The Art of DigiChars

[Vaporman87]

I thought I might post some of the images that I'll be using to decorate the site, and to help get visitors to it familiar with the world/"pets". Here is a simple battle image for the "Main" page.

[squiggler]

This is interesting, definitely! I like it. Do you want crit?

[Vaporman87]

I welcome criticism, yes. :)

[squiggler]

Well, having been to your site, the images are a bit big for signatures. I like the clear and bold lines; that might make them easier to shrink if you want.
The mask vs. bare face is a bit jarring, but as long as there are multiple varieties, it should be fine. I definitely like the color choices!
The action poses are pretty dynamic, though Mask seems off balance. It's really hard to dodge backwards and punch forwards at the same time. Dodging and then punching would work, but take extra time. Punching with the back hand while twisting to the right (forward) wouldn't, so raising the left hand might work.
For Bareface, having the back arm out straight puts them off balance. Bending it even slightly would help. Limbs are rarely straight when fighting because it makes you rigid and it's easier for your opponent to break them.
When creating further action poses, it helps to play out the poses yourself, or watch fighting competitions and even exercise videos- yoga for example.

[Vaporman87]

I see what you mean regarding the image sizes for signature images. That's something I'm going to have to work out.

Is it possible to code some way for all signature images to appear smaller than the images displayed throughout the site? That would be ideal!

Also, thank you for the other advice. I'm am not used to working with this type of image. If you see here, my work generally is "more free flowing" and less restrictive than the cartoonish forms I've chosen here. I started with a sketch, scanned it in, then laid down each line, one at a time, using only the elipse creator and line creator tools in Paint.NET. No freehanding of lines was done. It's hard to adjust to, but I'm getting there. :)

[squiggler]

Again, just a workaround, but you can post a link to bbcode for mini images. This thread is an example where a user did it.
I also know that freeforums.org has an add-on called the image resizer. It only resizes images on their forum, though.

[Vaporman87]

I just inserted some image size info into the existing bb/html codes to shrink 'em down. Now they display at half the size in forums. Cool.

[squiggler]

Cool! If you want to share it, I'm sure many would appreciate it.

[Vaporman87]

Oh yeah! Sure thing.

Simply open the myadoptsview.php file in the /view folder, and find the following piece of code:

$forumComment = new Comment("Forum BBCode: ");		
		$forumComment->setUnderlined();
        $forumcode = "[img]{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}levelup/siggy/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}[/img]";		
	    $forumArea = new TextArea("forumcode", $forumcode, 4, 50);
		$forumArea->setReadOnly(TRUE);
		
		$altComment = new Comment("Alternative BBCode: ");		
		$altComment->setUnderlined();
        $altcode = "[img]{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}get/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}.gif\"[/img]";
	    $altArea = new TextArea("altcode", $altcode, 4, 50);
		$altArea->setReadOnly(TRUE);
		
		$htmlComment = new Comment("HTML BBCode: ");		
		$htmlComment->setUnderlined();
        $htmlcode = "<a href='{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}levelup/click/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}' target='_blank'>
	                 <img src='{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}levelup/siggy/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}' border=0></a>";
	    $htmlArea = new TextArea("htmlcode", $htmlcode, 4, 50);
		$htmlArea->setReadOnly(TRUE);

Now add your size preferences to each of these three forum code choices. (Keep in mind that forums using BBCode instead of HTML will sometimes have their settings for using resizing turned off, or they may use a different set of resizing code)

Here I added my resizing preference to the first BBCode option:

$forumComment = new Comment("Forum BBCode: ");		
		$forumComment->setUnderlined();
        $forumcode = "[img height=126 width=145]{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}levelup/siggy/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}[/img]";		
	    $forumArea = new TextArea("forumcode", $forumcode, 4, 50);
		$forumArea->setReadOnly(TRUE);

Above, I changed the [img] to [img height=126 width=145]. If this doesn't work in a specific forum, you can also try [img 126x145]. Next, do the same for the "Alternative BBCode":

$altComment = new Comment("Alternative BBCode: ");		
		$altComment->setUnderlined();
        $altcode = "[img height=126 width=145]{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}get/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}.gif\"[/img]";
	    $altArea = new TextArea("altcode", $altcode, 4, 50);
		$altArea->setReadOnly(TRUE);

And then, the one that works most reliably, the HTML code:

$htmlComment = new Comment("HTML BBCode: ");		
		$htmlComment->setUnderlined();
        $htmlcode = "<a href='{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}levelup/click/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}' target='_blank'>
	                 <img src='{$mysidia->path->getAbsolute()}levelup/siggy/{$adopt->getAdoptID()}' width='145' height='126' border=0></a>";
	    $htmlArea = new TextArea("htmlcode", $htmlcode, 4, 50);
		$htmlArea->setReadOnly(TRUE);

Above, I have just added the " width='145' height='126' " in between the " getAdoptID()}' " and " border=0> " text.

Hope this helps somebody. :)

[Vaporman87]

Some more site images: