Mod: Venexia, the most serene republic

[Sombre]

With a slight recolouring of the wings to make them more recognisable the only problem with the second one would be that it doesn't look holy. If you're trying to draw a halo, keep it either a really clear and simple floating gold/white hoop with some shading, or do a brilliant 'awe' style aura around the head using extremely bright white/yellow (keep in mind that if you try to make this fade to black to look good on a black background, it will look rubbish ingame).

You could also give him glowing eyes. Colour the eyes a very bright colour then take a round brush shape with the same colour and drop a series of 10 opacity circles, each smaller than the last, centred on the eye. You can see this effect with one of my slann graphics in the Lizardmen thread.

At your level I would suggest just doing a simple halo and recolouring the wings of #2.

[Burnsaber]

Originally Posted by Sombre

or do a brilliant 'awe' style aura around the head using extremely bright white/yellow (keep in mind that if you try to make this fade to black to look good on a black background, it will look rubbish ingame).

For a example of this type of effect, see the preview pic for my Holy War mod. There is a guy in a white robe at bottom middle with this type of "glowing halo". The trick is to put the whitest pixels in the centre, moving to more yellowish shades at the outer circles of the halo.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Burnsaber

Recoloring the fur into white should also work to make the lion more "holy". You could use GIMP recolor tools as a start and polish it up a bit after the recolor.

I know that white fur would make him look holy but in all the rapresentation it's a brown lion with an "aureola".

I recolored the wings, but i think i'll finish it as last unit

[Sombre]

Isn't an aureola supposed to surround the entire body?

[Swan]

In italian sacred art the aureola is only on the head

[Calchet]

The common English term for that would be a halo.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Calchet

The common English term for that would be a halo.

Seems like i just learned something new

[Stavis_L]

Originally Posted by Swan

In italian sacred art the aureola is only on the head

Not to be confused with an areola, which is confined to another part of the body entirely.

[Swan]

finished a hero: Catherine Horner, based on Caterina Corner
[female, seducer, asssin]
expanded the first post with new and detailed info, removed the jpg

[Swan]

The first shape of the winged holy lion is done.