Season's Greetings by Burpee
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Wanting to wish everyone a prosperous and happy new year. In my case, it can only get better and I pray and hope for health in my family and in yours too.
Image made in XaraXtreme4.
You may notice that my avatar is different. Just for a bit. I wanted to make an animation for everyone who ever commented on any of my works but the two test ones I've made seem to be pixelated. Bunny tested one for me but couldn't get the animation to animate once she uploaded it as an avatar. I found out that's because the file was 46kb. Your avatar can only be 12 or 14...something like that. Mine here is bare bones just to get it to work. I can make them any size, for any purpose, any color, any design, any animation style (rotate, spin, pulse, etc) but if I can't get them to not be pixelated then it really doesn't matter. I'm working on it and hope for a solution by next Christmas as a giveaway.
I am going to ask a favor of my friends here, and I hope it doesn't insult anyone, because I don't mean it that way. I'd like people to not fave my artwork. I truly appreciate the generous faves in the past and the happy feeling the faves gave me. In the new year I would like to kick back and be more relaxed about my postings. I don't feel that my work deserves it half the time so it is easier for me to not have them at all. Is that ok to ask? I hope so. Thanks.
Lastly, does anyone know where Visionart (Normy) is? He had an illness that was in remission but I haven't seen him in ages.
Comments (78)
MagikUnicorn
Bonne et heureuse Année :) Wonderful Holiday card :)
tennesseecowgirl
Lovely work, enjoy the Holidays!
TwoPynts
Goot to see you, Happy Holidays!
shadownet
Happy Holidays! I like your new avatar but kind of miss the old one too!
mikeerson
I can't help you with visionart... and about faves... I try really hard to limit my faves.... sometimes, it feels I want to on about 30%... but realistically, I fave maybe 5%... That's only one in 20.... so if I fave you, it's because I like it a lot and I want other artists who come to my gallery to see it on my homepage. If you feel some artists are just faving you to be nice, that's not me - anyone who knows me knows I'm not nice - lol... I'm joking.... If you really don't want me to fave you at all, I can honor your wish, but I don't think this message is for me, because I don't fave that often... You however, can fave me all the time, I like the exposure - lol Happy Holidays! PS... I do like your picture, It's very postcard like, however, I had no intentions of faving it... some things are better left unfaved no matter how nice they look... so, why don't you post something really wild that all artists should see and let's see if I remember not to fave you? LOL .... I have a poor memory... what did I just say??? LOL
stevey3d
Happy New Year!
Digimon
Hi Nancy! One way to stop the pixilation is to save your frames out @ 1-26 bit rgb, then take them into Photoshop, Gimp or some other program, dither them down to 8 bit using addaptive palette, or a similar setting. This will take care of 90% of dithering/pixilation. But there is no 100% solution. Based on colors, it can really vary... More importantly, I hope you are recovering well!! Big hugs!!!
carlx
Happy New Year to You and Yours, Nancy!!!
2Loose2Trek
Merry post-Christmas, Solstice, Hanukkah, & 'tis the Season, AND a Very Happy New Year Nancy!!! And Wow! Your expertise in Xara is showing. Well done.
magnus073
Nancy this is such a lovely gift for everyone and sorry you had such trouble with the animation but it looks like the bare bones version works great.
gillbrooks
A very lovely greeting - I do hope 2009 is better for you :)
MarciaGomes
BRILHANTE CRIAÇÃO MINHA AMIGA FANTÁSTICA COMPOSIÇÃO.++++++++++5 ADOREI SEU NOVO AVATAR MAGNIFICA ANIMAÇÃO. DESEJO QUE 2009 SEJA UM ANO MARAVILHOSO PARA VOCÊ E SUA FAMILIA.
Silkylady
This is terrific, very colorful, beautiful and unique Nancy. This turned out great. The lighting is perfect. I love simple and sweet. I really love the colors. Really farout image. Huggs... Silkylady...
myquad
It's wonderful to see you post! May the new year bring you good health and happiness. Hugs, Holly
wannes
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to you and yours!! Beautiful card btw!!
wawadave
well if i can get my artwork up to the level of your worst last year then i,ll be cookin with gas!!!! glad to see your still alive and with us!!
novelist
A Happy And Healthy New Year to you as well. Thank you for your good wishes. A lovely card.
Bernado
Nice greeting card. I don't know about animations with bare bones but I would mind seeing one stark naked. 8-) Wish you and your family all the best for the new year. Don't worry, if you can't come here often... hmmm, talking about that...
tom271
Happy seasons to you as well.....
Burpee
Thank you everyone. The faves is not about why people fave, it's about how I respond to the faves. I am not judging anyone at all. I didn't want the faves to become the reason I post images. You start to look forward to them and that should not be the reason that I post an image.
Maori
Glad to see you back Nancy!! Happy New Year, girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
supermarioART
Vey lovely greetings card from a lovely person!Always glad to see you Nancy,i wish you and yours all the best for the New Year!Ciao and very nice avatar also!:-))))
BLT5150
Thanks, Burp. Hope your holiday went well.
kelvinhughes
Excellent Nancy and all the very best to you and yours
bpclarke
Normy left a note a while back. This is a great greeting. I like your little avatar too. Funny how the best of plans can go awry because of a rule. Sigh... Hugs, Bunny
KatesFriend
Thank you Nancy. I hope your Christmas went well and I wish you the very best for you and your family in the coming year. Hugs.
skiwillgee
And a happy, prosperous new year to you.
Bea
Well I like the card :) As I said to you you have far more imagination than I have - but I did finally get around to loading up Xara 4 and I did manage to do an animation (sort of in it :) ) of the words happy birthday so I was quite pleased with myself :)
flaviok Online Now!
Sempre é maravilhoso ver sua arte minha amiga,lindo avatar ( dificil de se acostumar), desejo que 2009 seja um ano maravilhoso para você e os seus e que se recuperem logo. Cartão magnifico, aplausos (5) If his art is wonderful to see my friend, nice avatar (hard to get used), wish that 2009 be a wonderful year for you and your soon recover and that. Card magnificent, applause (5)
zoren
a lovely New Year image! I sincerly hope this coming New Year brings you health and joy..! ~ zoren