CMF Userbars and Userboxes (Free Signature Images Inside!)

[Mao]

I'm just wondering if folks would be interested in copying an idea from the Katbox forums?

Over in the Katbox forums (you can find it yourself, I'm not linking it) the users have been known to create what are called user-bars and user-boxes that they display in their sigs.  Below is a sample of a user-bar and some user-boxes.  I was just wondering if folks were interested in maybe doing that for the various comics forums that are hosted here at CMF.

The ones below aren't the only types of bars/boxes that can be made but are simply there because they're the ones I'm using from the Katbox.  I would, of course, mention to them that I was going to bring this idea over if enough people are interested here as I don't want any bad blood.  What do you guys think?

Edit:

A big thanks goes out to llearch for setting up a page to host these!

They're currently sitting here: http://llearch.net/fb/

I'll hopefully be doing a bit with that page this weekend to make it easier to browse, but no promises.  I have a life and it likes to creep up every now and again.

[Darkmoon]

From and administrative perspective, I see no issue with this.

[VAE]

I checked out the other forum through uncle google, but still do not get the idea. What are the bars for?

[Suwako]

I checked out the other forum through uncle google, but still do not get the idea. What are the bars for?

To express ones liking of characters in a comic here on clockworkmansion.

For instance, I love matilda so I could have a matilda fan bar in my sig.
on katbox they take it one step further with 1# fans. ( I would like to be Matilda's number 1 fan )

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Userbars, These are free to use by anyone, use the current url if you wish, or re-host it somewhere else. Remember to make sure you do not have multiple rows of these Userbars

All art on them belongs to their respectful owners and is not to be used commercially /promotionally without their consent, that goes without saying. The urls I gave them are long, I'd advice rehosting them or tiny-urling them.  

When using them on other sites, re-host them _please_ as I do not have a _pay_ account on photobucket.  

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One clan or no clan please.  





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Project Futute



Last Resort




Foxfire Chronicles



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I am willing to do requests on these, but please url the image I am supposed to use.

I am aware that not all the characters that ever appeared are on it, but I need to sleep too.

[insidexml]

I thought it was a pretty neat idea over at the Katbox, so it should be neat over here too, right?

[Sunblink]

I like this idea a lot!

From what I understand, that's one character for each comic on the CMF. That means we're gonna need some bars for Project Future, Last Resort, Foxfire Chronicles, and CVRPG too, right? I just need to polish up on my readin's.

I'm totally in.

[Suwako]

I like this idea a lot!

From what I understand, that's one character for each comic on the CMF. That means we're gonna need some bars for Project Future, Last Resort, Foxfire Chronicles, and CVRPG too, right?

I'm totally in.

A Characterbar for each character ( or at least the more prominent ones ) in each comic on CMF. At least, that is what they do at Katbox. ( and they do have a lot of characters there... mostly thanks to LL )

Katbox uses the images from the comics itself and of course from images on which the characters appear,  I ripped the first bunch off the character/profile page of Missmab. Haven't yet started looking for images at the other comics yet. ( sorry darkmoon )  

[Darkmoon]

Shouldn't be hard for someone to do custom ones for CVRPG. All the sprites are available on the site, and backgrounds are easy to come by (hit the links in CVRPG if you're looking for ideas).

[Turnsky]

you've got my approval

edit: if you're requiring text free variants of mine, or even higher res versions (though given the size i doubt that) feel free to ask..

[Tapewolf]

you've got my approval

edit: if you're requiring text free variants of mine, or even higher res versions (though given the size i doubt that) feel free to ask..

Seconded on both counts.  With regard to PF, some of the cast pages are old and ratty - I really need to bug Ren to upgrade them at some point.  As with Turnsky, I can provide high res text-free renditions of all characters upon request.

[Sunblink]

Hey Tytaj, how'd you make those bars? I think I want to make some too, but I want to follow the same style you have going on.

If that's alright. This seems like a fun project.

[Suwako]

Hey Tytaj, how'd you make those bars? I think I want to make some too, but I want to follow the same style you have going on.

If that's alright. This seems like a fun project.

I just copied the edges and the word ''fan''
Then on a lower layer I put the images after resizing them ( 41:121 Pixels ) then I save it as PNG so that there are no additional artifacts ( since the DMFA comics are saved in jpeg )

To do this I use gimp, albeit it could be done in Paint as well. ( just not with layers ) 

[Tapewolf]

To do this I use gimp, albeit it could be done in Paint as well. ( just not with layers )  

She uses Photoshop.  You might want to try exporting the multilayer of one as a PSD file and providing that as a template - unless you do something weird that Photoshop can't handle, (like additive layers) it usually works quite well.

[Suwako]

To do this I use gimp, albeit it could be done in Paint as well. ( just not with layers )  

She uses Photoshop.  You might want to try exporting the multilayer of one as a PSD file and providing that as a template - unless you do something weird that Photoshop can't handle, (like additive layers) it usually works quite well.

Done.

Keaton you've got mail ( e-mail! )

[Turnsky]

Hey Tytaj, how'd you make those bars? I think I want to make some too, but I want to follow the same style you have going on.

If that's alright. This seems like a fun project.

I just copied the edges and the word ''fan''
Then on a lower layer I put the images after resizing them ( 41:121 Pixels ) then I save it as PNG so that there are no additional artifacts ( since the DMFA comics are saved in jpeg )

To do this I use gimp, albeit it could be done in Paint as well. ( just not with layers ) 

if you'd like, i could host the template for a while... also incase folks would like to try it at home also.. what font is used?

[VAE]

I checked out the other forum through uncle google, but still do not get the idea. What are the bars for?

To express ones liking of characters in a comic here on clockworkmansion.

For instance, I love matilda so I could have a matilda fan bar in my sig.
on katbox they take it one step further with 1# fans. ( I would like to be Matilda's number 1 fan )

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Userbars, These are free to use by anyone, use the current url if you wish, or re-host it somewhere else. Remember to make sure you do not have multiple rows of these Userbars

All art on them belongs to their respectful owners and is not to be used commercially /promotionally without their consent, that goes without saying. The urls I gave them are long, I'd advice rehosting them or tiny-urling them. 

When using them on other sites, re-host them _please_ as I do not have a _pay_ account on photobucket. 

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I can host the whole lot, as in SRCF i have free hosting for noncommercial purposes ... i have there for example my avatar.

[Sunblink]

Tytaj, you're awesome. Thanks for sending me the template.

I made a few of them, but they're not as good as the Tytaj ones. I have yet to master the fine art of resizing my shit.


To-Do List: A happier Abel one. What is this Abel is never happy. lol j/k finished

I also made a Wildy one, but it ended up being so hideous that I didn't put it here Practice makes perfect.

[Suwako]

I can host the whole lot, as in SRCF i have free hosting for noncommercial purposes ... i have there for example my avatar.

Feel free to do so, though I deem it no problem to keep them on photobucket for use only on this forum ( since their small going past the limit takes quite a bit. However if they go wandering on the internet, yeah. x3

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

*snerk*

[Turnsky]

since i'm gonna be going to sleep shortly, i figured i'd leave these samples up for whom might like to make one of those things. 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/ffc361.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/ffc360wip-11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/ffc20090309wip-3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/ffc20090223wip-4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/milneapanel.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/doctorink.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/meat_tree.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/Mannistpanelwip4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/bishluke2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/bishluke1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Bengahlsadist.jpg

[VAE]

Hmmm, this server seems to die when i try to post the img tags
so, you will need to get them themselves
It is the same filenames as original except the location is http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~dm510/bars/

[Suwako]

Hmmm, this server seems to die when i try to post the img tags
so, you will need to get them themselves
It is the same filenames as original except the location is http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~dm510/bars/

It's probably protected against offsite image linking.



seems not, should work.

[VAE]

Hmmm, this server seems to die when i try to post the img tags
so, you will need to get them themselves
It is the same filenames as original except the location is http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~dm510/bars/

It's probably protected against offsite image linking.



seems not, should work.

I meant this server as in clockworkmansion.
threw an SQL error.
I will check again, this time using copy sed and paste, since manually changing the addresses is stupid

[Suwako]

Hmmm, this server seems to die when i try to post the img tags
so, you will need to get them themselves
It is the same filenames as original except the location is http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~dm510/bars/

It's probably protected against offsite image linking.



seems not, should work.

I meant this server as in clockworkmansion.
threw an SQL error.
I will check again, this time using copy sed and paste, since manually changing the addresses is stupid

Alright! Good luck, I  hope and pray for the best....

[VAE]

still bad. I will ask one of the admins

In the meantime i made an Aary fanbar!

[e_voyager]

I checked out the other forum through uncle google, but still do not get the idea. What are the bars for?

To express ones liking of characters in a comic here on clockworkmansion.

For instance, I love matilda so I could have a matilda fan bar in my sig.
on katbox they take it one step further with 1# fans. ( I would like to be Matilda's number 1 fan )

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Userbars, These are free to use by anyone, use the current url if you wish, or re-host it somewhere else. Remember to make sure you do not have multiple rows of these Userbars
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I am willing to do requests on these, but please url the image I am supposed to use.

I am aware that not all the characters that ever appeared are on it, but I need to sleep too.

wow you've got me interested.

[Mao]

I would like to point out that we should keep the size fairly standard.  The ones that Katbox uses are 50x125 pixels, I'd suggest keeping ours in that range too.  A little tip: try to keep you selection for the image a multiple of this.  That way, when you resize it, you've got a better chance of keeping the aspect the way it should be.  So aim for selections that are 50x125, 100x250, 150x375 etc.  I've done a few that were wide (100x125) and they look alright, but I'd save that for something special, personally.  I'd also suggest trying to avoid ones with text in the base image as it clutters up the image and likely won't be readable anyways (though I will admit that some times leaving it in can be good for comedic value or for recognition sake).

[Suwako]

I would like to point out that we should keep the size fairly standard.  The ones that Katbox uses are 50x125 pixels, I'd suggest keeping ours in that range too.  A little tip: try to keep you selection for the image a multiple of this.  That way, when you resize it, you've got a better chance of keeping the aspect the way it should be.  So aim for selections that are 50x125, 100x250, 150x375 etc.  I've done a few that were wide (100x125) and they look alright, but I'd save that for something special, personally.  I'd also suggest trying to avoid ones with text in the base image as it clutters up the image and likely won't be readable anyways (though I will admit that some times leaving it in can be good for comedic value or for recognition sake).

Mine are standardized to 50:125 ( 46:121 inserts ) Non of them should differ from this. Also, mao could you change the topic title to something along the lines of ''free userbars'' or ''signature images?''

[VAE]

REHOSTED ORIGINAL USERBARS
PLEASE USE THESE TO CONSERVE TYTAJ'S QUOTA

DMFA

[VAE]

Part II
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