My favorite part of Gaia (other than my friends here) is making avatars.<br />
My favorite thing about making avatars is using difficult/unwanted items and making them work.<br />
I call it "breaking" an item.<br />
Although I really think about it as
beating it - as if it was some kind of pixelated boss at the end of a tektek level that just laughs at you until you can smite it down.<br />
I always try to set challenges for myself - I try to find strange combinations of items to create a completely different effect.<br />
Or I like to use really weird colors.<br />
If I had to label my style it would probably classified as "organized clutter", as I really love to layer.<br />
I also tend to go through phases.<br />
For instance - I was going through all of the Infinity Hat items to make avatars where I either matched the hats or (preferably) used the hat to make the character's head.<br />
The latest phase has been attempting what I considered to be difficult cosplays - which is what has led to my recent submissions in the arena.<br />
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Arena wins:<br />
(Thanks to all who voted and commented!)<br />
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Week 38, 2008<br />
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I worked on this for over a year, and finally the urn let me have a cape where the hands wouldn't stick out the sides.<br />
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Week 40, 2008<br />
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This honestly started with me just messing around to see if it was even possible to do Rogue's hair and then about 7 hours of tekteking and buying items later: this happened.<br />
Many thanks to TheNefariousImp for lending the Mythrill Armor at the last minute.<br />
