Board Thread:Fakegee Forums/@comment-26906494-20141118015009

Before you comment, please read the FAQ below:

Q: Should we stop recoloring production?

A: No, but we need to slow it down and make more non-recolors. We don't even have half the non-recolors as recolors

Q: Are you making non-recolors?

A: Yes, and I'm going to show you them below.

Q: Do you hate recolors?

A: Not at all, I still make recolors once in a while

Now that that's all said and done, the discussion. We have a lot of recolors. We have 33 sets of 16 pages of recolors in the recolor category. That's 528 recolors. We have about 15 and a half sets of non-recolors (including semi-recolors). That's around 248.

As you can see, non-recolors are growing, but a lot of them aren't that new. Barring that, some of them are just random images from the internet, not even hand made. Recolors are very easy to make, and don't take much work to make them look good. Non-recolors take time and focus, and you can easily see when something's good or not.

At the same time, many people just don't want to do it. I didn't want to do it at first because I thought everyone else would be into it, and that's what I'm assuming everyone else is thinking too.

That's why I've decided to make this. I'm trying to yell into everyone's ears and tell them that our wiki isn't growing for crap right now, and that people can't just wait around for others to make something more original.

Below is a small list of non-recolors I've selected because I think they would be good to take notes from (do's and dont's)

This is my latest creation. This didn't take a lot of work to make, actually. If you use an image editor like Paint.NET, you can make layers, and doing so will allow you to put wings partially behind characters to give the illusion that it's attached, and add things like Weegee eyes. Of course, it's rather easy to see through this, and I will admit I would add a sort of blend in where the horns meet the head if I knew how.

It's hard to tell if this is hand-drawn or if it's an edited image (at least at first glance). That's a really good thing. Of course, this image does look a lot like Weegee, but isn't a recolor or distorted character. In fact, this looks like a combination of both, so look carefully and take a note or two.

This is technically a semi-recolor, but a high-end one. It keeps the basic Weegee structure, but obviously has some drawn in and edited attachments. It's not the best edit wise, but it certainly gives you a good idea. Low end semi-recolors would be like Geenie where the only attachments are a swirly tail and a nice hat.

Hopefully I got my message across loud and clear. We don't just stop making recolors, but we NEED more non-recolors. If after reading this you still think I'm trying to "destroy" stuff or I'm an "extremist" then I don't know what you read. 