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Re: Awaiting Fall (Stylized Environment)
Appreciate itChristopherRobin said:Great work.
Thanks for the feedback!ThisisVictoriaZ said:Nice work! I love your color palate and your breakdowns (which I will be saving a referencing later) The biggest critique I would have here is probably your rocks, they don't feel very cohesive to the rest of the props although its hard to put my finger on why. Possibly the scale is off as they look huge compared the the bench and crates. The shadows on them are almost black as well, which is very dark compared to the buildings in the background that have a nice soft shadow.
That's a good point about the rocks. While I did want them looking bigger to create a separation between the grass and pavement, perhaps I should have dialed it down a bit. Also funny you mention the rocks, they (and the clouds) were the only assets I didn't create specifically for this scene, I had made them years ago and thought maybe they could work here.
But you brought up some good points so perhaps I'll revisit this scene later and replace the rocks with a more...modular approach? Like some short stone walls or something.
Thanks again!
VanishingVestige
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
I don't even know if I know what the thread is about anymore. All I'll say is that these insane videos you linked melted my brain when I was 16, I grew out of it in one year. Now I'm trans and I don't care what people look like or call themselves and, tbh, I'm happier than when I was 16.
Melomad
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Re: 3DS MAX - Batch Material Library from multiple max files
Maybe something here? https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/tags/material?page=0
For example, maybe this one (haven't tried it, but maybe helps speed up the merging process) https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/content-browser
For example, maybe this one (haven't tried it, but maybe helps speed up the merging process) https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/content-browser
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
I'm out. My index finger is tired from using the scroll wheel. Bye
zetheros
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Re: Sketchbook: Zetheros
Polish, polish, polish. Hmm I miss polish pickles. I was once in Leeds to visit the Royal Armouries, and came across a small Polish foods store. They sold jars of pickles; cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions all in ludicrously large glass 5-6 liter jars. Maybe I should go and make some.
Like the good Chinese spy that I am, I went there to steal military secrets. Sadly the ones I stole are outdated. You can help yourself to the ones I took while I was there (and other places too), links found in the description sidebar. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rRDYXG
Have a great week!
Like the good Chinese spy that I am, I went there to steal military secrets. Sadly the ones I stole are outdated. You can help yourself to the ones I took while I was there (and other places too), links found in the description sidebar. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rRDYXG
Have a great week!
zetheros
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
It is a bizarre fixation.
Each time i see screenshots of the character and somebody is saying that they can't tell if she is man or woman, is saying she is androgenous or whatever, I have the impression they don't see women, like maybe ever? Except for internet porn, and a good chunk of that would have to be digital, not actual people.
Pretty sure if a woman who looked anything like Kay approached any of these incels in public and smiled in their general direction they'd be over the moon. It is a conventionally attractive woman by pretty much any standard. I guess what people who whack off to anime porn daily don't understand is that in certain angles and certain lights, literally all real human women won't look like they do in carefully curated media. Women aren't that different from men, and much of what they consider feminine beauty is carefully controlled filtering. e.g. make up, lighting, specific angles, etc.
So if a game is making a woman who fits a universe that isn't anime, she'll look like an 8 from certain angles and a 10 from others. and if the lighting and angle is really bad, she might even drop to a 4! Yikes.
Also, is kay less of a babe than Princess Leia? Seem on par to me. Is star wars known for babes anway?
anyway, just in case the point isn't perfectly obvious, it's a lot of words to say touch grass. I hate to use cliches but if the shoe fits...
Each time i see screenshots of the character and somebody is saying that they can't tell if she is man or woman, is saying she is androgenous or whatever, I have the impression they don't see women, like maybe ever? Except for internet porn, and a good chunk of that would have to be digital, not actual people.
Pretty sure if a woman who looked anything like Kay approached any of these incels in public and smiled in their general direction they'd be over the moon. It is a conventionally attractive woman by pretty much any standard. I guess what people who whack off to anime porn daily don't understand is that in certain angles and certain lights, literally all real human women won't look like they do in carefully curated media. Women aren't that different from men, and much of what they consider feminine beauty is carefully controlled filtering. e.g. make up, lighting, specific angles, etc.
So if a game is making a woman who fits a universe that isn't anime, she'll look like an 8 from certain angles and a 10 from others. and if the lighting and angle is really bad, she might even drop to a 4! Yikes.
Also, is kay less of a babe than Princess Leia? Seem on par to me. Is star wars known for babes anway?
anyway, just in case the point isn't perfectly obvious, it's a lot of words to say touch grass. I hate to use cliches but if the shoe fits...
Alex_J
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
"Also we learn more about Kay's family during the game and it's clear she
gets her face ass from her father, possible Ben Affleck cameo in
sequel?
Like many were wondering why she looked like that and but atleast the game seems to explain the reason simply as,
Like many were wondering why she looked like that and but atleast the game seems to explain the reason simply as,
"On a scale of 1 to 10, sometimes the roulette wheel of life does throw up the odd zero."
Nah! not even close to an (if indeed the intent) 80s vintage jibe at making a funny.....quite lame really
Now 'a soldier's humour' - weeell that's a whole other kettle of fish I'd bourne the brunt of when enlisted 1983.
EDIT:
only noticed after skimming thru a couple of your latest posts ffs why hadn't you just typed that, rather than FACE ARSE / ASS?NikhilR said:Or that Palpatine is her grandfather so she is Rey's older half sister. Holy Shit!
I didn't realise Palpatine had a chincleft as well!
sacboi
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
Anime? We're well past that. Smells like r34 sarlacc pit in here. Alemja, you work on Destiny, right? There's hive on the field, bring a sword!
zetheros
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
Intent doesn't matter. It's like firing a gun; if you were aiming for, I don't know, a rampaging school shooter, but you miss and paste one of the kids, nobody's really going to care that you were trying to shoot the bad guy, are they? You can talk as much as you like about the intention of your words, but you don't get to control the landing. And also, they have to be good jokes in the first place.
You're not beating the allegations much, are you? "I was paying close attention to her tits when she was a kid and they're bigger than her adult self!" That's not a character design fault, that's a nitpick, and honestly a creepy one. Who the hell is paying that much attention to her tits? It's not like her character design makes them a focal point. And if you want to be really anal about it that can easily be justified anyway. Think sports bras and the like that are designed to support and minimise. You know, something someone who's always running and jumping around and constantly needs to be active would probably use?
You know, I know it's Star Wars and the franchise has conditioned fans to think everyone important has to be a Skywalker or a Palpatine or a Solo or whatever, but...Sometimes people just have their own traits, you know? What's with this obsession with where she got X and Y? There's no fault in just having her personality be her own. That's not a plot hole, it's not an oversight, it's just basic humanity.
I think that quote from the art director is smart. That's good. That's good character design thinking, that's good storytelling. That's how you do it. Maybe instead of taking cheap shots and nitpicks you should try listening to the guy who's higher up the food chain than you and learn a bit? I know I will.
Oh, and let's see what else is on that website. Front page...."Former Owner of 'Concord' Developed Shaken "To The Core" By Game's Failure, But Ignoring Any Discussion Of DEI or Wokeness Leading To Its Downfall." "Gamespot Writer Seethes And Lashes Out At Critical Drinker While Attempting To Push Gay Agenda Onto J.R.R Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings". Advert for their "Trent Report" where this guy - founder of Bounding Into Comics, also know for their shitty right wing takes and full of articles bitching and moaning about DEI and "woke" - provides "commentary and analysis on pop culture as a Catholic". Hits include, "Woke LOSES again", "It's MA'AM now" (because being a bigot without casual transphobia is like being a milkshake without any milk), and oh look, more whining about Sweet Baby.
The truth is this. You're up to your neck is the alt-right pipeline. The "news" you read, the YouTubers you watch, the places you get your opinions and ideas about what is and isn't a story, are all in it. They're right wing bullshit merchants feeding their audience a non-stop slosh of outrage and fake moral concern, overblowing everything into a conspiracy of Big Woke, turning every bit of media into a piece on the board in their culture war. Every little thing will be blown up and overanalysed until they can find something to say that "they" are taking something from you, that they're out to destroy your values or brainwash you with theirs, that "our culture" is under attack or you're "not allowed" to say things or like things. All under this cheap, thin guise of respectability, pretending they're simply concerned about character designs, about game designs, about animation styles, about writing quality, about casting. That they just want to talk about it, to debate, that they're just interested in intellectual discussion.
They're not, and you're not, and I think you've got enough to rope to hang from now.
You can keep going if you like, but it won't lead anywhere, because that whole pipeline is a dead end. It exists only to make convenient division for the powers running the whole thing, and make a nice bit of money for the grifters and parasites sat on it farming clicks and ad revenue from people's outrage. If you run around with your real name and real face going on about this stuff so much, even on LinkedIn....Well, I'm not an expert, but it's probably not a good look. And even if you somehow manage to avoid becoming radioactive, you're not going to learn anything from it, because these "concerns" have to real foundation. If you listened to the designers, the art directors - anyone with that kind of experience - even for just a little bit, you'd undoubtedly learn a lot more than you ever will listening to these skill-free outrage machines.
You've abandoned the pretense of good faith, so....What now?
Rima
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
lol I always hear that the games industry is a competitive space, but I swear it's like watching maimed hamsters hobble around on the floor sometimes. Most of them are missing legs, another one is missing eyes, and one crazy hamster crawled off into a nearby snake cage because it was having fun exploring, and none of them actually realize they are in a raceNikhilR said:
If there is one thing I would change about the industry, it is the extreme secrecy around development but I understand its purpose given the ruthlessness of the competition in the entertainment space.
zetheros
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