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The Land Before Time => LBT Fanfiction => Topic started by: DarkHououmon on August 24, 2012, 07:07:22 PM

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: DarkHououmon on August 24, 2012, 07:07:22 PM

Ateo is an old plateosaurus fanchara of LBT of mine. I drew him a few times before, but his old design was a bit complicated for me to do. So today I came up with this drawing with a new, more LBT-like look for him, using the unnamed plateosaurus that appeared in the begnning of LBT 2 as reference.

(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/Inferdramon/Ateonewdesigncolor.png)

Sorry about the simplistic background. Still getting the hang of using GIMP.

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: Pterano on August 28, 2012, 12:31:30 PM

Love this! You've got great talent! Love his character design and overall appearance! :DD

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: DarkHououmon on August 28, 2012, 01:18:19 PM

Thanks!

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: Kor on August 28, 2012, 09:34:19 PM

That's a very interesting looking character.  Did it take long to make it or get the ideas?

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: DarkHououmon on August 28, 2012, 10:22:58 PM

The concept of Ateo came to me when listening to a couple of songs. I had envisioned several scenes involving the character, and eventually drew him. I forget why I chose black and white. It might have been that I like the combination of the two colors, plus I don't recall there being any black and white dinos in LBT, from memory.

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: StrutEggStealer on December 07, 2012, 10:42:09 AM

Very nice^^ I love his design and the color choices. Monotones usually look best on a character^^
I also like the sneering look he's giving, he seems kinda crafty.
OMG! U use GIMP?? I do, too^^ ugh, I've been needing so much assistance with that program, how long have you had it?

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: DarkHououmon on December 07, 2012, 11:06:06 AM

Thanks!

And yep I use GIMP. I've been using it since the test version 2.7 in which the single window mode was introduced.

What kind of assistance do you need? I could do a Livestream sometime.

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: StrutEggStealer on December 07, 2012, 11:22:17 AM

Well, it's mostly getting used to the programs offered. I've been struggling with bgs so I end up with my characters in a white field unless I start with the bg first, and then add the fg in afterwards.
I've got 2.6, so maybe I'm a little outdated^^

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: DarkHououmon on December 07, 2012, 11:45:09 AM

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/f...91&source=accel (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/files/GIMP%20%2B%20GTK%2B%20%28stable%20release%29/GIMP%202.8.2/gimp-2.8.2-setup-1.exe/download?accel_key=71%3A1354895024%3Ahttp%253A//www.gimp.org/downloads/%3Ab87ce965%24306cea76fe764a5b953251febd0d0859c5b6a528&click_id=e1c86466-4084-11e2-8a33-0200ac1d1d91&source=accel)

Here's the link for downloading the latest GIMP, which is 2.8.2. If you want to activate single window mode, click Window and click Single Window Mode.

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: StrutEggStealer on December 07, 2012, 11:48:24 AM

I don't understand the Single Window. What does that mean?
And thank you^^

Title: Ateo's new design
Post by: DarkHououmon on December 07, 2012, 11:52:48 AM

Well GIMP prior to 2.7, such as 2.6, had multiple windows. Three usually. Single Window Mode puts it all in one window.

Here's what it looks like:

http://bluedramon.deviantart.com/art/Duna-preview-306584459 (http://bluedramon.deviantart.com/art/Duna-preview-306584459)

I customized it a little.