User-Created Badges

[Charon]

2 things - the head isn't really the focus of the picture and the white line around him is distracting. Just offset the picture (or use a different one) and make sure to get rid of the ugly white dots around him and you'll be good.

[Kioll]

Alright, here's a redo.  I found a better quality version of the same image, made the character more prominent and made the Kirin summon much smaller.  Pepper didn't change.

[Charon]

Its still hard to see. Kioll should be the emphasis of the image, not the whole thing. He's also really hard to see his lineart and he blends with the background too.

Take a look at this accepted badge:



You can see Rayquaza very clearly. It's for Pokemon Emerald version, but it doesn't really matter that the background is not green, and it makes Rayquaza easy to see. In addition there's nothing else that distracts from Rayquaza, the main focus of the picture.

Now take a look at this badge:



This time the focus is just the Mercury Djinni in the bottom left corner. Even though the background complements the colour scheme, you're still able to see the Mercury Djinni clearly.

A last example:



This image actually has two focuses, but they don't distract from eachother. The text is easy to read and doesn't get in the way of the main picture. Try doing something like this with the little Mars djinni. So have Kioll's whole profile, with maybe even some of his chest, and having the Mars djinni covering the least important corner. Personally, I'd remove Kirin outright.

I hope this clears things up a bit. It's hard to make your first badge, but you'll get the hang of it.

[leaf]

I agree with removing kirin. Put the mars djinni in the upper left corner and maybe try to fade it out a little so it isn't so dominant. That way it would look like it's just hovering over his shoulder, rather than running forward yelling "HEY LOOK AT ME!"

[Shinigami]

The next load of badges is going to take a long time to create... sorry...
Well over 20... maybe 30 even...

And I just noticed that TvTropes has fan art of almost^? all of them!

[Rolina]

I don't know about personal badges... but if we do have member specific badges, I think they should require the member's permission.   I also think they should cost more than a standard badge, like as much as the video on the profile thing.  After all, having general badges is one thing, but... badges for specific members is...

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Suppose I attempt to omit the background?

I mean like this as an example:


EDIT: Adding Dahlia Hawthorne. (I have a feeling it may need to be slightly edited.)
EDIT 2: Added Franziska von Karma! (If it is slightly to the left, just note that I tried to completely omit the background.)
EDIT 3: Yay. Now we have Phoenix Wright the pianist.

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Sorry for double posting, but I have 4 more badges.

Er.. Make that 5.



EDIT: New: Lana Badge!



- Yeah, I know... But I have made this badge to see who would actually buy him.

[Charon]

All look good.

Lol spongebob badge.

Won't be putting them up today because I HAVE A ESSAY TO WRITE RAWR but I won't hold them off for like...4 months lol like last time.

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

That sounds okay, I guess. I have created ten more.

[Charon]

They're good to me.

I'm not uploading them for a while though. Its not something to do with you, but its something I'd rather not talk about at this time.

In the meantime mind uploading a zip so its easier for me to gather the files? Thanks.

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Okay.

All 21 accepted badges here. The "Teawater - November 2011" set. Until I make more.

[Salanewt]

It has been a while since I last uploaded a badge myself, so I decided to make one based on Wild Cherry!

- Wild Cherry

Hurray for music!

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Well, looks like I have decided to start my December collection, yay.

Featuring winter badges!

[Shinigami]

As a replacement for the current elemental badges how about...
 

[Rolina]

Those look far better than the current elemental symbol badges.  I agree that they should replace them. Plus, now we'd have fundamental ones, too. ^-^

[Aile~♥]

I actually prefer the current ones, to be honest. That's not to say those are bad or anything, though.

[Rolina]

The current ones are screen rips - these are from an official source.

[Salanewt]

Er, but aren't the screenshots technically from an official source too? Either way, I wouldn't mind having access to both sets if I ever decide to buy another badge.

[Rolina]

Screenshots are messy, while official pics are typically more crisp... it's an issue of quality here.  There's also the fact that the screenshots are taken from the battles background, which doesn't even have consistent colors, since they do a kind of color swirl thing.  These are more regular than the ones we have now.