Hey guys! I'm going to make some textures now in this thread. I thought because I'm learning to do it we can track my progress and I can get crit and we can watch me suck less over time. might be interesting 
First texture evar, just freestyled it.
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So I've done the world a fucking favor and analyzed what we know about this new game
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Is it just me or are these concept pieces not all that? I guess if they have a specific function I'm overlooking, but they don't look like typical concept art to me. Which I guess could possibly be a good thing, though
Sega... oh sega... you meant so much...
Quote from D3adsI was inspired by Sprony's work and wanted to do a day version, so I used brighter lighting and more lively textures, I think I might have overdone the HDR lol
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Here, I toned down the HDR for you:
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That would be a very extensive article. I would have to confirm with Thrik if he's willing to put up such a long and elaborate text. It would also put FMPONE's Making a Map: CS_Museum to shame and I don't want to be stepping on anyone's toes.
I never even stood a chance D:
I put ground grass fed beef in the oven for 15 minutes until its slightly cooked. Put sea salt on it. Eat.
I took a stick of kerry gold butter and ate parts of it.
I put two sweet potatoes in the oven and baked for an hour. Eat, all of it including the skin.
I took some dark chocolate out of the freezer and Eat.
I put some fat oil in water and drank. Drank.
I opened two avocados and put sea salt on them. Eat.
Food.
I've been working my ass of on this night scene. It's kinda dark though. Feedback appreciated.
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Hahaha, I love what you did with the dog, how he's licking that lollipop that the princess soldier dropped from her tricycle made out of hair
See what I mean?
wow. you called it
Yeap, I was thinking about creating a thread like this lately as well, because I came to the realization that although sleeping 5/6 hours a day worked for me for the last 10+ years, it's more and more becoming a habit that is slowly deteriorating my mind and my body. This topic goes hand in hand with being a night owl for me as well, so read up if you're interested.
I try to force myself to sleep, but as the extreme night owl that I am, it's one of the battles that I try to fight every night since I can remember. After a lot of research, (I actually spent a long time looking this topic up) I think what I am experiencing relates a lot to the definition of "Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder". Basically, after dinner I feel a boost of energy and I really feel that crave to sit in the computer and do some work / learning.
Big problem is, next day is work/school day and waking up early is where everything goes to shit for people that suffers from this.
In the end, being like this is extremely shitty because there's literally no way around it (I tried, there's some things you can do to make it better tho) so you end up living two lives, you live the life that our society portraits as normal (so called 9 to 5) and you live your night life where you're really in the mood and creating your best work. The result of this? 5 hour sleep nights on average, which you try to compensate with coffee, exercise, (etc) but do it for as long as I've been doing it and it starts to take it's toll on you.
It's frustrating and infuriating because it's hard for "normal people" to understand what this shit feels like. You can't just flip a fucking switch and change who you are. Unfortunately for night owls, this is frowned upon by society and night owls are labeled as lazy fucks who tend to sleep in in the morning. Truth and fact is, I probably work more hours than the majority of the so called "early birds", the bright and golden individuals of our society. I am firmly convinced that I am not biologically "wired" to go to sleep at 11pm like a robot just because society turned off the lights. After dinner, I get this burst of energy and creativity that typically lasts until 2/3am. All of my best work has been created during those hours, this has been going since I was 16 or 17 which coincides with when I had my first computer, which also proves that blue light at night will develop Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. (And since we deal a lot with colors and art, that flux app is not a solution for me)We will see how long this will last until I have some kind of collapse.
But seriously tho, since I've started to exercise a couple months ago I feel i need more sleep so I've been thinking about REALLY forcing myself to go to sleep early'ish on the days that I exercise, and only do work on the days that I don't. I hate treating my life as a fucking calendar, but for the sake of health this sounds like a good thing to do. tl:drzzzZZzzzz
I had a revelation on this topic myself, and ironically the solution is not less sleep, it's more. You sleep during the day for a large part of it, wake up around 4-5 then go back to sleep around 4-5 in the morning. That means you end up waking up around 9AM, what's considered normal for most people. Then you're in the good cycle again. It saved my sanity quite honestly
I've always slept for 10+ hours and I feel sharp and aware and good when I do and like a bread loaf when I don't. There is no question lack of sleep will literally kill you D:
Once Liam gets hooked on going to the gym, we need to change his forum name to Gymger
I started with 3DBuzz many years ago and I can still recommend then. I believe they've since rerecorded their intro to 3dsmax series, it's hours and hours of content, get some popcorn, relax, sit back, and learn! Fun times!
Eat3D also has a pretty comprehensive intro to 3dsmax series.
Alright! This one sounded good to me on first blush as well 
Thanks guys! Loving the recommendations.
Your pakrat path must be changed to resources/overviews -- if you leave it the way it automatically is, people will not be able to see it.
not gonna lie sometimes the callouses rip off your hands on a deadlift or something and its gross, but that's why this thread exists. for manly reasons like that
Speaking of which, what kind of gloves do you recommend to lift weights?
lol
Title says it all! I'm starting the journey of learning to do both so I'd really appreciate any input 
Have you guys heard about the random stuff and how fit I am?
New episode owned. You could write a story-telling manual based off that shit. awesome
