The official X-Manips thread

[Bastila]

It really is great its so cool, its one of the best things on this thread i love it, the way his visor like moves across red.

 

[Slim_X]

Who do you think I should do next?

Storm Vs. Star Jones

 

[Roma]

Awesome Scorupco

 

[Matt.S99]

Storm Vs. Star Jones

haha

 

[ntcrawler]

Absolutely! THat is a perfect teaser trailer for X4! One thing though, the light scanning across his face is really neat, but it makes him look like a cylon from Battlestar Galactica

 

[Ebil Gig]

WOW!Great job Scorupco!

 

[triplefive]

SO awesome.

 

[flavio_lebeau]

Flavie, the Gambit one is an excellent teaser! And the one you did with Jean is absolutely gorgeous! Once again you helped the fans feel vindicated! BTW, how did you extend her hair like that! I was trying to do something similar, change her appearance to her Phoenix look but keep her in uniform. What tools did you use?

hey ntcrawler, thankie.
To the hair, this was some kind of easy because of the darkness, but i usually do hair manips like this: (sorry, this is big, but exactly how i did) with the eyedropper, choose a quite dark shade from the hair, and then, using a medial size brush, make the shape of the hair you want. Now choose a lighter shade of the hair and with the brush in 1px size, make lots, lots of threads upon the shape you created (and a little upon the real hair too). Then change the brush mode to multiply 45% and make more threads until you get somtehing similar to hair, no need to be perfect. Then take the burn tool and work on the process of blending the fake hair with the normal one, you can use color dodge (mostly on the edges) to this too. If you think the hair is too fake, use some blur, but only until you stop noticing the threads, or the hair may get faker. If you want more, put the 1px brush to 20%/30% opacity and make some hair lines on the edges.
It all depends on the blending though, and the right amount of blur...

 

[ntcrawler]

You know, not only will he be back, but he's going to be mighty ticked off!!! Imagine taking a cold shower for a year. That's how ticked off he's going to be!

 

[ntcrawler]

hey ntcrawler, thankie.
To the hair, this was some kind of easy because of the darkness, but i usually do hair manips like this: (this is big) with the eyedropper, choose a quite dark shade from the hair, and then, using a medial size brush, make the shape of the hair you want. Now choose a lighter shade of the hair and with the brush in 1px size, make lots, lots of threads upon the shape you created (and a little upon the real hair too). Then change the brush mode to multiply 45% and make more threads until you get somtehing similar to hair, no need to be perfect. Then take the burn tool and work on the process of blending the fake hair with the normal one, you can use color dodge (mostly on the edges) to this too. If you think the hair is too fake, use some blur, but only until you stop noticing the threads, or the hair may get faker. If you want more, put the 1px brush to 20%/30% opacity and make some hair lines on the edges.
It all depends on the blending though, and the right amount of blur...

Ahh I see. So you actually draw the hair from scratch and blend it in with the rest of the hair. Whenever I use manips I tend to stick to the cloning brush and recreate more of something that's already there.

 

[flavio_lebeau]

Ahh I see. So you actually draw the hair from scratch and blend it in with the rest of the hair. Whenever I use manips I tend to stick to the cloning brush and recreate more of something that's already there.

i do that when i dont have the patience, my process takes LOTS of times, and not always its worth the time i take...the jean was easier coz its a dark pic.

 

[ntcrawler]

i do that when i dont have the patience, my process takes LOTS of times, and not always its worth the time i take...the jean was easier coz its a dark pic.

Yeah I noticed that. the fact that it's a darker pic does make it easier to hide the details. But I agree. Like forgery, good manips take time and patience, and good skills to look right. You did a fantastic job!

 

[flavio_lebeau]

Yeah I noticed that. the fact that it's a darker pic does make it easier to hide the details. But I agree. Like forgery, good manips take time and patience, and good skills to look right. You did a fantastic job!

thanks
im leaving again see ya later!

 

[oneteen]

Wow this is one hell of a gif!

 

[xii22_loop]

that is one hell of a gif

 

[MaleRogue]

Heey Flavio,
Will you make an cool Angel Poster to?
Or Maybe a Beat
Collosus
Nightcrawler...
That would be cool

 

[britrogue]

wow, i like that masterj

Oh....HELLo!

 

[britrogue]

so, this might not be the best, but i felt such a good hype while making it and i was listening to the trilogy soundtrack, Logan and Rogue, Phoenix Rises, the X-Jet, oh the nostalgia, oh X4...
(oh and im not sure on making a Phoenix one...she's gone, folks, she's gone...)

Yay! (applauds!)

 

[MaleRogue]

But Flavio will you make more?

 

[phoenix_force]

Please make a Jean one! she will be back! they will use the 2 jeans in the lake thing lol

 

[MaleRogue]

Please make a Jean one! she will be back! they will use the 2 jeans in the lake thing lol

Look a page back....
There is a Jean one

 

[flavio_lebeau]

But Flavio will you make more?

im travelling in 2 hours and will be out for a week, so thats a temporary no

 

[MaleRogue]

O to bad
I like your stuff

 

[javon]

OMG! Their is too much 2 responf 2 Great Manips EVERYONE! I love them..especially the Gambit one! Sweet!

 

[High Voltage]

I effin' love this mate