Just wanted to drop by and say that the requests should be done later today. I've been having trouble with some stubborn Trojan viruses and haven't had a chance to get them done. But the problem's resolved and my computer should be fine.
I also revamped my old Dr. Mario CSP, took the background out of some CSP's, and made a few more.
I might redo Scizor, but it's starting to grow on me. I've also given up on the Backdrop CSP's because I realized a lot of hacks don't have a stage to represent them. Oh well, you can't say I didn't try to be original. I will still be making Dynamic Pose CSP's, however. Just a note, I highly doubt I will be able to get to any requests tomorrow. But I will be able to make them the day after.
Your welcome! And now, portraits of Mewtwo2000's unreleased Peach's Castle SM64!
I can actually say that I'm the first to make portraits of this stage other than Mewtwo2000 himself! :p I got the portraits off of the Results Screen version, so a few versions of the stage are missing. Also, I'll be reorganizing the OP soon with a new section (see the last portrait above). The section will be called "stage logos".
I'm not sure why they aren't in the OP. If the version you wanted isn't included, tell me.
They aren't organized by requester like last time, but the requests are done!
Some other portraits I made:
Now let's just hope I don't disappear again, which I shouldn't. I forgot one of Redpwnage's requests so I promised him (through PM) that I would get it within the next few days. I keep my promises.
Can i request names? Then if i can i request papermario css name and csp name not the special brush thing
Unfortunately, I don't know the font for them. Sorry.
While I was gone I noticed some epic portraits on "Phred's" forum. I decided to switch to dynamic portraits, but at the same time I wanted to do something original. I want my portraits to stand out... And thus... "BACKDROP PORTRAITS!"
Basically, each character gets a background of their respective home world. Some transparency is mixed in so that the portrait isn't completely filled. I doubt that they'll catch on, but I'll take requests for them if anyway. No BP's 'cause they're too small to fit a background in. Plus I don't use battle portraits. Now then, request away!
I knew I was forgetting to say something. I apologize, but I don't take requests for specific perfect poses like that. I can make "recolor" CSP's, but if you've seen that section of the OP you'll know that they aren't exact. Plus the hack already includes pretty good portraits. I'll check it out, but I can't make any promises. Sorry.
I got the requests done, and just in time for 2012. I guess that makes these the final requests of 2011! Thanks for the support guys, without you this thread would have died a long time ago! Organized by requester, here are the requests! Colter
Not that it matters, I already had portraits for this guy. I just never posted them. As for Metroid, I believe Nanobuds used the Brawl model. I have portraits for it under "In-Game" and then "Pikachu".
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I hope I finally got that last one right, sorry for all the trouble with that. Thanks for being patient and taking the time to explain it. On the bright side, I think I'm getting better at making that type of portrait.
I also made Perfect Pose CSP's for two more characters!
Yeah... Steve's head was a little big for the battle portrait. I forgot to make Pikachu battle portraits, I'll get some eventually. Oh, and I got a preview of the next Perfect Pose CSP. I just need to edit those arms, and work on the recolors.
With a new year, the thread will be going through a slight change. It's not much, but I'll put it in spoilers so you don't have to read if you don't want to (I'm using a lot of spoilers...). Don't worry, it has nothing to do with the rules and I'm still taking five requests per person at a time.
Well, I don't know if you've seen this thread, but I have and I want to contribute. But for every hack that I get pictures for, I might as well make portraits for them, too. So if you see a bunch of portraits from random hacks, you'll know where they're from.
Well, that's all I have to say. Thanks for making 2011 a great year on this thread, and I hope to see some familiar (and new) requesters throughout 2012! (Great, now I have to go update the OP... Did you know there are 73 portraits I just posted? That's a lot of copy + pasting )
Good news! I finally finished my Perfect Pose CSP Tutorial! It should explain everything you need to know about my method to making Perfect Pose CSP's. On another note, my brother should be bringing the wii home today. For today I'll be adding some new mods to my SD cards. Requests should be back up tomorrow! While I wait for that to happen, I've been playing around with hacks in BrawlBox. As far as dynamic poses go, this was the best I could come up with...
I personally like them, but I'm still feeling like I prefer Perfect Poses. I'll make BP's for the dynamic poses later, in case anybody wants them.
Gimp, Photoshop, or some other picture editing program. Make sure it works with transparency!
A way to take pictures of BrawlBox. (Windows7, or at least my computer, has the "Snipping Tool".
Notepad
Once we have these downloaded, we can get on with step 1:
Step 1: Creating Your Pose
Every perfect-pose CSP maker has a different pose for his character. This is often because they make there own pose! To make things easier, I keep all my models and animations in the same .pac. Staying organized will prevent you from losing anything. It also helps you access your files faster. Once you're organized and have a blank animation, view up your character in the old modset. Then click on that character's animation. In this version of the modset, you can click on one of the bones. A sphere will show up around it, you can rotate that sphere easily to make your pose. Do not ever edit the translation, only the rotation. Now you can see your pose coming together! Your first pose will probably take the longest, as you'll have the least experience at it. After some work, your pose will be finished.
Of course there is an alternate way. If you don't want to make your own pose, view your character and open his MotionEtc.pac. Find an animation you like, and go to your favorite frame. Copy that frame and paste it over your animation.
Step 2: Taking Pictures
Open up your character in the old BrawlBox again. View the animation. Uncheck all the unnecessary polygons (other faces, final smash eyes, etc.), and now reset the camera. Don't zoom out with your mouse, or right click to move the camera up or down! Close all of the tabs and zoom out with the "-" key. Count the number of times you hit that key. Once your zoomed out, record the amount of times you zoomed out in notepad. Now use the up arrow key to scroll up. Count the amount of times you clicked that and record it, too. Take a picture of it. Now close Brawlbox, and reopen your character and animation in the new Brawlbox modset. Zoom out and scroll up the amount of times that you did in the old modset. Take out all bad polygons. Take another picture.
Step 3: Editing For High Quality!
This step will be different for everyone. Every pose will have it's own flaws, so here's the step where you fix those! I'll use Mario as an example to point out some flaws. First up: Weird lighting. Even in your high quality new BrawlBox, there are flaws in the lighting. But, if you use the picture from the old BrawlBox, where the lighting doesn't try showing shadows like these, you can edit over them. (Ignore the hair.) Next flaw! Perhaps the hardest to fix, the eyes are also the biggest flaw. First step, fill in they eye sockets with white. Try blurring in the edges for extra effect. Now, edit in irises. This will be hard. But, TAKE YOUR TIME. People try to get away with low quality eyes. But, with enough practice, the eyes should get easier. Just take it one step at a time until they look natural. See how good it'll look in the end? If it helps you, you can use an in game picture to figure out the proper proportions of the eye. There are other flaws, too. Bad mouth lighting, awkward fur (Diddy and Dk), multiple eyes (Kirby), and more. Note that some people do extra edits like "burning" to improve the lighting. Make back-ups and feel free to experiment to find what you like best!
Step 4: Resizing
Now that we have the character looking as he, she, or it can get; it's time to resize to fit the boundaries of a CSP. I won't say much about this, as you should know how to resize stuff. However, there is one thing you need to do to make this work well. First, open up the same file you saved the information for the Brawl Box camera. Record the size of the character when it's resized to fit in the CSP. Remember that when resizing to only have the character selected and not any extra transparent stuff. Otherwise, making future CSPs will be a long game of guess and check. After resizing, you should be finished with your first perfect pose CSP! Congradulations!
Step 5: Battle Portaits
When you give KC-MM a CSP, some user is going to ask for a battle potrait. But, if your going to do all the work for perfect pose CSPs, you should attempt to make perfect pose BPs, too. It's really quite easy. Make a copy of your CSP in gimp (I'm assuming photoshop would work the same way). Then just drag and drop a Battle Portrait file over it. This will add the BP as a new layer. Delete most of the BP, leaving a small area. Use this small area to move and resize the BP layer over the area of the CSP you have planned to make BPs out of. Make sure to keep the BP's sides the same ratio. Now, fill in your BP layer white and your CSP layer black. In gimp's layer tab, right click the BP layer and merge it over the CSP. Now select and delet the white so that it's transparent. It should look something like this: To make a BP, you just drag and drop this template over the CSP. Then you merge it over the CSP. Without saving, copy the area within the blank spot. Close the CSP. Now open a BP file, paste the selected part of the CSP, and resize to fit the BP's boundaries. If you kept the ratio correct, this should prevent any stretching on the BP.
Well that wasn't so hard, was it? Just five steps to making perfect pose CSP's! Go crazy. Feel free to post any questions or comments you have.
STATUS: My brother has the Wii, so I haven't been able to take any requests. He's coming back with it soon, however. Although, the first thing I'm going to do when he gets back is fill it up with as many new hacks as possible. Plus I'm working on redoing my personal SSS. I won't be offended if you request from someone else for the time being (or if you already have). I'll be back to taking requests eventually. Seeya around and sorry for not saying anything sooner.
Oh. Well don't do Franchise Icons have to be 120x56 and marks have to be 64x64?
Oh that's the problem! Your definition of franchise icon is my definition of a mark, and vise versa (I think). There really should be a universal name for those portraits...
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I will still be making Dynamic Pose CSP's, however. 
Not that it matters, I already had portraits for this guy. I just never posted them. 
As for Metroid, I believe Nanobuds used the Brawl model. I have portraits for it under "In-Game" and then "Pikachu".
I hope I finally got that last one right, sorry for all the trouble with that. Thanks for being patient and taking the time to explain it. On the bright side, I think I'm getting better at making that type of portrait.
Yeah... Steve's head was a little big for the battle portrait.
I forgot to make Pikachu battle portraits, I'll get some eventually. 
)
To make things easier, I keep all my models and animations in the same .pac. Staying organized will prevent you from losing anything. It also helps you access your files faster. Once you're organized and have a blank animation, view up your character in the old modset. Then click on that character's animation. In this version of the modset, you can click on one of the bones. A sphere will show up around it, you can rotate that sphere easily to make your pose. Do not ever edit the translation, only the rotation.
