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So, this picture should be pretty familiar to a number of my subscribers/viewers, namely the ones who have been around since I started up my Youtube channel and doing videos. This was the main picture I had been using for quite some time while doing my video playthroughs over on Youtube. When I was first beginning to plan on doing video playthroughs through the handle of "Gamree the Green Mage" (the name of one of my own personal characters I created for my stories a long time ago, and by far one of my more favorite characters), I decided that I would need a good picture/image/icon that best represented that character as closely as possible (because I suck at art and drawing... unless we're talking about a stick-figure competition, then I might stand a fighting chance). So, little ol' me went on to tried-and-true Google and did an image search for, "Green [insert forgotten word here]" (thought for certain I did a search for "Green Mage", but recent searches suggest otherwise), and I came across this picture (but not on its original site.) It is an incredible picture, at least in my humble opinion, and of all the "Green Mage" pictures I had come across and looked at, this one just seemed to click with not just the character of Gamree the Green Mage I have in my head, but also with my style of humor and commentary in a way. Of course, just like 90% of other people on the internet, I just insta-saved the picture and used it as my profile picture on Youtube, with it later becoming kind of like an avatar for my channel.
I grew attached to the picture, though, and eventually decided to try and hunt down where the original picture was and the artist who made it to try and get actual permission to use the picture not just on my channel, but also maybe in my videos if I ever felt the need to. Until I got the permission, I changed my YT avatar over to a more generic G-Emblem, which I've been using for the past several months. For some odd reason, I could have sworn that I found the picture over on DeviantArt, so I spent most of my time searching over there for it. Image searches on Google for "Green Mage" kept redirecting me to the picture, but only in my usage of it on the web, not where it originally came from. Then, a couple months down the line, I finally found it: the picture's orignal site over on Elfwood.com. I fired off a message to the artist, Teemu U. Helenius, sometime late last year explaining how much I liked the picture and would l love to use it as an avatar for my Youtube channel/account. I told him that I would credit him as the artist and owner of the picture and even make a short video about it. He replied back saying that it would be fine, and that he was glad to hear how much I enjoyed the art and that I asked for permission to use it.
Shortly afterwards, though, is when my college transfer came in, and I was forced to work things out between the college I was leaving and the one I was heading to, as well as get things moved out of my apartment since I was moving between cities. Life became busy because of that, and I completely forgot about making the video or this blog post, and still hadn't changed my avatar over from the G-Emblem to the Green Wizard. Now with the college semester almost over and my re-entrance back into consistently making videos, it's time I dawned the avatar again, and before I do, I need to hold true to my promises and write this blog post and upload that video, which can be seen below. You can check out Teemu Helenius' other work over on his Elfwood account. I don't think he has used it in quite a while and has moved on to other things/projects, but he still has some other fantasy artwork on his profile that you can view if you are interested.
So I just want to thank Mr. Helenius for an awesome picture and for giving me permission to use it for my Youtube shenanigans, and hope that my use of it will bring it even more popularity.
Also, here is the video I uploaded onto my Youtube channel about the picture:
I grew attached to the picture, though, and eventually decided to try and hunt down where the original picture was and the artist who made it to try and get actual permission to use the picture not just on my channel, but also maybe in my videos if I ever felt the need to. Until I got the permission, I changed my YT avatar over to a more generic G-Emblem, which I've been using for the past several months. For some odd reason, I could have sworn that I found the picture over on DeviantArt, so I spent most of my time searching over there for it. Image searches on Google for "Green Mage" kept redirecting me to the picture, but only in my usage of it on the web, not where it originally came from. Then, a couple months down the line, I finally found it: the picture's orignal site over on Elfwood.com. I fired off a message to the artist, Teemu U. Helenius, sometime late last year explaining how much I liked the picture and would l love to use it as an avatar for my Youtube channel/account. I told him that I would credit him as the artist and owner of the picture and even make a short video about it. He replied back saying that it would be fine, and that he was glad to hear how much I enjoyed the art and that I asked for permission to use it.
Shortly afterwards, though, is when my college transfer came in, and I was forced to work things out between the college I was leaving and the one I was heading to, as well as get things moved out of my apartment since I was moving between cities. Life became busy because of that, and I completely forgot about making the video or this blog post, and still hadn't changed my avatar over from the G-Emblem to the Green Wizard. Now with the college semester almost over and my re-entrance back into consistently making videos, it's time I dawned the avatar again, and before I do, I need to hold true to my promises and write this blog post and upload that video, which can be seen below. You can check out Teemu Helenius' other work over on his Elfwood account. I don't think he has used it in quite a while and has moved on to other things/projects, but he still has some other fantasy artwork on his profile that you can view if you are interested.
So I just want to thank Mr. Helenius for an awesome picture and for giving me permission to use it for my Youtube shenanigans, and hope that my use of it will bring it even more popularity.
Also, here is the video I uploaded onto my Youtube channel about the picture: