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Carlie
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Hello Armor Gamers!

Spring is finally here! And with the change of the seasons, so arrives the Spring Armatar Contest!

You can submit your own original armatars to this thread following the theme of the Spring. If it meets our quality standards, I will add it to the 1AP armatar section for all members to use! You can reference previous contests for a better idea of what this is all about here. You can also check out a few select returning Spring armatars from 2009 in the 5AP section.

There are some guidelines, and unless your entry follows these set of rules it will not be accepted.

GUIDELINES:
1. Must be appropriate. Cannot be offensive or profane in nature. Try to keep it clean!
2. The entry must be square, and at least 100x100 pixels in dimension.
3. Must scale down well to 100x100. So if it is larger, make sure that it will still look good when it is scaled down to armatar size. A few suggestions about this:
- Sometimes simple is better. If you go into a lot of detail, it might not look as great when you scale it down. So just keep in mind what the final size will be.
- If you are able to do vector, that can help with the sharpness of the image. However, since they are so small this probably isn't a big issue.
4. Must be completely original. You cannot use elements from other piece of artwork, the entire armatar must be 100% original.
5. Must be Spring themed.

Good luck! And I look forward to seeing great armatars =)

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thepossum
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Nice pic escartian. But for some reason the placement of the sun annoys me. I think it would be better if it was either a little to the right or a little to the left.

escartian
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I used Gimp image editor

It is a linux program but it should work with mac and windows as well

Nice pic escartian. But for some reason the placement of the sun annoys me. I think it would be better if it was either a little to the right or a little to the left.

I tried that, but it seems a bit off to me. Oh well, its just a matter of opinion
thepossum
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Yea I guess. Like momma always said:Where the right place to put a sun in your drawing is in the eye of the beholder.

escartian
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This is another, similar picture I made
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_lfUiZfdfj8Q/TAA7Gb2XtyI/AAAAAAAAABI/18TBVDjBYrE/Starsintheday.jpeg
I don't know how to shrink it from 400by400 to 100 100

thepossum
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Put it on flickr.com and then click edit. There you can change it however you want.

vinster132
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I wonder if Carlie still checks on this...

knight_34
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I wonder if Carlie still checks on this...


She does when she can.

I'll resize that image in MS Paint. Looks good escartian, but I don't see the obvious springyness. First one looks more springy.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8602/starsintheday.jpg

Resized.
vinster132
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She does when she can.

Oh okay. Just asking. Since, I haven't seen her in awhile.

And by the way, good job, Escartian! =D
SlimyGames
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I actually made this pic at the beginning of the armatar contest but i haden't got time to put it up until now
http://s742.photobucket.com/albums/xx63/SlimyGames/Snail2.jpg

thepossum
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It's definitely....interesting. It's a really good picture but I can't see a lot of people using that one...who wants to be a snail? Still, it's really nice.

HumbledSoul
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That snail is amazing. I guess I shall make one now.

SlimyGames
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thepossum - I know what you mean by "who wants to be a snail" but if you look at carlie's armatar its a Larva o.o so i guess if someone wants to be a larva... someone wants to be a snail

SlimyGames
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and thanks Humbled and possum for that you thought that my painting was nice

thepossum
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thepossum - I know what you mean by "who wants to be a snail" but if you look at carlie's armatar its a Larva o.o so i guess if someone wants to be a larva... someone wants to be a snail


I'm not so sure.... Carlie's armatar is a cute little caterpillar. Your armatar is a giant scary-looking snail. Big difference.
escartian
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Your armatar is a giant scary-looking snail. Big difference.

until it is resized
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