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Hmm... I did try one similar to what manikus suggested - but it looked too contrasty or something... Ah well, maybe I will fiddle with the palettes again later... :( (I don't want to reshade it, though, arrrgh...)

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I did check this out before, but I didn't see the discussion on the gold dragon. I'm impressed again! But I think I understand a little more about how you do the work in MS-Paint. I had played around with this and the changing out colors with the transparent pasting ability. Now I've figured out a way to "fake" shade, as well. Take a picture and resize it to 200% size change background color to the desired color to mix with your pre-shaded color (usually for me thats black), resize it back down and viola'! the outer edge has a "mix" of the color of the background and the pre-shaded color.

-SilentThief
PS, I'm gonna post up some pics here soon

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Sounds great, looking forward to seeing some pictures from you as well (not to mention, it is a bit hard to understand your new technique just from words...).

But yeah, MS Paint is kind of fun, in a weird, cheap way, isn't it? :D

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Fun? ;)

I can't wait to see some more examples of MS Paint fun (and of course the new technique from ST).

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An example is the shading on the frame tricks post, in the cow/minotaur head. Its almost easier to shade by hand, tho.

-SilentThief

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Ha ha... I am at my in-laws' right now, and my wife accidentally deleted MS Paint from their PC... Aaarrrgh... (The one best feature of MS Paint is that everyone has it... or so I had hoped...)

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Well... I am finally back from my in-laws' and will get back to the normal routine (of making icons and stuff :D ). To start, I've added an imp, a fire toad, and a crocodile (my favorite)...

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Nice work, as always. :) I've never done battle with a firetoad...looks more formidable than it sounds. :D:D:D

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Fire toads are good for DC, I think, since they attack via little fireballs (as missiles using THAC0). Basically, they seem more or less doable using the current engine :D (Of course, not everything is doable - their automatic fleeing from water-based attacks, for example, but we can't have everything...)

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Added a nice, big icon this time... a woolly mammoth! :D Also, fixed up the Xag-Ya (forgot to make its eyes golden) and gave the Frost a shadow (a total of 9 pixels!).