Polygons and whatnot (mostly polygons)

[global-wolf]

That pony is adorable Loli. *__* I'm not a fan of the series either but I would take that little horse home. I'm curious, how did you do its cutie mark? (that's what it's called right? xD)

 

[LoliLovesRain]

yeh the cutie mark xD I actually hand paint all the details ^_^ like the eyes and cutie mark :3 I'm not the best with sewing but I like to think I make up for it with my painting xD

 

[global-wolf]

Oh cool, I thought it looked really attached to the fabric and I guess that's why xD

 

[LoliLovesRain]

yeh haha most people either use iron-on transfers or embroidery which is the most common. I'm not the best with embroidery yet tho :-p Since my level of sewing is novice xD

 

[Grey Belnades]

O' salutations swamis of the 'shop. I seek your help though I did not know if I was allowed to make a public inquiry so I came here. I ask that you aid me with a photo. If possible, 'o sultans of the save photo as, I ask if you can enlarge this photo a bit more and paint the gray section of the outer circle black. Here is the photo:

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[Geist]

Sounds like a quick photoshop job.
How much bigger is 'a bit bigger'? If you want something like 800x800+, it'll start to lose resolution and I'd have to recreate the image using vectors and blahblahblah that would take time.
if you want it like 50 pixels bigger that won't be a problem though.

 

[Grey Belnades]

Can you do the first one? Maybe 850x850? I can wait.

 

[Geist]

alrighty then PHOTOSHOP SPEEDRUN


here you go
elapsed time: 26 seconds
aw yeahhhh
(damn border glitch. Fixed. Make that 32 seconds)

 

[Grey Belnades]

Thank you so much, supreme swami of shop!!

 

[global-wolf]

I watched Brave yesterday, it was so suspenseful and emotionally charged. I loved it <3 The lighting and textures were gorgeous too, animation never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Geist]

Yeah I see it a third time this sunday. I'm making a point to study it so I can attempt to emulate Pixar's style and techniques and incorporate them into my demo reel.

Random cool facts, all of the moss in the movie was procedurally generated by a programmed plugin that allows users to control the growth, color, shape, size and even species of moss. Since it was procedurally generated (fractal based) it has a near infinite texture/geometry resolution.

All of the lighting is completely manually done too - Pixar doesn't use post-processing lighting techniques that create realistic light/color bounce, they do it all completely by hand. Each scene can have up to hundreds of individual lights that can be tweaked in the most minute ways. When they hit the render button, the use what they get for the actual movie, though sometimes they do an additional 'shadow pass' to render out specific areas of shadow in some scenes.

It can also take up to six months to prep a character model for animation

 

[choknater]

i liked the animation a lot of course. my favorite part of it was merida's hair

there was some really brilliantly composed cinematography too. to name one:

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when merida fell into the pit, realized where she was, and you see mordu's very creepy animal face/eyes approaching her in the background.

story-wise, though, i found it hard to get excited because so much of it was revealed to me via disneypixar's many youtube trailers. when

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the mom became a bear

, i wasn't really surprised, i was more like, "oh, that explains a lot." and from there i could see most of the rest of the story coming.

i have a feeling, though, that the story would be much stronger and more relatable for girls, and perhaps parents. i don't really know since i am neither.

 

[Geist]

That's interesting, a lot of the criticism I hear of the marketing behind it was that they kept too much of the plot hidden, considering that revealing it wouldn't have exactly have been a spoiler in the first place. Imo what made it more predictable was the amount of foreshadowing the movie had. I'm not sure if it was a negative thing for me though.

Nice thread title btw lol

 

[LoliLovesRain]

I really loved it xD I mean yeh you could tell what would happen but i loved it I wish I knew how to do digital artwork T_T my tablet HATES me. I also dunno how to use any of those stuff like gimp or w.e. =/ Not sure what else i could even use...I wanna do hair as nice as them T_T

 

[Geist]

Lol i'm not completely sure what they used to calculate the hair simulations.
I want to look into it but pixar keeps their secrets too well

 

[LoliLovesRain]

Yeh haha there hair is just so good xD OH so guys I just finished my RainbowDash plush i'm selling :3

 

[Vinylic.]

Hi.

Not sure if i'll ever get into full sail yet. But if I do, I might have to start coming in here more often.
And possibly share some of my bits of art. And also learning how to draw.

 

[Geoberos]

Pretty sweet your next go at it. Although I find the eyes a tad bit too big past her nose :O
Mane and tail looks pretty smooth together.

 

[LoliLovesRain]

Maaaaaaaaaybe~ I dunno xD Painting took me forever tho T_T MUST GET SILK THREAD FOR EMBROIDERY MACHINE SO I CAN LETS MY MACHINE DO THE EYES xD

 

[deepseadiva]

I had zero prior knowledge before going into Brave, and honestly thought it was pretty basic.

:/

I mean, good. But not brilliant.

 

[Geist]

Hi.

Not sure if i'll ever get into full sail yet. But if I do, I might have to start coming in here more often.
And possibly share some of my bits of art. And also learning how to draw.

Hello there

Do it. Then you can join the AE skype group, there's a guy there who goes to Full Sail.
I don't think a privatized college like full sail has the application barriers of something like sheridan or westwood - when I was applying to schools they were practically begging me over the phone to go down there.

And possibly you should share your drawings now? :0
Do you know what program you're getting into?

I had zero prior knowledge before going into Brave, and honestly thought it was pretty basic.

:/

I mean, good. But not brilliant.

Well it's getting pretty average reviews considering its upbringing. Purely as a movie I don't think it stands up with Pixar's best, though I did enjoy it more than any other movie I've seen this year.
From a standpoint of animation and technology it's pretty much objectively great though so I'm probably biased for art nerd reasons.

 

[Vinylic.]

Hello there

Do it. Then you can join the AE skype group, there's a guy there who goes to Full Sail.
I don't think a privatized college like full sail has the application barriers of something like sheridan or westwood - when I was applying to schools they were practically begging me over the phone to go down there.

And possibly you should share your drawings now? :0
Do you know what program you're getting into?

Game design.

And I did say I was probably going to full sail, but it looks like I might go to tech school instead. Either way though, I can still get the same education so ehh....

And I can share drawings, but just to let you know, I just suck at doing them. I can just scan from the printer and show y'all I guess. Right now, I have to get ready for a call and stuff.

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So these are the only things I have at this point. I had more, but i just threw them away years ago. >.<

Those two are was just made because I was extremely bored in school. :/

 

[Charmander]

Hi guys ^^
I think I'm finally getting the hang of this whole digital painting thing ._. (only took me like a year T_T
[COLLAPSE=Digital Reshiram Drawing :D]

[/COLLAPSE]
Too bad I forgot to add Reshiram's butt-rings..

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Vinylllll

Yeah beegs goes to full sail
Then we have the ai gang (past current and future Art institute students aw yeah)
And other people

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Also progress.
Markers
So many markers

 

[Grey Belnades]

alrighty then PHOTOSHOP SPEEDRUN


here you go
elapsed time: 26 seconds
aw yeahhhh
(damn border glitch. Fixed. Make that 32 seconds)

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Thanks for your help Geist, here's the outcome of the request.

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[Geist]

Game design.

Ah nice. There's less art involved with the actual job though, but I'm not sure about what your course would entail.

Hi guys ^^
I think I'm finally getting the hang of this whole digital painting thing ._. (only took me like a year T_T

Dude, I'm still getting a hang of digital painting and I've been building it as a career for over 2 years now.
Nice improvements though. I'd spend a bit more time on your strokes though.

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Also progress.

Don't want to be that guy
but I think your perspective is off on the tower in your bg. Wouldn't it make more sense if you could see the underside of the tower's gears/rings? :[

Thanks for your help Geist, here's the outcome of the request.

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Oh very cool lol

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Just following my reference xP sheoul gate, man. Confusing stuff.

And yeah, it's a little off on the lower half of the sword. I'll probably fix it when I get the background worked out a bit more.

 

[Rubyiris]

Brave was amazing. I want to get the soundtrack, when it comes out.

how much would it cost to comission a rarity plushy?

 

[Lore]

Just following my reference xP sheoul gate, man. Confusing stuff.

And yeah, it's a little off on the lower half of the sword. I'll probably fix it when I get the background worked out a bit more.

Just posting to say you're awesome for liking Blazblue. The pic looks good so far! ^_^

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Just posting to say you're awesome for liking Blazblue. The pic looks good so far! ^_^

Jrnsjsiekg
Thanks Werekill ; w ;
I need to post on the BB thread
....and play BB more.

/obsession

 

[Rubyiris]

blazblue is ****ing awful. Play Melty Blood.

 

[Lore]

Jrnsjsiekg
Thanks Werekill ; w ;
I need to post on the BB thread
....and play BB more.

/obsession

I need to play more too... my Mu skills are awful now.

What system are you on? We should play some time.

 

[Rubyiris]

Or you guys could play Melty Blood, a game that's actually good.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Blazblue rocks :< Arc put some serious effort into the art direction for that game <3 Mori has made serious strides in the fighting game genre.

I play on PSN :o LittleMissLokii is muh tag
Youre a Mu main too?!
I play Murakumo characters > w> Nu/Noel in CT, and Mu/Noel/Lambda in all CS games

 

[Rubyiris]

BB is ****ing ****ty. all that work, and it's a ****ing JOKE of a game.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

And we're all entitled to our own opinions.

 

[Rubyiris]

**** that, BB being trash is a fact.

 

[Alley Cat]

People getting mad about video games again on the internet?
lol that's weird

 

[Geist]

hey settle down you kids

Aly you posted like once before your premium expired lol

 

[Lore]

Blazblue rocks :< Arc put some serious effort into the art direction for that game <3 Mori has made serious strides in the fighting game genre.

I play on PSN :o LittleMissLokii is muh tag
Youre a Mu main too?!
I play Murakumo characters > w> Nu/Noel in CT, and Mu/Noel/Lambda in all CS games

I'm on PSN too! :D I use WerekillV for my tag.

And I main the Murakumo characters too! I use Mu/Noel/Lambda, in that order. I freaking love all of their designs, and they play well too. :3