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Polygons and whatnot (mostly polygons)

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finally, we get to witness the greatness.

* as chock would put it, "dat house"

how quaint.

hey globie, i wont be finishing this just yet. i have to finsih my other wips first




i find myself using da and stuff as an image uploader, i care more about sharing here, with my smash *****s



wip . its cf and akuma

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zio, is that a giant cyclops amidst mist?
 
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Ok neous :D

I like the colors in the wip, Zio. Is it an arm?

And Odin, CS2/3 is still pretty recent, I've seen lots of people use PS 7 on deviantart and make beautiful things. You probably won't be using the super advanced stuff for painting too much anyway (I assume that's what you want a tablet for...? :o)
 
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PS7 is beast and I think the only real reason to have the newer ones is to do things like 3D modeling, and the ability to edit all variations of the .RAW file format AND aesthetics.
 
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Wait, what do you mean?

I can do some easy gif stuff, but actual animation?
 
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simple gif:



not is ps. mspaint as usual.



2nd zoomed out view: was going for zelda nes style thing...








i would link appropriate kpop for a more complete sensory experience but

geist hates it.




time between edits = time to complete.
 
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Word? They didn't have clipping masks?

I didn't even notice.

Now that would be a problem to me.

:I
 
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It didn't help your post was on the last page (I don't tend to go back and read the last few posts of an old page, if a new one is up).

Also - Not sure what you want to be said. It looks good. But I am no expert on the subject (I've never done 3D modeling, nor any of that texture and lighting work). So i couldn't help with suggestions.

:I

I do wish i could do something like that, though.
 
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Geist said:
I finished one of my 3d finals and it turned out pretty nice :D
Also Ally cat bugged me to post these. Ha. Ha ha.







Cool stuff neous :b
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That's pretty cool. How long did it take to make that? I can't really guess cause the, most likely incorrect, way I imagine making 3D models is virtually stacking bricks on each other >.> I know it's harder but conceptually, I don't even have a clue.

ZIO said:


WIP

Needs work, but I'm just practicing digital painting
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Mmmm nice. Reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus :D

neous said:
simple gif:



not is ps. mspaint as usual.



2nd zoomed out view: was going for zelda nes style thing...








i would link appropriate kpop for a more complete sensory experience but

geist hates it.




time between edits = time to complete.
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Nice Akuma vs CF gif. It makes me wonder what game you like more haha. Akuma is bad*** and CF is pretty manly.
 
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ZIO said:
It didn't help your post was on the last page (I don't tend to go back and read the last few posts of an old page, if a new one is up).

Also - Not sure what you want to be said. It looks good. But I am no expert on the subject (I've never done 3D modeling, nor any of that texture and lighting work). So i couldn't help with suggestions.
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Nah Alleycat's just being a bug because she was pestering me to post my project.
I wasn't looking for feedback specifically, I did it so she'd be quiet.

Also whatever happened to that akuma painting you were working on?
Darkshadow7827 said:
That's pretty cool. How long did it take to make that? I can't really guess cause the, most likely incorrect, way I imagine making 3D models is virtually stacking bricks on each other >.> I know it's harder but conceptually, I don't even have a clue.
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I guess close to 30 hours to model and 30 hours to texture and light stuff. I actually hand painted a lot of the textures to get more of a stylized feel, but I was a bit pressed for time so I couldn't emphasize it too well.

Making stuff in 3d differs from the program, but it's always broken into small 2-d polygon planes (generally 4 sided faces, sometimes 3 sided). There's a million techniques to build stuff. You can literally build polygon by polygon, or you can start off with a cube and cut into it to create faces, move verticies, add edges, etc.
In some programs like Zbrush you can take a model and extrude and move it as if it was made of endlessly stretchy clay. It's pretty awesome, but it's really time intensive.
 
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Also whatever happened to that akuma painting you were working on?
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As with most things, I fell off in keeping up doing it. It's still a WIP and I work on it from time to time, but being a perfectionist and my being unable to digitally paint puts a strain on me. I get angry, annoyed, and I've spent ALOT of time on that picture.

Although, I might just return to it, now that you've mentioned it and have reminded me of it.
 
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When do you guise go back to school?
I just got back home last night. 2 weeks of sitting around, sewing, and relaxation.
 
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Geist said:
Last day of school before break. Oh man I can really use this vacation. All nighters 4 times in the past 7 days
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That sounds awful

Please go to bed before you explode or something.

neous, the colors in your latest wip are amazing man. :cool:
 
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geist you should sleep so alley can draw you * make sure u dont forget the bra straps, aly

loki, i always wish i learned how to sew... so i could make my own clothe modifications, that and, its hard to get clothes that fit me.

thanks neon. theyre coolish bc i took an old colored picture i made, of just a pose, and then modified it even more to look like strider. i think thats why the colors are unique-er

i used this, kinda bright:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-qGpEY6I4k

GLOBAL WHERE U AT

I NEED BG ART.
 
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Chronodiver Lokii said:
When do you guise go back to school?
I just got back home last night. 2 weeks of sitting around, sewing, and relaxation.
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We resume in another 2 weeks. I'm going to use these two weeks as well as humanly possible.
Neon Ness said:
That sounds awful

Please go to bed before you explode or something.

neous, the colors in your latest wip are amazing man. :cool:
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lol
character modelling teacher announced we get until 6:00 pm on sunday to fix and tweak stuff
this means one last all nighter.
Challenge accepted
neous said:
geist you should sleep so alley can draw you * make sure u dont forget the bra straps, aly
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I loled
damn man so much stuff being posted by you.
I wish I could do that much stuff.
 
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yeah. i made all that stuff today, geist.

the difference is in quality.

sure i have alot of stuff, but theyre quite ez to make.

just about everyone else here has a higher level of work put into their posted stuffs, and it shows i think in a hypothetical side by side comparison.

*also it helps that i played starcraft, i have the apms.

[remembered what i wanted to say: skill wise, you especially, are much more technical. i mean, omlp [legendary pokemon], your photorealistic paintings. im not as technical, so i have to employ different strats in my arting. and as result, i have alot of "stuff"]
 
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I should be doing a lot of art stuff over break
Expect to see me finish a lot of the loose, halfway finished projects I have floating around, and maybe a few 3d stuff.
 
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You seem to recycle alot of material, Neo.

Just an observation.

But I like the premise. I'd just like to see more of it.
 
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Hi people. So today out of nowhere I decided to improve my pen tool skills since I suck, so I opened up Illustrator and started doing this.


long hair (sucks and I got lazy with the hair lol)
no hair


I have little to no experience so that's why I'm trying to get used to this tool of hell. I hate it but I have to love it.

I know it's just a simple drawing but it's my first. ;_; Any recommendations?
 
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ZIO said:
You seem to recycle alot of material, Neo.

Just an observation.

But I like the premise. I'd just like to see more of it.
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that is an extremely valid assessment. though i dont know what you mean by "I'd just like to see more of it"
yes. i have "image maps". with these maps i can trace every drawing back to a single source. a cat. [half joking]

that and, im always recycling/reworking/fixing stuff, sometimes one thing makes me think of another, so i draw that from it. its like... look at the clouds, and one moment a cloud looks like godzilla, then let the clouds drift a bit, and now it looks like a tugboat. or, squint your eyes, or look at the thumbnail, and ur inspired to do something else. and then you're left with a bunch of similar images, so why not make a gif, or a scene.

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daaaw loki :3

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morrigan, i think youre the first person in a while to post vectors. not sure if anyone round these parts can give you tips. i know i cant. but from what i can see, its looking pretty clean. its funny that you post morrigan, because im working on my self portrait doing a morrigan pose.
 
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When I say I want to see more of it, I mean, new material, but similar style.
 
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Morrigan said:
Hi people. So today out of nowhere I decided to improve my pen tool skills since I suck, so I opened up Illustrator and started doing this.


long hair (sucks and I got lazy with the hair lol)
no hair


I have little to no experience so that's why I'm trying to get used to this tool of hell. I hate it but I have to love it.

I know it's just a simple drawing but it's my first. ;_; Any recommendations?
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Well the way you've done it in those pieces definitely fit the style of it, so I think it worked out rather well.
But since you're planning on getting much better, I recommend making drawings with pencil, scanning it in, and attempting to trace your drawing as best as possible. Or just dl pics from the internet and trace over those if you want.
After a while the pen tool starts to feel like a puzzle game, where you're trying to make an object or a drawing using as little points as possible. If you use too many it gets all bumpy and ugly, and it just takes way much longer than it should to fiddle around with the stupid points.
 
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Thanks! Yeah I'll eventually start scanning/tracing some parts. It's funny 'cause at first for example I didn't know how to do the eye and I had to draw it on paper to visualize it lol. It definitely helps.
 
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