Bleach Wiki talk:Image Gallery

Picture Change Guidelines
As per the Image Policy, nominate and discuss changes to the profile pictures of the character articles here and only here. The typical requirements for a profile picture are that it shows the character facing forward, in their typical attire and should not be battle-worn. They should be centered, have good lighting, and be of good quality. Candidates also must have valid and complete and  templates attached to them or else they will be rejected.

Votes
How to vote:

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Only one "Support" vote per user. Votes will be open only for a week of the initial pic being placed. At the end of the week the highest rated pic will win. If no pick is a clear winner, than an admin with pick the pic. If another pic is brought up after the picture is picked then the voting begins again with the pic that has already been picked and the new pic or pics.

New Background
Well, it took a truly unnecessary amount of work due to FANDOM's arbitrarily low background image filesize limit of 300kb, and it wounds me to have to upload JPGs for anything, let alone this...but I've managed to put together two alternatives to the current, long-standing TYBW background image for the wiki. Why? Well, I personally like it, but I've had it brought to my attention that it can cause considerable visibility issues since the wiki uses white/gray text and that tends to blend in/disappear when the central portion of the background image has lots of light colors, as ours currently does. Plus, with BURN THE WITCH officially on its feet and part of the wiki, I and others feel that the background should no longer be just Bleach-oriented, even if that comprises the vast majority of our content. Hence, two proposals with black central portions (which might necessitate changing image caption text from gray to white for readability, an easy enough fix I think) and equal representation for both Bleach and BURN THE WITCH on its sides (debated trying to do some sort of collage, but I don't know that my skills are good enough for that to be front and center on every page of this wiki, so I just stuck with cropped color spreads). You're free to critique these two or add options of your own, but I do think it's time for a change.--Xilinoc (talk) 05:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) Of the two that are currently up, I prefer Option 2, since landscapes present a more neutral contrast to page content than characters do.--Xilinoc (talk) 05:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Neutral. As I said below, I think its time for a change. Renewed anime on its way, second season of Burn the Witch so in favour of having the two showcased. I take Xil's comment about colour contrast aboard, but personally I wouldnt use option 2 as frankly Karaura Town is not the most distinctive or important place, but even if it was SS, I think better to use the characters than places (already in topnav, not in favour of it all being the same). As for which characters, obviously Ichigo should be there, but I find it hard to justify not having Rukia in there too (is there a colour version of this or similar?), or alternatively Ichigo & Yhwach/other Quincy given thats what Bleach will be in 2021. Same goes for BTW, I get Noel isnt there due to difficulting in cropping, but she should be, more important than the two lads. That being said, if thats not possible, I'll take op 1 over op 2. 11:05, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, you've got a point about both. If we'd prefer characters over locations, I can rework the second one to be more inclusive - I just went with what sprang to mind for options. Unfortunately, the fairly narrow side-space limits options as far as single, non-edited images go, so no promises that it will look perfect. But I appreciate the input.--Xilinoc (talk) 11:09, 16 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Neutral. Honestly, I can't decide either. The locations background isn't bad, but I'd prefer if it showed SS and Reverse London instead then. The character one on the other hand is something I'd choose first, but can we perhaps add Ichigo and Rukia both from the final arc for the Bleach side? Timjer (talk) 11:36, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

In a fit of inspiration from Yyp's critique, I not only managed to fit that Ichigo/Rukia color spread onto the left side, but also tracked down transparent PNGs of the Noel and Ninny promotional art and arranged them on the right in what I think is a decent composition. Unfortunately, I can't get rid of the color surrounding Ichigo and Rukia to make it a matching black while keeping it looking good, but otherwise I think this addresses the problems with 1?--Xilinoc (talk) 11:40, 16 December 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) Now of Option 3 instead.--Xilinoc (talk) 11:40, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) I too support option 3, but I did create a different variation of option 3 that looks a little bit cleaner. 15:04, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) op3 - for me this is a winning combo from Xil and Lemurs.  19:28, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 3 - same reasons as above. 1's missing Noel, 2 is overall lacking due to only being locations, and 4 is really just a messier version of 3 on the left.

Cataloging
Place any images that are to be cataloged in the Image Galleries here.

New wiki background and possible logo changes
I was playing around with some of the Burn the Witch assets I found and made some new wiki background concepts. I made a background, a "header banner" and a new logo. Do you guys like any of the new concepts?

-- 16:11, August 24, 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) Been wanting a new header banner for a while now but the editor kept glitching so I never got to fool around with it - your proposal looks great. Same with the new logo and background, as much as I love the final arc and as much as our current logo has grown on me, right now it's BTW time (I'd be open to bringing back this BG when the anime starts airing again, though, then maybe capping it all off with a "dual banner" of Ichigo/Rukia/Noel/Ninny after it's all said and done).--Xilinoc (talk) 16:29, August 24, 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I’m open for a “dual background” and I would have done one, but there isn’t any key art for the anime yet, so I think this will do fine for the moment. -- 16:37, August 24, 2020 (UTC)

Support the wordmark and banner, but not the background. Its time for a change I think, but it should be the characters and it should include proper Bleach characters first and foremost. While its only right that BtW be acknowledged since its the only new content right now, it shouldnt supersede the original which is 95%+ of what the wiki is about. 09:12, August 25, 2020 (UTC)


 * Agree with Yyp. I support the wordmark and banner as well. While I admit the proposed background looks awesome, it kinda detracts from the fact that this wiki is still primarily about Bleach, not its spinoff. Timjer (talk) 09:23, August 25, 2020 (UTC)


 * Fair points, both of you. I'll try making a background to satisfy all parties later, but for now I say move ahead with the logo and background.--Xilinoc (talk) 11:50, August 25, 2020 (UTC)

I can refine the logo a bit (I was doing it on the fly) and move on using the header if all parties agree.-- 20:33, August 25, 2020 (UTC)

I created another logo concept -- 20:08, August 26, 2020 (UTC)

Managed to add the banner pic. Took a surprising amount of cropping, resizing to get it positioned right. Im sure itll surprise nobody that it doesnt show up on the Discussion page... 14:02, October 15, 2020 (UTC)