Posts by cityy

Heyho,

I didn't post in a while but here is some stuff I made for the most recent QuakeLive update.

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Q2DM1 Remake - The Edge is property of id Software, LLC. Images used with permission.

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Remake of my Quake III level Left Behind (ct3dm5)

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Cold Cathode (Capture the flag - QL exclusive)

I wrote down a few things about this on my Blog.

Cheers

This looks so cool! Great work.

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What game is that?

Xonotic - a community arena FPS running on the Darkplaces engine.

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Put another 1.5 hours of work into this one today - not been working on it for a while. It's taking shape however.

I see, that makes sense.

I've seen people literally setting up a 3 dimensional grid for painting (like in this video:

Thanks for the tips I guys.

@Pericolos0: Is there anything you recommend reading on that eye path topic?

I'm most likely gonna give the book a try at the end of the month; also those FZD videos are pretty awesome from what I've seen so far.

Here is what I toyed around with this morning:

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However, I'm kind of dodging real light paint with this one and I have no idea how to continue without messing it up

So I'm looking to get more into digital painting and eventually develop a decent skill set but I find myself having a hard time.

I usually start out creating some rough shapes with the soft edge brush to give my scene a vague layout and then try to define those shapes further to possibly get a sharp looking image. Whenever I do the latter things start getting out of my hand - things don't fit in anymore and the overall composition looks strange.

I can't manage to get a smooth transition between my rough sketch and a detailed image.

Are there any general hints for that part of creating a digital painting?

Also, should I stick to basic brushes or does it make sense to looks for custom ones (say stuff like leaves, grass or other textures)?

Looks nice! You could try extending your ceillings a bit and possibly adding some background buildings/tanks/containers/shafts/pipes so the level looks less "flat".

However, it's WIP so you were probably going to do that anyway.

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Getting my hands on Xonotic, a community FPS running on the Darkplaces engine. They are currently running a Competition for 1on1 levels. Yesterday I blocked out my initial layout and today I started to add detail; looking to get a beta version out soon.

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I recommend watching all of the parts: http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/

Fuck, part 2. Mind = blown.

Edit: Part 3 was impressive.

Group Chat. Now.

All this would be easier if you all used either the steam group chat or IRC

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How about someone from Mapcore group just announces a CSGO game when it's happening, rather than make a new group for it?

I agree.

Hell, I suck at this game. We should have a mapcore playing group.

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Ninja panda, come on! Never say no to panda!

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I'm usually shy of posting shots here, since the tech I'm using can't visually hold a candle to the Cryengine and UDK stuff.

I feel you, brother.

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The game itself... I don't really know what to think. The whole thing seemed like some kind of massive cutscene, wasn't really much gameplay there.

Exactly my thinking. Let's wait and see

I don't know, just all those options you have; you can stand there and talk 10 minutes without actually getting anywhere. My guess is I just need to play a bit more to further understand the purpose of the conversations.

I never actually had a job in the industry but I imagine it's nice to work in a studio because of social aspects, collaborative brainstorming, drinking a beer post work and stuff like that. However, I guess it always depends if you like the people you work with.

I'm (also) playing fallout 3 right now. I'm not sure if it's my type of game; I find all the dialogues to be a bit annoying.

However, I'm not far into the game yet.