User talk:Kanaru

Relation to James Bond
Are you really James Bond's Aunt? --SammyTheSquirrel 12:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, indeed I am. 01:20, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you prove that? --  Shandris   talk / contribs  16:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * My sister's son is James Bond, her husband was John Bond and they got married and had a son. 01:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * James Bond is fictional, what are you talking about =) --  Shandris   talk / contribs  08:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That's what he wants you to think... 16:42, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Howling Fjord map
My God, that's so professional! Care to give a few tips on how you made it? --  Shandris   talk / contribs  15:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Alrighty, well first, since the real WoW map creators must use Photoshop, get Photoshop if you don't have it already.
 * Next, I made a base parchment image to start off of. Since I'm sure people would love it, I'll give what I made.  Image:Parchment.jpg
 * Note: I was using a tablet to create this, I doubt it would look good doing this with a mouse (no pressure, etc.)
 * So afterward I traced a scaled image of Image:Howling_Fjord_LayoutD.jpg to fit the map, and of course this gives locations of areas that will :probably be shown on the map. I took the brown color from a map of Nagrand (RGB: 120, 72, 24).


 * For the road, I had color as (RGB): 204, 170, 50. I just took a brush and drew along where the road goes on the layout map.
 * I added effects to the road: Outer Glow and Inner Glow.


 * Outer Glow:
 * Blend Mode = Normal
 * Color (RGB) = 127, 82, 23
 * Opacity = 100%
 * Noise = 29%
 * Spread = 0%
 * Size = 6 px
 * Range = 31%
 * Jitter = 0% (You don't really notice a difference whether its 0 or 100 anyway)


 * Inner Glow:
 * Blend Mode = Normal
 * Color (RGB) = 127, 82, 23
 * Opacity = 100%
 * Noise = 18%
 * Technique = Precise
 * Choke = 0%
 * Size = 0 px
 * Range = 86%
 * Jitter = 0% (You don't really notice a difference whether its 0 or 100 anyway)


 * For the mountains, I just drew them all myself.


 * Icons for the buildings and so forth were taken from other maps, except of course Utgarde Keep, which personally I think I could have done a better job on.


 * For the lines in the water, I just took the line tool and made about 5 lines going completely across the picture and copied and pasted a few times, until covering the entire map. From there I erased where needed be.


 * For the Grizzly Hills text, first you will need Friz Quadrata TT font. For Anti-Aliasing, set it to Sharp (All text used on the maps are Sharp, in fact).  Color should be (RGB):  86, 61, 35.


 * Layer effects should be as followed:
 * Blend Mode = Screen
 * Color (RGB) = 190, 162, 88
 * Opacity = 100%
 * Noise = 23%
 * Technique = Softer
 * Spread = 0%
 * Size = 3 px
 * Range = 45%
 * Jitter = 0% (Again, no noticeable difference)


 * Font size should be 28.19 for "upper case" letters, 24.19 for "lower case".


 * I may continue. But thank me for releasing my secretive information!  :D  19:26, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Question
That's wicked Kanaru! =) But I still wonder - how did you make the land, and what brush tip (Illustrator?) did you use to make roads and outlines? --  Shandris   talk / contribs  09:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The land I copied the background layer, and used Soft Light over it with a color to make it look like land, and I just did that for all the colors there. For the brush tip I'm just using the normal brush; however, I am using a tablet so I have pressure detection.  I hope that answers your question.  18:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Is it possible to do this in Photoshop Elements? Illidari 22:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I actually don't know, I never tried Elements myself, so I am unfamiliar with its features. 23:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Then may I ask you which version of Photoshop you use and how much it cost? Illidari 23:12, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I doubt you wanna know the answer... But except for that, he uses CS3 Extended, just like I do. -- 11:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Rawr, how doth thoust knoweth I usethed Adobe Photoshoppeth CS3 Extended (don't I speak good old English)? It costs about $1000, by the way, unless you're upgrading from an older version, then its $350.   23:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Because! If you look at extended details on the pictures you upload it says: A PShop CS3, and 80% with CS3 uses the Extended version. ;))) There you go. -- 07:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I am finding it funny how many sites are picking your image up thinking its a Alpha leak. :p Leviathon 21:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Mind I asking, what image are they talking about? ^^ 20:10, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

map praise
Just chiming in to offer my praise for the fan maps. Good job! -- k _d3 21:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * All hail Kanaru, crator of awesome stuff! Seriously though, i'm stunned by how proffesional you've made them look. I'm looking forward to more from you! -- 21:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Come join the WoWWiki IRC, I'd like to hear more from you.-- 21:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'm really surprised how quickly I'm getting messages here... 21:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Well you did manage to make many fansites think it was a leak till they realized it was player made. Its a really well done image and it would be cool if you could make images like that for the other 3 Design Layouts. Leviathon 21:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * You deserve it! -- 21:43, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I think your maps are great as well! Who can shame those websites for being fooled?-- 22:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Big kudos on that HF map. I believed it was a real map for the first few seconds, and then still not sure it wasn't. Such a good timing with the other rumours as well. If you had used more direct lines for the costal wates and the cliffs, as well as used the Blizzard standard mountains they have on all their maps, I'm not sure I would have knon the difference at all =D --Leord 22:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Working on making those two things look more legitimate on my Grizzly Hills map, actually. I prefer not to C&P Blizzard's mountains, it's difficult to blend most of the time and makes it look worse than hand-drawing it.  23:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I might have a map template for you I had found in older blizzard maps. Need to find it first though... Pop on IRC once in a while :) 15:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Nice work, only thing i'd suggest is toning down the amount of noise/diffusion in certain places, overly grainy compared to the official maps. --  http://www.zealvurte.co.uk/temp/sig-av/wiki_zeal.png|User:Zeal  http://www.zealvurte.co.uk/temp/sig-av/wiki_talk.png|User talk:Zeal </li> http://www.zealvurte.co.uk/temp/sig-av/wiki_contribs.png|Special:Contributions/Zeal </li> http://www.zealvurte.co.uk/temp/sig-av/wiki_end.png|User:Zeal </li></ul> 13:08, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Hair/Beard praise
These are awesome! I changed from links to gallery, since unused images tend to get deleted (and yours are way too cool). Hope you don't mind. And please, stop by the IRC sometimes, there are a lot of people who want to talk to you. -- 19:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't mind at all; in fact, I think it looks better. :P  I shall get on IRC right now then.  ...but it just so happens you're not on. :(  By the way, whenever I get on no one talks, so I dunno, maybe I get on at bad times.   23:47, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Paris Map
Please keep it out of my user page, it has nothing to do with me. Thank you. 15:27, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I did wonder about that. We should create a fan maps page! 15:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow...
http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=6571.0 Saw this and laughed. :P 02:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * There just that good. 03:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, and it might be time to put your new sig on a separate page, like you did with User:Kanaru/Sig. 03:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * User:Kanaru/Sig2 That's what this is :D 04:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yea, noticed that... was changing my comment when I got edit conflict with ya, lol 04:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I liked this by the way: "Second dwarf looks like an Afro-dwarf and the third one looks like an Emo-dwarf." :P 18:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The fact that they actually managed to think the Isle of Template was WotLK is just hillarious. -- 18:36, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed. 18:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sig
Now while I'm at it, isn't there an easier way to put in my sig? I liked typing ~ ~ ~ ~ without the spaces, but that puts this huge clump of text, and typing "{User:Kanaru/Sig2}" with another {} around it is really annoying, and plus I have to type what time I saved the page and yada yada. 18:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * You can use ~ x5 That will just do the date. I myself have a text file open that I just copy and paste ... I know its lazy, but I'm not typing it out everytime.  18:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If your sig is correctly set up, typing  should give.
 * Remember:
 * Your sig preferences should say.
 * User:Kanaru/SigX should contain.
 * User:Kanaru/Sig2 should contain your raw sig.
 * It may seem a little complicated, but it's a just one time job. Hope this helps! -- 18:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Really? Well, wish I had known that... here I've been doing it a non-lazy yet harder way... 18:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Reading WP:SIG kinda helps... -- 18:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I was waiting for the video to come out =P 19:00, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Test. 19:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Woot! 19:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Water
How can I do the water colour? -
 * Easier to say it's indescribable... 00:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Maps for non-Photoshoppers?
I'm one of the unfortunates who have to rely on outdated but still reliable software (to be specific, I use Paint Shop Pro 5 - the last good one before PSP essentially became Photoshop). Is there a possibility for a PSP template of some kind, or will I have to get creative in that regard? Sincerely, Joshmaul 02:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know very much about PSP; it's been a very long time since I've used it and I really didn't learn about layers until I got Photoshop, thus I don't know if PSP has the function of using layers or not. Since I don't have Paint Shop Pro I can't really make a template, and even if I had it, I don't know how possible it is to actually make a good template due to layers.  I suppose there would be layers in PSP though, it seems kind of essential.  05:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * There are indeed layers in PSP. Even the old piece of junk I'm stuck with, heh. --Joshmaul (talk) 10:15, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Mountains and cliffs
Can you make an easy guide to draw mountains and cliffs? ty^^-- 09:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Like other things, all I can really say is look at it and try to copy it as exact as you can.  15:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

How have you learned to make maps?
No, seriously reveal how you've got so pro at making maps. Like you are not but you make maps like Blizzard programmers. Reveal how did you learned making them, what did you use? ~worldtaker
 * Honestly, the way I learned how to draw everything - look at it and draw it. It takes time, patience and a hell of a lot of practice to learn.  I get that question all the time with drawings I do, and that's all I can say.  I've been drawing (what seems like) all my life, and drawing what you see is essential to good art I think.  Steps as "how to" is really impossible, I can't really explain it.  I used Photoshop CS3 Extended.   18:59, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Shading
How did you do the shading? One place is normal green and you see a lightened spot. How did you do that? ~ worldtaker
 * Soft light, with a lesser opacity.  19:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Water Lines
once you have created the "water lines" layer full of lines what effects do you apply to make them fade?-- 20:19, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Just erase it with a soft brush (set brush hardness to 0%), pretty much. 21:42, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Bananas
What do you use to draw the bananas? sorry I just felt like joining in... 21:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * 42. 11:38, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

What is the outline colour of a zone
The title says it all - worldtaker
 * I used the same colors he used for the map i'm drawing, and it looks good-- 12:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Water
I see the water has an odd colour. Can you tell what are the colours or you can make a parchment with water in it? You see that there are several images there so can you make another "water parchment" or there is already one?

howlingFjordv2
you have forgot to made the bridges or you didn't see there most be brides Image:HowlingFjordV2.jpg at ever place the path ends in the sea there's a bridge
 * I'm well aware. 23:57, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Contact
Just wish to contact you privately in regards to a project, got any contact details? I'm available on msn/aim/yim/gtalk/xfire or email. -- 17:33, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Request
I dont know if you will do it, but I have a request... can you make a Hyjal map? TNK 14:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)worldtaker

Stratholme
Even at capital maps you are great (I should starts making them myself) P.S. See my page. I have maps too. Judge them 07:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)worldtaker

Way
I was wondering how do you make the way lines? You know way as in Cloud Mesa to Thunderbluff as an example. It is pretty hard and the outline for the zones is hard. How doy uo do it and with what program? I use Photoshop version 8.0 TNK 12:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)worldtaker

Template
I'm going to create a much better template (relatively) soon, just to let everyone know.. 02:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I hope you're still gonna release this new template, I think a lot of people would love to play around with it ^_^
 * I'm yet again going to create a better template, I don't think the last one was very good to use, and what I use happens to be vastly superior... Can't say soon, but it's coming.  09:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Completed! Took me five hours, so I really hope it's of use to people...  09:12, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * For those of you who download the template maps, are you getting the right font when you open it? I assume most of you don't have Friz Quadrata font.   11:16, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I just dont get the water... and the road its killing me! I cant make the road I always screw the outlines and the shading at moments in the map puzzles me TNK 16:38, 6 July 2008 (UTC)worldtaker
 * Man...  21:43, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Map layer site
Do you know the link of the layers? Both water and land

Image:Cometogetherrightnowoverme.jpg
Brilliant! Even the name is hillarious. Moar plizz? 11:08, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'll probably make some more. I was listening to that song when I named the picture :P    16:48, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

New template, yet again
Creating a new template, this time it looks a lot more like the Wrath of the Lich King maps. There's a preview on the map gallery. 19:25, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

D.C.
Nice! I went there this summer, so I know what it looks like, and this is very good. North America looks good too, it seems a bit "naked" with that few cities marked? Planning to make the rocky mountains or something show? 14:40, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah I tried to make mountain ranges but my mountains came out badly so I didn't include them. I'll try to make it better later.  :P   16:58, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Wallpapers / art in general
Are you going to keep "hosting" your art on WoWWiki, or do you keep on doing it on DA too? 15:31, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I probably won't do it so much here, I put some of my digital art on DA if I think it's worth showing every now and then though. :p   04:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Image:TheLastPrinceofLordaeron.jpg While I do think that your art is great and all, you should mainly use your DA page or some other place to upload your art. 19:44, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I do, I put it there originally, I just thought it would be nice to put here. If it's a problem I won't.   22:24, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Morgan Menethil
Are you going to add any real proof that such a character exists? It looks like unsourced speculation to me, unless you can provide any screenshots or other proof. 06:16, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Deleted. 13:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * morgan menethil is a character. WoW Fan Story Writer (talk) 00:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Deleted map images
I could restore the images and let you download them to your computer, but keep in mind that WoWWiki is not a hosting service for your files. You'll get a week. 12:45, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Template!
Ok i'm a noob at Wowwiki i have to abmit that, but can you please point me to the template to make maps?

I realy realy want to make a map!^^

Thank's in advanse TerrorBlades (talk) 22:39, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

ok nvm
dude how do i get ur freakin map-makin template to work?! it only opens irfan view! ?!?!?!?!? plz answer WoW Fan Story Writer (talk) 00:11, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a .PSD file, which opens in Adobe Photoshop. Here is a trial if you need it:  http://www.adobe.com/go/tryphotoshop    01:41, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Hard mode changes
Thanks for the rewording ( at the time I could not think of anything better to say ) - I worded it that way becasue some  achievements required you to kill / Destroy  certain Items  mobs  Npc  -- but other achievemetns required you to NOT kill / destroy certain ones -- again thanks for the better rewording -- (<span="help title=Morph><font color="#306ac9" face="Lucida Calligraphy">M o r p h  | <span="help title=Morph_Contribution(s)_to_this_Wiki>C  | <span="help title=Morph_Discussion_Page>T )  22:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. :P 03:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

v4
DO you have a PSD of the v4 template map? -- 12:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

How can i contact you
Best maps ever seen. I want to ask you something. So how can i contact you?

It's pretty but
I think File:Cataclysm510.jpg kind of walks the line of WP:DNP content. Just warning you in case it gets taken down. 11:40 PM, 16 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Box Art
Your work continues to wow me. Just wanted to say nice job. I fully expect to be kept busy trying to extinguish rumors it's official. And i mean that in a good way. 09:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. :)  09:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That is absolutly amazing. You should submit that to blizzard as I wouldn't be surprised if that became the box art. Would be freaky if it was. Well done in creating it and might be looking out for more of your stuff ;) Kranitoko (talk) 09:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * How did you make it? -- 13:22, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks beautiful, but I reverted it because of WhatLinksHere. I think "box art" on World of Warcraft: Cataclysm needs to be official only, sorry. However, you're welcome to reupload it under a different name and post it somewhere else on the wiki as fanart. 4:42 PM, 24 Aug 2009 (EDT)
 * Moved it here File:Cataclysm Box Art-Kanaru.png,  20:57, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Works fine for me, Coobra.  23:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Awesome picture you did :) Benitoperezgaldos (talk) 23:53, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I made my own box art yesterday, what do you think guys? Please comment. It features the Worgen. Took about 3 hours to make. -- 06:24, 25 August 2009 (UTC)



I'll say similar to what i said to Shandris. What you've made looks great, but i can't say i like it, because it doesn't fit the staple of what a WoW expansion box looks like.

Box art traditionaly has a prominant race (often a head shot) inside the circle with a second body shot of another race to the left in the foreground. TBC did this with a Belf in the circle and Draenei in front. WotLK was the only one to break this, showing only the Lich King and with Frostmourne coming out of the circle, but this is likely due to the lack of two new races (though also because of the name and who he is). It would stand to reason, that Cataclysm will use a Worgen and Goblin mix. It'd work better with a Worgen body shot, and then a Goblin's head shot in the circle (because a body shot of a Goblin would look silly :P)

Yours would work if they continue using the expansion's final boss on the box art, but i'm not convinced they will, and i'm not convinced Deathwing actually is. WotLK is the first time we've known the "final boss" from launch (rather than major boss), and it's not yet certain Deathwing is.

With the new races being added though, it seems more likely they will go back to the existing pattern of box art with races.

One more thing, the white around the box, glow or a bad cut out? Looks odd. :S -- 13:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The white around the box is glow, in reminisence to the BC box art: -- 13:52, 25 August 2009 (UTC)




 * Hm. Yours looks fine though, while Kanaru's looks more like it was cutout form a white background. :S The glow is skewed in places. Might be a mediawiki scaling issue though. -- 13:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)



What do you think about this one? Made it yesterday. -- 08:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Commission?
A couple people and myself have been working on a fictional expansion (created before the Cataclysm announcement) that takes place after Wrath. Would it be possible to commission your excellent mapmaking skills for the project? I absolutely fail at photoshoping anything, and it would make the whole thing more professional.  Thio : <font color="Lime">Talk  and <font color="Black">Contributions  16:08, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hm, I suppose I could, but I don't guarantee I'll be hasty at all with it.  14:08, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I'll try and get you some sort of compensation or something by the time I can get a rough MSPaint drawing. [[Image:IconSmall Dwarf Male.gif]]  Thio : <font color="Lime">Talk   and <font color="Black">Contributions  00:23, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * And here it is! (http://www.wowwiki.com/User:Thio/GarokModanMap) If you need me to clarify anything, I can. Thank you so much if you do this! [[Image:IconSmall Dwarf Male.gif]]  Thio : <font color="Lime">Talk  - <font color="Black">Contributions  01:17, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Fancy pansy signs!
Deliah Shalièn (talk) 08:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC) <- that, looks boring and ugly. I want yours! Ofcourse personalised for me! :D But, I never found how to do it. Seeing as your and my edits keep crossing alot lately ^^ I found you the best person to ask! :p (I signed infront, but, I'll sign here too) Deliah Shalièn (talk) 08:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's quite simple actually, and I was planning on making a new signature for myself so I might as well. Here is the page for my signature.   14:08, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you hadn't noticed already! ^^ I now have my own personal signature, which is quite unique.. o.o 20:27, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

New Avalon
Hey i'm on an RP server and i was thinking of opening up the abandoned city new avalon as a city. But i want it to be like a real city, so i was hoping you could make a map of new avalon if that is not a hassle for you?

Char image
I guess this is yours? TherasTaneel (talk) 15:22, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

Your comments are desired
Hey, haven't seen any new maps of yours lately, are you still doing those? They were really cool. Anyway, just wanted to solicit your opinions on whether WoWWiki should leave Wikia. Thanks! -- 03:32, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Cataclysm inline templates
c-inline and cata-inline works in different ways. Don't redirect one to the other. -- 22:47, 27 October 2010 (UTC)