Your Other Art III: This Time It's Personal [Archive] - Page 4

Xinos

1 Dec 2007, 23:44

Thanks! :)

Here's an Axe i've spent the whole Saturday on making. lawl.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4324/yxarm3.jpg

It's as far as I will get before I figure out how to make normal maps using Zbrush.

Edit: The Zbrush normal map turned out uggly as heck. Converted the texture straight up using CrazyBump, turned out rather well I think.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1266/axe3fo8.jpg

Akuryou13

2 Dec 2007, 01:55

that's pretty good. what program was that done in?

Melon

2 Dec 2007, 10:59

Those are nice. I've always been wanting to do some 3D art, but I've got far too much other stuff to be getting on with. It's right at the bottom of my super long list.

Xinos

2 Dec 2007, 13:03

that's pretty good. what program was that done in?

I made it in Maya, based on a small axe model I hade made out of thumbtack that's been lying on my desk for months..

Akuryou13

2 Dec 2007, 14:17

Those are nice. I've always been wanting to do some 3D art, but I've got far too much other stuff to be getting on with. It's right at the bottom of my super long list. I'm exactly the same way. I've been meaning to learn Blender but haven't been able to motivate myself to get through enough chapters of tutorial in a small enough time to remember anything next time I go to fire it up...

Xinos

2 Dec 2007, 19:12

I'm the same way, I can't bring myself to learn something new like that unless I'm pushed to do so.

Pickleworm

8 Dec 2007, 05:28

Made a comic that's not the hell yeah crew
http://e.photos.cx/hijinx-aed.PNG

FutureWorm

8 Dec 2007, 05:37

Made a comic that's not the hell yeah crew
http://e.photos.cx/hijinx-aed.PNG
that's pretty good

Xinos

9 Dec 2007, 11:56

I can't read the last line, but that's alright.

Paul.Power

9 Dec 2007, 15:17

Was the juxtaposition of a coat rack and "we have a hook" intentional? If so, nice :)

philby4000

15 Dec 2007, 01:22

http://philby4000.deviantart.com/art/What-is-CLUB-72130119

Hows my (rushed and scribbly) shading?

Pigbuster

15 Dec 2007, 05:02

Hows my (rushed and scribbly) shading?

Do you mean the cross-hatching you have in certain areas?

Xinos

15 Dec 2007, 12:19

You're shading is good for that kind of drawing. The ammount of contrast seems right.

Three second animation! (https://www.itslearning.com/eportfolio/view/ViewItemFile.aspx?PortfolioID=272&PortfolioItemID=25&PortfolioItemFileId=6200&Customer=arvika)

Pigbuster

15 Dec 2007, 18:33

That's pretty good.

But animation is one of those things I MUST NITPICK.

The right leg goes bent-straight-bent-straight when he's springing away, which is kinda weird.
Also, his arms seem to go from straight to bent a little too quickly when he's at the peak of his jump.

Xinos

18 Dec 2007, 22:04

I see what you mean about the hands, but at this point I'm not changing anything. However I don't know what you mean by the leg.. It's too fast for me to see what the leg does, and even when I go super slow I can't figure out what part you think looks strange. He bends down for the anticipation, jumps, then pulls up his legs for the peak of the jump and then straighens them for the landing.

Pigbuster

18 Dec 2007, 22:56

He bends the right leg again after straightening his legs to jump off.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5502/animatttttitttoneu1.gif

That leg should stay straight that whole time, like the left one is.

It isn't much, and it's practically unnoticeable in the actual animation, but every little bit helps.

Xinos

20 Dec 2007, 17:55

Oh, will you look at that! You easily become blind towards your own work. Yeah I'll definitly fix that. One day ;)

Xinos

21 Dec 2007, 23:20

I've been encouraged to once again reach for my tablet!

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/230/cityscapevf4.jpg

Pickleworm

21 Dec 2007, 23:42

That is a little more than just awesome

philby4000

22 Dec 2007, 01:47

Godamn that's good.

Akuryou13

22 Dec 2007, 03:52

Godamn that's good.

Pigbuster

22 Dec 2007, 04:51

That is a little more than just awesome

Xinos

22 Dec 2007, 10:25

Thanks! :]

MtlAngelus

23 Dec 2007, 11:41

That is indeed awesome.

Also, progress continues to be slow. I would love to have this ready by tomorrow, but I really doubt I can accomplish such a feat because I SUCK. :mad:
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9331/zzzzzxs6.png
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9331/zzzzzxs6.png

Akuryou13

5 Jan 2008, 02:39

playing around with more cel-shading, I ended up with something very CAD-like in appearance.

I quite like it:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4594/xeliothsilverwynde2ur2.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xeliothsilverwynde2ur2.jpg)

philby4000

5 Jan 2008, 03:05

a little advice:

DO NOT EVER TRY TO COPY CTRL ALT DELETE'S ART.

Try aping a comic with good art.

Anyway, bucley-face besides it's not too bad, although it is suffering from the highlights and shadows both being at the edge. the highlights are coming from the side, but the shading sugests the light source is directly in front of him. If that looks right to you then you're imagining a cookie-shaped person.

To be honest, i don't think it needs them at all, unless you want to make him look shiney. If was you I'd drop the higlights and add an extra layer of shading to add a bit of depth.

Also, the cloak looks completely wrong to me. the way it drapes over the right arm specifically. also the arm is too high. the elbow should be roughly level with the navel, rather than the nipples.

And finally the crotch flap thing (what is that called?) looks like it's curving back a few inches at the bottom. that just looks strange. his legs are there.

edit: he's a bit lacking in the forehead department too.

Damn good shoes though.

Akuryou13

5 Jan 2008, 03:10

a little advice:

DO NOT EVER TRY TO COPY CTRL ALT DELETE'S ART.

Try aping a comic with good art.wasn't trying to copy them, merely acknowledging that what I did ended up similar. I did look to see how he does things once I realized that it was similar (and took a few things he did that I liked), but copying him wasn't the intent.

also, I don't see how his stuff isn't good. looks good to me.

but aside from that thanks, and I'll work on those suggestions you gave.

oh, btw, the "flap" thing you mentioned is connected to the shirt. it's a tabard :p

edit: ok, I changed a few of the things according to your suggestions here (http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Xelioth-Silverwynde-73811531). how do you suggest I improve the part where the cloak drapes over the arm? and what, specifically, is the complaint against the rest of the cloak?

also, can you specify what you mean by shading depth?

and also thanks, I did not notice that he has absolutely no forehead! lol.

philby4000

5 Jan 2008, 04:07

wasn't trying to copy them, merely acknowledging that what I did ended up similar. I did look to see how he does things once I realized that it was similar (and took a few things he did that I liked), but copying him wasn't the intent.
fair enough, but when your faces end up like that it's not generally something to be proud of. Thankfully you avoided the trademark glazed eyes and lolling mouth.
also, I don't see how his stuff isn't good. looks good to me.I should probably just drop this now, and say something like 'different strokes for different folks', but the fact that you don't recognise how bad CAD's art is astounds me. The cut'n'paste characters, the GIS backgrounds, the complete lack of sholders THAT FACE. THAT SAME FACE FOR EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER OH GOOD GOD. and then there's the writing. good golly does Buckley know how to pound a joke into the ground with so very many words.

. how do you suggest I improve the part where the cloak drapes over the arm? and what, specifically, is the complaint against the rest of the cloak?
Where the cloak hits the arm, it's almost as if the section that whould have 'fallen through' if the arm wasn't there has been cut off. as for the rest, the front is ruffled up, but the visible part of the back is flat as a pancake. also, it could do with slanting a little more at the back, it doesn't quite fit with the position of the very nice shoes.
also, can you specify what you mean by shading depth?
Just that. make the areas that would be a little bit darker a little bit darker, rather than having just one flat layer of shading.

I've also just noticed that the shading on the left shoulder is completely off. the light's coming from the front and above, that shoulder should be fully lit.

Akuryou13

5 Jan 2008, 04:21

the back of the cloak is ruffled, but I guess you can't tell, so I've fixed it.

the shading, I realized, could use with some gradienting as I would normally do before I tried the cel-shading. so a mixture works just fine.

I'll leave the arm/cloak thing for the morning as it's time for work, but here's what I managed so far with your suggestions.

also, I give you most of those points on the art of CAD, the copy/pasting and such, though I still like the style itsself, if not for that.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5158/xeliothsilverwynde2rj1.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xeliothsilverwynde2rj1.jpg)

Melon

5 Jan 2008, 09:29

Personally, I don't think the cloak would fold over the arm like that. I imagine the weight of the rest of the cloak would instead pull it off the side of the arm, and so you wouldn't have any fold in it at all, if you understand what I mean. There isn't enough of the cloak over his arm to let it settle on it, and when he raised his arm the cloak ended up sliding off. Maybe just a crease or two over the arm would look better.

Sorry, I'm struggling to word what I mean here. Otherwise, I think it's a nice picture.

Akuryou13

5 Jan 2008, 13:56

Akuryou13

5 Jan 2008, 15:19

ok, slight redesign of the character's clothes (went back to work off the old design) and a further pursuit of your suggestions.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/83/xeliothsilverwynde2eb6.th.jpg (http://img507.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xeliothsilverwynde2eb6.jpg)

please continue to try to help out with improving my technique.

FutureWorm

5 Jan 2008, 15:58

also, I give you most of those points on the art of CAD, the copy/pasting and such, though I still like the style itsself, if not for that.

you cannot be serious

Akuryou13

5 Jan 2008, 16:00

you cannot be seriouswhat? aside from being lazy I see nothing wrong with the art of that comic...why do you guys hate it so much?

Xinos

5 Jan 2008, 18:44

Personally I don't think it's bad, but it's rather generic and uninteresting. I mean, it looks like it was drawn in flash!

SupSuper

5 Jan 2008, 19:14

Nothing wrong with drawing in Flash.

When you're actually drawing in Flash and not some multimillion tablet.

Akuryou13

6 Jan 2008, 01:25

Personally I don't think it's bad, but it's rather generic and uninteresting. I mean, it looks like it was drawn in flash!yeah, I can agree with that. it is kinda generic and boring, I can agree with that much, it's just that everyone is acting like his art is BAD, rather than just uninteresting. it looks just fine to me on a purely visual level, it's just got no depth. personally, I still don't really have a problem with that either, but that's just me, I'm weird :p

Xinos

6 Jan 2008, 01:35

Nothing wrong with drawing in Flash.

When you're actually drawing in Flash and not some multimillion tablet.

Better yet, why not just draw on real paper with a real pen?

FutureWorm

6 Jan 2008, 13:14

yeah, I can agree with that. it is kinda generic and boring, I can agree with that much, it's just that everyone is acting like his art is BAD, rather than just uninteresting. it looks just fine to me on a purely visual level, it's just got no depth. personally, I still don't really have a problem with that either, but that's just me, I'm weird :p
he spent a metric ****ton of money on this huge expensive tablet for the sake of his "art"

he thinks he's hot **** and it's really annoying that he has this army of followers, especially when there's a bunch of comics out there that are more clever (http://www.qwantz.com) and better-drawn (http://www.jump-leads.com)

Akuryou13

6 Jan 2008, 13:56

he spent a metric ****ton of money on this huge expensive tablet for the sake of his "art"he uses a tablet?! what for? his art is cel-shaded and vector-drawn to my knowledge. at least, I can sure as hell mimic it perfectly uses that method and drawing it by hand would simply complicate the procedure.

he thinks he's hot **** and it's really annoying that he has this army of followers, especially when there's a bunch of comics out there that are more clever (http://www.qwantz.com) and better-drawn (http://www.jump-leads.com)oh, now if he's an arrogant ***** I can understand the distaste. I don't read his news headlines, I just read the comics. that part I can enjoy plenty. doesn't need to be the best, as long as it's good. though any of his zealous fans need to be shot cause it's definitely nothing near the best comic on the web, just one of the good ones.

also, I find it extremely ironic that, just for the sake of seeing how far the comic has gotten, I saw this (http://www.jump-leads.com/comics/20080104comic5fk7gBD.jpg) when clicking the jump leads link whilst you were referring to better drawn comics :p

AndrewTaylor

6 Jan 2008, 14:08

Better yet, why not just draw on real paper with a real pen?

To be fair, those screen/tablet things are great. Feels very natural. It's like having a pen with "undo".

I can see easily how one could prefer it.

doesn't need to be the best, as long as it's good. though any of his zealous fans need to be shot cause it's definitely nothing near the best comic on the web, just one of the good ones.

The problem is that he is himself his own most vocal and obsessive fan. Presumably therefore he needs to be shot.

Have we not had this conversation word-for-word already?

Akuryou13

6 Jan 2008, 14:18

The problem is that he is himself his own most vocal and obsessive fan. Presumably therefore he needs to be shot.oy gods I hate people like that...

Have we not had this conversation word-for-word already?not to MY knowledge...:confused:

SupSuper

6 Jan 2008, 17:35

That conversation word-for-word started around here: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=581070#post581070

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY9uK_jaoe4

Also: http://joshlesnick.com/sabattical/sabajosh_005.gif

Xinos

6 Jan 2008, 18:18

To be fair, those screen/tablet things are great. Feels very natural. It's like having a pen with "undo".

I can see easily how one could prefer it.

I meant why not use pen and paper instead of flash if you don't have a tablet. I am planning on getting a Cinteq some day, or whatever else is available when I can afford to spend that kind of money.

Akuryou13

12 Jan 2008, 14:51

another bit of work from me: http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Race-Concept-Yinzar-74425571

Xinos

13 Jan 2008, 18:12

Those arms are THIN :eek:, thighs could use a bit of meat too.

Akuryou13

14 Jan 2008, 01:08

Those arms are THIN :eek:, thighs could use a bit of meat too.the physical build was made like that because they were built more for speed than strength. the legs are large and muscular while the arms are nearly nonexistant, because they would primarily use their arms for quick strikes while their legs would do most of the actual damage due to already being built up for running, jumping, etc.

philby4000

22 Jan 2008, 00:17

http://philby4000.deviantart.com/art/tablet-practice-harpo-75253557

It's a cat again.

SupSuper

22 Jan 2008, 03:07

You draw the snazziest cats.

Though something odd about his mouth.

philby4000

22 Jan 2008, 13:19

something odd about his mouth.
the bit under his nose is meant to be the border of awhite marking,rather than his teeth, does that make more sense?

Also, after a visit to wacom.com and a driver download later it turns out that my tablet PC does have

Xinos

23 Jan 2008, 19:14

My most detailed handdrawn picture yet! I'm gonna atempt making a digital colored version of it aswell.

http://xinos.deviantart.com/art/Forest-drawing-75399029

philby4000

23 Jan 2008, 22:35

That's pretty nice. I hope the colouring goes well.

http://philby4000.deviantart.com/art/tablet-practice-Julia-75415402

it's a girl this time.

edit:

http://philby4000.deviantart.com/art/Julia-shaded-75420686

shaded version.

Xinos

24 Jan 2008, 18:36

You make very long arms. The hands should end at the point you put the wrists. And as I said on devart, the head scares me, but that's your design choice =D

SupSuper

24 Jan 2008, 19:29

I agree, the mouth strikes me as that creepy puppet smile. :p

philby4000

25 Jan 2008, 00:29

You make very long arms. The hands should end at the point you put the wrists. And as I said on devart, the head scares me, but that's your design choice =D
I never noticed the arm length issue before, thanks for pointing it out.

I'll probably tone down the creepy puppet face a bit, but I like the wide mouth. It doesn't need to be that wide though, I should save that kind of thing for wide smiles

wide wide wide wide.

Xinos

29 Jan 2008, 23:40

An evening in photoshop.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8652/flowbs0.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8652/flowbs0.jpg)

MtlAngelus

13 Feb 2008, 03:21

............................
Done all in a single layer, using only pure black and white.

Akuryou13

13 Feb 2008, 03:25

............................
Done all in a single layer, using only pure black and white.that's rather good. I like it.

Xinos

17 Feb 2008, 17:54

MtlAngelus

17 Feb 2008, 18:50

That's great, you should make a picture book with a series of un-captioned pictures like that. Possibly following that group of characters.. :)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7664/trexna5.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=trexna5.jpg)
I actually would like to base a comic from these characters. Something along the lines of some dude hallucinating this bizarre characters who pop out from anywhere and tend to annoy him most of the times, but then after some time this hallucinations start being able to manipulate the physical world and stuff starts to go wrong. And stuff.
You may also recognize them from this pic I posted earlier: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=614305&postcount=734 , altough back then they all shared an equally shaped head.

Anyway, nice dinosaur.:cool:

Xinos

19 Feb 2008, 00:09

Hah, yeah and just like in Venture Bros he has to eat anti psychotic pills to keep them hallucinations away. =P

I've updated mah Dino pic after getting flooded with critique.
http://xinos.deviantart.com/art/T-Rex-Version-2-77777666

MtlAngelus

2 Mar 2008, 10:06

Trying to develop a style here. Still not convinced.
Also it's horribly uneven, but I only noticed it just now when I mirrored the image. I should remember to do that more often.

Alien King

2 Mar 2008, 12:23

What do you mean by; 'uneven'.
It looks fine to my untrained eye. Although possibly the features are a little skewed off to the right.

Xinos

2 Mar 2008, 12:57

Looks good too me.

Akuryou13

2 Mar 2008, 14:01

looks fine to me. the only uneven part is his chin is a little less defined on the left side than on the right. everything else seems exactly as it needs to be, and even the chin is only noticable if you're really looking at it.

MtlAngelus

2 Mar 2008, 21:20

Well mostly the chin. It's very skewed to the right. It's more noticeable when mirroring the image.:p

Alien King

2 Mar 2008, 21:22

It's more noticeable when mirroring the image.:p

Which is something most normal people tend not to do when looking at an image. :p

Xinos

2 Mar 2008, 23:25

Which is something most normal people tend not to do when looking at an image. :p

Uhh... no, but if it looks alright one way than it should look just as good mirrored. If it doesn't, then you have probably made a mistake that you missed, but other people would see.

However, a simple portrait drawing like that hardly needs flipping imo :p

Pigbuster

3 Mar 2008, 00:44

Trying to develop a style here. Still not convinced.
Also it's horribly uneven, but I only noticed it just now when I mirrored the image. I should remember to do that more often.

People are not totally symmetrical, you know.
And the chin can move side to side (try it!), so it being skewed isn't really a big issue.

...bah. That's terrible advice. I'm losing my critting skillz. :p

Akuryou13

3 Mar 2008, 01:53

People are not totally symmetrical, you know.
And the chin can move side to side (try it!), so it being skewed isn't really a big issue.

...bah. That's terrible advice. I'm losing my critting skillz. :pyou've got a point. the whole thing can be passed off as he's moving his chin a bit to the side. it looks perfectly natural given that explanation. perhaps he has a bad habit? :p

MtlAngelus

3 Mar 2008, 03:17

People are not totally symmetrical, you know.
And the chin can move side to side (try it!), so it being skewed isn't really a big issue.

...bah. That's terrible advice. I'm losing my critting skillz. :p
Yes but it's something I would rather fix than leave it like that. It's not that important anyway. I was just sayin' :p

Xinos

12 Mar 2008, 14:16

Texturing a shipping container is not as easy as it sounds. It's gotta be really rusty and grimey by the time I'm done. Text is just a placeholder.
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7316/fdfkg3.gif
And no, this has nothing to do with OTTD.

SupSuper

12 Mar 2008, 22:25

It should, we need more 32bpp (http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Image:Wagons_train_partofrails_partofstation.png). :p

FutureWorm

13 Mar 2008, 01:13

It should, we need more 32bpp (http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Image:Wagons_train_partofrails_partofstation.png). :p
those are some insanely hi-res ttd trains

Xinos

13 Mar 2008, 13:09

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7159/dicecontainertu4.jpg
I've spent alot of time in photoshop.. =P

This is without any normal or specular map, which I have to make since it's a part of the assignment.. *sigh*

Akuryou13

11 Apr 2008, 02:56

dA did a stupid contest to give ideas to Square Enix and simultaneously promote their new game for free. the contest awards include:
10 Finalists will receive a copy of "The World Ends with You" game as well as a deviantART prize pack. deviantART prize pack will consist of a 6 month subscription, a deviantWEAR t-shirt and an Accessory pack.

1 Grand Prize winner will be selected from the group of the 10 Finalists. In addition to the game and the deviantART prize pack, the Grand Prize winner will receive a written critique of their winning submission from members of "The World Ends with You" development team.so yeah, lamest contest ever made :p

either way, though, I HAD to play around with the art style of the game. it looked fun and interesting and it turns out that it was. I rather like how this came out.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6899/twewyentrywl9.jpg

Akuryou13

15 Apr 2008, 10:57

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Taddar-Knight-of-Shadows-82899149

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4503/taddar2cq9.jpg

redesign of Taddar's character. let me know what you all think.

Xinos

15 Apr 2008, 23:14

Akuryou13

15 Apr 2008, 23:30

Why is his skin green? Is he half orc or something? =P

Anyway, since you asked; I like the eyes of the first character more. If there's something in the picture that looks silly, like those triangle shaped eyes, the whole picture will look silly, no matter how awesome the swords and armor are. ;)hehe, I was somewhat thinking the same but I wasn't sure about it :p I think I'll actually go change it.

and the green skin is because he's half Dark Elf, but Taddar prefers the dark elves from EverQuest, so the skin is green instead of grey/black. it's a preference of his, I don't ask.

edit: here, I've edited it a bit http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Taddar-Knight-of-Shadows-82899149

Akuryou13

26 Apr 2008, 03:44

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Race-Concept-Ascen-83906989
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9380/ascenconceptshadingpn4.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ascenconceptshadingpn4.jpg)

used a new shading/coloring techinque for this one and I'd like to know what people think of it.

Xinos

3 May 2008, 23:02

Squidmonster!
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2450/squidmonsterkd3.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2450/squidmonsterkd3.jpg)

Yes, I am strange ;P

Melon

3 May 2008, 23:08

Strange, maybe, but a strange person with great artistic talent. Was it designed as a desktop background for someone with an incredibly high resolution?

Xinos

3 May 2008, 23:25

Thanks :)
Na, i just like drawing in high resolution. I probably should have reduced the size before uploading..
Edit: Smaller version on Devart (http://xinos.deviantart.com/art/Squidmonster-84649770).

Akuryou13

4 May 2008, 01:12

damn! that thing is awesome!

Akuryou13

7 May 2008, 10:15

did a drawing for mother's day coming up this sunday. lemme know what you guys think:

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Imperfect-Angel-84974673

MtlAngelus

7 May 2008, 13:17

A one winged Angel?

Akuryou13

7 May 2008, 13:27

A one winged Angel?it's explained in the comments :p

MtlAngelus

7 May 2008, 18:13

Oooooh. I skimmed trough the comments but I couldn't spot an explanation at first glance. :p

Estuans interius
Ira vehementi
Estuans interius
Ira vehementi

Alien King

13 May 2008, 18:17

Oooooh. I skimmed trough the comments but I couldn't spot an explanation at first glance. :p

Estuans interius
Ira vehementi
Estuans interius
Ira vehementi

Am I the only one who reads those first two lines and thinks of another piece of music?
Pah, this was only 6 days late.

Akuryou13

18 May 2008, 02:22

in an attempt to learn better texturing and lighting effects and such I've been working on this Hylian Shield image.
http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Hylian-Shield-85523510

if you would, please suggest for me some tips to make the lighting, texturing, etc better looking.

Xinos

18 May 2008, 12:49

Cool, a bit blurry though. Try not to use as much bloom ;)

Akuryou13

18 May 2008, 13:57

Cool, a bit blurry though. Try not to use as much bloom ;)oh god you're right that looks horrid after that last update

Alien King

18 May 2008, 14:27

Much better with that texturing.

Akuryou13

20 May 2008, 08:01

ok. took most of the bloom off and a couple other very minor edits no one will likely notice :p

edit: I just made the holy grail of all texturing discoveries and now that shield looks about 10000000x better than it did before!

Xinos

5 Jun 2008, 12:44

Drew this as I went to bed last night
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2139/comiccolaoo9.jpg

SupSuper

5 Jun 2008, 21:06

That happens to me everytime. Only without the first frame.

MtlAngelus

5 Jun 2008, 21:16

Me too. Only without the first and last frame.

Anyways, I doodle a lot at work.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6320/photo14tq8.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5076/photo15ui5.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3162/photo16zl7.jpg

Akuryou13

9 Jun 2008, 18:09

not sure if i posted the lineart here or not, but either way I wanna post the completed version.

this is the logo I've made for my Age of Conan guild. highly based on the Mark of Acheron, which is a powerful magic thing that plays a huge role in the game, I felt the design fit the name of my guild. I edited the symbol to be more in line with the name.

used a ton of new coloring techniques on this one and would love feedback.

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9315/gauntletlogoyr4.jpg

Xinos

9 Jun 2008, 20:37

Why are all your images so extremely blurry? =P
Hmm.. I think the shading looks a bit off, the fire doesn't look like it's affecting the gauntlett except a little orange glow on the ring- and middle finger, while the index finger is compleatly in shadow where it clearly should be lit by the flames. It might also be cool if you let the fire cast highlights on the text and the metal ring around it, you know to really make the fire stand out more and feel hotter.

Critisism aside, I like the logo. Good job ;)

Pigbuster

9 Jun 2008, 21:32

I really love your textures. It's nice to see everything look all grungy. You are far better than I am at coloring.

I think the lighting is off, though. Metal doesn't have flat shades like that; it reflects and crap.
http://www.tonyleroy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gauntlet.jpg
...however, that's maybe not the best picture, since that gauntlet is really smooth, whereas your is quite grimy.
http://www.metalprojects.no-ip.com/gauntletbig.jpg
...but even grimy gauntlets reflect a bit. There are little globs of light on the edges of the plates, which are somewhat absent on your picture.
It's not bad by any means, though.

Honestly, I have yet to draw metal correctly, but I figure that you could try it out.
Also, if that's a logo, then it might look fine when shrunk down... unless you don't plan to shrink it down.

Alien King

9 Jun 2008, 21:34

PB is right, your gauntlet looks like stone. It needs to look more reflective or metallic.
Also, I don't know if you used a blur in there at all, but if you did; don't.

The circle thing on the background has a really odd look with the contrasting outer lines. It really stands out in the top right corner and looks a bit... odd.

Pigbuster

9 Jun 2008, 21:42

I don't think he used blur, it just kinda looks that way with the worked-over textures and soft lighting and stuff.
But perhaps I am wrong.

Alien King

9 Jun 2008, 22:18

Perhaps.
As for the metal shading thing:

Try to emphasise the differences between light and dark. And really strengthen the reflections along raised edges that would reflect light (the position of the light source is something I tend to neglect).

Pah, I can't really describe it, but I mean something like this:

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3078/gauntletlogoyr4editbf0.jpg

That's a pretty poor example of what I'm trying to explain, but it was rushed.

Xinos

9 Jun 2008, 23:59

AK, That's a nice metal effect, but the gauntlet still looks flat. My image looks far more like stone than the original, but I wanted to test how the shadows would look in 3D.

Akuryou13

10 Jun 2008, 03:51

wow, you guys kinda kick ass :p

I'll go back and work on the suggestions you gave. shouldn't be too hard to do.

also, Xinos, I would love you forever if you made that slightly more reflective to give me an idea what this exact gauntlet would reflect like :p

Akuryou13

10 Jun 2008, 04:23

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3595/gauntletlogort5.jpg

updated. how about now?

Xinos

10 Jun 2008, 10:02

Sorry, I deleted it ;p
But it looks much better now. The only thing I can think of is that the right side should receive more light. (Because of the shadow on the left side of the gauntlet, the lighsource has to be more in the front). And like in Alien Kings picture, I think it would benifit from some highlights around the carvings to push them further into the gauntlet.

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6135/gauntlet2cw1.jpg

Alien King

10 Jun 2008, 18:00

AK, That's a nice metal effect, but the gauntlet still looks flat.

Yeah, such things tend to escape me.

That's better Aku, but you still need to highlight the markings as Xinos said.

Akuryou13

10 Jun 2008, 23:16

I'm not sure what that really means, though.....try explaining it differently?

Alien King

10 Jun 2008, 23:23

I'm not sure what that really means, though.....try explaining it differently?

I agree.

Sort of what I did earlier, but with the 3D shadow effect Xinos demonstrated.

Xinos

16 Jun 2008, 22:54

We had an assignment to create a prop for an imaginary game.
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/1249/cannon1yg0.th.jpg (http://img365.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cannon1yg0.jpg)http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/8440/cannon2dv6.th.jpg (http://img365.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cannon2dv6.jpg)http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7561/cannon3du4.th.jpg (http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cannon3du4.jpg)

I'm aware that the wood really lacks depth, but I'm going to try to fix that with a normal map once I figure out the correct settings in Xnormal..

It's rendered like that because I intend on making a .mov file with about 200 frames where it just spins around.

Pigbuster

17 Jun 2008, 07:47

In my other forum we're having a little "comicompo", i.e. comic composition.

One person makes a page of a comic and sends it to the next guy in line, and the catch is that that's the only page the next artist will see. The only time the whole thing will be seen is at the end, in all of its context-jumping glory.

So, I just recieved this:
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4360/ccp8ls2.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ccp8ls2.jpg)

...And I gotta make the next page.
I have ideas of my own, but that doesn't mean one of you won't have a better one.

Akuryou13

17 Jun 2008, 08:50

Chrono Trigger References GO! :cool:

Paul.Power

17 Jun 2008, 11:08

"Hey man, my name's Bob. Welcome to the past. Sorry it's all a bit blue and glowy. I think you got sent back a bit further than you were expecting".

Xinos

17 Jun 2008, 11:50

It looks like he's sent back to prehistoric times due to the size of the bug (high amounts of oxygen in the air back then)

Akuryou13

17 Jun 2008, 14:47

It looks like he's sent back to prehistoric times due to the size of the bug (high amounts of oxygen in the air back then)

http://pistoleirosemdedo.com/images/lavos.jpg

Akuryou13

28 Jun 2008, 16:29

seeing as apparently no one's subscribed to my scraps, I'm posting this here.

this is a redesign for my own personal character as well as for the Rift Walker: Air that I'd posted before in my gallery.

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/RiftWalker-Air-redesign-89836673

Pigbuster

29 Jun 2008, 05:15

Wow. His legs look LONG. :p
Or maybe his torso is too short... or his belt is too high. One of those!

Apart from that and the hand you told me to ignore, that's pretty nice.

Xinos

29 Jun 2008, 11:13

He has a rather stiff pose and looks very self concious. Try to make his pose more dynamic.

Akuryou13

29 Jun 2008, 15:34

Wow. His legs look LONG. :p
Or maybe his torso is too short... or his belt is too high. One of those!it's the boots. they look funny. wasn't able to see a good enough pic of the boots I was trying to copy and when I moved on I forgot to go back and fix them :p he was drawn next to a pre-existing and correctly proportioned character and so I know his height is about right :p it's just the boots are wonky.

to xinos: how is the pose not dynamic enough, exactly? :confused:

Xinos

29 Jun 2008, 17:21

I mean he's just standing there, arms to his side.. How often do people stand around doing absoluetly nothing like that? It's just not very engaging. There needs to be a situation, like maybe he's eating a sandwhich while dodging incoming arrows or he could be diving of a cliff or passed out on the floor with a bottle of rum in his hands.. Anything ;p
Even if there's nothing else in the scene, you can still pose him in a way that it looks like something is going on.

Your avatar is more exciting for that reason, something is going on there (not sure what though..)

MtlAngelus

29 Jun 2008, 17:42

I mean he's just standing there, arms to his side.. How often do people stand around doing absoluetly nothing like that?

I do that a lot. :(

Akuryou13

30 Jun 2008, 03:49

I mean he's just standing there, arms to his side.. How often do people stand around doing absoluetly nothing like that? It's just not very engaging. There needs to be a situation, like maybe he's eating a sandwhich while dodging incoming arrows or he could be diving of a cliff or passed out on the floor with a bottle of rum in his hands.. Anything ;p
Even if there's nothing else in the scene, you can still pose him in a way that it looks like something is going on.meh, he's just standing around. he's not meant to be doing anything. the intent was just to have him standing there.

Your avatar is more exciting for that reason, something is going on there (not sure what though..)fan art forum, read gardy's thread.

Xinos

30 Jun 2008, 07:18

I was just complaining since I suck at it myself. That's why I rarely draw characters ;P

Xinos

8 Jul 2008, 16:17

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2185/zbrushmonsterhead2tr5.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zbrushmonsterhead2tr5.jpg)

Heavaly inspired by this (http://gnomonology.com/tutorial/269). I've been afraid to use Zbrush for a long time because it's such a strange and hard to learn program. But I'm starting to get the hang of it..

It's a bit tougher than the spore creature creator :p

Edit: I should probably stop posting stuff here, but posting at a real art forum is quite scary..

Akuryou13

9 Jul 2008, 15:26

that's REALLY awesome!

philby4000

9 Jul 2008, 21:03

Seriously cool.

Please don't stop posting your stuff here Xinos, it's awesome.

SupSuper

10 Jul 2008, 15:25

Awesome and creepy. I like it. :p

Xinos

11 Jul 2008, 00:20

Wow, what responses :D

Not creepy enough SupSuper.
I've been up about 35 hourse now, I'm about to go to bed.. But this morning when I should have slept I started making this:
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1764/zbrushspacebug2wiplr1.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zbrushspacebug2wiplr1.jpg)

Those hemeroids (as someone called them) started out as eyes. it's based on a sketch my friend made the same morning while trying not to fall asleep on the long buss ride home. Then the whole thing was a head of a tall strange creature. I only set out to make the head, and then I thought the neck stump looked so much like a turtle head itself I just had to change it around.
Hope that makes sense, I'm tired :p

I think it's is a cross between a snark, turtle, houndeye, american football and a metroid.
*falls asleeee

Akuryou13

11 Jul 2008, 01:23

that's pretty damn awesome as well!

Pigbuster

11 Jul 2008, 03:03

I love them! :D

Alien King

11 Jul 2008, 10:55

They look so cute. :D

Akuryou13

22 Jul 2008, 14:24

hey, I had an idea I wanted to do for a spray in TF2, so I came up with this:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1337/pyroshockpk4.jpg

what do you guys think?

lemme know if you intend to use it yourself, and don't give anyone else the file :p it's mine, damn it. you guys can use it cause you're cool though :p

MrBunsy

23 Jul 2008, 20:05

Hehe, I rather like that.

Pigbuster

23 Jul 2008, 20:56

It doesn't really look like you did the skeleton. If you did do that, then I commend you highly for it.

Anyway, I love it.
It might just be my newfound TF2 nerdiness talking, though.
I mean, in Wall-E, when the red thing was put on EVE to make her shut down, I thought of "Spy sappin' mah Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator!", and if that doesn't make me a nerd, I don't know what would.

SupSuper

23 Jul 2008, 22:03

The Pyro looks a bit washed out, all grey colors with a grey background, make it contrast more to stand out with the rest of the picture.
Other than that, fun concept. :)

Akuryou13

24 Jul 2008, 01:10

It doesn't really look like you did the skeleton. If you did do that, then I commend you highly for it.no, unfortunately, the skeleton was just a rip from the incineration plasmid's advertisement in bioshock.

Anyway, I love it.
It might just be my newfound TF2 nerdiness talking, though.
I mean, in Wall-E, when the red thing was put on EVE to make her shut down, I thought of "Spy sappin' mah Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator!", and if that doesn't make me a nerd, I don't know what would.ok. that's just awesome :p

The Pyro looks a bit washed out, all grey colors with a grey background, make it contrast more to stand out with the rest of the picture.
Other than that, fun concept. :)huh, good idea. gunna go see what I can lighten up about the thing.

Paul.Power

24 Jul 2008, 09:19

if that doesn't make me a nerd, I don't know what would.
Congratulations, you've inspired me

31712

Not bad, considering I made it in ten minutes from odds and ends in my Lego toolbox.

Xinos

24 Jul 2008, 10:40

A bit small. I know you can make it more awesome.
Also, neat spray Aku,

FutureWorm

24 Jul 2008, 12:17

Congratulations, you've inspired me

31712

Not bad, considering I made it in ten minutes from odds and ends in my Lego toolbox.
haha that's coolio

Paul.Power

24 Jul 2008, 14:09

A bit small. I know you can make it more awesome.Hey, I'm no David Morgan-Mar here :p. I (regrettably) stopped collecting Lego a long time ago, and I think a lot of it's in the loft. I just have one toolbox and a couple of boxes of figures lying around.

Now that's something that would be undeniably cool: the Team Fortress 2 gang, as LEGO figurines. I tried just now, but I don't really have the parts. If anyone else wants a go...

SupSuper

25 Jul 2008, 01:21

Been done. (http://images.google.com/images?q=lego+team+fortress+2&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)
http://media.techeblog.com/images/legotf_11.jpg

Paul.Power

25 Jul 2008, 01:23

Whee, nice.

(Should have guessed it had already been done really :p)

Akuryou13

25 Jul 2008, 15:54

updated with a bit of a different color scheme.

more like the real pyro now:

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/3226/pyroshockmr3.jpg

SupSuper

25 Jul 2008, 16:09

Xinos

25 Jul 2008, 16:36

Akuryou, because of the gray background the pyro almost blends into it, and both the sign and fire have color so it would make sense if he did too.

Giving him a red jacket makes him "pop" and is more noticed. Just a tip.

Alien King

25 Jul 2008, 17:33

I'd be tempted to fade the red a bit, make a little more grey.
Just to make it fit more with the image theme... thing.

MtlAngelus

25 Jul 2008, 22:21

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1565/mariofa8.png
If this one turns ok I might make the rest of the Brawl roster in this style.

Paul.Power

25 Jul 2008, 22:25

Pretty awesome, although something about that nose reminds me more of Wario than Mario...

MtlAngelus

25 Jul 2008, 23:34

Maybe I should change the color to match the rest of the face's tone, I just thought a more red nose would fit this style better.

Akuryou13

26 Jul 2008, 14:14

I like the red nose just fine, myself.

and the rest of that is awesome :)

also, I completely agreed about the color thing, so I made him red:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1161/pyroshockhk8.jpg

MtlAngelus

1 Aug 2008, 02:12

So after several months trying to sketch the main character for that comic I've had in my mind for a while, I finally came up with one that I really liked.
It needs a bit more detail, but at least I've got the basics for it.
Now I only have to come up with the rest of the characters...:rolleyes:

Akuryou13

5 Aug 2008, 16:40

well, I've finally gotten around to drawing something on the computer since I read the ACTION! Cartooning book. this is the result:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8594/xeliothfinaldesignbo5.jpg

personally, I'm very happy with the result and this is by far my favorite drawing so far that i've done. let me know what you guys think.

Paul.Power

6 Aug 2008, 10:38

On the whole it's pretty cool, and the pose feels natural enough. One thing though - my eyes just keep getting drawn to that moustache... there's something odd about it.

Akuryou13

6 Aug 2008, 10:59

On the whole it's pretty cool, and the pose feels natural enough. One thing though - my eyes just keep getting drawn to that moustache... there's something odd about it.:-/ I don't know what it would be.

Paul.Power

6 Aug 2008, 11:02

I dunno, it just has certain "cartoonish villain" overtones, particularly with the way he's sneering (well, fair enough if he is a villain). Combined with the outstretched, grasping hand, it looks rather like an "I have you now, my pretty" moment.

Akuryou13

6 Aug 2008, 11:09

Melon

6 Aug 2008, 20:45

Hahaha! Someone crapped on his face!

Otherwise, it's nice, but I too get drawn towards the mysterious brown streak.

Akuryou13

7 Aug 2008, 00:11

any suggestions to fix the mustache? :p

Alien King

7 Aug 2008, 00:22

It's strangely crooked.

Akuryou13

7 Aug 2008, 00:27

It's strangely crooked.but I figured that went with the lip. how should it work?

Xinos

7 Aug 2008, 10:06

but I figured that went with the lip. how should it work?

Putting the centre of the mustache under the nose and not off to the side might help :P

Akuryou13

7 Aug 2008, 13:51

Putting the centre of the mustache under the nose and not off to the side might help :Phehe, must've gotten scewed off center when I turned it. thanks though

MtlAngelus

14 Aug 2008, 04:36

So the first phase will feature this random obnoxious characters popping out in small numbers fom the body of [character name]. Basically, they are attached to him and are restricted to his movements. At this stage they cannot interact with the physical world at all, and are considered to be hallucinations by [character name]. His posture is however affected by their weight.

Xinos

14 Aug 2008, 11:30

He looks looks tired yet highly caffinated in that upper most one. Are those guys depriving him of sleep? That would be cool.. making the character all edgy and wierd.

MtlAngelus

14 Aug 2008, 13:17

He looks looks tired yet highly caffinated in that upper most one. Are those guys depriving him of sleep? That would be cool.. making the character all edgy and wierd.
Yup, that's part of the plan. :p

Xinos

14 Aug 2008, 18:12

Fine, I'll stop trying to be helpfull. =P

MtlAngelus

24 Aug 2008, 19:51

Guh I've lost my way around 3ds Max. I just istalled it but it's been ages.
I remember using a tool or modifier that let me add vertices within the edge of a polygon, then just conencting them to add more polygons to a mesh... does anyone knows where I can find it? :p

Acutally it was different.

It worked at vertex level, basically it let me select a vertex, then choose the tool and would allow me to create another vertext withing any of the polygons connecting to the selected vertex automatically connecting the new vertex to it. Kinda like this:
1. Select Vertex
2. Choose said tool and click where you wanted the new vertex in.
3. Press enter.
4. Tadah, you have a new division in that polygon!
5. ...
6. Profit!

Edit: Nevermind, found it. It's the Cut tool. Only it works different in 3ds Max 9 than it did in 7. :P

Akuryou13

25 Aug 2008, 02:50

Pickleworm

25 Aug 2008, 03:06

I made a website!

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Gauntlet-Guild-Website-95936360

lemme know any suggestions to improve it or fix things or make it more functional or whatever. I've not done web graphics before so I'd like help in any way I can get it.

That moustache.

I really don't know what it is about it. Try making it pointier? Because I remember the drawing it was based on was absolutely terrific but my eyes just kept getting drawn to that moustache. I don't really know what to tell you about it.

SupSuper

25 Aug 2008, 03:06

Why are you a girl? :p

You should probably try to make it fit within 1024 pixels wide or you'll **** off a lot of people. You might also wanna tone the logo down, it drives the eye away from anything else.

Akuryou13

25 Aug 2008, 03:17

Why are you a girl? :pyes, yes, I need to edit the hair. the style/length looks very girly without the rest of the body I understand. :p screw you

You should probably try to make it fit within 1024 pixels wide or you'll **** off a lot of people. You might also wanna tone the logo down, it drives the eye away from anything else.well the design hasn't been set to the actual website yet, so the width of the news information was just what I set it to without really thinking. the final product will be within the parameters set on the website template provided by Gamerdna.com assuming this site is possible there. if not then it'll be done by my guild's leader, and either way we'll figure out the best proportions for everything.

philby4000

25 Aug 2008, 03:32

That moustache.

I really don't know what it is about it. Try making it pointier? Because I remember the drawing it was based on was absolutely terrific but my eyes just kept getting drawn to that moustache. I don't really know what to tell you about it.

.ylsuoires haeY

MtlAngelus

25 Aug 2008, 04:14

http://distortedlight.deviantart.com/art/Sandbox-Fun-95935320
Whee.

On another note, I'm seriously tempted to draw a small comic re: hitler and the holocaust in as tasteless and offensive manner as I can just to **** people off since I heard about the undeserved negative response Rene Engstrom got for her Dr McNinja guest strip.

FutureWorm

25 Aug 2008, 13:05

I made a website!

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Gauntlet-Guild-Website-95936360

lemme know any suggestions to improve it or fix things or make it more functional or whatever. I've not done web graphics before so I'd like help in any way I can get it.
top priority: get a new font, or at least change the color scheme of your text to more brownish tones to match your text box

Akuryou13

25 Aug 2008, 14:07

top priority: get a new font, or at least change the color scheme of your text to more brownish tones to match your text boxnew font for the actual news info? I could do it in the font the rest of the site is in but it's a bit clunky to read a lot of information written like that.

do you know of any good old-looking fonts? gothic or old english styles or similar enough to pass off as that sort of thing, maybe?

FutureWorm

25 Aug 2008, 21:33

new font for the actual news info? I could do it in the font the rest of the site is in but it's a bit clunky to read a lot of information written like that.

do you know of any good old-looking fonts? gothic or old english styles or similar enough to pass off as that sort of thing, maybe?
my references to the text were related to the title and sidebar. it's just a super tacky-looking font. i don't know of one to recommend, but generally it's not a good idea to mix serif and sans-serif stuff anyway

MtlAngelus

26 Aug 2008, 01:51

bonz

26 Aug 2008, 02:08

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6294/sityz1.png
A new picture I'm working on, based somewhat from a weird dream I had a couple of weeks ago.
The atual image size is HUGE.
This one is shrunk to 25%.
The reason for the huge image size is because, if it turns out good, I'll try to make it available as a print.
This is made of pure win! Please, do continue! :D

Very Escher-esque!
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/e/escher/escher_up_and_down.jpg

Akuryou13

26 Aug 2008, 02:24

that IS very escher-esque. very nice! can't wait to see it finished.

MtlAngelus

26 Aug 2008, 02:34

that IS very escher-esque. very nice! can't wait to see it finished.

"Wait" is the key word here. :P

Glad that you people like it. :o

Akuryou13

26 Aug 2008, 13:38

updated website design:

http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Gauntlet-Guild-Website-WIP-2-95936360

edit: just had an idea. do you guys think it'd look ok if I set the different game selection options to be attached to the bottom of the logo itsself?

edit2: went ahead and made that edit.

Xinos

26 Aug 2008, 22:05

A new picture I'm working on, based somewhat from a weird dream I had a couple of weeks ago.
The atual image size is HUGE.
This one is shrunk to 25%.
The reason for the huge image size is because, if it turns out good, I'll try to make it available as a print.

Very cool concept, I like it. However, there is something that bugs me so please forgive the feedback. I hope I'm helpful here =P

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/8540/compositionwz6.th.jpg (http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=compositionwz6.jpg)

I like the character looking forward, it helps lead my eyes to the center of the image. But remember that all lines in a piece of art lead the viewers eyes, so I quickly fall off the image to the right. The big block that the kid is sitting on, the curve of the planet and the clouds all point down towards the lower right side of the image and there is nothing to stop my eyes from falling right off. You should put something there, preferably something that directs the eyes up towards the kid.

Here's an easy to explain example
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Karl_XIIs_likfärd_(1884)%2C_målning_av_Gustaf_Cede rström_(1845-1933).jpg
Look at how the army wandering down the path create an arrow pointing at the man on the left. And then how the man is looking at the dead king. Your eyes are tricked to look at the man first, then the king.

MtlAngelus

26 Aug 2008, 22:52

I did notice that (altough I noticed it more as "damn, big empty space needs something!") but I still haven't come up with something to add there. :-/

FutureWorm

27 Aug 2008, 03:03

Akuryou13

27 Aug 2008, 12:04

that's a good idea if they link to different pages, but why are they different colors :-/just to differentiate them, basically.

FutureWorm

27 Aug 2008, 15:58

it doesn't look right. you're going with a strongly warm color scheme, so blue and purple really don't belong in there.

Akuryou13

27 Aug 2008, 16:35

it doesn't look right. you're going with a strongly warm color scheme, so blue and purple really don't belong in there.well the whole color scheme would change when those games were selected, so instead of being strongly warm colored it would be cool for those 2 versions of the site.

FutureWorm

27 Aug 2008, 16:48

well the whole color scheme would change when those games were selected, so instead of being strongly warm colored it would be cool for those 2 versions of the site.
i can't imagine that as looking anything other than really tacky but maybe it would work out? i dunno

philby4000

27 Aug 2008, 19:38

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3429/newcanvasgk4.png

Easy Paint Tool SAI (http://sai.detstwo.com/sai/)is flippin' marvelous.

Well the interface is at least.

Blinx

28 Aug 2008, 23:41

http://someelectriclife.deviantart.com/art/Hook-96327132

SupSuper

29 Aug 2008, 00:59

http://someelectriclife.deviantart.com/art/Hook-96327132That is not an image link :p this is:
http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/f/2008/241/8/c/Hook_by_someelectriclife.png (http://someelectriclife.deviantart.com/art/Hook-96327132)

philby4000

3 Sep 2008, 16:16

http://mr-phillby.deviantart.com/art/Turnus-page-32-96899473

Xinos

4 Sep 2008, 00:42

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6024/hatter2wiregt4.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hatter2wiregt4.jpg)http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4919/hot2sp1.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hot2sp1.jpg)

Can anybody tell who this fine fellow is? =D

I've been zbrushing all yesterday and today I struggled in maya trying to generate a nice normal map from the highpoly head. And suprisingly Maya didn't explode when I imported the 1.6 million poly head ;D.

It's 1:40 Am, I'm still at school.. And there's like 8 other people also here working. Tomorrow I guess I'll start sculpting detail onto the hat or jacket.

bonz

4 Sep 2008, 13:55

Xinos

5 Sep 2008, 01:36

Aye.. but the evil robot version from the game American McGee's Alice.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/1203470382_9fb72949c9.jpg?v=0

Akuryou13

5 Sep 2008, 11:57

is that the model or an action figure?!

MtlAngelus

5 Sep 2008, 23:31

http://distortedlight.deviantart.com/art/Piccollo-is-not-green-97107497

One of the things people love most from when a book/comic/cartoon/whatever turns into a live action movie, is to see how well the actors will closely resemble the characters they are portraying.

So what the hell were they thinking when they decided to take away Piccolo's most recognizable features?!? That goes for Master Roshi as well. You can't freaking play Master Roshi without a long mustache, bald head and sunglasess! D:

This movie will SUCK. D:

Edit: Oooh that's a pretty good model, Xinos. Is it/Will you rig it for animation?

MtlAngelus

9 Sep 2008, 01:35

Scottish dragon!

Akuryou13

9 Sep 2008, 04:21

that's both very well drawn and hilarious :)

Xinos

9 Sep 2008, 22:27

We will be giving our characters to the animators because they want to rig and animate them. But I can't be bothered with such nonsense ;)

MtlAngelus

11 Sep 2008, 03:35

Boo! :p

Also, still working on Mario. Trying to achieve a convincing jeans texture. Still WIP. :p

Akuryou13

11 Sep 2008, 03:39

lol, nice texturing. as you seem to be aware, it's not perfect, but it's rather nice anyway.

how are you doing it, anyway?

Xinos

12 Sep 2008, 01:30

Your jeans texture makes mario look flat. You should bend it so it follows the shape of his stomache more. Also, more contrast!

MtlAngelus

12 Sep 2008, 10:21

lol, nice texturing. as you seem to be aware, it's not perfect, but it's rather nice anyway.

how are you doing it, anyway?

Horizontal and Vertical grain over a blue shade. Then unsuccessfully attempted to bend it to it's shape. :p

Your jeans texture makes mario look flat. You should bend it so it follows the shape of his stomache more. Also, more contrast!
Yes I am aware. I'm still trying to figure out how to bend it properly. :p

Xinos

12 Sep 2008, 11:07

Completely ignoring the texture issue (you'll have to figure that out on your own ;)), I think the main issue with him looking flat is because you arn't using enough variation in value bump (http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marioxi0.jpg). This was just a quick darkening of the shadows to show how much he pops into 3D space!

We had to render out characters for the hand in of the assignment. Luckily my animator friend rigged him for me! Woo! So I could put him in all kinds of crazy poses :D
Though the first image is how I got it, pre-posed and all.
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2685/render2fc1.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=render2fc1.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/3735/thunderpantsam0.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thunderpantsam0.jpg)

MtlAngelus

13 Sep 2008, 02:05

I don't want to make the shadows too dark, but ok, how about this vvv
I removed the texture I did beacuse it just wasn't working out and replaced it with shading. I'll try to do it manually now. :P

Also DOOM 3 SYLE LOLZ bellow.

Xinos

13 Sep 2008, 16:11

That's is much better! No, shadows shouldn't be too dark, but I don't think they are in that piece. When will he get some shoes? =P

MtlAngelus

19 Sep 2008, 04:36

Meaney and Llewellyn.
Onkly a couple more lines and coloring and it's done. Meaney's supposed to be holding a small piece of machinery and the dialog will be along the lines of:
L: "So... you're telling me this little piece is all we needed to fix the homing pigeon device?"
M: "Right."
L: "And it was in the ship all the time?"
M: "Indeed."
L: "And how did you knew this again?"
M: "I uh... read the manual that was on the glove compartment. The one with the large friendly words 'STRANDED? READ ME FIRST!'..."
And then there'll be a caption under the image:
Remember kids, always RTFM. Or you might end up stranded in a parallel universe. True story.

I'm hoping once it's finished it'll get featured on the jl website. ;) :p

Also kids, remember to always use a separate file for resizing the image to fit the forum size. It's not gonna be fun having to re-do all the line-art. :(

Paul.Power

19 Sep 2008, 11:37

Also kids, remember to always use a separate file for resizing the image to fit the forum size. It's not gonna be fun having to re-do all the line-art. :(Owch.

Great drawing an idea though :). Only think I'd suggest is that Meaney's jaw is too pointy - he's kinda got a rounder face than Llewellyn.

MrBunsy

19 Sep 2008, 14:20

Not too sure if Meaney's expression fits with what you want him to say, but otherwise looks good!

I've recently been working on a little randomly-ish generated animation in the style of Darwina. It's as near to art as I think I'll probably ever get.

Linky (http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/scripts/2Darwinia/2Darwinia.htm)

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/scripts/2Darwinia/2darwinia3.png (http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/scripts/2Darwinia/2Darwinia.htm)

MtlAngelus

19 Sep 2008, 15:07

Owch.

Great drawing an idea though :). Only think I'd suggest is that Meaney's jaw is too pointy - he's kinda got a rounder face than Llewellyn.
Well it's supposed to look different. The drawing started with me just trying to draw Meaney and Llewellyn in a more serious style. And I gave Meaney a pointier jaw to make him look more action-hero type than regular dude.
Not too sure if Meaney's expression fits with what you want him to say, but otherwise looks good!

Yes that is because I did it backwards, did the drawing first then came up with the dialogue. :P
I did the drawing pretty much witouth thinking what I was doing, then I ended up with a pic of Meaney and Llew staring at a small object and tought I should add some text to it otherwise it would end up as a confusing picture. I could just not add any dialogue and leave it to the viewer to imagine what is going on if you want. :p

Akuryou13

2 Nov 2008, 15:38

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5227/guildsig2kq3.jpg

new sig for mah darkfall guild. what do you guys think?

Xinos

7 Nov 2008, 15:54

I makes an empty cargo train car!

https://files.itslearning.com/data/684/513/Train%20Car/r4.jpg (https://files.itslearning.com/data/684/513/Train%20Car/render4.jpg)https://files.itslearning.com/data/684/513/Train%20Car/r1.jpg (https://files.itslearning.com/data/684/513/Train%20Car/render1.jpg) https://files.itslearning.com/data/684/513/Train%20Car/r3.jpg (https://files.itslearning.com/data/684/513/Train%20Car/render3.jpg)

This was fun to build since the real thing was parked at the train station right by our school. So getting reference material was quite easy. :)

Akuryou13

7 Nov 2008, 16:04

good lord you're awesome. very nice!

bonz

8 Nov 2008, 12:25

Xinos

8 Nov 2008, 23:21

Thank you Akuryou! :)

The leaf springs look a bit odd.
The outer ends don't seem to be attached anywhere on the train car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leafs1.jpg

I never thought about that, and you are the first to point it out. Thanks.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8114/pa310072hf8.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa310072hf8.jpg)http://img508.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

I must have missed it because the edges are obscured by the big "chain links". I didn't think it looked like they were attached to the leafs, but that must be the case. I didn't ponder too much about it's function. I just wanted to get it looking right =P

Pickleworm

10 Nov 2008, 00:39

Thank you Akuryou! :)

I never thought about that, and you are the first to point it out. Thanks.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8114/pa310072hf8.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa310072hf8.jpg)http://img508.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

I must have missed it because the edges are obscured by the big "chain links". I didn't think it looked like they were attached to the leafs, but that must be the case. I didn't ponder too much about it's function. I just wanted to get it looking right =P

Dang Xinos, your renders are getting pretty good!

Akuryou13

10 Nov 2008, 00:46

Dang Xinos, your renders are getting pretty good! :rolleyes:

FutureWorm

10 Nov 2008, 20:47

Dang Xinos, your renders are getting pretty good!
yo are you joking or did you just not read the thread

Xinos

10 Nov 2008, 21:56

I'm a bit confused, but thanks anyway!

Pickleworm

10 Nov 2008, 22:43

yo are you joking or did you just not read the thread

It was a joke

Sorry shoulda used the tags. Will do in the future.

bonz

11 Nov 2008, 14:20

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8114/pa310072hf8.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa310072hf8.jpg)http://img508.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

I must have missed it because the edges are obscured by the big "chain links". I didn't think it looked like they were attached to the leafs, but that must be the case. I didn't ponder too much about it's function. I just wanted to get it looking right =P
Yes, the train car is actually hanging on those chains.

FutureWorm

12 Nov 2008, 12:36

It was a joke

Sorry shoulda used the tags. Will do in the future.
heh heh. that was a good 1, actually... i got your back. don't even worry about it.

MtlAngelus

14 Nov 2008, 05:30

http://DistortedLight.deviantart.com/art/Spectres-103529732

Wouldn't it be cool if you were alone, in the night, looking at your computer monitor... lights off... then you turned around and saw one of those things looking right back at you?

Akuryou13

14 Nov 2008, 13:45

philby4000

18 Nov 2008, 03:07

The latest page of Turnus has some shading and lighting going on, and I'd like to have some feedback. hell I'd love some real criticism of the comic as a whole.
http://turnus.wurmz.net/strips/page52.png

I'm concerned that the flat shading doesn't gel with the gradient lighting.

Also, I am aware that the light from panel 2 overlaps the bottom of panel 1. And the missing bridge on Bacterial's shades in the last panel. and the fact that the text is twice the size it really should be, how did that even happen god.

Akuryou13

18 Nov 2008, 03:50

I think the lighting works just fine in that setting. it looks good in general. I didn't even really notice the missing bridge or the extra glow till you said something.

Xinos

6 Dec 2008, 12:19

Nice bloom! Looks good.

MtlAngelus: when are you going to finish that awesome planet drawing?

Xinos

20 Dec 2008, 13:22

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2566/flyingcheesedogandhedgeup9.th.png (http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flyingcheesedogandhedgeup9.png)

I needed a new wallpaper for my laptop and freshly installed windows.

MtlAngelus

20 Dec 2008, 19:09

Nice bloom! Looks good.

MtlAngelus: when are you going to finish that awesome planet drawing?

In a couple of million years, perhaps.

Akuryou13

1 Jan 2009, 16:25

dA link cause I'm lazy: http://xelioth.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Me-108060193

I have never in my life been so accurately portrayed in cartoon form.

Xinos

6 Jan 2009, 18:33

I needed something to work on over the christmas holidays, so I started modeling this soon before school ended. That part took forever because the first version I did had really strange proportions and looked much too cute. Then it usually went a few days between each time I worked on it so I really can't say how long this took. Picked up speed once texturing started though.

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1075/MS5_Chopper_front.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1075/MS5_Chopper_front.jpg)http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9355/MS5_Chopper_top.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9355/MS5_Chopper_top.jpg)
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2806/MS5_Chopper_side.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2806/MS5_Chopper_side.jpg)http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5840/MS5_Chopper_under.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5840/MS5_Chopper_under.jpg)

I based it entirely off this (http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/84/metal-slug-5.507988.jpg), which is why proportions took forever to figure out. I don't even like Metal Slug. But the vehicle designs are just too neat not to attempt building. :p

MrBunsy

6 Jan 2009, 18:37

That's awesome! Though is the yellow presumably gun thing meant to be quite so octahedral?

MtlAngelus

6 Jan 2009, 20:30

Is that an inflatable helicopter? :p

Xinos

7 Jan 2009, 00:18

Well, suppose I could add the little mouthpiece for blowing air into it..

Before I changed the color from blue to black it looked like it was made out of jeans. ;>

MrBunsy: No the missile thingy is not supposed to be so octagonal, just trying to keep the polycount down. But you are probably right, it should have been rounder.
If I make it rounder I might as well turn those unintelligible red dots into missile heads while I'm at it.

SupSuper

7 Jan 2009, 03:58

Well, suppose I could add the little mouthpiece for blowing air into it..The front gun already looks like one. :p

Akuryou13

7 Jan 2009, 05:58

The front gun already looks like one. :plol, sadly he has a point.

philby4000

29 Jan 2009, 23:21

Akuryou13

30 Jan 2009, 01:23

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8938/clubtestsmokewd1.th.png (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clubtestsmokewd1.png)

Deviantart here: http://mr-phillby.deviantart.com/art/Club-test-page-1-Guy-111158795

Does theis page make sense?so....he left his patches somewhere else or something and so he said screw it and grabbed a cigarette? (I haven't been keeping up with the comic)

philby4000

30 Jan 2009, 03:02

so....he left his patches somewhere else or something and so he said screw it and grabbed a cigarette? (I haven't been keeping up with the comic)

There's no comic to keep up with yet! That's just a test page.

In the comic stuff inexplicably turns purple and people are wierded out by this. does the page I posted make any more sence now?

SupSuper

30 Jan 2009, 03:33

I thought he just couldn't stop smoking and gave up on the patches.

There's no comic to keep up with yet! That's just a test page.

In the comic stuff inexplicably turns purple and people are wierded out by this. does the page I posted make any more sence now?A bit. You can't really tell he's weirded out about it.

Vader

30 Jan 2009, 09:07

%metal slug helicopter%

Awesome! What did you make it in? You've inspired me to want to do 3D stuff again but unfortunately I'm running a GeForce2 at the moment so I can barely run Photoshop, let alone 3DS/Blender/etc

Oh, and philby, it makes sense to me...

Paul.Power

30 Jan 2009, 10:00

*metal SLORG*

Didn't comment before, but it is really rather awesome

Do Advance Wars!

Akuryou13

30 Jan 2009, 15:12

There's no comic to keep up with yet! That's just a test page.

In the comic stuff inexplicably turns purple and people are wierded out by this. does the page I posted make any more sence now?so long as those things are explained before-hand and the story is established decently before it gets to this comic, then yes, that would be rather hilarious :p

Xinos

31 Jan 2009, 02:27

Awesome! What did you make it in? You've inspired me to want to do 3D stuff again but unfortunately I'm running a GeForce2 at the moment so I can barely run Photoshop, let alone 3DS/Blender/etc

Oh, and philby, it makes sense to me...

Thanks! And you too Paul!

I used Maya mostly, but if you want to get into 3D i really recommend you check out Modo (http://www.luxology.com/). It's really a great program. Maya is aging and the only real reason to learn it is because it's an industry standard IMHO. I am still just learning Modo, but I can tell it's the future.

I also spent a fair amount of time drawing scratch-marks in BodyPaint3D. The nice thing about BodyPaint is that you paint textures directly onto the model rather than just on a 2D file. Obviously I do most texture work in photoshop, but I really should rework the "metal" material since the helicopter looks like it's made out of some dark rock :p

Akuryou13

31 Jan 2009, 03:05

btw, I wanted to say: I realized about that comic, philby, that as long as you make the color purple notably important with the comic's title or webpage or whatever, that comic would work pretty well as a 1st comic too. even to idiots like me :p

Xinos

15 Feb 2009, 19:59

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9082/darwinsvi6.th.jpg (http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9082/darwinsvi6.jpg)

Edit: Maybe I should have added some words to the original post. I drew him because it was the first good picture I found on Wikipedia.

Edit 2: I've also realized I should get a blog to dump random images like this on.. I've looked into thematic (http://themeshaper.com/thematic-for-wordpress/)for wordpress a bit, but I think I need to get my own domain for that. I take it you can't modify the free wordpress that much.