Essential GFX Sites to Check Out!

Hi, everyone! Hope you all have been doing well, and taking care during this time. I’m just going to get straight to the point! I wanted to give a proper shoutout to the following artists and their websites, old and new, that I have been using as a reference for uploads I have done for myself and for others for the past 8 years that I’ve been doing GFX.

Of course, this short list will be pretty different from my “Amazing Sites” tab, because while those are definitely all amazing and you should check them out, they aren’t necessarily sites that I refer back to personally on a daily basis, and it is quite outdated. Hope you guys find someone new from my list, and give them all some love! ❤

Qwerty

Qwerty is arguably the biggest GFX artist in recent times, and for damn good reason! The views on her site as well as the abundance of people using her customs speak for itself. She is a natural at making original and modern customs that both females and males use on every Graal platform. The care she puts into the presentation of the heads, bodies, and even hats that she makes for Era are just impeccable. Definitely an all-rounder artist, that everyone knows about these days.

A few of my favorite customs of hers have hair made from scratch, yes, scratch! And it is so beautiful, the textures that she takes into account, as well as the great color choices, it is just great. She also keeps different skin colors as options, which goes to show how in touch she is with the wide variety of people that play Graal. Qwerty’s gifs are also top notch. It’s a shame that her famous big flame animation is illegal in Era, because it’s just so great and I’ve seen it get uploaded so many times, only for me to have to disapprove it :[

I could honestly sit here and praise her for hours on end, but I think you get the point. Almost all of the uploads I have in game (which are about 9 of them), I have gone to Qwerty’s site to reference something from there. Go show her some love!

Bear

Truly an underrated GFX artist that deserves soooo much more praise and views in the community. First and foremost, Bear is an all-around amazing artist, and both her heads and bodies deserve so much more popularity, but I personally want to focus on the bodies that she makes.

Her bodies are just- chef’s kiss. There is so much variety and care put into how she wants to present them to the audience. She takes real-life modern fashion that is “in” and makes them into beautiful customs for us to use on Graal platforms.

If you haven’t, pleaseeeee check out her bandana body, I get so many compliments about it in game, and I know for a fact it would be so popular if more knew about it! Bear’s site is my go-to for all of my bodies now :] Go show her some love!

Kelsi, Clo, and Friends

As for Kelsi, Clo, and the other admins that participated in making this site what it is today, they truly deserve all the praise. It is one of the OG sites, definitely old but gold. A lot of their customs set the precedent for modern day customs, and opened a wide variety of options for players back in the site’s prime.

Kelsi’s tutorials is also immensely helpful, and if you are just starting to get into GFX and the beginnings, I would highly recommend checking out her tutorials. It’s how I, as well as others I know, learned how to essentially start diving into the GFX world and broaden our knowledge on how to make our own unique and beautiful customs.

Her site has been inactive for quite a while, but I still always refer back to it when I need to, such as for ombre reference. Just an all around amazing site for its time!

Arue

Arue makes gorgeous uploads with very distinct faces and original hair extensions. She is an all-around amazing artist, showing her expertise in both male and female uploads, short and long hair, and all of that good junk.

Something about the faces that she has on her uploads are just so original and, for a lack of a better term, cute lol. The way she makes her eyes and mouths are so recognizable in being in her style, and the faces are the ones I refer back to the most when making my own uploads. It’s just so smooth, and I love the way she makes the mouths, especially on this one. So distinctive!

The hats she’s made for Era are also super beautiful, and I believe she also makes custom uploads for a colleague of mine in the staff team, which are always gorgeous. She definitely deserves some more love, go go go!

Yukimoon

Can’t say GFX site without thinking of Yukimoon as one of the first ones that pop into your head. At the time back then, it was one of the biggest Graal sites for good reason. She made beautiful anime inspired uploads, a huge portion of them being made from scratch. The hair and extensions she made still get used and referenced back to, to this day.

The colorful ombre hair is still top notch, one of the most beautiful ombre heads I’ve ever seen! I take a lot of inspiration from it, and a lottttt of people back then used these like crazy. For good reason, of course! Her Miku uploads were also used so much back then.

I often go back to Yuki’s site for inspo on hair textures and color palettes, as well as subtle face changes on grab frames. Truly a top-tier site that deserved all the recognition it got. It’s a shame she isn’t active anymore, I would have loved to see what she could do today.

V3

A newer site, but amazing all the same. Their gifs are great, as well as their skins. I would like to mainly focus on their male heads here, but I just wanted to say that everything they upload is top-tier as well.

I’d like to give a shoutout to Zara, who seems to have done a big portion of the male heads, and they are just so great and deserve to reach a wider audience. It’s original, with a huge variety of color options to have your own personal flair in game. There’s a wide range of those famous sparring heads that sparrers use to look good with their masks, as well as having gifs for almost all of them, which is a big thing these days.

All in all, a great reference point for original male customs and uploads, though their female customs deserve the same amount of praise! Show em some love :]

AZNGirlz

Lastly, to the amazing girls at AZNGirlz! Another site that was pretty popular back in its prime, with female and male uploads to boot. There are so many great reference points that are still being looked back at to this day, and Tam made so many beautiful shields as well.

All of the female uploads were superrrr popular in Graal, almost everyone had an upload from here at one point or another back then, lol! There is just so much great customs to look at, that are still modern enough to be used today. Tam’s bodies were also a great catalyst for all of the beautiful bodies we have now, as it is often used as a base point.

They haven’t posted in a while, which is a shame since there were so many that looked forward to their posts! But what they still have up is still gold.

Thank you for taking your time to read through this. All of these artists are amazing, and I hope you check them out if you haven’t already, for their work is timeless and will live on in Graal forever.

If you wanted to come have a chat or say hi, look for me on Graal Era under the gang name “fairyfloss”! Thank you :]

Q’s about accepted/declined uploads in Era: ANSWERED!

hello all! as you know, I have been apart of graal era’s pr team for a few months now, and I get tons of questions about what is accepted, what isn’t, and what you need to know before making an upload you spend days on only to get it declined. as a fellow GFX artist, I understand how frustrating this can be. anyway, let’s dive right into it!

1.Eye animations

Eye animations have gotten extremely strict over the past few months compared to back then. Big flames, distracting animation, having it go into the hair, extending past the cheek, etc. have been things that have been limited. ILLEGAL ANIMATIONS will be in RED FONT (courtesy to cdgraal):

“1st row – normal blink, blink but more skin shows, glitter blink that matches eye color, black and white glitter blink

2nd row – blink and teardrop, og fire blink, chantalice’s fire blink, blink wink

3rd row – blink and glow, blink to diff eye color and blink again to the original color, blink and smoke that is brighter than eye color, blink and white smoke“

Animations that go outside of the eye frame into the hair or down the cheek are considered illegal. I underlined the og fire blink, because in some cases the animation will go further into the hair than normal. This also applies to animated eye scars, eye glitches, Qwertzilla’s famous big fire-flame animation, etc. If you have any other questions regarding what’s legal and what isn’t, dont be afraid to ask!

Small earring animations are also legal, just can’t be too flashy.

2. Hair

Hair itself is pretty straightforward, but a rule that’s been implemented is that ALL frames of the hair must now match each other. That means that if your hair is black all around, but the death animation hair is red, that would be illegal. Also, animations such as hair flowing in the wind are legal, so do keep that in mind as well.

3. Copyright

Copyright’s a pretty complex subject, because some things could be considered copyright while others may not. An example of this may be, a blatant copy of Itachi’s head being uploaded- that would definitely be declined. However, a bag with Gucci colors or body with a Bape Ape bag/hoodie might be overlooked at times, but generally those are also illegal and will probably be refunded by an admin that finds it.

4. Bodies

Ah I get lots of flack when I have to refund these types of bodies, but unfortunately they are illegal.

THICC BODIES are illegal, and considered inappropriate. Generally those with the outline of the V, outline of the booty, and cleavage shown are declined right away. Sometimes people can get away with it by covering it with a cape/extensions but it kind of defeats the purpose of the body. I HIGHLY HIGHLY suggest that if by some miraculous off chance your thicc body does get accepted, to not take any chances and refund it, because when an admin finds it, you will only get refunded for half and not full.

ALL BLACK bodies, and bodies with the feather/knife hanging are also illegal.

5. Bandanas and masks

Masks that cover the bottom half of the face are actually legal. As long as you can still make out the eyes and skin of the upload, it’ll be fine.

Bandanas are only legal if they do not go around the entire head. Bandanas that go around the entire head are considered hats, and therefore illegal. An example would be here, courtesy of Qwerty:

As you can see, the first head would be declined because the bandana wraps to the back of the head, whereas the second one would be accepted because it doesn’t.

6. Animals/Unusuals

All mammal customs will be accepted. However, this excludes penguins, and birds of any kind. Any variation of reptiles (crocodiles, turtles, etc.) is illegal.

Extraterrestrials, or animals that don’t exist in the world today such as unicorns, are also illegal. However, zombie uploads are legal! (Zombie heads with brains exposed aren’t, though.)

As for unusuals, such as a robotic-looking head, it might be accepted as long as you can tell in some way that it has a mouth and eyes, it really depends on how robotic looking the head looks like.

7. Mouth

Almost all mouth animations are accepted, such as a smile, a frown, a pucker. It just can’t be too flashy; a super wide smile that reaches the eyes could be considered illegal.

8. Frames

Please keep in mind you can only have 20 frames/seconds of animation on your heads. NOTE!!! For example, If you have 20 frames but it’s under the 20 second mark, it will be fine. If you have 8 frames but it exceeds the 20 second mark, it will have too many frames. It’s kind of hard to explain, so please PM me in game if you need further clarification!

Anddddd that’s about all I’ve got for now! If you guys have any other questions please do not hesitate to ask me! My player account is the owner of the gang “fairyfloss”, and my PR account is in the same gang. It sucks to spend all your time on a custom to get it declined, so please ask before you make/pay for edits! ❤

LAST UPDATED: October 21, 2020.

Gunner’s CC Bodies – FIXED

hello all!

just last month, I was recruited to be apart of the PR team! if you see me around say hi c:

as PR, I accept and decline uploads, and about everyday I see Gunner’s male bodies and have to decline them because they’re not indexed properly. so, ive decided to put it upon myself to re-index the most popular ones I see uploaded from his site for all to enjoy and not get it declined anymore 🙂

all credits go to gunner, I am just re-indexing ❤ set trans on all!

if youd like any more of gunners bodies to be indexed, please tell me!

plaid skirts

long time no see c; lots of people were asking for my body in game, so here it is!

credit goes to Aleesia gfx and AZNGirlz gfx ❤

set transparency!

1st body – bow at waist with pleated skirt

2nd body – bow at collar, stripe on skirt, booties

3rd body – nothing

4th body – bow at collar

please give credit when editing/using in game! thank u for 145k views ❤

say hi to me in game!

little collection^^

just a really really small collection~ most of these are customs i edited for friends that dont use them anymore so here ya go!! a lot of these are just recolors/small edits of each other 🙂

credits to lineargraal, miyabi, cdgraalgfx, lyv and sof, kelsi, yukimoon, aqua, sophie, lucy ❤

as always, set trans on bodies but not on heads~

ive actually never showed my profile before as well, so ofc, if you need to contact me/see me around, please say hi!! xx 

 

pigtails ~

some cute pigtails i edited from kezzy’s site 🙂

i edited the brown one for a friend which is why it’s the only one that blinks, but if you’d want another one that blinks just pm me in game

i also used bodies that ive been really liking, so yeah! my personal favorite out of these is the second, greenish one ^^

as always, give credit where credit is due, don’t set trans on head but do on bodies.

credits to kezzy, azn, Kelsi, bri, nini

color templates <3

hi, hello! very long time no see 🙂

I’m not back with customs, but rather color templates for you to recolor and all that jazz by yourself! these are the templates I mainly use(d) when I recolor(ed) my heads, so hear ya go!

if you’re looking for me in game, my name is Jade and I’m in the gang “Cruso” ^^ I don’t play graal anymore so I mainly just go on to chat and whatnot.

if you do use these color templates, id love if I got credit!

and thank you for 50k views, that’s so crazy to me ❤

Naturals:

Metallics:

Unnatural Neons:

Unnatural Pastels:

Unnatural Lights:

(Unique) Beach Blvd.:

(Unique) Ombre Combinations:

let me know if you’d like more templates! 🙂

heh

a small collection of requests people asked me to do~ ill post more of them later ^^

you guys told me to do more pastels, dip dye, animation, braids, and unusuals (next post possibly)

as per usual, always give credit to me if you use these! I worked very hard on them and I wont promise ill be doing any more customs if people claim my edits as theirs. thank you.

credits to totoro, sophie, leah, lucy, kay, poochy, angel, mew, amyeh, nhi, krolzex  peggy, bri, nini, miyuki.

Taking Requests~ (CLOSED)

As of now, I’ll be taking requests/suggestions! PM me in game in the gang, “inoubliable”, or comment down below! It’s been a long time since I’ve been back, so I’d like to gift you all~ Thank you for 30k views^^ I will update when I will not be taking anymore. Happy holidays ❤

Harley Quinn-ish?

i barely did anything to nhi’s fabulous heads, and the moment i saw it, it reminded me of harley quinn

i easily recolored the hair bands, made the pink and blue richer, and added a smile and a different pair of eyes (if you wanted). ive also included multiple bodies that could look good with this head to match the theme of harley quinn that i obviously do not own~ enjoy. Full credits to nhi, leah, horror factory, savannah, and graal depot

FIRST HEAD – NO SMILE, DIDN’T CHANGE THE EYES

SECOND HEAD – SMILE, DIDN’T CHANGE THE EYES

THIRD HEAD – NO SMILE, CHANGED THE EYES

FOURTH HEAD – SMILE, CHANGED THE EYES