Current active challenges updated

[tinny]

The list of current challenges has been updated. Quite a few comms closed, sadly, but we have one new comm that hadn't been listed so far:



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Our own current challenge still runs until the 25th


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LIYM

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FIYSL

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alexia_drake | colls

The lighting in the first one is amazing, and so is the crop in the second one. I love the coloring in both.

Re: LIYM

[juliet316]

Speaking of nexticon:

Re: LIYM

[sheliak]

Yesterday I taught myself to make gif icons! And gifs in general.

First attempt:


Second attempt (getting a little fancy, and moving the last frame back so she doesn't look quite so much as if she's just banged her knee on the edge of the frame):


Concrit welcome! As I said, I am brand new to this kind of thing.

Re: LIYM

[tinny]

You did a great job for the first try! Kudos for that! It looks really good - sharp and nice coloring. I actually like how she's bouncing around in the square, like the walls are repelling her. :D

I think the number of frames could be higher, it looks a little jumpy. But what source did you use? Do you even have more frames than this? If not, well, you did a great job and it's perfect.

If you do have more frames, there is still a lot of space left and you could add a few more - I always try to get as close to the size limit as possible. :D And now DW has increased the gif limit, too. Lots of space to play with.

For the second one, I would suggest trying to leave the texture in one place. I see you centered it around her head, but I find the way it jumps back and forth a little distracting. How does it look when you leave it stationary?

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[sheliak]

Thank you! :)

You're right about the jumpiness, but I think four frames was the most I could do under the circumstances—this is the original panel (though not the scan I used): http://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Kitty-Pryde-X-Men-Arien-Sprite-early-dancing-h.jpg

I see what you mean about the texture. How's this? (Very quick attempt, using positions from the plain background because that was what I had saved in an easier format to mess with.)


The other thing I can think of is moving the texture horizontally but keeping it in place vertically, but that might be a bit trickier to align, and might still have the same issues as centering it on her.