is also lame.

[The Coop]

Personally? The background colors are so bright and/or intense in Polo's group, that they've become the focus. Why not try dulling the backgrounds a bit... especially those intense light greens and middle blues? The more muted green in the first three images on the top row work better than the rest, as the gray in them makes the more vibrantly colored faces stand out.

[suzumebachi]

http://hosting.thasauce.net/suzumebachi/img/DonProt.png

i see a resemblance.

also, you definitely need to add one of the king hippos. that would be tite.

[Polo]

Why not use gif transparency?

That works for full sprites within the 32 x 32 dimensions. If added around cropped sprites, they'd look empty and alone. Larry preferred my Bad Dudes avatars with their native colored backgrounds over transparent ones. Of course, a border also helps, making it look and feel "finished" (see: Card Fighters avatars), but that's another story.

Personally? The background colors are so bright and/or intense in Polo's group, that they've become the focus. Why not try dulling the backgrounds a bit... especially those intense light greens and middle blues? The more muted green in the first three images on the top row work better than the rest, as the gray in them makes the more vibrantly colored faces stand out.

Would you suggest toning down just the brighter backgrounds so they don't clash with the darker ones when viewed as a group, or would you say do it for every boxer so that every face gets more attention than its respective backdrop?

Also, for reference, here's each boxer in his corner:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punchout_intro_screens.png

Because each pixel row and column is delicately occupied, I'd avoid a downsize, which could lose details that keep the original feel of a sprite (in my opinion, downsizes and clean-ups are better saved for non-sprite artwork). On the other hand, if they were cropped, we'd more or less get these:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punchout_int_scr_crops.png

At best, they would make more detailed additions alongside their smaller in-ring counterparts. At worst, they're creepy and cropped too close.

Perhaps a balance between intro screen crops and in-the-ring hue variations would suffice? Is a vote at all feasible since Larry turned my post into a thread?

Also, cousins? SoloGamer and me? O SNAP

[Liontamer]

The cropped ones don't look too bad. A better way to see how they'd look in use is to space out the avatars more (that's for either horizontal or vertical spacing), rather than lining them up with no gaps. Try it.

[Schwaltzvald]

I like them :)!!

The close up versions are not bad but I prefer the one I'm using now.

[Polo]

Oh, so THAT'S why I thought they looked creepy. Heh. Ah well. Elbow room version:

EDIT - Moved Glass Joe, Don Flamenco, Great Tiger, Bald Bull, and Mr. Sandman up a pixel each so as to better center their mugs:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punchout_spaced_intros_2.png

[/EDIT]

If they're still bueno, I can GIF 'em separately for you to take.

Not sure what else to say at this point, except I wouldn't mind the second option (Solo's subs, after all, stay authentic with their in-the-ring backdrops). But I would suggest that my head-and-shoulders Mr. Dream be used, as his intro color equals his boxing ring color.

[Dafydd]

Banjo and Kazooie, as well as King K. Rool are all missing from the current avatar gallery. I tried getting them from this picture, but resizing from 80x80 to 32x32 doesn't go well. Will someone give it a try, or find better material to work from?

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i114/TheNGamers/SuperSmashBrosCharacterSelectVer9.jpg

[The Coop]

Would you suggest toning down just the brighter backgrounds so they don't clash with the darker ones when viewed as a group, or would you say do it for every boxer so that every face gets more attention than its respective backdrop?

Every face. Muting the colors of some backgrounds and not others would result in an uneven look to the set. And since even an intense maroon can still detract from the face, doing this to all of them would benefit the each face, and keep them looking like they belong together.

[Polo]

^ Cool, makes sense. We'll see what Larry would like done.

LT: Give Coop's suggestion a try and we'll see how they look. Otherwise, I honestly don't mind using the mini-style faces with the regular green/blue backgrounds, and then these close-up crops with the corner colors.

Okay, tentative batch (spaced and resorted):

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punchout_mute_colors.png

LT: Personally, I'm not feeling the muted background colors. Seems pretty drab. :lol: When I get home tonight, and you have them ready, I'll upload the crops of the close-up pictures and leave the smaller versions with the original/in-ring backgrounds. Thanks a lot for experimenting with the different background, it was definitely worth a shot, and I certainly liked them. If I could have only used 1 set, I would have went for the smaller ones with the recolored backgrounds. :-) Thanks for all of your help, guys.

It was fun experimenting. I wanted to add a link to a RAR file with the cropped mugshots, but it died on me, so I'll have to triple post the faces...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_glass_joe_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_von_kaiser_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_piston_honda_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_don_flamenco_face.gif

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_king_hippo_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_great_tiger_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_bald_bull_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_soda_popinski_face.gif

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_mr_sandman_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_super_macho_man_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_mike_tyson_face.gif
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/punch-out_mr_dream_face.gif

[Liontamer]

Of course, new avatars are continually being accepted as they come in. Thanks to interweb cousins Solo & Polo for the Punch-Out avatars, which now have their own category. I also spent the weekend updating all the avatar labels with more details (along with catching up on the judges queue).

Basically, the labels are only as detailed as the various filenames are. Stuff like anime, I've got no clue on. It's not a big deal if no one helps, as this isn't a necessary project, and I couldn't care less if I get no additional details. BUT...if you'd like to help by identifying chracters/pictures that have generic labels, please feel free.

Thanks to everyone for all of the contributions so far!

[SoloGamer]

interweb cousins

lol. Thanks for picking up my slack, 'cuz.

Anyway, in the Bandai section, there's a misnamed avatar

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/bandai/muscle_blocken.gif

His name's actually Geronimo

This is Brocken, who was removed from the U.S. version of M.U.S.C.L.E.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6905/brockenjrgn7.gif

LT: If Brock there wasn't so fugly, I'd add him. Hell, Geronimo's ugly enough. Thanks for the fix.

And a quick question: I can't find my avatar in the anime gallery. Was it removed or can one simply not see their avatar in the gallery once selected?

LT: Indeed, once you select an avatar, it's taken out of the gallery lineup. No sense showing you the selection you already have again, when it's already shown off up top as "Your Current Avatar". vBulletin hotness.

Also, a few subs of Marina from Mischief Makers.

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1433/mischiefmakersmarina1hs8.gif

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9015/mischiefmakersmarina2gh6.gif

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7647/mischiefmakersmarina3bx8.gif

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5878/mischiefmakersmarina4vo5.gif

LT: The second one, with the scowl. :-) The first is two small, and the other two are too similar in the background color and facial placement. Along the lines of why I didn't use both King Hippo pictures. Since the game was first published in Japan first, Enix gets the nod as the company and it goes into Misc.

[Polo]

I'm loving the refined order and comprehensive details at play in the avatar roster, LT. Very nice work. Here's some more fixes / upgrades:

Capcom ~ Fighters
The Card Fighters version of Chun-Li is from Card Fighters 2 (like Strider Hiryu), as is...

SNK
...Vanessa and Kula here (like Iori).

Square ~ Chrono
Chrono Trigger Zzz1 - Yuji Horii
Chrono Trigger Zzz3 - Kazuhiko Aoki
Chrono Trigger Zzz9 - Hironobu Sakaguchi
(Rexy named them way back here (http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=113843&postcount=263))

Square ~ Final Fantasy
FF4 - Palom and Porom's names are swapped (the SNES sprites on pg. 2). Palom = green suit, red cape; Porom = red suit, yellow collar, green cape

Square ~ Xeno
Xenogears 1 - Citan Uzuki
Xenogears 2 - Elhaym Van Houten
Xenogears 3 - Fei Fong Wong

Anime
.hack//Sign 1 - Tsukasa
.hack//Sign 2 - Orca

Ah! My Goddess 1 - Belldandy
Ah! My Goddess 2 - Skuld
Ah! My Goddess 3 - Urd

DNA² 1 - Tomoko Saeki
DNA² 2 - Karin Aoi
DNA² 3 - Karin Aoi (again)
DNA² 4 - Junta Momonari

El-Hazard 1 - Rune Venus
El-Hazard 2 - Nanami Jinnai
El-Hazard 3 - Katsuhiko Jinnai
El-Hazard 4 - Shayla-Shayla
El-Hazard 5 - Alielle
El-Hazard 6 - Masamichi Fujisawa

Excel Saga 1 - Hyatt
Excel Saga 2 - Excel
Excel Saga 3 - Pedro
Excel Saga 4 - Nabeshin

FLCL 1 - Haruko Haruhara
FLCL 2 - Eri Ninamori
FLCL 3 - Naota Nandaba
FLCL 4 - Mamimi Samejima

Great Teacher Onizuka 4 - Eikichi Onizuka

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1 - Eva Unit-01
Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 - Shinji Ikari
Neon Genesis Evangelion 3 - Asuka Langley Soryu
Neon Genesis Evangelion 4 - Rei Ayanami
Neon Genesis Evangelion 5 - Gendo Ikari
Neon Genesis Evangelion 6 - Misato Katsuragi
Neon Genesis Evangelion 7 - Ritsuko Akagi

Rurouni Kenshin 1 - Sanosuke Sagara
Rurouni Kenshin 2 - Kaoru Kamiya

Vision of Escaflowne 1 - Van Slanzar de Fanel
Vision of Escaflowne 2 - Allen Schezar

...and last but not least, I figured the "mmmod" avatars in the Capcom ~ Mega Man category could use their native backgrounds, as seen in the Mega Man 7 password screen they come from (http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/megaman7_password_portraits.png) (I simply edited out the numbers):

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_dr_light_portrait.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_megaman_portrait.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_met_hat_portrait.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_protoman_portrait.gif

LT: I will definitely get to these eventually, but my priority of late has been the panel and getting ready for the upcoming Otakon presentation. This update is great, and I'll enjoy moving forward with it once I get some free time, most likely the end of next week. Thanks, bro.

EDIT (7/26): Got to all of these finally. Thanks a lot for these details. I feel much better about our entire avatar package with you and everyone making me aware of any info I need.

[Dafydd]

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/nintendomario/smw2_babyyoshibrown.gif

I think the baby yoshis, like the one above, are from SMW1, not SMW2. Am I wrong? Where in SMW2 do you ever find baby yoshis?

LT: As far as I know, the Yoshis with the HUGE amount of assorted colors couldn't be from SMW1, as there were only red/green/blue. I've played/beaten/100% cleared SMW1 and never saw these colors. They may simply be recolored SMW1 sprites, I wouldn't know. Anyone that can confirm/deny would be appreciated.

Speaking of recolored, most of the Mega Man sprites are (NES sprites can only have 4 colors each as far as I know), even though the graphics are originally taken from the NES games (I think). Would it be cool (for me) to upload some un-recolored ones?

LT: I actually swapped out any NES ones for the recolored ones when the poses were the same. To me they looked cooler, so I'm gonna stick with those.

Oki.

[Dafydd]

So... we need more Turtles. I tried ripping graphics from TMNT IV, but the sprite is 64x64 rather than 32x32:

http://www.ngst.nu/donatello.png

So I need to either crop or resize. This is the resized one (sharpened a bit):

http://www.ngst.nu/donatellos.png

Not great... so I tried cropping:

http://www.ngst.nu/donatellocb.gif

Don't know how you like the crop, but anyway... I also tried removing the background, leaving only a contour...

http://www.ngst.nu/donatellocc.gif

LT: The cropped one with background would possibly look better with an in-game background.

Hmm... there's a lot of in-game backgrounds in this game. I wonder which one would look best. If I make more of these, can I include foot soldiers as well? They're pretty cool, I think.

LT: As long as they look good, whatever characters you want.

and removing the background altogether.

http://www.ngst.nu/donatelloc.gif

4 image limit, sorry for double-posting.

TMNT II has some good stuff too:

http://www.ngst.nu/coll.png

Here's Leonardo - cropped:

http://www.ngst.nu/leo.gif

I couldn't resist recoloring his shell... again, NES graphics only allow for 4 colors for each sprite, so I guess they couldn't help coloring it green there.

http://www.ngst.nu/leor.gif

LT: Nice work with the recoloring. Definitely the right move, and in context. Yeah, these will look good.

Same thing with Raphael:

http://www.ngst.nu/raph.gif http://www.ngst.nu/raphr.gif

And Michaelangelo (better crop on next page):

http://www.ngst.nu/mike.gif http://www.ngst.nu/miker.gif

Donatello's graphics suck here, so... dunno about that one.

LT: Not sure what's wrong with Donatello, but try him too and let's see if it really looks bad with a tight crop around the face and and some of the staff weapon in the upper left. The others look excellent of course.

I'll give Don another shot then, and let you be the judge, but I didn't like what I got last time I tried.

Splinter, TMNT I...

http://www.ngst.nu/splinter.gif

Without background...

http://www.ngst.nu/splintert.gif

Shredder, TMNT III

http://www.ngst.nu/shredder.gif

and April:

http://www.ngst.nu/aprilc.gif

I got a little artistic when cropping those last two - their faces wouldn't fit anyway.

LT: Ouch on Shredder. Oogly. The others are good to go. I wouldn't have minded some background, but definitely nice work on the cropping; good artistic license, David.

Yeah, he was pretty ugly, but it's the only shot I have of him (except from the TMNT IV intro sequence). Wish I could make him look better. April has a white background originally, so given the gray color scheme here at OCR, I think she looks better without.

LT: Shit, I meant SPLINTER. The old rat! Shredder is badass.

Oh. Hehe.

TMNT III:

http://www.ngst.nu/leo3.gif http://www.ngst.nu/don3.gif http://www.ngst.nu/raph3.gif http://www.ngst.nu/mike3.gif

I think these must be composed of several sprites each... since they're more than 4 colors. Not that it matters to you.

LT: Cowabunga.

Sorry for multiposting, and I guess most of them will get either a no or a no resubmit, but I figured I should at least try. :)

Starfox... (Polo made better ones, deleting mine)

Alternate cropping of Mike (TMNT II). I like this one better.

http://www.ngst.nu/mikea.gif

TMNT4: (merged 4 pictures)

http://www.ngst.nu/tmnt4coll.png

LT: No problem with Star Fox. That's a team effort! The alternate cropping looks even better. Nice touch.

Crops (cropping could be more interesting, I guess):

http://www.ngst.nu/leo4.gif http://www.ngst.nu/don4.gif http://www.ngst.nu/raph4.gif http://www.ngst.nu/mike4.gif

LT: Yeah, I get what you mean, but with the pictures so large, those crops are the very best you can get, which is fine. One of my childhood favorites.

[The Coop]

C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

[KyleJCrb]

[COLOR=Blue]LT: As far as I know, the Yoshis with the HUGE amount of assorted colors couldn't be from SMW1, as there were only red/green/blue. I've played/beaten/100% cleared SMW1 and never saw these colors. They may simply be recolored SMW1 sprites, I wouldn't know. Anyone that can confirm/deny would be appreciated.

There were also yellow Yoshis, and yes, that sprite is recolored from SMW1. Baby Yoshis never make any appearance in SMW2 in that sprite form.

LT: Thanks, Kyle. I knew it had to something like that. I'll rework the filenames when I have a chance.

[Dafydd]

C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

Shut up. :)!!
It'd be cool if the forum software was able to limit posts to 1 or 2 MB of images (though I've seen people with 3 MB sigs) instead of a fixed number, or limit the total number of image pixels in one post, or something. 4 ginormous images has to be much worse for the everyday forum-goer than 5 avatar-sized ones, or as in this case, 17... or is it 21?

EDIT: 25. lol... anyway, Coop, you were 3 hours late.

There were also yellow Yoshis, and yes, that sprite is recolored from SMW1. Baby Yoshis never make any appearance in SMW2 in that sprite form.

Thanks. I really thought they looked out of place. There's your confirmation, Larry.

[Polo]

Um, Dafydd? Just a heads-up:

GIF format is the ONLY file format we accept.

I already converted the Starfox avatars for you (and brightened them up a touch):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/starfox_falco_lombardi.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/starfox_fox_mccloud.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/starfox_peppy_hare.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/starfox_slippy_toad.gif

And Liontamer - we know you've got priorities with Otakon and all. No rush.

LT: Not even just Otakon and VGL, but real life is evil! Aside from The Lady and work, any other distraction from OCR is unfortunate. We've actually got another convention we're potentially in talks with, so thems the breaks. Can't prioritize these first, even though this stuff is infinitely more appealing. :'-( Nice work on Dafydd's Star Fox subs.

[Dafydd]

Oops. I'll go and convert them all, then. Thanks for the heads-up... the Starfox guys look much better now, good job!

EDIT: all the potential avatars have been switched for gifs. If it's still a png, don't consider it a "submission".

Some Battletoads...

Rash:

http://www.ngst.nu/rash.gif

Pimple:

http://www.ngst.nu/pimple2.gif

lol...

http://www.ngst.nu/pimple.gif

Wanna try this one, Polo? I had a hard time cropping it...

http://www.ngst.nu/BT&DD.png

LT: Hmm. The first two look good, but I'd prefer them with a background if possible. If not, or you'd prefer not to, no big deal, as we can roll with these. But if y'all can work something out with crops from the character select screen, let me know.

The backgrounds were originally dark purple for the first two. If you like that better, I'll change it back. What about the last one?

LT: Nah on the last one.

No killer instinct?

Combo...

http://www.ngst.nu/combo.gif

Fulgore...

http://www.ngst.nu/fulgore.gif

Glacius.

http://www.ngst.nu/glacius.gif

These are all pretty bad, actually.

LT: Hahaha! You got it. Yeah, the SNES sprites of that game all looked pretty bleh when it comes down to it. It's amazing how much I liked that game back then, cuz it definitely doesn't hold up now.

[Polo]

Wanna try this one, Polo? I had a hard time cropping it...

http://www.ngst.nu/BT&DD.png

My gut says Larry would call those faces "ugly," so I'll pass on your offer. But I bring tidings via your request yonder (http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=290187&postcount=689) (hope you like):

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/bk_banjo.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/bk_kazooie.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/dkc2_k_rool.gif

K. Rool staring straight ahead looked kinda blasphemous, so I found a less offensive angle of the pirate-garbed Kremling king.

LT: The Double Dragon guys are ugly, but the Battletoads sprites are ideal. Nice work on these faux-Smash Bros. ones.

[Dafydd]

Ehelente.

Oh no, I forgot about "ugly"! All of my avatars are going to get that, I just knows it. All that work for nothing...

LT: Not to offend, but the way some of you guys get mentally conditioned by our selectivity... Have some faith, partner! :lol:

You dissed my Commander Keen sprites a while ago for that reason. That's the way they look, I can't help it if they're ugly, they're classic, and the cave story ones made it, so why not mine? It hurt - deep inside, a little boy is still gathering the pieces of a teddy bear torn apart. Oh yes.

Seriously though, the reason I asked Polo about the BT&DD ones was because I couldn't get them cropped very well - their faces are like 5 pixels too big, Pimple way more.

I've made comments to your comments to my previous posts, so go ahead and read those if you want.

I got the background back on these two:

http://www.ngst.nu/rash.gif http://www.ngst.nu/pimple2.gif better?

LT: I commented on the new stuff above. As for these here, maybe something other than a black background? The Toads are already rather dark (maybe too dark) and don't stand out well enough from the black background. Also, the images are a little pixelated. Dunno if that's the sprite, but if it's not, let's go for something a little smoother. Thanks for all the new stuff, BTW. I have them and will add them when I can.

It's not black - it's dark purple. But I agree it doesn't look very good. Here's the original...

http://www.ngst.nu/btbm.bmp

EDIT: WTF, smileys count as images in the 4 image limit? Gimme a break...

[Liontamer]

I'm caught up on currently accepted avatars and pending fixes. You guys let me know when you have more, and thanks!

[Dafydd]

Well, here's Donatello from TMNT II. Thanks for uploading all the TMNT stuff I posted earlier.

http://www.ngst.nu/donr.gif

This cropping really sucks, but it's the best I could do.

LT: That was good. Polo had a version that was more centered, but this would have been good regardless.

[Polo]

I commend you and your conscientious dedication, overseer of OC Avatars. The update put a big grin on my face. (insert emoticon here)

Speaking of yellow faces, here's Pac-Man in-game:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/pac-man.gif

And to be honest, I think my own suitless Samus sub could use some tweaking. Namely, her head and feet cut off, and she's a bit dark. Perhaps this could replace her?
http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/nintendo/met1_samusnosuit.gif --> http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/metroid_samus_no_suit.gif

I decided to give the Battletoads faces from the BT&DD select screen a go, so I'll post them when I have them ready.

Well, here's Donatello from TMNT II. This cropping really sucks, but it's the best I could do.

Maybe if you centered Don's face more. Like this:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/tmnt2_donatello.gif

Also, the first "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Raphael" (the darker, closer face) would be from TMNT IV (I don't blame you though; we now have 4 turtles from 4 games, so a slight like that is almost expected).

LT: Tre bueno.

[andyjayne]

Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts

Arthur Steel http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/0b59c89983a275d99d75e83bdadb8f23/arthur-steel-sz.gif
Arthur Gold http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/88762d9a2275cbd9af619d014d99251a/arthur-gold-sz.gif
Box Ghost http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/7cdefcf9a982cab42f4ff83740be20e3/box-ghost.gif


ActRaiser 2

Master http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/9e5fc50b65dba681556233eebaf45b66/actraiser2-master.gif
Ghost Blob http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/b5e577ebd503fbe24521f0366e541bb8/actraiser2-ghostblob.gif


Metal Slug 3

Alien Float http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/7f4f1752c153e0f59b2874c1fc68ef2a/ms3-alienfloat.gif


LT: The ghost blob and the alien are good.

Super Metroid

Nova http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/8a47136357cf5bd509fc24294a85a93a/metroid-nova.gif
Skultera http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/ae27cd1941732391a1a2f956ec906f4c/metroid-skultera.gif
Squeept http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/0976c04a435764be2291259cc2c98b68/metroid-squeept.gif
Viola http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/d0f9fb693d6a96b067d78e67b6352ba1/metroid-viola.gif


Zombies Ate My Neighbo(u)rs

Zeke http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/106c567245d29b16dab2db40c32c302d/zombiesatemyneighbours-boy2-sz.gif
Julie http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/f7e5cc679874f7cf6bbdba7660d357ba/zombiesatemyneighbours-girl2-sz.gif
"Doll" http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/a3c2450a69a42cba5fcc513eb0012233/zombiesatemyneighbours-doll.gif
Dead Zombie http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/f06d56dbfc969080fd88bcb056aae37c/zombiesatemyneighbours-zombiedead.gif


LT: Almost everything has bad resolution. May not be your fault, but the sprites aren't clear enough. Super Metroid's Viola, I just wasn't feeling the design. :-P

[Dafydd]

Zeke looks much better from front...

[andyjayne]

Zeke looks much better from front...

Zeke(front) http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/891748c8dec4642c4eb92fecb10733bd/zombiesatemyneighbours-boy1-crp.gif
Julie(front) http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/e27c5b0ca95f84e4bae90496dd7e2c20/zombiesatemyneighbours-girl1-crp.gif

[Dafydd]

Yeah! Too bad his Converse shoes wouldn't fit though.

How come all the avatars are in a jumbled order anyway? They're not alphabetical, not chronological, just a mess. Even the recently added ones seem randomly placed. This is more out of curiosity than for the sake of critisism/improvement, btw.

[SoloGamer]

Zombies Ate My Neighbo(u)rs


"Doll" http://picspirate.com/img123/img52/a3c2450a69a42cba5fcc513eb0012233/zombiesatemyneighbours-doll.gif



Heh, one of my favorite enemies from that game.
His full name's Tommy the Evil Doll, btw.

[Polo]

Here be three fifths of the "Ultimate Team" as promised:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/btdd_snes_zitz.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/btdd_snes_rash.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/btdd_snes_pimple.gif

Here's also the Mana Beast from Secret of Mana:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/som_mana_beast.gif

LT: S'good.

[Jaybell]

Erm...? How does this work? Do we just post the avatars we made here? Cause that's what everyone else seems to be doing.

Okay, here goes. I made some avatars from Dynamite Headdy, for the genesis. Good ol' Treasure. The 32x32 restrictions posed a challenge for Headdy's sprites, leading me to crop out the top of his head/bottom of his feet...

Headdy - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/headdystand.GIF
Headdy Running - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/headdyrun.GIF
Headdy Panicked - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/headdypanic.GIF
Headdy Exasperated/Tired/Messed Up - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/headdymessed.GIF

LT: I'm not gonna add stuff where the cropping cuts stuff out. That just looks bootleg. Typically, you want to resize the image to fit the 32x32 limit. But for these, the sprites are so ugly that it's a no-go anyway.

Silly four image per post limit.

Trouble Bruin - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/bruin.GIF
Headcase - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/headcase.GIF
Hangman - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/hangman.GIF
Beau - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/beau.GIF

LT: The sprites are uglyz.

The last batch.

Generic Knight Enemy Guy - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/knightguy.GIF
Twin Freaks (Green) - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/twinfreaksgreen.GIF
Twin Freaks (Red) - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/twinfreaksred.GIF
Dark Demon - http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/darkdemon.GIF


FUN GAME: mention twin freaks to ANYONE who has played Dynamite Headdy. Guess how long it will take for them to crawl into a corner and weep softly into a pillow!

LT: Genesis sprites are always dim for some reason. Brighten the Twin Freaks a bit and lemme see them then. Those could be good.

Heh, honestly, Twin Freaks were the only images I cared about. The rest was just "well if I'm doing them I may as well do a whole bunch more." I could care less about the other ones. Cropping = no fun.

So here you go. I'm kind of debating which one of these ones is better...
http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/twinfreaksgreenbright.GIF http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/twinfreaksgreenbrightx.GIF
(they've both been modified from the original...would've put the original as well for comparison, but DARN THAT FOUR IMAGE LIMIT.)
The one on the right seems a little too bright...Oh well, you be the judge.

And as for the Red one...
http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/twinfreaksred.GIF ---> http://brainwashingdirtbike.googlepages.com/twinfreaksredbright.GIF
This time the one on the left is the original, and the one on the right's the brightened one.

LT: Good deal.

[Polo]

Marvel vs. Capcom - Onslaught:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mvc_onslaught.gif

Namco x Capcom - Mega Man Juno:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/nxc_mega_man_juno.gif

Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts - Arthur in his (Psycho) Underpants:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sgng_arthur_underpants.gif

SNK Gals' Fighters - Athena:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/snkgalsfighters_athena.gif

LT: Give Arthur a good in-game background and I'd add it. Rest are bueno.

And the remaining Mega Man 7 password faces:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_autopassword.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_drwilypassword.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_rollpassword.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mm7_rushpassword.gif

LT: Thanks for completing the set!

[Dafydd]

Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts - Arthur in his (Psycho) Underpants:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sgng_arthur_underpants.gif


Ahahaaa

I can see this one becoming hugely popular.

[Polo]

Give Arthur a good in-game background and I'd add it.

One of these, maybe?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sgng_arthur1.gif

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sgng_arthur2.gif

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sgng_arthur3.gif

LT: 3 is the winner. Gracias. Funny, the nature of Arthur running makes the image look like a rectangle.

[Shining Mirage]

These are my first photoshop projects of anything, so...

Super Mario 3: P-Wing
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/Solaris_Vega/P-Wing.gif

LT: I don't recall the pixels of the SNES P-Wing seeming this ugly. Was this scaled down or something?

Dracula X / Vampire's Kiss: Richter crouching
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/Solaris_Vega/Char_Crouched-R.gif

LT: Nah. No need for a sprite of him crouching, plus the size of the image makes having a background weird. It should have been transparent.

I did what I could with 'em for the moment.

...Still looking for some decent images worth cropping of Eric Lecarde from Bloodlines.

I don't recall the pixels of the SNES P-Wing seeming this ugly. Was this scaled down or something?

*laughs* Sadly, yes. Copied, cropped, sized to 32x32. It's not getting any better than that unless I photoshop it myself.

...Second thought, I'm too lazy to even think that. I'll just find something else.

[Gollgagh]

Finally remembered to submit this:

Naked Snake:
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/525/snakehw1.gif

LT: Too blurry. Face could be centered a little better, but that's not important.

[Arek the Absolute]

Pardon me for being slow on the uptake, but how did I get Crash as my avatar automatically? :p Whatever, thanks very much to everyone who contributed to the new icons.

My money's on Arek BTW. *munches popcorn*

LT: Nope.
I actually just now saw this, so sorry for not replying to this sooner.

No, I did not get that for you, but I probably somehow some way influenced it. Even if I didn't, I still want to take credit cause she mentioned me :p

[Polo]

So there I was, comparing the Azumanga Daioh avatars to one of Sakaki that I've been working on, when I noticed something curious. Yukari and Osaka in the (Anime) gallery are bitmaps with the names

azumanga_yukari1.gif.bmp
azumanga_osaka1.gif.bmp

From what I've seen, a bitmap takes up more space than the average image file. Just to be sure, I converted these two to GIF format, compared pixels, and found the GIFs to be exact replicas, but in a smaller package. So here's the non-BMP stand-ins:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/azumanga_yukari1.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/azumanga_osaka1.gif

LT: Danke.

And of course, Sakaki:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/azumanga_sakaki1.gif

And Kyon from Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/melancholyhs_kyon.gif

(Yep, it's the same defeated expression tried like 3 times prior, each time "not sharp enough" or similar.)

LT: The linework looks too pixelated. Not feeling it, until the image looks smoother.

[Dafydd]

A raven from Battletoads & Double Dragon:

http://www.ngst.nu/raven.gif

LT: Just not feeling the sprite.

[Mastertoku]

I have assembled some Fire Emblem sprites because of the noticeable lack of them.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/Eliwoodsprite.jpg
Eliwood

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/hectorsprite.jpg
Hector

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/Lynsprite.jpg
Lyn

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/guysprite.jpg
Guy

I have more, but I will first await the critiquing of these - they are all in more or less the same format, so if it's wasted effort to post the others, do let me know.

LT: Well, if these are actual game sprites, they're pretty ugly to me. Plus, these aren't properly centered. It also doesn't look right when a sprite about 40-45 pixels high is arbitrarily cropped. Better to resize and fit it within the 32x32 size limit.

[Dafydd]

No feet...? "Guy" was pretty cool though.

[Mastertoku]

Honestly, this is better than compression, I think.

[Polo]

Chrono Trigger - Ayla (profile):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/ct_aylaface.gif

FF4 - Cecil as a Dark Knight (ditto):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/ff4_cecildarkknightface.gif

Earthbound - Ramblin' Evil Mushroom:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/mother2_ramblinevilmushroom.gif

And Tankman from the Flash cartoons on Newgrounds:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/tankman.gif

LT: First 3 look cool. Don't we have Dark Knight Cecil already? Maybe I'm just thinking of FF4A. Tankman looks handdrawn; why not a resize from the Flash? (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/322150)

[supremespleen]

If someone could do a few Deadpool avvies, that would be keen.

[Dafydd]

I'd like some robotech avatars, myself.

[Dafydd]

Megaman (Gameboy)

http://www.ngst.nu/mmgbs.gifhttp://www.ngst.nu/mmgbj.gif

LT: Yeah, these are good. I'm assuming they're MM1 for the Game Boy? Just let me know when you have a chance.

Yeah, Megaman 1. That's what I wrote right above the images. I'm pretty sure the megaman graphics are identical in all the gameboy megaman games (like they're the same in all the NES ones), but I could be wrong. Though, MM5 (and maybe MM4, too) was designed for the color gb, and I don't know what he would look like then. But this is definitely how he looks in the first 3.

Tankman looks handdrawn; why not a resize from the Flash? (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/322150)

Ahaha! Awesome video.

[SoloGamer]

Some Snowboard Kids

Jam
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5650/jam1jn7.gif http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3369/jam2yb8.gif

Linda

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9378/linda1lg6.gif http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/638/linda2va7.gif

Nancy

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6849/nancy1tz2.gif http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9840/nancy2bb3.gif

Slash

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3955/slash2fp2.gif http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4217/slash1wo3.gif

Tommy

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1494/tommy1yc9.gif http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7428/tommy2sh7.gif

Shinobin

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4473/shinobin1lq7.gif http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8872/shinobin2fj5.gif

LT: Gonna take the first ones of Jam, Slash and Shinobin. The others either don't obviously look like faces or are just ugly. :-) Good choices though, glad to see some from this game.

[Polo]

Don't we have Dark Knight Cecil already? Maybe I'm just thinking of FF4A.
Yeah, I was just rounding out our collection of Cecils: FF4 Dark Knight (full sprite), FF4 Paladin (full sprite), FF4 Paladin (profile), FF4A Dark Knight (profile), and FF4A Paladin (profile).

...

Revisions:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sakaki2.gif Sakaki

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/kyon2.gif Kyon

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/tankman2.gif Tankman

Zelda 3 - Armos:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/zelda3_armos.gif

LT: What are the source images for these anime pics? The Tankman resize isn't sharp enough, but once it is, I'm definitely gonna roll with it. Armos is an ugly sprite, so I pass.

[Polo]

Fire 'N Ice - Dana:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/firenice_dana1.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/firenice_dana2.gif

Startropics 2: Zoda Y and Zoda Z:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/startropics2_zoda_y.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/startropics2_zoda_z.gif

LT: Took the 2nd Dana and the two palette swaps. Gracias!

[Polo]

The characters from Hebereke (the Japanese equivalent of Ufouria):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/hebereke_hebereke.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/hebereke_ohchan.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/hebereke_sukezaemon.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/hebereke_jennifer.gif

LT: As much as I'd like to add this game, those are some ugly sprites. Gotta pass.

[Polo]

Rockford from Boulder Dash:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/boulderdash_rockford.gif

Scooter from Menace Beach:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/menacebeach_scooter.gif

Milon from Milon's Secret Castle:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/milonssecretcastle_milon.gif

Jake from Totally Rad:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/totallyrad_jake.gif

LT: The 1st and 3rd are cool, but I'm just not feeling those background choices.
2nd is an ugly sprite.
4th is totally rad, so that's a go.

[Dafydd]

Hey, LT, you skipped my previous post (the one with the Game Boy Megamen).

[Polo]

Hey, LT, you skipped my previous post (the one with the Game Boy Megamen).

He didn't forget. He just handled SoloGamer's posts before ours out of conveniency (time, appeal, comment delivery, or whatever). Just have patience.

(Also, if you liked the first Tankmen, be sure to catch Tankmen 1.5 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/332674) and Tankmen 2 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/402450) if you haven't already. They're equally hilarious.)

[Dafydd]

Thanks, Polo-pal.

[SoloGamer]

I'm LT's favorite : )

[Mastertoku]

Hrm. Well, I'll try Fire Emblem again - this time with smaller (and possibly better-looking) overworld views of the characters.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/Lynlittle.jpg

Lyn

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/EliwoodLittle.jpg

Eliwood

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/Hectorlittle.jpg

Hector

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/Mastertoku/NergalLittle.jpg

Nergal


Well?... do these exhibit any improvement over the first batch?... If not, I shan't give up - once I find an appropriate way to portray some Fire Emblem sprites, I shall continue with the utmost haste!

LT: Way too small and lacking in detail. No dice.

[Dafydd]

That last one looks really cool. :)

[Mastertoku]

That last one looks really cool. :)

Final bosses usually do, I've found...:<

[The Coop]

A few from Puzzle Bobble 2...

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2.gif


In order, there's...

Willy Whistle, Unknown, Mighta, Unknown, Unknown

Unknown, Monsta, Bob, Bub, Unknown


I'm still trying to find names for the unknown ones, but thus far, no luck. Oh, and here they are without a background...



http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2a.gif


I also found out that http://www.ocremix.org/forums/images/avatars/games/misc/bubblebobble_enemy.gifs name is Benzo.

LT: With the backgrounds is good, but I'm not feeling a black background. If you can switch it to something more stylish, I'd take 'em. Thanks for the info on Benzo.

[The Coop]

No problem.

I tried out several colors (and variations of them) for the backgrounds...

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2b.gif

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2c.gif

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2d.gif

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2e.gif


Do any of them strike your fancy LT? Also, would you prefer them all on the same colored background, or should I use a few colors, and give each character whichever one works best for it (like give Bob an orange bg, Bub a pale blue bg, etc)?

LT: The light colors generally aren't giving enough contrast for the images to stand out. I'd experiment with several darker shades.

[The Coop]

Did some tests. Most of the characters work fine with a dark BG, expect for the Chinese girl, the vampire chick, and the robot. The Vampire chick and the robot have mostly mid-range to darker colors, so they really start disappearing on a dark BG. The Chinese chick has an intensely blue dress, with dark gray hair. Finding a color for her that doesn't make her dress or her hair vanish is tough, but here's some that I came up with...

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2BGTests1.png

http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/PB2BGTests2.png


Thoughts?

LT: The darker shades for the first set of images definitely work better. I'm gonna sound anal, but with the 32x32 limit, I'm definitely not feeling body shot images with BGM where something reaches the edge; it just makes it look bootleg how the background color doesn't envelop the image. Maybe try to resize the images for those so they're 30 pixels tall maximum, if the resize looked good. It might be too hard to get some of these looking good on any sort of solid background color, but maybe you'll hit paydirt with other colors.

Designating them 1-10 with 1-5 being the top row and 6-10 being the bottom:
I'd take 3, 7, 8 & 9 as is, definitely. They look awesome. 1 and 5, I'd take with a different background color than that brown shade. 2, 4, 5 & 10 are the clearly the toughest to really hit a solid BG color for, as you've already found out. Sorry for taking so long in my reply, Coop. Thanks for the effort on these so far!

[Polo]

Revisions:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/sakaki2.gif Sakaki

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/kyon2.gif Kyon

LT: What are the source images for these anime pics?
Sakaki is from Azumanga Daioh (source for the original art piece (http://www.animegalleries.net/img/41798)) and Kyon is from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (ripped from the credit sequences).

Here's Tankman, v3 (one of them's a mouth and teeth adjustment):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/tankman3.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/tankman4.gif

LT: Kyon is the better looking of the two anime ones, but I'd still rather have direct resizes of those.

As for Tankman, Arek & Dhsu voted for the "with teeth" edit in #ocremix, so the edited version is the winner. Being really anal, I would actually slightly gray up the solid black line forming the top of the mouth in order to make the edit blend in a bit more naturally with the rest of the image, but it still looks pretty good. Danke.

[Polo]

Two different backgrounds for Rockford from Boulder Dash:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/boulderdash_rockford2.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/boulderdash_rockford3.gif

And Milon from Milon's Secret Castle:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/milonssecretcastle_milon2.gif http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/milonssecretcastle_milon3.gif

LT: I actually put this set to a vote in #ocremix. The original Boulder Dash pic (http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/boulderdash_rockford.gif) won out of the 3, and the second Milon won. Thanks a lot!

[Dafydd]

Does that boulder dash guy really need a background? I think he'd be fine without...

[Darklink42]

Hey, I'd like to see some Dark Link action going on, and I've got just the two sprite images to do it. They are from Oracle of Ages, when you fight the last boss.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/DarkLink42/Veran_DarkLinkSide.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/DarkLink42/Veran_DarkLinkFront.gif

I don't remember if they ever swing swords at you or just walk around like idiots (I think it was the latter), so those are as interesting as those get.

LT: Too small, plus you can't really see them well anyway, since the linework blends into the overall dark color. Gotta pass, sorry.

[Kirie]

I didn't see any.. so here's a bunch of avatars from Golden Sun.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Mia.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Ivan.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/gs-nereid.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/gs-ramses.gif

and the rest:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Sheba.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Saturos.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Mia.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Menardi.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Ivan.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Jenna2.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Isaac2.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/gs-ramses.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/gs-nereid.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/gs-atalanta.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/gs-judgement.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Garet2.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Alex.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/kirie/avatars/Felix2.gif

LT: Awesome work. Just going over the ones I didn't select, the cropping on Ramses looked weird, so that it was too difficult to tell what it was. The sizing on Judgement makes the body look too small, plus the transparent background didn't work. Same for Atalanta. Cropping is too tight on Nereid; always a problem for (seemingly) large characters like this one. The ones that stuck to profiles were great. Added, thanks very much!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. But had to try! Thanks much! :D

[Darklink42]

So it's not entirely clear, but can I make my own Dark Link avatar if I base it off the originals? I mean, if those are too dark, and I can make a cool one that is either lighter or looks cooler can I do that?

LT: I mean, if it looks cooler sure, you can make your own, but I'm generally low on images made from scratch, because they tend not to look that good. I'd say base it off the original sprite and lighten it or whatever you need to do in Photoshop, but yeah, you could manipulate the original image.

[Liontamer]

Just noting that I'm caught up on this. Thanks a lot for all the new images, guys, keep 'em coming!