Originally by: Salina Maagry

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1) Pick a number from 1 to 5

2) Click the random button as many times as your number

3) Click save and keep playing EVE.

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Originally by: Whitehound

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You may also want to think ahead, think Incarna and walking in stations.
Here is another tip: look at the back of your avatar and check your butt.

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Originally by: Telathe

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My porblem is that i wanted a wider shot, more chest/arms in the picture, but it wouldnt let me zoom out even half as much as ive seen some of these portraits are.
Is it only to specific portraits? or what am i doing wrong?

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Originally by: Sutskop

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Originally by: Telathe

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My porblem is that i wanted a wider shot, more chest/arms in the picture, but it wouldnt let me zoom out even half as much as ive seen some of these portraits are.
Is it only to specific portraits? or what am i doing wrong?

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The problem with zooming out is: Nobody will actually see you 90% of the time on that small picture in local. So you look like everyone else. Zoom in![/quote

Where i am, im lucky if i see local more than once a month, so its not terribly important. But maybe i will.

Originally by: Telathe

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Originally by: Sutskop

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Originally by: Telathe

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My porblem is that i wanted a wider shot, more chest/arms in the picture, but it wouldnt let me zoom out even half as much as ive seen some of these portraits are.
Is it only to specific portraits? or what am i doing wrong?

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The problem with zooming out is: Nobody will actually see you 90% of the time on that small picture in local. So you look like everyone else. Zoom in![/quote

Where i am, im lucky if i see local more than once a month, so its not terribly important. But maybe i will.

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Not a problem, my face might not stand out in chat, but the portrait does. We do need lighter interesting backgrounds though, too many are dull and too dark.

Originally by: Whitehound

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Edited by: Whitehound on 20/01/2011 10:12:25
Please post your tips and tricks around creating an avatar so that others who have difficulties with it can find some help here.

I will make a start:

- When you create your face then choose your hair last. First try to get the form and expression of your face the way you want it. Hair should not be used to cover up what you do not really like. Once you have got your head and face right, choose the hair to match or to complement it. You can also turn the hair on and off to see what it looks like with and without it.

- You do not have to wear every available piece of cloth. You might want to leave the jacket off for example. Women should generally wear less.

- When you create your picture then remember this: people lower their eyebrows and squint their eyes when they get a lot of light into their face. If you have ever pointed a strong light into someone's face













You are assuming everyone is identical and reacts the same in similiar environments.
While most of this would hold true to the majority of people.. I myself tend not to stress when it is dark, in fact I have more problems seeing anything in the mornings and evenings when the sun is at it's brightest (subject to where you live orcourse).
I see great at nights and don't have to have a stress a5s face, you also forget that this is Sci-fi, if someone was born in space and lived all their life in space, I am sure evolution would have normalize their facial expressions.
Eg. Amarr would forwn and stress their face to a DBSM level cause they live in dark catherals half their lives half.
Eg. Caldari and Gallente would most likely be more "human" and stress their eyes in the dark as they do seem to tend to live in very brightly lighted environments.
Eg Minmatar might be like moles and have no bloody issues in the dark and they were enslaved for generations, the light might hurt their eyes for all we know or care. (late 70s early 80s Raybans anyone)?You are assuming everyone is identical and reacts the same in similiar environments.
While most of this would hold true to the majority of people.. I myself tend not to stress when it is dark, in fact I have more problems seeing anything in the mornings and evenings when the sun is at it's brightest (subject to where you live orcourse).
I see great at nights and don't have to have a stress a5s face, you also forget that this is Sci-fi, if someone was born in space and lived all their life in space, I am sure evolution would have normalize their facial expressions.
Eg. Amarr would forwn and stress their face to a DBSM level cause they live in dark catherals half the half.
Eg. Caldari and Gallente would most likely be more "human" and stress their eyes in the dark as they do seem to tend to live in very brightly lighted environments.
Eg Minmatar might be like moles and have no bloody issues in the dark and they were enslaved for generations, the light might hurt their eyes for all we know or care. (late 70s early 80s Raybans anyone)?

Originally by: Whitehound

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Edited by: Whitehound on 20/01/2011 10:12:25

- You do not have to wear every available piece of cloth.... Women should generally wear less.

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Originally by: Mateo Maniaco

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Listen to Tres Farmer, he has one of the best male avatars I've seen.

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Originally by: cyndrogen

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IF you know anything about portrait photography you will know that the background should be as simple as possible and out of focus so your subject is clear.

Having said that the ONLY choice available is the solid background gradients at the very end.

The rest of the backgrounds are USELESS and whoever did them at CCP doesn't understand portraits or depth of field. You never want a busy background because it will distract you from the subject and the foreground.

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Originally by: cyndrogen

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Also the rule of thirds applies to your avatar, don't just take a picture dead smack in the center, try to offset a bit and pose the shoulders and head opposite of one another to form more interesting lines.

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Originally by: Ashireka

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Originally by: cyndrogen

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IF you know anything about portrait photography you will know that the background should be as simple as possible and out of focus so your subject is clear.

Having said that the ONLY choice available is the solid background gradients at the very end.

The rest of the backgrounds are USELESS and whoever did them at CCP doesn't understand portraits or depth of field. You never want a busy background because it will distract you from the subject and the foreground.

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I don't know anything about portrait photography, but I know what I like, and I hate the single-color backgrounds. Most portrait backgrounds I know of, from my step-daughter's school pictures, for example, have some texture to them. The computer-rendered perfect gradients are just too... perfect. They add an artificial quality to the photos.

Originally by: cyndrogen

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Also the rule of thirds applies to your avatar, don't just take a picture dead smack in the center, try to offset a bit and pose the shoulders and head opposite of one another to form more interesting lines.

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This, though, I absolutely agree with. :) I always wondered why photographers, when I was growing up, always had me craning my neck in seemingly unnatural directions, but as unnatural as it feels, the results are usually much more appealing...

But all this is personal preference, to be fair. I read earlier on, "don't use dark lipstick on light complexion with light hair" -- but it works for me. And so does a detailed background. So, in the end, the only rule about avatar portraits is -- there are no rules! :)

-Ash

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