Forum Index > Groups, Guilds, Clubs, and Services > ~Sylestia Times~
Page 31
1, 2, 3... 30, 31, 32... 35, 36, 37
Go to Page:
Author
Thread Post
Limor
Level 72
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
Threads: 293
Posts: 19,132
Posted: 7/31/2019 at 10:48 PM
Post #301
A few links to check out when making designs are:
Themed pet reference pages by Xavion
Comprehensive Guide to Themed Pets by Lavelle
Guide to Themed Pet Contests by Scathreoite
Hey all in this article we will be going over using color pallets and a design based on the Crested Ibis by me and Fox.
So a good way when your at a loss for making designs is to look up color pallets. If your looking for something specific try something like, "fall color pallet" which will pull up an array of images.
Now for example with this you can look through and select your favorite,
Now, for me atleast, I would pull this image into a color grabber such as this website (which I use) and getting the hex codes to use as a base for my design!
Once you have those fill in or tweak colors till you have a completed design!
~ Designing with Fox ~
Now to start me and Fox decided to design a bird, and after looking at some bird images we settled on the crested ibis.
Fox
Whenever I design I always start with a photo reference. In this case Limor had chosen our reference, so I began with analyzing the colour palette. I knew I was going to use a white/off-white base, so I applied that to my ny'vene first. I also knew I wanted to incorporate a small amount of black and really bring attention to bright orange/red wings.
When it comes to ny'vene I generally like to choose my gene 1 while applying colours because the gene 1 overtakes colour 1 pretty drastically. If I want a white body it doesn't necessarily mean white will be in colour 1. Instead white is on gene 1.
I chose a few traits I knew I wanted to work with. I usually choose traits before applying colour, for a similar reason to why I immediately choose a gene 1 on ny'vene. I knew I definitely wanted to work with the feathered traits.
Next I apply my eye colour and C1-3. I used black in M1 and M2, referring to the black beak of the ibis.
I applied some orange and red colours to the slots that affect wings, reflecting that of the ibis. I went through each wing gene and ultimately ended up with red admiral. Unlike the other slots, I pick ny'vene G3 last because that trait pulls from multiple sources and sometimes doesn't turn out the way you envision. It is easier to choose your colours and then choose the G3. Sometimes there is tweaking for the G3 colour, but in most cases I am more concerned about how C2, EC, and C3 affect the wings as those colours will probably not change, because they also affect other traits.
Even though I was working with very specific traits, this design also works with other traits, surprisingly. Ny'vene are generally easy to design in that sense. In general I like to focus on contrast. That could mean bringing a bright colour to the forefront and accented with a neutral like brown or black. Or using muted colours and using a bright colour as an accent. I apply a lot of colour theory to my designs as well, coming from a background in graphic design. In this case I chose to use neutrals (white/off-white and black) to enhance the bright orange wings.
Limor
Now for my Vene I decided to go with orangy creams for the main body colors, with a darker red-orange in the eyes. I chose to use the much darker grey/blacks in the mutations.
For the g1 I went with a slightly darker cream-brown, as much of the body is made up of those colors. For g2 I went with a very pale cream, as it will offest well against the g1. The g3 is the wings, and for this I chose a bright orange, like the Ibis in the reference photo has.
Now for the darker color I chose to feature this in the m1, as too keep it from overpowering the whole design. In m2 I went with an almost white color, as much of the Ibis is almost starkly white on the body. For m3 I chose an even more vibrant orange then the g3, as I wanted them to be able to blend together nicely while still looking bright.
With designs that use a lot of very pale colors it can be really helpful to make sure you vary the colors enough, I would recommend against repeating colors more then once in a design, especially if you want to submit it in theme competitions.
Grapejuice
Level 71
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 1/8/2016
Threads: 155
Posts: 22,907
Posted: 8/27/2019 at 9:51 AM
Post #302
So because I missed last month (Internet issues) I will be combining this months with last months issue, therefor there is no need to write an article for this month, however I suggest everyone gets to work on septembers article nonetheless.
ALSO: this month reintroduces the games sections I've been collecting prizes and such for the winners but any donations are appreciated, whether it's gold, diamonds, pets, items etc. It will help.
EDIT: Most in need of pet dyes
Edited By Grapejuice on 8/27/2019 at 9:57 AM.
Grapejuice
Level 71
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 1/8/2016
Threads: 155
Posts: 22,907
Posted: 8/31/2019 at 4:05 AM
Post #303
Lucario how would you feel about doing a small comic for the times? We have most of the banners set and I won't really need a new banner from you until October (halloween special) so I'm thinking this would be an area I could really use some help in illustrations wise.
Lucario
Level 70
Trickster
Joined: 1/22/2018
Threads: 91
Posts: 2,062
Posted: 8/31/2019 at 6:45 AM
Post #304
Possibly... What did you have in mind?
Grapejuice
Level 71
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 1/8/2016
Threads: 155
Posts: 22,907
Posted: 8/31/2019 at 7:15 AM
Post #305
The character designs are very simplistic essentially a buncha white nondescript blobs with eyes, a mouth, a heart, some cool head designs, and some sort of flora growing out of the top of their heads. Each strip is just a short lil' interaction between one or two of the re-accruing cast.
Lalalanmao
Level 75
Trickster
Joined: 5/23/2017
Threads: 57
Posts: 7,106
Posted: 8/31/2019 at 11:55 AM
Post #306
Will do, I will start working on it
I can get a few lesser pet dyes if it's needed
Lalalanmao
Level 75
Trickster
Joined: 5/23/2017
Threads: 57
Posts: 7,106
Posted: 8/31/2019 at 12:01 PM
Post #307
gotta ping myself
Lucario
Level 70
Trickster
Joined: 1/22/2018
Threads: 91
Posts: 2,062
Posted: 8/31/2019 at 1:05 PM
Post #308
It might be better if you find someone else to do it (I'm not on Sylestia as much as I'd like). They're cute, though!
Limor
Level 72
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
Threads: 293
Posts: 19,132
Posted: 9/22/2019 at 6:46 PM
Post #309
A few links to check out when making designs are:
Themed pet reference pages by Xavion
Comprehensive Guide to Themed Pets by Lavelle
Guide to Themed Pet Contests by Scathreoite
Hey guys so in this somewhat different edition of the Designer's Article we will be discussing Design Theft. I myself recently made a post about it, which you can read here.
Now first: A note on design theft by Krinadon,
"As an official recognition to "design theft" on a global Sylestia scale, we do not have an official statement on that because we don't recognize it as being an actual thing. A player cannot own a design and as such, it cannot be stolen.
However, in regards to official Sylestia contests, design theft essentially boils down to submitting designs that you are either not the original creator or owner of - which is strictly against the rules of all of our official Sylestia contests unless otherwise specified.
As an unofficial response, I would say that it is frowned up and I would ask that people refrain from doing it because it is disrespectful. However, as stated above, there is no official rule against it outside of our official contests. It would be virtually impossible to police such a policy and would certainly just open the door to all sorts of headaches as we attempted to enforce such a rule."
Now many people have some misconceptions about design theft. For example if two users made a 'Pumpkin Lupora',
That would not be design theft as the two designs are clearly different, even though they have the same general idea behind them.
What would be design theft is if user A made a design,
And then user B were to make this and claim it as they're own,
While although these two designs have different trait colors if you look at the four main colors they are copied exactly and this would be design theft. Now copying a design exactly is of course also design theft and another version of design theft would be to take the design and do something like this:
Now although the hex codes are different they are so close someone just barely altered them from the original.
Dealing with design theft itself can be difficult and a good way to go about it is to try to talk to the person who stole the design, try to keep it private and not publicly spotlight them. If you have further problems consider bringing it to an admin or to an older player who can perhaps offer you advice.
Below we have a small survey which you can feel free to answer in the comments, along with this here is a google document with some users submitted responses. 1. Have you or someone you know been affected by design theft?
2. How do you deal with design theft, or how would you deal with design theft?
3. Do you keep your designs private for fear of design theft?
4. Have you personally ever stolen a design? If so, why, and how do you feel about it now?
5. What are your thoughts on design theft?
~ Designing with Watercolors ~
This time around me and Watercolors decided that, in honor of spooky season coming up, we we're going to make some zombie designs! Now as many of you know some of the species (fabled) are lacking in a zombie design so we took it upon ourselves to make one for two different species!
Watercolors
So when I start designing a pet, I dont always start with base colors. Sometimes, when I am going for a specific theme or idea, I will focus in on one certain gene or mutation to set the mood. In this design example the theme was zombie so I knew I wanted a bit of green in my design. So in the beginning my goal was to find a palette that worked well around a zombie green tone.
Once I had my general color palette picked out it was time to apply them to an entire design. A lot of the times, including this time, I end up shuffling the colors into different slots and even changing them a few shades lighter or darker. Sometimes I will stumble upon a color I really like for the mood of my design and I will redirect the palette to coordinate with that color.
That is what happened with the red on my zombie nyvene. Zombies are bloody and gross creatures, I wanted to represent that with orange and red. As a result, the green in my palette got shifted to be more gray than it was before. The beige I originally had was completely scrapped.
When designing for themed contests, my main focus is making sure the colors work well with all available traits. For this prompt however, I really just wanted to draw out as much zombie feel as I could. So I chose traits that I thought worked well for a zombie dragon and designed specifically for those traits. Out of habit I did go through and try it with different traits, but I dont think it works as well for a real themed pet as it maybe could if I went into it with a different approach.
Limor
So with this design I almost went with a grey/blue themed zombie but I decided to go with the more stereotypical green/red based zombie.
When approaching this design I wanted to make a somewhat dull design, with one-two pop colors which will be much brighter and stand out. As with many of my designs I followed the same general strategy, I start with the base colors then work from there. I knew I wanted a very gray-green design with a bright yellow-green pop and some messy gorey red colors built.
Now as I was designing this as though I was going to enter this in a theme contest I went and checked through all the traits, because remember once you make a design and enter it to a themed contest it is vital that you make sure all traits work with your color scheme.
Now for a red-green design you have to be careful to draw away from the Christmas factor (unless that is your intent!) so when doing this I make sure to change the design to greyer colorfades, drawing away from the intense saturation of some designs.
Now with a new thing lets see how you all take the 'Zombie' prompt! ping and post your zombie designs in the thread and our editors favorites will be featured next time around!
Overall I hope you found this guide helpful! If you have any other questions ping me and i'll answer them next time about~ Remember also tell me if you'd be interested in being a part of the designing column as well!
Edited By Limor on 9/25/2019 at 8:44 PM.
Limor
Level 72
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
Threads: 293
Posts: 19,132
Posted: 9/22/2019 at 6:51 PM
Post #310
above!
Go to Page:
1, 2, 3... 30, 31, 32... 35, 36, 37
Confirm Action
Are you sure you wish to delete this post?
Confirm Action
Are you sure you wish to restore this post?
Confirm Action
Are you sure you wish to report this post?
Go to Top
This Page loaded in 0.015 seconds.
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Credits | Job Opportunities
