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Character Build: The Arcanamach

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• Vansalon

  

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  June 4, 2013

  Those do look a lot better, thanks. Edited them in. I'm pretty terrible with image editing so I had to use whatever I found exactly the way I found it, pretty much.

  Those do look a lot better, thanks. Edited them in. I'm pretty terrible with image editing so I had to use whatever I found exactly the way I found it, pretty much.

• Vazgen

  

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  June 4, 2013

  The reason they looked a bit off, is the background color of the blog - it's slightly grey. I simply removed the white background, was actually a matter of a few minutes 

  The reason they looked a bit off, is the background color of the blog - it's slightly grey. I simply removed the white background, was actually a matter of a few minutes 

• Vansalon

  

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  June 4, 2013

  Yeah, that's what I thought. I'd have made the background transparent myself but I don't really have a good tool to do so.

  Also, this has 666 views at the time of this message.

  lol

  Yeah, that's what I thought. I'd have made the background transparent myself but I don't really have a good tool to do so.

  Also, this has 666 views at the time of this message.

  lol

• Vansalon

  

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  June 4, 2013

  Added some more images to make it look a little better. I'm not happy with a couple of the ones for skills, but I couldn't find anything better. In particular the archery one looks rather pixellated from the resizing.

  Added some more images to make it look a little better. I'm not happy with a couple of the ones for skills, but I couldn't find anything better. In particular the archery one looks rather pixellated from the resizing.

• Vazgen

  

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  June 4, 2013

  I think it'll be better to simply use UESP or wiki icons for skills, no?

  I think it'll be better to simply use UESP or wiki icons for skills, no?

• Vansalon

  

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  June 4, 2013

  I know there are some fancy glowing symbols for the skills somewhere, and I wanted to use those, but was unsuccessful in finding them. I only checked uesp though, I forget about the wiki because I never use it. I'll look.

  I know there are some fancy glowing symbols for the skills somewhere, and I wanted to use those, but was unsuccessful in finding them. I only checked uesp though, I forget about the wiki because I never use it. I'll look.

• Teccam

  

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  June 4, 2013

  You could also use skill icons from previous TES games.  Putting an image next to every skill may be overkill, you toe a fine line there.  The way to pull it off is to make them consistent is size, shape, and style, which is why using the official icon set makes a lot of sense.  If you want to have an image for each skill, that's the way to go. Check out Jo'Daro's Blood Mage for a build that does that effectively.

  Your other changes all help to improve the presentation.  I love seeing newer builders who demonstrate commitment to improving their builds after they're posted.  Great work, keep it up!

  You could also use skill icons from previous TES games.  Putting an image next to every skill may be overkill, you toe a fine line there.  The way to pull it off is to make them consistent is size, shape, and style, which is why using the official icon set makes a lot of sense.  If you want to have an image for each skill, that's the way to go. Check out Jo'Daro's Blood Mage for a build that does that effectively.

  Your other changes all help to improve the presentation.  I love seeing newer builders who demonstrate commitment to improving their builds after they're posted.  Great work, keep it up!

• Vazgen

  

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  June 4, 2013

  Here are the images I think you were looking for:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Here are the images I think you were looking for:

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Vansalon

  

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  June 4, 2013

  So I go to a lot of trouble finding and resizing all of the normal skyrim symbols and decide they look good, and Vaz finds the ones I was actually looking for by the time I've edited them in xD

  I'll fix it with those in a minute, then.

  @Teccam Yeah, I'm trying to be consistent with the size, but I had thought the normal skill symbols looked too mundane. They look good enough though. I like the colored ones better, however.

  So I go to a lot of trouble finding and resizing all of the normal skyrim symbols and decide they look good, and Vaz finds the ones I was actually looking for by the time I've edited them in xD

  I'll fix it with those in a minute, then.

  @Teccam Yeah, I'm trying to be consistent with the size, but I had thought the normal skill symbols looked too mundane. They look good enough though. I like the colored ones better, however.

• Vansalon

  

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  June 4, 2013

  Since edit was not working correctly for my last post, I get to post a new it seems.

  I put in the fancier symbols. Also Vazgen, can you tell me where you found those, for future reference?

  Since edit was not working correctly for my last post, I get to post a new it seems.

  I put in the fancier symbols. Also Vazgen, can you tell me where you found those, for future reference?