Posts by DaanO

Oh yes, i just don't see the obvious thing you're talking about and therefor i should just shut my mouth. I think this is what the arts vs. entertainment discussion is all about. I think there's quite some talent in mapcore, but more people should quit being just entertainers and start being artists. I know (duh) that graves can have something pretty and clear about them, but these pictures show only one side, which makes they lack depth, which makes them less interesting. If only they showed a bit of the other side of the story i would say awesome pictures in every way. But that's not the case.

Besides that, the people that think dying for your country is glorious should try living for their country. Might just be more useful and rewarding. Death is never glorious and those that disagree are just very naive.

I had a look at the site and got bored. So i closed the window and now i will forget about the whole thing. The marketing technique is certainly interesting but i just doesn't catch me i guess

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Decent, but the very fact that is was created by swedes is what kills it for me. Euro*Brew

Actually, Sweden is a pretty cool country, it's in my top 3 of countries i'd like to live in. You should go there sometime

"oh no. i'm not staying alone with the creepy doll again" = gold

There's some awesome scenes in there, it's all very well done (great art direction indeed) but the thing as a whole just seems to be a bit incoherent.

Well, i just find that after a while all these smaller pencil drawings start to look alike, you need to make them stand out. The second picture, when i look at it, i actually see it. There aren't as many lines, and those you put in, are right where they should be, they're good strong lines. That's what makes it stand out. By contrast i mean you could use hatching to make some shadows, some darker parts.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/da ... wing24.jpg

That picture explains what i mean. Give the viewer a point to look at instead of making the drawing a maze of lines. Like in maps, good shadowwork gives everything a much more impressive look.

In the first picture the perspective seems to be just a bit off, but it looks kinda neat. I like the setting. Some stronger contrasts would give the drawing the wow effect i think. Same for the second drawing (perspective of the side window of the car is strange). What i really like in the second drawing is how relatively few lines make a cool picture alltogether. Third drawing is a bit too simple for my liking. Overall, try adding some contrasts, more like in the second picture. Good stuff though, try creating a map from these!

Awesome in a most awesome way.

Cause i'm still working on my website, and when it's ready i'm gonna post 50 photos of my own you can comment as much as you want. I am doing a lot of photography. All i do is try to help to make better photos, cause obviously nobody here needs any help to take prettier photos.

Besides that, rd, it is obviously bullshit (sorry to say) that any picture you take without a filter tells the story of a place just right. The selection of an image you make (basically that's what photography is) can change a great deal. You can make happy and glorious photos and sad or even angry photos of the same place. This selecting of images tells the story. And it might be partially my story, but i think that in general graveyards have nothing glorious or happy about them. The bright colors in the photos do. I mean, do you really think dying or death can ever be something glorious? Cause i don't.

Again, these are not bad photos. It's just that they don't do the place any justice and that is my point. Steppenwolf took some pretty pictures but i think that if you're making a portrait of a graveyard, it should be all happy. If you see it as an opportunity to make pretty pictures that have nothing about them, that's almost disrespectful to me. The pictures just lack some character, some depth. They lack stories that can be told with photography. Seriously, if you don't think photos can tell stories you shouldn't even be taking them. Making pretty pictures is not that hard, making good photos is.

Also, i don't think you need to be really good at something to be good at commenting on the same thing. Not many film critics are actually directors, not many art critics are actually painters. It's just kinda lame to ignore a comment because someone didn't post something of his own.

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Because saying your map is unoriginal obviously makes it ok.

Quoted for truth. Anyway, i think Nexus basically said he agreed with you on one point, and you hold that against him?

Map looks ok, there's some lighting that i really like, but overall it's just average. I think it would help if you'd include an area that has an obvious purpose, like a cafetaria (*cough*) or a landing bay for spaceships. I think it's area's like that that keep NS maps from looking really sexy

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Why should these russian warmonuments be humble?

In didn't say those should be, i said the photos should. The fact that Steppenwolf saw these graves as an opportunity to get pretty photos (he succeeded well) is what i mean. I think good photos should be more than just a pretty picture, they should tell a story, be, well, interesting. I don't consider dying for your country to be something glorious, never. Photos should tell that.

Steppenwolf: I know, shots are well taken and all

Yep just ridicule my point, you're doing a great job. Either you just do not understand what i'm saying or you're not willing to try.

Yeah, found it already. Still thanks. It's just that i really like Iceland and i like gamedesign so this might be something to think about

Thanks i'll try fiddling around with that entity

best car ever. reminds me of all the fun cartoony race games i've played hmmmmmmm

I don't seem to be able to find out how to make those light columns? You know, those for spot lights in darker rooms / places. Source maps don't give away any clues either. Anyone?

Good point, hereby accepted.

Hahahaha /pets rd

Anyway, there's a difference with not being sure you're good enough or not being sure in general. You know

Gearbox = top of the pops. IF you're not even sure about yourself, hmm.....

I'm actually scanning and photographing some of my work to put on my new website, so i'll post some stuff in a few days

Oh i don't say that i am sorry for those people as individuals, but graveyards are not happy places to me, at least. And Steppenwolf, i think that because of some bright colors and because you tried to make pretty pictures, they get something glorious almost. As if those graves only matter because of what they look like, you know?