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Hlid Skjalff · Posted: Thu May 10, 2001 9:18 pm

OK, I started this one as a low-res sketchy one, but then decided to scale it up and add more detail - started with the head, If you have any tips about how I can improve the face and techniques on how to make the beard/hair fit with the rest of the body( I'm just giving you a cropped part of the image, it all I resized up to now
And please, allow my server some time to transfer it (as somebody said, it must be hung on 28K modem :-(((

Hlid Skjalff · Posted: Fri May 11, 2001 9:47 am

yo! any feedback? It is not hopless is it?

Wyatt Turner · Posted: Fri May 11, 2001 9:52 am

Still waiting for it to load...
this is way slow. Well i waited about 5 minutes and got about half way. I see that he has no Forehead, scoot the hair back a little , looks kinda cat like. nice reds though keep working on him and get a better serves

[ May 11, 2001: Message edited by: Wyatt Turner ]

Hippie · Posted: Fri May 11, 2001 11:48 pm

I waited awhile on this maybe you should just give us a link to your websie or something way to slow. I will check the post again to see if you have fixed it.

NukleoN · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 1:50 pm

Hey there..

I am on a fast cable modem and your image isn't even beginning to load...I'd strongly suggest that you either smack that filesize down with smartsaver (www.ulead.com) OR get a faster server...your image HAS to be enormous..even a 28.8 could whip out a small JPG if it was small enough.

good luck..no image yet.

sacrelicious · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 4:42 pm

Uh, NukleoN, he probably took the image down because this thread is a couple weeks old.

NukleoN · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 9:24 pm

I can see it starting to load now, but it is WAY too slow...I am sure this could be remedied with a re-do of the JPG compression from a Targa or non compressed file. Smartsaver is the way to go....even a puny 28.8 modem could crank out a JPG if it were small enough.

sacrelicious · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 12:10 am

Huh, you were right, it does start to load. Hmm...

Drimmen · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 12:16 am

lol, Nuk, do you work for Ulead or something? You're always praising Smartsaver! They need to make you some business cards.

Sorry...just figured I blab while waiting for this beast to dload (also on cable). Mayhap it's because it's hosted in Russia? (where's .ru?)

Hlid Skjalff · Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 8:53 pm

Sorry, guys, I completely forgot about this one!!! I've got only one response in first 4 days, so I just said **** it. If I did remember about it, I would have told you to stop trying, I'm sorry... And thanks for all your time and actual attempt to take a look at it :-))) Sorry once again, I've got my account on geocites, and I'm almost finished with this guy now, so I'l post the final in the Gallery... Sorry once again...

NukleoN · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 2:59 am

Hey Smartsaver RULES haha. Yes they should pay me a commission. If you go to www.Ulead.com and download the trial, it is AMAZING. I only push this product because you are all pretty cool, and I think you deserve to know this secret weapon of mine for smacking down file size with the best compression.

There was once a web designer I had to deal with, and he could not figure out how I got such small file sizes...well that was my secret, Smartsaver. If you simply save a JPG from Photoshop, Painter, etc., you don't get nearly the control you do with Smartsaver. For $30, it is one of the best lil proggies I've ever bought...and you can buy it and download it from the same site. Awesome.

shardik · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 5:31 pm

its only 135kb tho! why is it taking so long?