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synj · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 10:34 am

Or, self portrait of someone else rather? I did this at work in about 20-30 minutes trying to look down into a CD reflecting my mug. I really don't think I look like this, but it resembles me closely. Why I look so different in the reflection than this picture is beyond me. I could go on forever about how I may have captured alot of the lines properly but not how I look. Go figure.

Anyway, just felt like sharing my first digital attempt at one.

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digitalmar · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 10:51 am

Looks pretty cool. Maybe you should include a small picture of yourself to compare it.

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digitalmar · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 10:57 am

Did that work? Sorry guys, newbie here.

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Justin Kramer · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 11:02 am

synj: cool. This is the first thing I've seen by you that isn't really cartoony. Keep up the good work

Sergenth · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 1:08 pm

That's a swinging, jazzy, cool portrait. I see the host of flatheads are at your beck and call.

It would help if you looked a tad bit more insane. All artists need that edge :P Just look at Joachim's self-portraits!! Yeheheehe!!

As for the animation... what the hell is that? Reverse sign language? Me and my sis cannot figure out what that mad hobo is trying to do! Truthfully, I may never know, but regardless of that, I really like the arm motion when he is popping up!

Try for some more spastic action when he is swithcing poses - nothing that requires extra animated recoil though!!1!11!! After he pops up, he kinda moves at the same steady pace and falls back down at that same slower pace.

synj · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 1:13 pm

sergenth: hehe yeah i know I was thinking that as I was completing. "hmm.. i sure look bored. i forgot its me thats the subject matter".

as for the animation comments - well, basically I just wanted to test out his range of crap that I could do. It started as him threatening someone in the middle. I agree with you on the pace changes, but I never really animated anything moving that slow inbetween and wanted to give it a shot.

thanks for the detailed critique! I'll keep that stuff in mind.

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digitalmar · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 1:18 pm

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digitalmar: i'd appreciate it if you didn't try to hijack my thread :P looks cool though.

Sorry synj. By the title of your thread I thought you wanted everyone to post their self-portraits. My bad. . .

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synj · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 2:08 pm

not a prob.

Joachim · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 2:09 pm

nooo synj, the link doens't work. I wanna see !

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Bg · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 2:11 pm

That animation is frigging good.

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synj · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 2:15 pm

eh joachim? it seems to be working.. hmm. well try again in a little bit and if its not i'll send it to you.

el tigre · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 3:45 pm

weeee you look like Morcombe or Wise i don't remember which, the silly one.

The claw is my master!

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AliasMoze · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2001 12:21 am

I really like your self portrait, Synj.
Now, who's the guy in the foreground?

synj · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2001 12:25 am

OH LOOK AN ANIMATED GOODIE CLICK HERE WEEE

hehe alias. i'm trying to figure that out myself.

digitalmar: i'd appreciate it if you didn't try to hijack my thread :P looks cool though.

why the heck didn't i touch up my moustache under my nose? hehe that sure looks weird.

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

synj: you should have flipped the CD over to use the reflective side to draw from.

By the way congrats on the ball and ch... err marriage thingy.

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Bizarde · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2001 12:37 am

yellow. dig it.

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sear · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2001 5:20 am

hi synj, here's my selfportrait:

pretty scary, eh?

yours is real nice.

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Joachim · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2001 5:46 am

now I see it synj. Looks really nice ! and your animation is really cool too

sear and digitalmar, nice ones you too.

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