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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
Also that fable screenshot is VERY misleading. Like, the worst possible moment, which definitely doesn't look good, but even in a short trailer, there are moments that look very well done.
Joopson
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Re: Sketchbook: Tudor Morris
Testing some materials - managed to get translucency working on the skin, so you can see the underlying bone through it
TudorMorris
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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
Closing this thread. It's doing more harm than good at this point. Lots of links and allusions to toxic and racist and phobic sentiments. This is a discussion forum, sure, but let's think a bit next time, before posting clearly inflammatory things?
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
Whether the original face needed modifying or not...You can't really say that without knowing what they had in mind. Evidently, they didn't think a perfect replica would quite fit what they had in mind. I don't think that's a fault. Most or all AAA games now seem to use scans as base material, and real people as motion capture sources. So if you have a particular look in mind, it seems to make sense to get someone close as you can and then just modify accordingly. It's done in live action all the time with makeup and prosthetics, so why should games be different when they're aiming for a similar level of realism?
All that aside...."A design that polarises viewers"? Five years ago, nobody would've cared. Nobody would've said there's anything wrong with her appearance. This is just another point in the stupid right wing culture war shit that's really come on the last few years with their moral panics because people dare to make women that aren't just sex dolls for male gaze, or put in LGBT characters that aren't deniable, easily censored, or background characters you can just ignore. It's not that there's anything wrong with her design; they're just fighting like hell to drag our standards backwards.
Rima
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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
Have you ever considered that perhaps the devs simply wanted to make the character this way just because they can? No one ever said they had to make a fictional made-up character an exact or even close likeness to whatever sources they used. Just a thought.
ModBlue
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Re: Critique for my stylized 3D Environment Portfolio
Neutral point:
Personally I don't think there's any real value in customising your artstation but you've done it now and it didn't annoy me so there's no reason you should change it
Good points:
Your presentation is good. I get a decent idea of your capabilities and you've chosen some very nice shots/dioramas to show your work off.
Your work is all of a very distinct style so you probably aren't going to get much interest from studios that focus on photorealism but I'd say this is a solid graduate portfolio.
Things you could maybe think about as you add more work:
Demonstrate that you can work in different styles and moods. It's important with stylised work especially that you can express different feelings with shape language, color palettes and so on.
Personally I don't think there's any real value in customising your artstation but you've done it now and it didn't annoy me so there's no reason you should change it
Good points:
Your presentation is good. I get a decent idea of your capabilities and you've chosen some very nice shots/dioramas to show your work off.
Your work is all of a very distinct style so you probably aren't going to get much interest from studios that focus on photorealism but I'd say this is a solid graduate portfolio.
Things you could maybe think about as you add more work:
Demonstrate that you can work in different styles and moods. It's important with stylised work especially that you can express different feelings with shape language, color palettes and so on.
poopipe
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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
More typing, less art. Oops, wait a minute, that’s not it.
NikhilR, I’m thinking you should pursue some career with a lot of typing because it seems you’re really passionate about it, and maybe not so much about the art-making part of it? Maybe game journalism, or art criticism.
NikhilR, I’m thinking you should pursue some career with a lot of typing because it seems you’re really passionate about it, and maybe not so much about the art-making part of it? Maybe game journalism, or art criticism.
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
i thought my pituary gland was feeling a little off lately
Alex_J
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Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
same here. I dont even watch videos anymore. I immediately copy paste the transcript into ChatGPT and tell it to format for legibility then just skim it. if there is not a clear, consistent point i abandon it.zetheros said:idk I'm a millennial so if discourse isn't in youtube shorts format or longer than a paragraph I don't really read it
i agree with rima the original stated intent of this post seems to be abandoned by the OP. Feels like nikhil has been burrowing in the bowels of the internet and wanted to dump what he found here to see reactions or something. its weird.
Just for the sake of repetition: grown ass adults who care about what make believe characters in childrens shows look like must be enormous losers. it is pitiful to even think about.
culture wars are a tool used to keep you from knowing about the actual transgressions against you in the class war. instead of focusing on why X corporation has poisoned the environment around you or any number of actual issues that have an effect on your families life, you are such a fucking dumbass you spend time arguing about the color of little mermaid with strangers you'll never meet. You only going to be alive once, is that what you're going to do?
Alex_J
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