Orion's GFX

[McConnaughay]

I realize that I could continuously post my latest signatures because they're more than likely to be rapidly coming as I try to relearn the ropes and try out things to see exactly what I'm good at, but I don't want to do that, so I decided just to make my own little thread where I can post the GFX after I make it. I think I've gotten past the stage where I am going to make something out of literally everything and have desired to truly have some direction behind what I make, I don't relatively consider myself good but I do enjoy doing it which is all that I care about and if somebody happens to enjoy it than that's even better.

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The idea was whenever I came up with it at first to truly just represent the downfalls that the Spiderman character had to withstand and that truly so many things had to be on his mind. I didn't expect for it to take the route that it did and while I'm not sure how my feelings are regarding it, I think it was an interesting piece to say the least. The other idea that I had was to have a main focal of Spider-Man with in the background, the scene where he told Mary Jane that he could never be with her, along with a series of quotes from the movie questioning what direction that he could take, which is something that I think I'll try out. I didn't want to go with the picture that I did on the side, something about it, I just don't like it that much, I wanted to go with this picture from the movie of Spider-Man walking with his mask off but the only picture like that I could find is from the remake that is going to come about soon. I also didn't like how the city turned out, it just feels a little choppy in my opinion, but originally I wanted a background for the Mary Jane picture, then I saw this and got ideas. Oh, and I don't like how the text turned out, that alone makes me feel like I'm gong to have to remake this signature down the line.

For those that may ask, I actually am not a fan of the Fantastic Four nor do I consider myself a fan of Human Torch in general, though I think the power is really unique. I saw this background and the wheels started turning, I hadn't at first desired for it to be like this, but the other idea wasn't any better. I'd say that although I can more visibly see the flaws that are on it, I enjoy this signature the most out of the bunch I've made in recent days since returning from my long hiatus. I feel that I'm back to the kiddie days of just learning the ropes, but with a more gradual approach. I didn't think about the surroundings actually not giving off a PSD vibe but I can always fix that later and probably will.



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[Flurry]

Lookin' pretty good!

 

[Evil Eye]

I like the first... that second needs to be bigger, though. To deal with that glow.

 

[McConnaughay]

I took off the flames around it, it's weird for so many people to say that the Spider-Man piece is the best, because although I believe that I put more work into it, I thought it turned out iffy. The same thing was said about my Spawn signature when I put it with the others.​

 

[Evil Eye]

No complaining! You just can't get a fresh view of it anymore after working on it.



Oh, it looks better like that, yeah.

 

[McConnaughay]

I am going to remake this one because I thought the idea of creating a totally random atmosphere for the characters was correct but I need to do some work with the Zim aspect and make his legs not be viewable behind the trees, I also should find pictures that support the surroundings better, maybe if I search I'll be able to find Gir sitting on a lawn chair or something.





I also made these, they're more similar to what I usually make, I tried to put emphasize on the monstrous side of Wolverine. At first, I went with Hugh Jackman's performance of Wolverine for the main focal but I thought that it took away from the comic pictures so I gave it a comic focal as well.

 

[Joel]

What a pity. All of your graphics are from Imageshack, and I can't view em.

 

[McConnaughay]

What a pity. All of your graphics are from Imageshack, and I can't view em.

Do you have Image Shack blocked or something? I use it personally because I find it better than Photo Bucket, I wouldn't call it better than Tiny Pic but it's a preference because I don't like punching it a confirmation code every time that I upload something.

 

[Armin]

It looks awesome, I like the use of color. Very nicely detailed.

 

[McConnaughay]

It looks awesome, I like the use of color. Very nicely detailed.

I appreciate the positive feedback, I am currently working on a piece that while it will take a long time, I'm not sure will come out spectacular, and I'll post it up whenever I'm done.

 

[Gizmo]

Wow nice work!

 

[McConnaughay]

It's a banner that I made for my S-Universe website, I know that the name Smiley Federation seems silly and my all regard it is but it actually paying homage to one of the people that helped create the S-Universe. The Global Online Federation first began in 2007, and Mr. Smiley was the co-owner for quite some time. It used to be an E-Fed which for those of you that are not aware, is where you get to create your own professional wrestler or to portray a currently active professional wrestlers and make segments and feuds much like you'd see on real television. Some federations don't do this, but we do, where the competitors will face one another and we decide the winner based on their match RP. Basically, you have to write move for move what happens in a match, make it back in fourth, tell a story, then conclude smoothly, usually it can last anywhere between four and eight paragraphs. People think it takes tons of work but really, whenever you're really interested in something, it just kinda happens and doesn't take too much effort. Now, since we've evolved, we're no longer a competition necessarily but more than anything just a text-based wrestling promotion with a couple of writers putting together a show every week composed of characters that we made up.

I've tried to work around so many things and it seems like I'm just a fingertip away of making something decent before it slips from my grasp, I have made anywhere between three to five signatures using this background just trying to compose something credible but to no avail. I guess that I am done with this format that you saw with this signature and looking for something new. It's not necessary to even comment on this signature, because I know that it sucks.

 

[Evil Eye]

That S-Universe pic doesn't actually work...

 

[McConnaughay]

That S-Universe pic doesn't actually work...

What do you mean, I saw it just fine myself, I reuploaded it using Image Shack.

 

[Evil Eye]

Maybe you had a cached version

 

[McConnaughay]

Maybe you had a cached version

Who knows, the image worked for me on here.

 

[Marc]

All images works fine for me as well. Nice work, btw.

 

[McConnaughay]

These banners are fairly old, as they are from the Smiley Federation whenever it was during it's second era, over a year and a half ago, we're in the third era at the moment.

There's three or four more of the bunch but I can't be bothered to dig around and find them at the moment.

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[McConnaughay]

I whipped up a few smaller ones, that I still need to add text to but I will do such at a later time, I have them open in a shop in other places as well are they up for grabs here, so I don't want to add text yet.

I originally wanted to add more to the Captain America signature however, whenever I whipped up the background by using brushes for the base than putting the America Flag on it, I really liked what I saw. I am looking for a new good focal for the signature.





Also included are the promotional posters that I've made over the last couple of months for my shows, first listing all of the posters for The Golden Federation.

I wish that I could show you more of The Golden Federation but three of the four posters that I made seem to have been deleted or misplaced. This is a poster that was made for the second era of The Smiley Federation, the era really didn't last too long compared to the three years or so that the first era lasted because although I think it had great ideas going into it much of them fell beneath the cracks.

I also wanted to post more posters but they were deleted, here is the latest poster that I made for Honor Renewed and Until Death Do Us Part. Until Death Do Us Part is smaller because it was for a regular show and regular shows aren't loved apparently. None of them are really special, kinda just whipped them up really quick for each show so it's feel more pay-per-view like.

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