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Published: 2005-01-08 12:27:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 16208; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 3253
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Elves, have to love 'em
But how do we make them? I've seen too many add pointy ears to some person and called him an elf. Elves however look very different from humans, it's a whole different race 
I though I'd show you how I start out when I make ingame portraits of elves for Neverwinter Nights. -Note that the idea with this tutorial is only to show you how you can make a good base pic to work from, it's up to you where you want to go from here
I hope it's easy to follow, I'm not fluent in English and it's my first tutorial *blush* Big thanks to for the excellent stock-photo!
Hopefully I'll take this further and make something out of it
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Can you make a tutorial on how to be and speak like an Elven XD
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Very good things to keep in mind about elves... I'll admit to occasionally falling into the pointy ears=elf trap, but when you explain it like this I can see why that sucks. Thanks!
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Just the tutorial I needed, and for the exact same reason. NWN portraits! Thanks!
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elves rock! : D
and you can never learn enough about photoshop- so, thanks for sharing!!!
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thank you so much, i will try to made something like this...woo...i love elves!
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I used this tutorial for my first major photomanipulation. Check it out.. [link]
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Hey, I just wanted to say ... this tutorial kicks ass! Thanks so much ... !
I had some problems with making the ears pointy using skew ... I ended up doing perspective and more distort, but I (like *Taynomi ) also have learned much of PS by trial and error, and I was very pleased to discover Merge Down ... That's awesome!
Anyway! My first attempt at making an elf.
Thanks so much!!
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Yeah, I've later learned that what works best depends much of the ear in question. I've sometimes had to use more options too, one really has to experiment 
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fantastic tutorial! if i manage to make time to use it i will definatly credit you!
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Wow thank you for the tips! It was really helpful and very easy to understand
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thanx 4 posting this ill try it deff dunno if im gonna pull it off but i can adleast try
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You would not believe the things this tutorial did for me!! Everything I've learned about PS has been through trial and error, or from wonderful people like you who take the time to do these tutorials. I've often lamented adjusting things the long and hard and very awkward way - you've made things so much easier for me. Just wonderful!! Thank you so much! [link] My first attempt at using what you've taught me.
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Thanks so much for the feedback! 
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you're welcome, I hope you find it useful
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Very quick and useful tutorial. I prefer to use the liquify tool to alter features, but I think I'm going to try your method as well. It's always good to learn from others, and I've looked a lot at your works to improve myself.
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Thank you Phaere
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Thank you, I'm glad you think so. It's at least somewhere to start
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Yeah, I've been wanting to create something like this for a while, i just didn't know how..
Well, I do now!
Thanks again.
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I will try to create a lesson like this one. Thank you for idea
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Cool! We can always use more tutorials
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'this stock' is mine 
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lol, yeah I know, I recognized your name
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Wow, very nice! A very good step-by-step tutorial, easy to follow, and you know what you're talking about. And I agree; too many times have I seen someone put fake ears on a boy and call him an elf. Dude.... lol Good job!
Aly
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Lol, it happens far too often
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Great! I'm glad someone find it useful!
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Excellent tutorial! It bothers me when people put pointy ears on humans and call them elves. ;D
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Thanks you!
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