01-26-2017, 11:50 AM
(01-26-2017, 11:39 AM)Surge Wrote:(01-26-2017, 11:30 AM)Segolia Wrote: I mean it's only a feature of discord nitro so unless you wanna pay for that. That and last time I tried it, it needed some work, the playback looked really choppy and dithered like the gif got compressed to hell (even though the source file was fine)Yeah most animated avatars I've seen have been super basic, but I was considering buying nitro anyways, I get enough use out of Discord that I would be fine with supporting them.
Also regarding the whole commission thing in general, I think it's important to choose an artist carefully to make sure you're satisfied with the end result. Like, look through the artist's gallery and see if they've drawn something similar to the kind of pic you're envisioning - you're probably not going to be very satisfied if you ask an artist who primarily draws fantasy subjects to design power armour for instance.
As well as just accepting that, on some level, commissioning an artist means accepting their creative input on design, composition and so on and how it's rendered in their works, which means some degree of artistic liberty. The artist needs that freedom to use their skill and actually make the piece work.
There's an artist called Diives on FA who does top quality animated stuff but you'll be paying a premium ($100+ easy), that and also the extreme difficulty of getting a hold of her. She's probably not your style but good animators do exist!
There was a Russian guy I saw on DA who did some nice animated stuff dirt cheap for how good it was - if I remember the name I'll tell you.