Topic awaiting preservation: Combined snake & sword

I came up with this idea
Hope u like

The snake looks a little fuzzy. He might need an Epilady.

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There is so much open space between the snake and the sword.... The snake needs to be wrapped around it. It needs to be like spiraling up like a cork screw.

And well, with the sword, all I see is the blade. If it's a snake & sword you need to add that handle in some time .

Good concept, nice start.. Now lets see you work some more on it.

To be quite honest, it looks more like a crochet needle with a piece of yarn on it.

You need *tons* more detail and definition to bring this up tp par....

Up to who's par?

Anyone's.

You may want to look up the word "par" insider...it will alleviate that confusion with any luck...

perhaps it's primitive art or something he found in a cave somewhere,

..ancient-par..

Main Entry: 1par
Pronunciation: 'pär
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, one that is equal, from par equal
Date: 1622
1 a : the established value of the monetary unit of one country expressed in terms of the monetary unit of another country using the same metal as the standard of value b : the face amount of an instrument of value (as a check or note): as (1) : the monetary value assigned to each share of stock in the charter of a corporation (2) : the principal of a bond
2 : common level : EQUALITY -- usually used with on <judged the recording to be on a par with previous ones>
3 a : an amount taken as an average or norm b : an accepted standard; specifically : a usual standard of physical condition or health
4 : the score standard for each hole of a golf course; also : a score equal to par
- par adjective
- par for the course : not unusual : NORMAL
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Now that we all know what par means, lets remember that none of us were up to it when we first started.


Turd Ferguson. It's a funny name.

And no one said any of us should have been.

Lg88. . .here are a few tips to make that snake look more realistic.
First, download this texture.
Open it in PS, go to Edit>Define Pattern and name it whatever you want, I recommend "Snake Skin".
Now , make a new layer above your base layer and name it "skin". Make a selection around your entire snake, then with the new layer highlighted, go to your paintbucket tool and fill the selection with your new snake skin pattern. With the selection still loaded, go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise and do something about 3%, but if you think it's too much you can tone it down a bit. Grab your Dodge/Burn tool and get to work shading the edges of the snake and hightlighting it in the middle. Once you get a nice 3-d looking snake, it's time to add some color. With the selection still loaded, create a new layer above "skin" and name it "color". On the "color" layer, make your foregroun color brown and background color green, then go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Then Filter>Render>Difference clouds. Now set your color layer to either multiply, overlay, hard light, or luminosity. Cntrl+d to deselect, Fanny's your Aunt;Robert's your uncle, and you have yourself a snake. I'm gonna make a snake following the previous instructions and post it, just to see if it works.

EDIT: Here you go.



[This message has been edited by Cloudman (edited 08-04-2003).]

Like Michael said...nobody mentioned where he should or shouldn't be.

But if nobody points out when things need improving.....nobody improves

Cloudman:

quote:

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Fanny's your Aunt;Robert's your uncle

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I'd almost forgotten 'bout my old 'Aunt Fanny' <lol>

Great instructions btw... on par with.... =)

Why is it that everytime I post some sort of help or tips for someone, they end up not coming back to the thread??

Personally, I thought it was quite a helpful tip. Your example snake looked quite nice, and you told him just how to do it.

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