The Hermit Needs to be "Hip"

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On behalf of my character, I am requesting him a graphic and/or signature for the Hermit. Something simple and plain would probably fit his personality nicely. In his opinion, neither a graphic nor a signature is needed, but if necessary than the process should be as simple as possible as to minimize intrusion.

[Jo KIM]

I guess I'm not good at unobtrusive graphics, or maybe I just see Gareth as being a whimsical chara so I made these graphics in that spirit? If these are too bright, maybe someone else can do something a bit more subdued.

For the avvie, I found this pretty pic of some of Gareth's friends ^^ .


For the sig, I couldn't find any real people who looked like Gareth, but I found this gorgeous piece of sculpture that made me think of him. I inserted it into this forest scene 'cause it was cooler than just a plain BG.

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I may have another go at this. While looking at the sprite thread again, I had an epiphany; Gareth's sprite looks a lot like Isaac Hayes (aside from the fact Isaac Hayes never showed his age nearly as much as Gareth-- I credit that to Gareth living out in the elements all those years and not taking care of his appearance, where I'm sure Isaac did). I'll see what I can come up with, and hopefully it will be a bit less "loud" than the first set ^^ .

[Jo KIM]

I discovered something when Googling around for Isaac Hayes; there are no ratty-looking pictures of that man. He was youthful-looking and attractive all the way up to his death at 65, thus my attempts at graphics for Gareth result in a strangely good-looking Hermit. Not sure how I feel about that, but here they are, anyway.





Erm, well, at least they're not as bright as the first ones, as they were done in only a reddish, sepia-ish kind of scheme. Whether that makes them better or not is your call.

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Very interesting choice, but if you're looking to make Isaac look older, you should be able to add a few wrinkles easily. I may just be using my photo editing knowledge, but you might be able to make the very smooth man show his age with a few short strokes.

[Jo KIM]

I've never done that before. I could try if I had a tut or something, but I don't wanna feel like I'm disrespecting his memory by messing around with his pics too much. He was a cool guy.

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Here are a few graphics I made, including two versions of a sig. I couldn't decide on a quote, so I took one that I liked and then I made up another one. You tell me which one you like.