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by **End Boss** on Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:34 pm

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welcome ::.

Traditionally I've been a 3 or 4 forum man, but considering I'm running the fantasy draft and the momentum the photoshop forum has picked up I've come to the conclusion that this is as good as any a place to set up shop. Historically I haven't really done anything basketball related, but I wanted to give people an idea of where I've been, where I am at the moment, and where I'm headed so I'm amassing a collection of my works here.

about me ::.

age: 22
occupation: Computer Science @ Deakin University (Melbourne)
career goals: game designer (primary), game artist (secondary), game programmer (tertiarry), graphic artist/designer (quaternary)
art history: High School (limited training or tuition involved

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TROPHY LUST (WIP) ::.

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GOLDEN AGE (WIP) ::.

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DOWN BUT NOT OUT (WIP) ::.

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THE GREATE WHITE HYPE ::.

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ALL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ::.

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JESSICA ALBA (MVP) ::.

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HARVEY BIRDMAN ::.

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by **zmac** on Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:55 pm

Nice work man, seriously. (y)

That fatman with all the little details and the portraits, unbelievable!
And the second one from the High School bit, thats crazy!

That fatman one, what prog did you use?

by **End Boss** on Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:08 pm

all in photoshop.. fatman represents a culmination of all the skills I've learned over the years.. he's composed of 27 layers, 14 of which are adjustment layers.. all layers have masks..

it may sound needlessly complicated but it basically allows me to manipulate colors, tone, and detail independently of one another.. I did asian_male_1 a year before and spent a lot of time acheiving detail by blending adjacent areas and adding color, tone, and detail through a limited array of layers.. the result took much longer and was fuzzy

With fatman, I don't need to blend the color of the cheeks in with surrounding areas. I can acheive the same effect with an adjustment layer and an alpha mask without ever having to do the tedious shifting back and forth that formerly added 10's of hours of work to things like sts (stone to skin) which I did in high school

by **J@3** on Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:46 pm

Wow... the portraits are really really impressive. I'm assuming you're into game design and things along that line?

by **Chris.** on Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:41 pm

woah. those images are real good (Y)

i couldnt even dream of making things like that

by **Sac-1** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:02 am

Great work...great self portraits....keep it up

by **Cloudy** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:55 am

Good luck with your future designer job man... (Y)

Impressive work...

by **Ruff Ryder** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:04 am

Nice work, I like all of them. (Y)

You got some real nice skillz.

by **cklitsie** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:55 am

Not really stuff that I 'like' in here but from your work I can tell that you have mad PS skills. (Y)

by **Rip32** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:55 am

Awesome stuff I love the Great white hype one. (Y)

by **c0nr4d** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:23 am

nice work man...u've got some skillz, good luck with ur designer job (Y)

by **End Boss** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:28 am

ceekay wrote:Not really stuff that I 'like' in here but from your work I can tell that you have mad PS skills.

what kind of stuff would you like to see?

cvele wrote:woah. those images are real good i couldnt even dream of making things like that

don't be afraid to dream big, you can do better than what I've done here, just like I can.. if it's something that you want to get good at, then don't let anything stop you.. try to make moves out of your comfort zone (in terms of photoshop knowledge).. I've learned more in the past 3 months than I have in the past 4 years.. you have to aggressively pursue knowledge

by **nbalive744** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:35 am

great work extremely hard you make it look easy!!

by **Jackal** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:01 am

what kind of stuff would you like to see?

Something Jackal's waiting for till the date of today?

by **End Boss** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:08 am

well.. if that's something ck wants.. I wouldn't want to dissapoint ck

I don't want to get too high up on my own soap box, but I've got another little thought on the issue of talent. I think alot of people incorrectly define talent as being something of an inate predisposition to excellence. I would tend to define talent as a combination of motivation, technical skill, and experience.

We tend to hold up greats as being almost superhuman. Names like Spielberg, Kubrick, Tolkien, Michelangelo, and Monet probably intimidate people as much as they inspire them. Maybe they just asked more of themselves, knew what they wanted, and went about achieving their goals in a sensible fashion.

by **Jackal** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:32 am

well.. if that's something ck wants.. I wouldn't want to dissapoint ck

Nah, don't worry bout it, I'm happy with my current Sig/Avatar.

by **End Boss** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:42 am

frank's a dude.. If I do it, I'll do it so that I can account for the effort I've already put in.. which has been on and off with assignments and other commitments.. but still I don't like investing time for nothing.. sorry for flaking on you :cry:

by **Keo** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:02 am

Great work, I really like the portraits. You do a really nice job.

by **Jackal** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:05 am

As I said, no worries about it. You had told me not to pin my hopes on it too much & I didn't.

It would've been awesome if I did get it, but it's not the end of the world you decided not to do it.

We're still as good as we were before...well, normal. I doubt I'm good with anyone besides JAM. (Hehe, Jae, Andrew, Matthew = JAM.) :lol:

by **End Boss** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:53 pm

as long as we can still be friends :shock:

working on a new spre sig

need to do the jersey switch and a couple of other things.. maybe throw in a subtle animation..

by **The GOAT** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:56 pm

I like the text effect, but you might want to add something to the background to make it less plain/simple.

by **End Boss** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:09 pm

kk.. starting to get there.. still need to do the switch.. c&c?

by **Colin** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:44 pm

I don't like the animation. But I do like the thing that is animated, I would like it more if it was accentuated a bit. And I suggest making the stroke around the edge the same thickness as the stroke on the bball it's connected to. Text looks very good.

by **John WB** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:09 pm

Spree's T-wolf uni does not match good with the color of that sig. And part of his head is cut off.

by **End Boss** on Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:16 pm

it's a work in progress.. haven't done the jersey switch yet..

personally I didn't have anything against the animation.. I think increasing the stroke was a good move.. but it probably would feel better if it was a pixel thinner.. don't think it necessarily has to match the bball outline.. guess I'll gauge peoples reactions to the change..

got assignment work to do so will either update again later today or tomorrow

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