John_Printemps

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Hi everyone,

I was looking to create a online art portfolio, just something where I can upload some pictures and maybe some captions for the pictures. Maybe someplace I should make a slide show or something where someone could click through them one at a time. Nothing fancy.

I know about deviant art but are there any other options anyone knows about where you could create something I described for free? Thanks.

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Just to make sure its clear: you don't actually have to pay for Deviantart's basic features. Now, if you wanted a literal slide show than yeah, that's in the advanced accounts, but a basic account with a gallery and such, is free.

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Could someone post a bs/shield build thats good for pvp? would greatly appreciate it :P

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Capt. Fancy Pants: Level 50 Technology Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Smite -- Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Hectmb-Dmg(3), Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(3), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(5)
Level 1: Deflection -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(9)
Level 2: Shadow Maul -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(11), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(11), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Oblit-%Dam(39)
Level 4: Battle Agility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(15), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(15), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(17)
Level 6: True Grit -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(9), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(17), RgnTis-Regen+(31), Numna-Heal/Rchg(37)
Level 8: Siphon Life -- C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(19), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(19), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(21), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 10: Combat Jumping -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(23), Zephyr-ResKB(23), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(40), LkGmblr-Def(42)
Level 12: Active Defense -- HO:Membr(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(42), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(50)
Level 16: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 18: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Heal(25), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(25), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(43), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(27), P'Shift-End%(27), P'Shift-EndMod(39), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(42)
Level 22: Against All Odds -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 24: Boxing -- RzDz-Immob%(A)
Level 26: Soul Drain -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(31), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(33), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(33), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(33), GSFC-Build%(46)
Level 28: Tough -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(29), TtmC'tng-EndRdx(29), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(31), TtmC'tng-EndRdx/Rchg(40), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 30: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(36), HO:Cyto(40)
Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(34), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Mako-Dam%(43)
Level 35: Shield Charge -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(37), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Oblit-%Dam(50)
Level 38: Grant Cover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 41: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(43), RechRdx-I(48)
Level 44: Dark Consumption -- M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), M'Strk-Dmg/Rchg(45), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg(45), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 47: One with the Shield -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 49: Phalanx Fighting -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit

In Art
In Gaming
In Life

I learned this:

Save early, Save often, and Save before you know why.

Played a game with a statistic based on least saves = uber ending, went three hours over the course of 40% of the game, no save. Died, Game Over. I have not played the game since. I learned a valuable lesson that day. I don't trust Auto-Saves, and I don't trust my own saves. Save Twice, just in case.

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I think it's quirky, in a good way, that many are making submissions, even if they aren't very happy with him completely to remain in the contest. It's almost like it's the current theme: do zombified CoX, but also make it as if you didn't have enough time to make it the best that you'd want but still had to get something out as an entry. lol

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Get off my bandwagon

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whiteperegrine rebirth
holy geez...just saw this revision. niiiice
to bad cant really simulate that look in game otherwise I would. like the lil rebirth scene to that went with it.

a big thank you and very much appreciated over here! ~

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I didn't realize not everyone has caught their Briefs yet, probably a good thing to keep this bumped a bit longer then

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cool, yer back on these! nice ones John! was hoping we'd see more after seeing your art entry battle

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Ironik's I think is the only one I never succesfully completed!

Now what am I to do with this thread...hmm...

Devious, Shrike:
Glad to see you're happy with the pieces!

Dark Dragon

Masked Shrike

"John...you're not dead?"
"I guess not..."
"Wow...no kidding. And Artz. Lazy Bum."
"Sorry, I was busy and didn't get them uploaded?"
"..."
"..."
"..."

Strapped for time this month so I'm about to post something no one's ever seen before. Had to abruptly leave town for two weeks and couldn't sit down to do a proper submission, but its at least the pre-stage...And it might be 10% Funny.

At least its something, no sense in getting disqualified simply because I didn't submit anything at all.

Just to cover it: Deviant Art holds a unique (... "unique" ...) system for copyright that settles an arrangement that you [the artist] with hold all base rights to an individual piece of art that you rightfully and legally claim to be your own; and that so long as that [work] is confined on their servers they too have distributing rights to that [work] and hold litigation responsibilities to defend you as an artist legally that the said [work] does in fact belong to you and to assist in that fact if it becomes an issue and is maintained by them.

That's the lamens edition of the million page complex privacy policy they hold. To make it even simpler:

Anything you post is copyright - you. However, so long as its on their site they can promote it, use it, stamp it on a flyer, whatever they want. They just can't sell it for profit or release it to a third party.

However there have been some cases where say, as an example, you develop something that relays a certain company (like Pepsi or NVidia, etc. I know they recently held stuff for that). That company may channel through DA to contact you an arrange some sort of deal to purchase that work from you. Strange as it may seems some artists manage to branch into commercial work from the site. Its often quiet and disclosed, but it happens. There's a few other artists that have such renowned popularity from DA that their personal attempts to branch out have succeeded immensely because of the pre-existing fan base that extended into purchased products from the company that they transversely ended up working for.

So to answer the short question: Yes, its safe. But as was mentioned, for your own personal benefit: Watermark it and don't upload the full-size work. It helps you to keep a larger (and even better still broken down) image that proves its yours if the case were ever presented. Don't let the idea of thieves scare you away; remember, theft is the greatest form of flattery that no one ever admits to.

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I have a shield/em tank. Does the same information apply?

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Yes! The overall data might be a little different when it comes to defense %'s, but the process and data as a whole is definitely still cross-reference capable. They even soft-cap similarly (And Tanks that use Taunt actually get access to a pretty good IO Set).

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Out of your builds you've designed which would you recomend for:

Primary: PvP
Secondary: Yet Offensive PvE

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PvP Is hard to say from personal perspective as I don't normally dig my feet into that field, especially post I13 changes. Given that BS, Fire, DM and MA are your only options though, and that (if I'm recalling this part correctly) damage is scaling off animation times now, BS or Fire may be better suited, but DM has some exotic types that not everyone may have some form of defense/resistance against. Unfortunetly I'd (as a whole) have to point this back to some more PvP centric Scrappers.

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Jackal! Is it a jackal? Jackal! Its a Jackal! Jackal?

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Yes, Its a JACKAL!

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Positron, whuh? That's TA, no doubt about it.

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No, that's Evil Knievil, doesn't juu know n e ting?

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I honestly kind of gave up the DPS spreadsheet as of late except to calculate endurance and recharge requirements. Mainly due to my new DM/Shield build. The +dam in that build is so variable that it's impossible to estimate a theoretical model of DPS that's really a decent match to reality.

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There's so much truth in this that I functionally gave up trying to find the median DPS expectancy weeks ago.

And its appreciation like that which ends up producing more free stuff

Waitasecond...I'm in that list....O_O They've found me!!! ~runs and hides~

Milk Weasel!

>_>

Adam's Family Values, I can't get the idea to go away that it reminds me so much of them, so nyah, Baby Infernal FTW! XD

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John, can you take a look at my build? I'm looking to make it relatively cheap, thus the inclusion of lots of lower level IO's and no purples. I couldn't help throwing a Numinas +Regen/Recov in there, but I might drop it off.

Thanks very much for the guide. My DM/SD Scrapper is at 23 currently and a bunch of fun.

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If you're aiming for an expensive build, then I might suggest the build below. Instead of focusing on Regen (as it seems to attempted in yours), shoot to actually try and reach the Soft Cap for Defense, otherwise all that regen really isn't going to mean much in the long run if you're getting hit more often than it can compensate. This build should be fairly easily to obtain compared to others mentioned. Also favors less-sought after IO's for their less-glamourous benefits, but it can still help you reach the soft cap (close to it anyway, AoE Falls short). I don't like to include a Touch of Death set and try and say its inexpensive either, those have become difficult to get ahold of outside of Merits, possibly the same issue with Mako's Bite. Multi-Strikes should hopefully be simpler to find/afford. Numina's is the only real expensive item in the build, but I heavily suggest attempting to get one either way, if not a Miracle: +Recovery as well for Health since they both can have a good impact on the build.

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"I joined the occult and all I got was this lousy turtle-stamp"

Well, already made the fancy image with both costumes, but honestly what I labeled as the "Ultimates" costume is just the updated one I personally prefer: Here.

What, I'm not on the list!

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Just had to chime and say "excellent guide!" Your info is spot on with what I've experienced (every shield power except One with the Shield, albiet primarily from a tanker perspective).

I also commend you for including basic and common IO slotting. I really appreciate this, as many recent guides have just discussed IO-set slotting, and, for me, anyway, my characters tend to spend more time slotted with other than IO sets.

Thanks.

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I've always found from my own experience that there's going to be a large transitional period for any build (unless you have the influence up front) to go from SO/IO Generic Slotting into a gradually produced Set-Build. Knowing that I almost would feel foolish not to include that same suggestive transitional period in the guide, especially knowing that not everyone's going to go all out with their builds I shouldn't exclude helping them as well.

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During February i am having everybody that wants in during the year to sign up and then yes, every month there will be eliminations until we have the FArt champion for 2009. The way to be signed up and solidify your spot is to submit a piece.

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Since I didn't know about this seperate thread before the theme had been announced, but still in time, submitted and signed ~goes back to driving around his Archna-Walker~

You know Doug...I feel foolish now. Almost to a degree that no one may really quite understand, but its there.

Why though, might anyone ask?

Because until ten minutes ago it never occurred to me that you were this Doug Shuler. With which upon that realization I now know I have more of your artwork than many of the individuals on these forums

P.S. ... &gt;_&gt; will you sign my BFM?

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We do not know who you are, but your offering suffices the Art gods and shall be accepted; you may stay... for now.

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This would be Douglas Shuler, Art God - artist of many a CLASSIC MOTG card... bow down and worship him! Or at least give him props...

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... &gt;,&gt; I know who he is. I was playing along with the "anyone remember me" gag...

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Dang, you guys are quick! I just get this posted and there's already responses.

Glad y'all remember me. Been a while, eh? =)

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We do not know who you are, but your offering suffices the Art gods and shall be accepted; you may stay... for now.