Hello so here are my first GFX on melees so they won't be very good xD
I heard that graal already has a tones of melee templates ready but i posted this thread so that people can tell me what i can do better and so become better at GFX
thanks and feel free to criticize
 

The first one is a Kiwi and the second one reminds me of the monkey wrench.
Not to worry though, everyone has to start somewhere. Keep practicing and soon you will be making stuff from scratch.  

what thunderstorm said.  

actualy the one i'm postig right now is the first i made lol
it really sucks but as i am not good in GFX for melees i just post this pic so that somebody can maybe redo it? it is just here as an "idea".
Thanks for the comments guys.
For the 1st melee, i admit i was a bit inspired by the kiwi blade but if you look closely it isn't the same ;) and for the 2nd one i don't even know what is the monkey wrench :o http://i39.tinypic.com/nq8mq.gif (Unsupported image host)  

i like it, maybe try to add less shades, if you want to make it retro lookin  

Posted by XENA*

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2 views missing :o one facing to the top right and one to the bottom left.  

Posted by callimuc

2 views missing :o one facing to the top right and one to the bottom left.

:0 lol i deleted them by mistake xD

Posted by Tizzee

i like it, maybe try to add less shades, if you want to make it retro lookin

Oh ok thanks  

i like your redo of the kiwi very nice  

now im commenting on your gfx instead of you commenting on mine. Nice job, keep up the good work!  

Posted by Xertic

now im commenting on your gfx instead of you commenting on mine. Nice job, keep up the good work!

lol  

I like them mate. You could try to simplify your shading a bit. Try using just three shades of gray for the blade, and maybe 2-3 for the hilt. It would make them a lot cleaner unless you're attempting a tarnished metal/rusted/worn look.

In my attached example I used 3 colors for the blade. 4 colors for the hand guard. 3 colors for the hilt. 3 colors for the outline. (blade, hand guard, hilt) It's not the most cool looking example ever, but it's clean. A good way to get better, at least for me, was to make basic designs with basic shading. After I got the hang of it, I made more complicated designs.  

Posted by RileyFiery

I like them mate. You could try to simplify your shading a bit. Try using just three shades of gray for the blade, and maybe 2-3 for the hilt. It would make them a lot cleaner unless you're attempting a tarnished metal/rusted/worn look.

In my attached example I used 3 colors for the blade. 4 colors for the hand guard. 3 colors for the hilt. 3 colors for the outline. (blade, hand guard, hilt) It's not the most cool looking example ever, but it's clean. A good way to get better, at least for me, was to make basic designs with basic shading. After I got the hang of it, I made more complicated designs.

Riley, i honestly think you should come to IEra and help out and be a gfx admin or your work is very good IEra could use a good GFXer like you you should contact snk  

Like I said everyones gotta start somewhere
Keep practicing remakes and edits of current knives until you feel confident of making your own.  

Thanks guys i will keep practising thanks for the advices

Posted by Xertic

now im commenting on your gfx instead of you commenting on mine. Nice job, keep up the good work!

xD ;) but yours are 100 times better than mines ;)