Based on this information we can safely conclude that 53% of the worlds population lives in Europe and 36% lives in North America. There are also only 4 people in the entire continent of Africa. How's that for collegiate science.
I like the idea of texture contests. A very excellent idea IMHO would be to have Mike or one of the other highquality 2d designers create a single texture for the basis of a contest. Then using the theme setup in that texture, have the artists let their imagination run wild and create a series of textures that compliment that single one. You could incorporate all three ideas posty mentioned in one contest. That way, the textures could then be used in creating a map instead of just put forth toward a contest.
i.e. someone makes a texture of a stone walk with metal grating in the center. Then another texture artist creates a wall to go with it overgrown in vines. Then another person creates a building to match and another a mountain texture to fit the theme.
I wanted to add rust, but i've never really learned a good way, the rust on the upper left was the best i could create on short time. Just a combination of a few colors, a paintbrush, and blur, smudge, and burn/dodge tools.
And yes, I realize that using the same base for the signs can become repetitive, but anyone who decides to point this out should recognize that these signs will rarely be placed near enough to matter, and they will never attempt to be tiled.
http://www.grif.lv/prods.php?cid=14〈=en
This website is a great resource for warning signs should anyone else be interested in making them. Keep in mind also, that the object is to make them better. Textures dont necessarily have to be hi res copies. If you can make them better and still fit in the theme then that's the idea. I know alot of the signs in the halflife wad are not close to being accurate to actual signs especially safety signs standardized by different organizations.
My first photoshop playtime in over a year. Be kind.
Edit: Oh yes, Also on the upload it renamed it to sign13. In the game it is sign10.
Edit2: Uploaded correct version and renamed to hl_sign10
I was just curious as to what the mapcore community has accomplished. I mean, obviously we have a shit load of talent in all fields here, and we've had our niche in the internet for quite sometime, but I was curious as to what the community has accomplished on a person by person basis outside the realm of the community. List anything you feel is an accomplishment.
make the sun and the gold metal part 2 different layers if they arent already. Then put different textures on each different type of metal. It looks odd with the gold medallion and the silver sun composed of the one piece.