First, I start off with BrawlBox (latest version) and set up my character in any position that I feel that would suit their personality or create a custom pose. Make all of the bones invisible (everything on screen in the model viewer will be caught in the picture), deselect final smash eyes and any extra polygons. The go to the top drop down menu and go to "Options > Take Screenshot > With Transparent Background". For characters like Mario and Luigi who have a transparent cap shadow, it's best to select "With Background" then erase the background with maybe something like Gamemaker. Now to resizing it. I open it up in GIMP 2.0 and highlight the entire picture "Cut" it, Scale the invisible checkered background to "128x160" then "Paste" the picture. If done correctly the picture is a bit smaller but still not enough to fit the visible frame. The character should be outlined so right-click it and choose scale. Try to keep the main picture in the center of the "128x160" frame as in brawl the Characters name will block the lower-lower part and "Press start" will cover around 10% of the top. You may want to go to "Filter > Sharpen" to clear the picture as it gets blurrier the small it has been scaled. Play around with some of the filters to get a feel for customizing the dull picture and viola. You're done!
Ok I think of having a thread like this is cool. Feel like it should of been more serious and the one running this tread should really have updates... o.O)? I might be wrong.. just something for sure I would of done if I were running this.
No I'm not a member of this project... I was actually doing a purple skin for Lucas for a completely unrelated project but figured I could help both projects by making a Mirage Lucas skin.
Anyways, this is probably the final version I'm doing of Lucas. I think it looks pretty good and seems to fit the Mirage style well. Hope you all like it:
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