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Last edited by Mushidoz on Sat, Mar 29 2014, 19:22 PM, edited 1 time in total.

I really suck at drawing, and especially with paint-like softwares. I do basics here and there with paint, but I never managed to understand a thing with photoshop..

Back then, I remember I had a software (fireworks) that could change the hue of a picture (changing the skin color of an already existing picture for example), but that software ended up corrupting my poor laptop

So here are my requests!

Quote:

Goal: I want to change my forum avatar

Situation: I have a picture, and I want to use her head because it fits with Saya.. except she doesn't have the right skin color and doesn't have Saya's marks.

Request 1: Can someone change the picture for me?

Request 2: Can you tell me how to do it -and/or- if there is an easy risk-free.. and free software that can help me to do that sort of stuff -easily-?

Meanwhile, here is the picture:

The changes I want to make are -->
* Changing her face's skin color to a blue tone that is a bit lighter than her current hair.
* Changing her eyes to a purplish crimson color
* Changing the color of these ear things to the same color of her blue skin (to make them seem like elf ears)
* Add marks on her cheeks

(Marks should be the color of her hair - that picture sucks.. only a reference!

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You're asking people to trace? Have you asked the artist's permission to do this?

I most definately did not! That character is from a video game called "Record of Agarest Wars". She is called Murmina, and the picture I sent here is the official look of the character In-game.

http://agarest.wikia.com/wiki/Murmina

That's pretty public domain to me!

Except it's copyrighted material from a video game and the artist on that received renumeration.

You're better off just saying 'draw something like this' than asking for plagiarised work.

Because I bet the people who drew your avatar required Nintendo's permission to reproduce them? Or when Marcel Duchamp added a moustache on the Mona Lisa and wrote LHOOQ (sounds like "she's hot at the ass" when pronounced in French) asked for permission too?

I know the line between plagiarism and legal stuff the like, I even teach the basics to children in school... You can pretty much reproduce everything you want -as long- as you do not make a profit from it and/or hide the fact it was someone else's work to begin with. Also, the moment something becomes public domain, you're pretty much free to go - especially if it's just for a harmless forum avatar.. You technically only need to name the file appropriately to give credit to its owner and you can do what you want as I recall (ModifiedMurmina_AgarestWar_AksysGame.jpg for example)

Just looking at the Amia portrait pack shows the stance on copying pictures is not that harsh

It's still rather offensive to any artists out there. Trace it yourself!

It's not offensive to ask for it... Let me rephrase on Mushi's behalf, so that you copyright-worriers are appeased: "Could an artist please create their own impression of the above, with the mentioned changes?"

This was done (by a friend). Should have sent a PM now.

Last edited by nadzieja7 on Sun, Mar 30 2014, 17:12 PM, edited 1 time in total.

Silkelock wrote:

Just looking at the Amia portrait pack shows the stance on copying pictures is not that harsh

Also a good free software to do such stuff is Gimp. Very similar to photoshop.
Changing the hue should be fairly easy and there are tutorials also.

I could probably give it a try, but I see Tom has already done it?

A friend of Tom did, thanks a lot to both too!

The thread can be locked ^^

PS: To all of you offended people, if you wish to war against copyright issues, I suggest you go flame on the portrait thread instead.. (lol) Or you can always open up a discussion thread somewhere on that subject.

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