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First I put your pic in a frame, then I did a quick search for Sea Monkeys on the net and made these other pics for the sake of variety!

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044502483.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044502430.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044502378.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044502326.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044502250.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044502038.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Very nice! Thank you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I will use this one. If anyone else wants to claim one of the other Sea-Monkey icons, go right ahead.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ February 06, 2003, 20:44: Message edited by: Sea-Monkey-Pirate ]

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Oooo. Very nice stuff, David. I just picked it out of the gallery today, but I wondered what my new "inside the brain" avatar would look like "shined up".

In case you're really bored, what I REALLY think would be cool is some M.C.Escher avatars. Reflective sphere, geometric shapes, impossible figures, etc.

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First, let's satisfy your curiosity..

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044575127.gif

..now about M.C. Escher.. This self-portrait of his turned out ok, but all the 'drawings' I managed to try shrinking had way too much detail to survive the process. So I guess you're out of luck!

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044575142.gif

Cheers!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I like the border, although I think the new reflection in the corner interferes with the original reflection in the "glass".

Quote:

..now about M.C. Escher.. This self-portrait of his turned out ok, but all the 'drawings' I managed to try shrinking had way too much detail to survive the process. So I guess you're out of luck! 1044575142.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044575142.gif Cheers!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Very nice!

I did a little searching and came up with a couple of Eschers that may survive the shrinking. Let me know what you think:

(Book cover)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/08...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Probably the most likely candidate, as the shapes are already fairly small. I like the sphere or the knots. Here's a better Version of the bottom knot:
http://www.dmi.unict.it/~nicosia/images/escher.jpg

(3 Spheres)
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/i3d/i3d/peo...res.escher.gif
If we pick just one--the left one would look cool, and I'll bet you'd still be able to recognize the center one, too.

(Dewdrop on Leaf)
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~runnion/...es/dewdrop.jpg
A close crop of the center drop would probably work out decently.

(Close up of eyeball with skull)
http://btr0xw.rz.uni-bayreuth.de/cja...p-escher10.htm
Now THIS one would be VERY cool. You'd have to crop the center pretty close, but I bet if you cropped it right around the iris you could still see the center detail.

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Tried to do a bit myself with my amateur photoshop skills. How about this?

http://webpages.charter.net/tinabrad/escherAvatar.gif

Found a colorization someone had done at www.worth1000.com then shrunk it down:

http://webpages.charter.net/tinabrad/colorEscher.jpg

http://webpages.charter.net/tinabrad/colorEscher2.jpg

Which looks better? Full frame or eyelid over the frame?

[ February 07, 2003, 06:14: Message edited by: MegaTrain ]

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This is for Pax, if he ever drops by and only if he likes it!

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044617690.gif

Cheers!

..and now for some Escher fun..

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">First, nice work, and there are lots of good stuff at the link you posted.

The b&w eye looks good, the colorized one seems to be missing the glare/reflection seen in the b&w one. I like both Versions, but would probably shrink the eye a bit more to fit it within the frame for the sake of consistancy.

..I'm going to try a few more escher stuff and see how it turns out. If any make it through the shrinking process, I'll post them.

Cheers!

..Edit: Here are the results so far..
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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044621525.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044621540.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1044621552.gif

..the dewdrop did not shrink well and neither did the twisted gear!

[ February 07, 2003, 21:48: Message edited by: David Gervais ]

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That's pretty cool. I'll have to give that sphere a try.

(testing, testing, 1,2,3).

That knot looks pretty cool, too. It is still pretty recognizable as Escher.

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