<![CDATA[The art of Knightmare]]>Quite recently I had been drawing...or should I say, give some character a make over and here's how some of them turned out from my manga style.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/1824/the-art-of-knightmareRSS for NodeSun, 13 Sep 2026 10:25:14 GMTThu, 31 Jan 2008 02:50:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Wed, 20 May 2009 20:33:17 GMT]]>Ah, sorry, I misunderstood.

The current smilies are GIFs.

However, PNG is an acceptable format.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37977https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37977Wed, 20 May 2009 20:33:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Wed, 20 May 2009 17:51:04 GMT]]>But do they have to be GIFs? Perhaps I've misunderstood; I thought this was about drawing some new ones (or perhaps the BBS can't handle PNG smilies?)

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37976https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37976Wed, 20 May 2009 17:51:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Wed, 20 May 2009 14:30:34 GMT]]>Sadly, they're GIFs.

I know, I'd love them to have been PNGs

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37975https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37975Wed, 20 May 2009 14:30:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Wed, 20 May 2009 13:44:48 GMT]]>If they are PNGs then PNG's transparency features should sort that out. Make the edge pixels semi-transparent instead of anti-aliased to a specific colour, and they'll blend in with any background. The only possible issue is browser support. PNG feature support was definitely an issue a few years ago, but I imagine they're mostly OK, if not perfect, these days.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37974https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37974Wed, 20 May 2009 13:44:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Wed, 20 May 2009 07:18:06 GMT]]>The difficulty with our smilies is the dark background. Most smilies seem to be designed for use on a white background and are anti-aliased to match. When they get moved to a dark background you end up with annoying white pixels around the edges.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37972https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37972Wed, 20 May 2009 07:18:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Tue, 19 May 2009 23:09:30 GMT]]>I've not tried drawing much on a computer for quite a while, but Knightmare-themed smilies sounds like fun, and I generally have more success with small numbers of pixels. Don't hold your breath, though. I'm notoriously bad at getting around to doing things.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37971https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37971Tue, 19 May 2009 23:09:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Tue, 19 May 2009 00:38:53 GMT]]>

Your power-crazed madman.
Who me? ^,^-o

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37968https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37968Tue, 19 May 2009 00:38:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Mon, 18 May 2009 19:43:55 GMT]]>Your power-crazed madman.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37959https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37959Mon, 18 May 2009 19:43:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Sat, 16 May 2009 15:27:25 GMT]]>Yes, those would be brilliant!

If you can send me some cropped ones which are avatar sized I can install them in to the forum.

I'm sure that would be worthy of some kind of status symbol

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37956https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37956Sat, 16 May 2009 15:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Sat, 16 May 2009 14:08:49 GMT]]>

Well, I'll make it a fairly open offer.

I'd like to get a large collection of artwork for the forum. It would be good (for example) to have a wide collection of avatars for people to use. Fraklik also had the idea of some more Knightmare-specific smilies and topic posts, which would be awesome.

So it seems like a fair trade to award special avatars/tag lines/group membership to people who make contributions to the forum. I don't have any precise details, but I'm open to offers.

Obviously contributions would need to be fairly extensive. There won't be any prizes for producing a single smiley.
That's fine, I'm sure you may have noticed that I've been doing some revamp of the Knightmare characters. So far, I have 10 sketches (soon will be 11 "Julius Scaremonger"). http://mangamad.deviantart.com/gallery/#Knightmare-characters

If you like them, I can clean & crop some head avatars.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37955https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37955Sat, 16 May 2009 14:08:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Sat, 16 May 2009 10:51:12 GMT]]>Well, I'll make it a fairly open offer.

I'd like to get a large collection of artwork for the forum. It would be good (for example) to have a wide collection of avatars for people to use. Fraklik also had the idea of some more Knightmare-specific smilies and topic posts, which would be awesome.

So it seems like a fair trade to award special avatars/tag lines/group membership to people who make contributions to the forum. I don't have any precise details, but I'm open to offers.

Obviously contributions would need to be fairly extensive. There won't be any prizes for producing a single smiley.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37954https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37954Sat, 16 May 2009 10:51:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Sat, 16 May 2009 10:33:01 GMT]]>

Just noticed your comments, Iron.

I can't help with a medal or FrightKnight trophy...

But I would be prepared to offer special ranks/taglines/etc to someone who submitted artwork to the forum in the format of say, new avatars for example.
I'm ears. OuO!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37953https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37953Sat, 16 May 2009 10:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Sat, 16 May 2009 10:01:40 GMT]]>Just noticed your comments, Iron.

I can't help with a medal or FrightKnight trophy...

But I would be prepared to offer special ranks/taglines/etc to someone who submitted artwork to the forum in the format of say, new avatars for example.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37952https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37952Sat, 16 May 2009 10:01:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Fri, 15 May 2009 01:28:00 GMT]]>Another remade character, Ah Wok.

http://mangamad.deviantart.com/art/Knightmare-Ah-Wok-122535147

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37948https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37948Fri, 15 May 2009 01:28:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Thu, 14 May 2009 03:18:57 GMT]]>

Ye. Gods.

Can we give this contributor a medal? Or a frightknight trophy? That is a truly marvellous effort.

Here's one thing I'd see if you'd all noticed about the original lifeforce clock: in one of the stages of condition green, the knight develops a jaw the size of Lake Michigan, as if he's been punched in the face and it has swollen horribly. What was going on there?
The most annoying part of the three stages was in fact Amber. Not because of her hair but cutting the face...only to find it looks wrong when putting it back together...ahhh white lines all over her face. >,<

Oh...I did some panel funny too.

http://mangamad.deviantart.com/gallery/#KnightClare-Adventure

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37947https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37947Thu, 14 May 2009 03:18:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Thu, 14 May 2009 02:05:50 GMT]]>Ye. Gods.

Can we give this contributor a medal? Or a frightknight trophy? That is a truly marvellous effort.

Here's one thing I'd see if you'd all noticed about the original lifeforce clock: in one of the stages of condition green, the knight develops a jaw the size of Lake Michigan, as if he's been punched in the face and it has swollen horribly. What was going on there?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37944https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37944Thu, 14 May 2009 02:05:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Thu, 14 May 2009 01:07:34 GMT]]>I haven't been here for ages though time, damn temporal disruption.

Anyway, recently I recreated the Original Life force from Knightmare...but did something else to it.

I'm sure you'll like it.

http://mangamad.deviantart.com/art/KnightClaire-Life-Force-DONE-122204789

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37943https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/37943Thu, 14 May 2009 01:07:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:49:39 GMT]]>Not very long at all.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36730https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36730Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:49:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:35:07 GMT]]>Nice Pictures they take u long

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36729https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36729Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:35:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:03:05 GMT]]>Finally, somewhere other than my introduction thread in the Knewbies.

Treguard with Original Helmet:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/10_jan_0001.jpg

Life Force Condition Red:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/conditionred.gif

Corridor of blades(after the blades have gone)

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/corridor.gif

Spellcasting: G H O S T . . .

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/dungeoneer-ghost.gif

Hordriss:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/hordriss.jpg

Six of the rooms:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/knightmareposter2.jpg

Motley:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/motley.jpg

The rather despised Pie Life Force:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/pielifeforce.gif

Smirkenorff:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/smirkenorff.jpg

Two more of Treguard:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/tod.jpg

http://www.maj.com/gallery/DanSmith/DansArt20072008/treguard.jpg

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36728https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36728Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:03:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:40:09 GMT]]>Yeah...I think is should really. ^,^;

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36645https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36645Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:40:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:55:59 GMT]]>From the DA page:

Right, I make the appearance a little younger...

...this is one thing I've also been wondering about. And should probably make a new thread, if it hasn't been done already. How old were the various Knightmare characters supposed to be in relation to their actors? I'm going to hazard a guess (given that IMDB's no help here) that Iona Kennedy was hovering somewhere round 35 in her three series - an appropriate age for Greystagg, I reckon, but Sidriss was supposed to be a decade younger. What do you all think? Is this worth a whole new thread?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36643https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36643Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:55:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:16:31 GMT]]>I have another character...and it's the sorceress Sidriss.

http://mangamad.deviantart.com/art/Knighmare-Sidriss-76765018

and I know I'm going to get in trouble again but...it has to be shown. XD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/Mangamad/Knightmare%20characters/KnightClairemeetsDreadnought.jpg

To view in DA account

[Edited to keep within forum guidelines.]

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36639https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36639Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:16:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The art of Knightmare on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:48:08 GMT]]>It's a good job Matt had two knees, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to do his silly walk in the departure lounge...

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36636https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36636Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:48:08 GMT