My attempt at trying to create my own style of patterns and such.
Ignore the watermark in the middle.
My attempt at trying to create my own style of patterns and such.
Ignore the watermark in the middle.
hm, it's, well, hm
Idk, it seems like the style is sort of self contradictory. plus the base seems to have nothing to do with the pattern on top of it.
So, in art I have this whole topic on 'decay' that I have been working on, kinda looking at vanitas related stuff.
The skeleton on the left is painted on two pieces of rusted metal I found in an old abandoned house near mine (was actually part of the roof XD)
Both drawn on the same page because I'm supposed to be putting together a "research work book", gunna be painting the apple thing on a larger piece of metal when i find one.
E: for some reason the yellow parts of the metal look extremely saturated on my desktop screen, yet on my laptop monitor, appear fine, I hope it's just my desktop screen being mis-calibrated..
E again: Yes, I know I need to fix the thumb bone.
Last edited by Reaper Man; April 28th, 2008 at 07:48 AM.
Looks good, though the lower part of the skeleton could use work. Might also be worth emphasising the fusion joints between the various skull bones.
As for me, been working on my HL2 Raising the Bar soldiers some more; churned out another two today:
Looks great Ross.
And Nugget, as far as I'm concerned that brute gun skin is pretty well monotoned and blurred to hell and back.
It's mostly blurry because I saved the .jpg on low quality.
Having an overlaying pattern of detail like that is fine, except you don't want it to continue across large parts of the texture. The pattern of boxes and shapes in your other layers seem too bright compared to the very dark metal base you've chosen. The boxes seem too much like an afterthought than anything else. Add detailing and scratching along the exposed edges of details, like they would be scratched in real life.Originally Posted by HDoan
My attempt at trying to create my own style of patterns and such.
Ignore the watermark in the middle.
Reaper Man, I love the mixed-media work there. I often use scrap-metal, pieces of screen, and other random things in my work to give texture and vary the surface, and I'd say you're doing a perfect job of it.
Rossmum, great reskinnings of the Combine. One pointer: play with the goggle lenses a bit more - the main functionality of the lens color on the original version was to make the bipeds recognizable in dark areas. Look at how the neon teal lenses relate to the grey-blue secondary camouflage color, and try to emulate that same pattern in your own three variations. Also, think about what environments the permutations would be used in to decide what would work best to make them stand out in different lightings. Additionally, I think you should make some camouflage variants of the Combine Officer - I've seen your other renditions and found them interesting and well-suited for their respective environments, but not practical for urban/rural combat. Heck, you should even attempt to reskin the Hunter, Strider, APC, Helicopter, Dropship, Gunship and all of the CP/Combine weapons and drones. I think you've got enough talent to do a whole series.
Now, on to my stuff. I believe I'm almost done editing/reconfiguring my latest lyrical work for now. I've tried to centralize it and make it more concise, while still retaining its semi-ambiguousness. I've tried to work with the theme of blocking out the unwanted truth with a memory, only to have it bring about overall detachment. I don't think I've said it before, so let me clarify things: I use '/' to denote a change in vocalists and '-' to denote a pause. Here goes:
Tell me what you think!Return
Remind me how to stand again
I'm sure I can't on my own
Tracing lines you've left behind
Chasing your trail alone
Blinded by the sharp reflections
Your distant sun grows cold
Wandering through your reverie
My intentions draw blood
Even though I feel this way
I'll believe what you say
Hopefully
Losing my balance
Your gravity pulls me
Sleepwalk my way
Into your daydream
Remind me how to stand again
I'm sure I can't on my own
Even though - I feel this way
I'll believe - What you say
Treading through the fallen petals / Even though
Your ocean drawing nearer / I feel this way
I see the wind run through the trees / I'll believe
But I don't feel your breeze on me / What you say
Squinting into your distant sun / Even though
I rescind my dreams / I feel this way
I can't be reached by the fading light / You say I'm not dying
But your shine still embraces me / You say I'm not dying
I'm still looking for someone who wants to help me get my current HCE mapping project in-game - I'm almost done with the BSP, and will be using standard weapons/bipeds for the time being, so it will only involve skinning/lighting help, and population, which is already fully diagrammed.
Last edited by Sever; April 30th, 2008 at 10:08 PM.
Loosing isn't a word. Losing is.
Actually, it is a word (the act of loosening, kinda redundant but w/e), but still wasn't the word I had intended. Thanks.
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