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the "Exaltification" Thread
danelsan
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:16:31 PM(UTC)

So, here we are, ready to start anew...but instead I'll start exactly like I started the other time :D



So here are a bunch of links to all images in the old thread. I'm not very well organized with my images, so if anybody notices I forgot something, feel free to post it or let me know what is missing.



Also, people who had request in the "fed to the void"  older thread that I had not time to do yet, please repost your request, so that I know what to do with the pictures.



Oh! Jang (or whoever you are now), did you read my post with a link to a lot of Bleach wallpapers before the forum reboot?



And I've not yet heard from [don't remember who it was] who asked for the Herd Guardian. Is it any good?



Here we go , Big Wall-o-links! Now with Thumbnail previews :D















































































By the way, the image named "lunartest2" was not modified by me and, just as a reminder and for the newcomers: I have NOT drawn these pictures. I lack decent equipment to put my drawing skills to full use in the computer. these images were collected all over the internet by me and other posters and modified to become Exalted pictures. Some of them were heavily modified, but none was completely drawn by me, ok?



Finally, I accept requests - post a picture, tell me what you want me to do with it (only Exalted related stuff, please), and I'll see if I can do it



I'll be posting the old requests first, as I finish them.









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Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
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annatar777
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:52:35 PM(UTC)
Hey, man!



Seeing all these lovely, awesome, fantastic thumbs I've just realized how MUCH I bothered you.



I'm also very thankful, since I use them all a lot in my campaign.



Will you post those last pics I asked for modifications or may I post them again?





DeathmatchFM
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:27:18 PM(UTC)

Full Moon Caste Lunar with tatoos and blue eyes? -> http://meganerid.deviant.../Female-Warrior-48127728 



Show me your magic! Please and thank you!
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chavamana
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:36:53 PM(UTC)
Twilight weapons crafter - can you golden the bow, please?



http://i660.photobucket....havamana/silentdin01.jpg

The Wizard of Oz
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:30:45 PM(UTC)
Glad to see this up and running again.

I love this thread. Partly because of the exaltification pictures, and partly just because I get to see nice fantasy art from all over the net.

Thankyou very much for this Danel, and all the others who post up nice pictures.

Pac
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:35:27 PM(UTC)
Danel, you sir are a glorious golden god!
Warlord_of_the_Abyss
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:41:25 PM(UTC)

oh how I missed this thread. Keep them coming and if I see a pic I wsh to exaltificate I will send this way
Kaelthalan
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:45:45 PM(UTC)
Holy crap!  These are amazing.  I'm now going to keep my eyes open for source material for your magic.  Amazing work, Danel.



Errmmm...any way I could get one of these as a thumbnail...<grin>

Mistress of Whispers
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:00:53 AM(UTC)

Coolness! I have a few pics that almost-but-not-quite fit my character, I'll have to go dig them up.
danelsan
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:40:11 AM(UTC)

Urgh! I'm having some trouble replying in this new forum...Hmm...I Think I got it now...



Anyway. Someone in the old thread asked for me to turn this redhead girl here:







in a Fire Aspect. I was supposed to remove the cowgirl by her side, but
that would leave an incomplete redhead for me to work with. Instead, I
tracked down another picture of her and modified it into what you see
here:







I didn't even had to modify much, as the image was very "flaming"
already! (although I left the sword to do last and it caused some extra
work in the layers above it) Hopefully, this one will work for whoever
made the original request emotion-1.gif



And, someone posted a princess in the old thread so that I turn her
into an abyssal. Despite the friendly face, I'm pretty sure it was
supposed to be a Dusk caste (If not, just tell me and I'll change it).
Here she is, with dark dress (except the whitish part of it that is
made of ghosts emotion-1.gif  ), pale skin, some skull jewelry for good measure,
and the caste mark, of course. Enjoy!



 

Not the resident forum anything. I'm not a resident here! I don't live here! I DO OTHER THINGS WITH MY LIFE, I SWEAR!

Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
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MetalGecko
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:29:01 PM(UTC)
http://wiimedia.ign.com/...rt-20070511025549380.jpg could you make this into a Zenith with shiny golden armor?
Rydi
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:29:37 PM(UTC)
Glad to see this back up!



Great job on the pics, and now you can display them right on the thread, so no linking.

Lavertue
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:39:42 PM(UTC)

I hate seeing some arts that have a power level over nine thousand... but anyway, in our group of players, we have a lot of people who know how to draw and a few who live by selling arts so I can't complaint.



I'll just leave this here...

http://soji-chan.deviantart.com/gallery/



She takes commissions so you could have your character designed by someone who is used to exalted.



http://seiteki9.deviantart.com/

Another friend who draw exalted stuff

annatar777
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:06:11 PM(UTC)
Those two last pics you posted were mine (AGAIN, sorry!), danel !



Thanks so much (multiplies per thousand) !!



Loved them.







Blackdagger
Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:40:45 PM(UTC)
Ah, I'm glad this has survived the cataclysmic upheavel that destroyed our old Forum.

@danelsan 

Could you post the link to your guide, again? And are you still looking for feedback from someone trying your guidelines with CS4?

undefined
Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:56:12 AM(UTC)

Thank you, Danel, for keeping this wonderful thread going. Haven't Exaltified any more pics, been away from the computer for a few days. Hopefully there'll be some time for it soon, though!

danelsan
Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:07:09 PM(UTC)

The link for my (now outdated, due to pointing to the thread in the old forum) Caste Mark guide is here



I'd also like to tell that I've not posted more modifications yet because I'm working on the Anima Banner guide emotion-1.gif



Not the resident forum anything. I'm not a resident here! I don't live here! I DO OTHER THINGS WITH MY LIFE, I SWEAR!

Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
magnificentmomo
Saturday, March 07, 2009 3:15:45 PM(UTC)

Danel, I have been a fan of your work.

I have a humble request that may be a challenge because I am not sure if you have done one to date. A Fair Folk, from the east.


I was thinking his skin would be a caucasian skin town with just a bit of green, so it is almost normal and he would have vines in his hair and his clothes would be a little more plantlike and maybe some other Wyld flair to the pic for fun. He is a charming sort, so if you want to play with that somehow.

If this is silly just dismiss me outright and I won't mind.
Thank you for your time and patience.
Raksha are my fae-vorite.
Jang
Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:37:31 AM(UTC)

"danelsan" wrote:
Oh! Jang (or whoever you are now), did you read my post with a link to a lot of Bleach wallpapers before the forum reboot?





Twas me. Le Jang! And thank you so much :D I found a wallpaper that is total awesomesauce (Who was it that gave me this expression?) You and your picture skills. Also, that air aspect DB I order from you. Used him yesterday. It was EPIC! Thank you so much...
I live and ST by this decree
Maese Mateo
Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:41:59 AM(UTC)

Can you make him an Eclipse?... Is exactly has i imagine my Eclipse Sorcerer.



http://img164.imagevenue...861lo.jpg&loc=loc861



Thanks in advance! ^_^
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danelsan
Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:14:09 PM(UTC)

Well, some managed to finish a few [:D]



The twilight turned Eclipse. Just changed the caste mark, as the rest was already done







For these next two Lunars, I must say I'm very happy that I started getting tons of custom brush sets from DA [emotion-1.gif]



The bear totem changing moon somebody asked for in the old forum. The bear nose (his Tell) looks a bit strange, but I bet a guy with a bear nose would be weird in real life too! Also added the caste mark and tattoos







And the blue eyed full moon girl. I never get to know her Tell, so I didn't add any animal characteristic, but her caste mark and tattoos look very good along with that moonsilver armor







Hmm...I'm not very thrilled about these new forums...the quoting system is weird and the emoticons are ugly as hell!



Not the resident forum anything. I'm not a resident here! I don't live here! I DO OTHER THINGS WITH MY LIFE, I SWEAR!

Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
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The Glorious Dude of Stuff on 6/27/2011(UTC)
Maese Mateo
Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:23:48 PM(UTC)

"danelsan" wrote:
The twilight turned Eclipse. Just changed the caste mark, as the rest was already done




Thanks a lot!!! ^_^
Daystar Chronicles - My homebrew material blog for Exalted 2nd Edition.

If you answer this poll baby Malfeas won't nuke your family...for now.
Xerum525
Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:32:37 PM(UTC)
Wow!  I would love to take you up on this offer.  Here's the pic



http://s71.photobucket.c...view&current=IWH.jpg



He is a night caste from Thorns with black hair and a perfect bow of dark wood.  Have fun with it!
DeathmatchFM
Sunday, March 08, 2009 10:37:12 PM(UTC)

"danelsan" wrote:
And the blue eyed full moon girl. I never get to know her Tell, so I didn't add any animal characteristic, but her caste mark and tattoos look very good along with that moonsilver armor




You're god.  It looks amazing.  As for the Tell, I didn't have you include it because it wouldn't be visible in that picture.  But it's awesome.  Thank you, thank you, and thank you so much emotion-1.gif
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Reminiscent Oasis
Monday, March 09, 2009 3:03:14 AM(UTC)

I just have two things to say:



1) I love the artwork.



2) I hate Image Venue.



With its Adult Friend Finder ads.



With Audio.



When I have my speakers on.



At Work.



And I was busy doing something else while waiting for the image to load.



Luckily, I got to it quickly enough and all that could be heard was footsteps and "Welcome to Adult F--"

annatar777
Monday, March 09, 2009 5:41:29 AM(UTC)
"Reminiscent Oasis" wrote:
With its Adult Friend Finder ads.



With Audio.



When I have my speakers on.



At Work.




AhAhHahHahHAhAHhhaahahHaHAHHAHA  !!  I can imagine the scene...!!



fant0mX
Monday, March 09, 2009 2:03:28 PM(UTC)
Hey Danel!



Just reporting in from the old thread.  Hey, I posted an image a while back in the old thread hoping you could Abyssalize it.  You've been busy, but I was hoping you'd have time to modify it if you could.  The character is now not being used, but I'd still like to see him fully exalted.



Abyssal Cowboy



Description wise; he's a Dusk caste that uses Firewands and Flame Pieces.  His anima, if you'd like to include it, is the shadow of a great eagle, surrounded by countless shadows of smaller birds.  The picture is pretty... bright.  Maybe you can change that, too?



Thanks so much for your work.  I really appreciate it.

danelsan
Monday, March 09, 2009 10:50:28 PM(UTC)

"Reminiscent Oasis" wrote:
I just have two things to say:



1) I love the artwork.



2) I hate Image Venue.



With its Adult Friend Finder ads.



With Audio.



When I have my speakers on.



At Work.



And I was busy doing something else while waiting for the image to load.



Luckily, I got to it quickly enough and all that could be heard was footsteps and "Welcome to Adult F--"




Oh Boy! Good to hear you like the artwork. Sorry about the ads problem.(and you should be ashamed of seeing gaming pics at work! Don't you know that you'd better use the time to work on your Nocturnals? [emotion-1.gif] )



These Ads, I never knew about that. See, this is one of the many reasons I like Firefox: Add-ons. Like the Adblock that has allowed me to navigate Image Venue and much more without such inconveniences...But I don't have any particular passion for Image Venue. If anybody knows a good (free) image hosting site (that hosts for unlimited time) without such things as "adult friend finder" or "enlarge your penis" ads, let me know.



Anyway, I'm stopping by to  warn you guys that I'll be working in some marketing material for the next few days, so I'll probably not post any modifications this week.



Other photoshop users: that don't stop you from trying some modifications of your own!



Everybody: feel free to keep posting your requests, I'll try to catch up when I can. I just ask that you put only a small number at a time, no enormous lists from a single requester, ok?
Not the resident forum anything. I'm not a resident here! I don't live here! I DO OTHER THINGS WITH MY LIFE, I SWEAR!

Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
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Blackdagger
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:12:01 AM(UTC)
As long as you don't mind, I'll pick one or two pics that have been linked here and try modifying it/them today.

Blackdagger
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:23:17 AM(UTC)
So, I've finally found the time to try my hand at this. The guide danelsan posted was very useful and made things far easier.

I'm not really happy with how the bow turned out, but I also didn't want to waste too much time on it. If the mood strikes, I'll see if I'll redo it.

Other than that, I hope it's close enough to what the person who asked for this to be "exaltified" was imagining.

Comments, especially constructive ones are welcome.




silentdin01_dusty.jpg twilight_silentdin01 image by Dustangel0000


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chavamana
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:39:36 PM(UTC)
Thanks for the try Blackdagger - but it looks too much like a zenith mark, it's hard to see the half-circle, obfuscated by outer glow and the base color of the caste mark being too close in color.  Like the glimpses of orichalcum glow on the leather stiching, thou.

Blackdagger
Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:04:22 AM(UTC)
That should be pretty easy to fix. I'll do that later (still don't want to go back to the bow, I lost half an hour of work due to a crash, that's why it's done lazily).

Korhal_IV
Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:38:20 AM(UTC)
"Blackdagger" wrote:
That should be pretty easy to fix. I'll do that later (still don't want to go back to the bow, I lost half an hour of work due to a crash, that's why it's done lazily).






Dude, it's an attractive woman, in this thread, who is NOT half-naked. I may actually be able to use that for a female NPC in my game! You HAVE to finish it!



As a note, the Twilight mark seems to collide a little roughly with the wave in her hair - maybe use a mask layer and clear away a bit of the Twilight mark, so that her hair seems to be blocking the light a little? Otherwise it looks a tad unrealistic. This is my only complaint - I think it's perfectly visible as a Twilight mark, and the marks shouldn't be so blatantly distinguishable (after all, why should the Wyld Hunt get an easy advantage?).
chavamana
Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:46:28 AM(UTC)
That's why I liked her - pretty, but not half-dressed sexy.  Granted in my game she's a mind-wiped Solar whose traded just about every memory from her current life in exchange for protection for the village that she grew up in... Not that it went well, but she doesn't remember why she should care.



If you want a real challenge, you can try to add her aura - every artifact she's ever created rises from the ground to swirl around her in a whirlwind.

Blackdagger
Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:21:44 AM(UTC)
The hair was bothering me, too. On one hand it'd look more realistic with the hair over the caste mark, on the other it shines through everything. I originally wanted to just show the outline of the hair, but that didn't look as nice as it would with an anime like drawing.

Heh, I like the idea but I'm really bad at drawing stuff myself. If I find a bunch of nice weapons/armors in a similiar style I might actually try.



EDIT: Uh-oh. I just realized that I didn't save the pic as a psd for a while, so I'll have to cut and paste a bit xD

Blackdagger
Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:06:14 AM(UTC)

silentdin01_dusty_2.jpg image by Dustangel0000

Here's the same pic with a bit of hair added.

I've also made one where you could see the caste mark better, but it didn't look that well. Maybe I'll correct it later.
undefined
Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:49:44 PM(UTC)

Ok, just to mess with tattoos, I updated the Lunar girl from a couple weeks ago.





Photobucket





Lots of layering via cut and subsequent deleting :p
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The Glorious Dude of Stuff on 6/27/2011(UTC)
Blackdagger
Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:55:02 PM(UTC)
Hell, they look great!

Did you mostly get it right away or did you have a lot of fiddling around with some specific area?

undefined
Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:10:11 PM(UTC)

After learning about brushes (how did I not know them before?), it was fairly easy. Just pick your color, stamp it somewhere, then lasso and cut away whatever parts can't be seen. After all's said and done, set the blending to Screen and play with Outer Glow.



Think next one I'll try and do an actual tat theme, as opposed to going "Ooh, this one's neat!"

gerz
Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:41:02 PM(UTC)
can anyone tell me the original source of this picture: http://img21.imagevenue....No_Tatoos_122_573lo.jpg ?



It is really cool, and ironically how I imagine my character in a non-Exalted game.

Tyranthraxus
Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:28:32 PM(UTC)
I found the image on Google image search; it's a crop of a larger image with a second person.



The original image



My crop of it



Hope that helps you.



While I'm at it, I might as well submit my newest character:



My No Moon Lunar, Alan



His Eclipse Solar mate, Sara

gerz
Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:34:47 PM(UTC)
Thank you!

undefined
Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:54:25 PM(UTC)

Ok, think I finished her tattoos.



Photobucket




It's really a great piece for practicing. Clean lines, plenty of skin to work with, even background, etc.

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The Glorious Dude of Stuff on 6/27/2011(UTC)
danelsan
Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:25:46 PM(UTC)

You are right about this picture. Requesters: if you find yourself torn between two or more pictures that could represent your character, such things as even backgrounds (preferably with a color distinguishably different from the character's) and clean lineart should be considered. it make the "exaltification" work much easier and faster. Most of the requests by Annatar are also good examples of this, as are most of character's pictures found in japanese RPG videogame manuals.

That kind of stuff is particularly important when dealing with extensive modifications.



Oh! Undefined: great tattoo design, but it seems you forgot to add an outer glow in the last one.



Well, I'm finally less busy, and had enough time to advance a little the Anima Banner guide. I also had time to do a couple modifications



This lunar was requested by a friend who was in need of this NPC for a gaming session with his group. A bit of a rush job, but the guy liked it



 



This piece is now a zenith, as requested, with golden armor and bright caste mark. Some not-very-clean lines and the background gave me some trouble, but I like this artist a lot and, curiously, had long ago downloaded this same image and planned to make a zenith out of it too!

 



Now, I must say I'm really glad to see other peole making their own mods. It has been an unstated goal of mine since I first made the thread in the old forum, and I've chosen to alter the thread name this time around to reflect that it doesn't need to be works that I have exaltified. particularly good timing too, since I've been quite busy and unable to keep up with the rithym of new requests. With more people trying it should be easier to make the modifications fast enough.



Perhaps, as we define better our strong/weak points, people will then be able to ask for a specific "exaltificator" for their pic? Or sometime we can all try the same pic, just to compare results and share wich tricks each one used?



Anyway, this thread is even more fun now, I'll be back as soon as I can!



 

Not the resident forum anything. I'm not a resident here! I don't live here! I DO OTHER THINGS WITH MY LIFE, I SWEAR!

Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
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The Glorious Dude of Stuff on 6/27/2011(UTC)
undefined
Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:50:27 PM(UTC)

Yeah, the glow isn't very pronounced, I used a small spread and copied the layer/normal blended the lower one to sharpen the lines a bit. The book tattoo pictures always seemed to me to be a bit more subdued than the caste marks, mileage varying, of course emotion-1.gif



The full body shot of the snake girl is awesome. I need to find more pictures like that to play with, most of the stuff on my hard drive is significantly more busy.

danelsan
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:19:03 PM(UTC)

Finished one more, this time of a character I'll get to play, not as ST, for a change emotion-1.gif I've used this picture before, for someone's Earth Aspect in Black Jade armor, but it is a Dawn Caste this time. I also added some hearthstone sockets in the armor and weapon. Modified his Daiklave because it is a higher level artifact with more hearthstone sockets and an integrated essence cannon, similar to those found in Mountain Folk's Power Maces

This character is a southern First Age commander, so I darkened his skin, gave him red hair (he was born relatively near the Elemental Pole of Fire). He favors Survival, which explains why he doesn't need clothing appropriate for the scorching desert heat.

As a final touch of "I'm a badass solar", I added that cape he is using.







"Transplantation" is something I don't use very often, but can bring quite interesting results. Overall, this piece gave me a lot of work, but I think it was worth it.





Not the resident forum anything. I'm not a resident here! I don't live here! I DO OTHER THINGS WITH MY LIFE, I SWEAR!

Needing Art inspiration for your character? Or maybe you've got the right art, but it could use some extras to look more like your Exalt? For that and more, check the Exaltification Thread
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The Glorious Dude of Stuff on 6/27/2011(UTC)
annatar777
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:27:21 PM(UTC)
Freakin' unbelievable, man! One of your best modifications, indeed.



It was me who asked for an Earth Aspect DB, but it's nice to see it turned into a Dawn Caste.



Awesome!   =)





Killjoy
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:33:14 PM(UTC)

I have to say you do top notch work. Incredible! Keep up the good work.
MetalGecko
Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:31:11 PM(UTC)
Wicked cool for the Zenith pic!
undefined
Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:59:29 PM(UTC)

Question on the tattoos. What color do you start with, or do you blend them with something other than screen? That always makes it near-white for anything other than an extremely vibrant color.

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