Thanks for the link! I tried to create some gifs with photoshop but the filesize kept coming out quite large. I will also pass on the feedback about texture
I try to keep my gifs at 2mbs maximum to be allowed inside the steam workshop images
I also use photoshop but I generate from a video on after effects, I try to make smaller loops with low framerate. I keep exporting on AE and inporting on photoshop till I like the result
It is a trial and error method till I get to the size
I tried webM videos but they dont work on steam...
If I may suggest things on the courier, I think you could use more gradients on it, the wings looks one flat saturated red, and it kind of take too much attention. The head should be more important on the image.
you can also use some gradients to make the bottom parts darker, that helps with blending with the environment.
About the animation I think you could use more weight and quicker movements. all looks a little slow paced expecially on the head movements; when you move your head it usually moves quicker because you are focusing somewhere, if it moves slows it kind of gives the idea of a drunken character.
The wings could bend a little more during the flaps and having a bigger contrast on the donward movements compared to the upwards.
Yea I'm definitely going to make an update regarding the wings, I think a stronger gradient and a bit of color correction will do wonders.
Oh the things you see after taking a break from what you're doing...fresh eyes are always good, but they bring lots of "why the heck didn't I do that before" facepalms.
OK after quite some while i'm working on my tidehunter set again, here's the high poly version finished. Let me know what you guys think! Some of the low poly's are allready finished, still need to finish the arms and head.
Guy what is happening with those items? I browsed steam workshop, and this is what i see. Some items are visible, some are not. Do you know why those other items are invisible?
@KingTomislav: that happened to me sometimes too, not today though. I just checked and the workshop is working fine. Not sure what the cause is, but it might has something to do with the internet connection.
@Andyk125: I'm loving that tentacle weapon and that treasure chest and octopus on his back that set is looking really great.
About the double sided geometry, is there any other hero that has it enabled? and how can I check it myself? Also, alpha opacity is enabled for all heroes right?
Congrats to everyone who had a set accepted. Though I am some what confused with valves choices, simply for the fact that some sets do not look related to the CNY.
Congrats to everyone who had a set accepted. Though I am some what confused with valves choices, simply for the fact that some sets do not look related to the CNY.
Congrats all involved! I am a bit surprised though too. Few choices I am not a big fan of, but if they are only doing this chest, and one next week, that just seems like a sad amount to add compared to content submitted. Where is my $.99 new bloom singles chest?
Also is this finally the end of the hero breast augmentation arguments?
Congrats to everyone who had a set accepted. Though I am some what confused with valves choices, simply for the fact that some sets do not look related to the CNY.
I am a little surprised as well. I suppose Valve was trying to avoid the totally obvious chinese themed sets this year. Something to remember for next time I suppose.
Congrats all involved! I am a bit surprised though too. Few choices I am not a big fan of, but if they are only doing this chest, and one next week, that just seems like a sad amount to add compared to content submitted. Where is my $.99 new bloom singles chest?
Also is this finally the end of the hero breast augmentation arguments?
Same thing here, can't say I like most of the stuff they chose this time. Probably going to pass on buying a chest this year unfortunately, even though I really like one of the sets there.
Also, I hope this is not the end of that discussion, because I still feel that this stuff is unfitting and makes no sense, regardless of what Valve seems to think about it.
Will sure be interesting to see what goes in a second possible chest. I guess maybe Valves way of making sure sets apply all the Chinese "rules" is to not include many sets that have chinese themed clothing. I should of added horns............ horns...
Will sure be interesting to see what goes in a second possible chest. I guess maybe Valves way of making sure sets apply all the Chinese "rules" is to not include many sets that have chinese themed clothing. I should of added horns............ horns...
If your Naga does not make it in I am going to be really disappointed with this years event, and really wonder what went into decision making this year.....
I am a little surprised as well. I suppose Valve was trying to avoid the totally obvious chinese themed sets this year. Something to remember for next time I suppose.
But if that were the case, then there wouldn't really be any point to the CNY event aside from the deadline. Everyone could just create whatever they want and it would be like any other month of the year...
But if that were the case, then there wouldn't really be any point to the CNY event aside from the deadline. Everyone could just create whatever they want and it would be like any other month of the year...
I know. but look at the choices they have made. That really seems to be the direction they went with.
Woop! Grats to the first round of New Bloomers! Really sweet stuff . I'm a little surprised there was only 8 accepted, if there's only one more of 8 next week then that's a lot of amazing sets left out in the cold. I'm hoping there's 3 treasures total or at least new bloom submissions bleeding into normal chests going forward. I do not envy Valve having to sort through all the great stuff and make choices, though I suppose they are in the lucky position of getting to choose from amazing selections to begin with hehe.
I am a little surprised as well. I suppose Valve was trying to avoid the totally obvious chinese themed sets this year. Something to remember for next time I suppose.
But they didn't say that
They said avoid mixing different stuff together.
"please be careful not to mix cultural concepts in your designs, such as traditional divisions between the dress of children and adults, warriors and civilians and upper and lower classes"
The thing is that China really wants to promote its culture as it is and doesn't want what happened to Dragon, happen to other things too. For Chinese, Dragon is symbol of power and good luck but thanks to Hollywood dragon is now an evil creature for many people...
Their point was to not mix different things simply because they are Chinese. Something we would never do in western-themed designs because we all know Western culture enough to not mix let's say modern suits with medieval armor.
The thing is that many people, including me that don't know much about China, would just Google things like "Chinese armor, Chinese custom and etc" and cherry pick the cool designs without knowing which one is for what. Valve simply wanted to give a heads up to not do so cause their Chinese partners won't feel good about that.
Congrats to the lucky guys who got their stuff in this chest! As for chinese themed, I think KotL is both chinese themed and has horns. So I wouldn't rule out the possibility of more chinese themed sets getting accepted. As for cleavage, it sells! End of discussion! But honestly, the set is top notch and the mount looks amazing!
I honestly don't care about the selection as much. Valve are completely random on that front from this POV. Notice only two sets are from top tier artists (KotL and Luna) so either they would stick to a similar number next week or most of the remaining top tier artists stuff will be in the next chest. Not saying it is an issue, but looking at it from a positive way, you still got a chance even if you are completely a new person in this. Fingers crossed.
What was most disappointing IMO was the amount of content released so far. Last new bloom we had about 18 sets and tons of singles. Now we have so far only 7 sets and no singles. If the same is done next week, then it will be a total of 14 sets only out of ~109 sets. If you think of the numbers, they are a notch higher than a regular month release where you would have a Valve chest in first weeks and a tourney chest in middle/end of month. Considering the announcement and how they sold it to us, I honestly expected they would top the amount of releases vs last new bloom. I guess the Arcana is partly to blame. Hell, if Valve didn't even make an announcement, they would still get tons of sets for new bloom but not a whooping ~109!
Though, Bounchfx is right, they do trickle a lot of the sets after the new bloom. A good example was Anuxi's LC set that was released after the new bloom event last year.
TL;DR: Too few sets released considering the hype of the announcement and no singles.
@Vayne4800 WHO are you, and what have you done with Vayne!?!? man... almost all positive rational comments.. man...next we might even see Vayne crack a joke or two.
Huge congratulations to everyone that got in the first round good job! for me personally i think their choices are pretty reasonable, so no comment on that, just hope that there will be at least 2 more chests though, hehe.
Also, happy lunar new year to everyone, especially those who celebrate it
I think there's gonna be maybe 1 more chest, i doubt 2 unless they do a double release next week...The New Bloom event should finish around the 2nd of March, and there's pretty much one week and a couple of days left.
A move that i didn't understand much was to delay the chest till 1 week after the beginning of the event, i guess it was to sell more Arcanas....
Anyway, congrats to who got stuff accepted.
In particular Luna, Venge, Axe and the wind courier are such top notch creations!
Congrats to those artist who got their stuff accepted by Valve , great job , i hope there will be another 1 or 2 chest coming soon , well finger cross for those who submitted their stuff for the new bloom including me
I think there's gonna be maybe 1 more chest, i doubt 2 unless they do a double release next week...The New Bloom event should finish around the 2nd of March, and there's pretty much one week and a couple of days left.
A move that i didn't understand much was to delay the chest till 1 week after the beginning of the event, i guess it was to sell more Arcanas....
Anyway, congrats to who got stuff accepted.
In particular Luna, Venge, Axe and the wind courier are such top notch creations!
I am still waiting on your Lina! I have a strong feeling it will make it!
Hey folks, Sylei and I in collaboration with pro-player Mushi created a Kunkka set, Resolute Seafarer! We spent months refining this baby with love and care, and we hope you guys enjoy it. Upvotes are appreciated!
Please watch our promo video, as Sylei put a lot of great effort in this presentation!
I'm pretty sure we'll only see one more chest released next week. I can't see them releasing two in one week and having them compete. I'm also pretty sure that singles for the most part are dead.
Well Valve wouldn't be new to a double chest release, for example during TI4 they did it twice in few weeks (pro-player double chest + Alliance chest and the TI4 double chest) but then it's a bit in antithesis with what they did this week. If they wanted to push 2 chests at once i guess it would have already happened this week. So you're probably right.
I am hoping they do one next week, and then do another in March that contains some of the awesome ones that didn't make it in the first two chests. I think it's very likely that it could happen, considering last year.
Last year there was 15 sets and 30+ singles added during the event. It would be pretty disappointing if they don't at least put in 3 chests, which would be ~21 sets (to compensate for the singles, assuming they are dead), considering there is much more participation this year.
It's a shame valve hasn't done a little advertising page or blog update for the chest release. Are they just focusing on arcania and beast brawl release this new Bloom?
With the amount of content submitted for new bloom it might have been cool if Valve experimented with the chest some. Like why not cram in double the sets for the normal drops. Put like 6-12 single items in as well. Then 2 rare sets, a rare crow, and a rare ward. Have it drop 2 sets, and 1 or 2 singles, rare would be one set and a ward or a crow, and charge $4.99 for it. Ultra Mega Chest!
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I try to keep my gifs at 2mbs maximum to be allowed inside the steam workshop images
I also use photoshop but I generate from a video on after effects, I try to make smaller loops with low framerate. I keep exporting on AE and inporting on photoshop till I like the result
It is a trial and error method till I get to the size
I tried webM videos but they dont work on steam...
btw, really nice work with the courier =]
you can also use some gradients to make the bottom parts darker, that helps with blending with the environment.
About the animation I think you could use more weight and quicker movements. all looks a little slow paced expecially on the head movements; when you move your head it usually moves quicker because you are focusing somewhere, if it moves slows it kind of gives the idea of a drunken character.
The wings could bend a little more during the flaps and having a bigger contrast on the donward movements compared to the upwards.
Other than that is looking really good =] wp
Oh the things you see after taking a break from what you're doing...fresh eyes are always good, but they bring lots of "why the heck didn't I do that before" facepalms.
Thanks for the feedback, people (:
Send me a pm if you want!
Now there bake without textures with test shaders.
No dude, it's only for Storm
Also the offhand weapon is a pain in the ***!
@Andyk125: I'm loving that tentacle weapon and that treasure chest and octopus on his back
About the double sided geometry, is there any other hero that has it enabled? and how can I check it myself? Also, alpha opacity is enabled for all heroes right?
Let us know what you think, thanks!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=394040879
Congrats all involved! I am a bit surprised though too. Few choices I am not a big fan of, but if they are only doing this chest, and one next week, that just seems like a sad amount to add compared to content submitted. Where is my $.99 new bloom singles chest?
Also is this finally the end of the hero breast augmentation arguments?
I am a little surprised as well. I suppose Valve was trying to avoid the totally obvious chinese themed sets this year. Something to remember for next time I suppose.
Same thing here, can't say I like most of the stuff they chose this time. Probably going to pass on buying a chest this year unfortunately, even though I really like one of the sets there.
Also, I hope this is not the end of that discussion, because I still feel that this stuff is unfitting and makes no sense, regardless of what Valve seems to think about it.
If your Naga does not make it in I am going to be really disappointed with this years event, and really wonder what went into decision making this year.....
But if that were the case, then there wouldn't really be any point to the CNY event aside from the deadline. Everyone could just create whatever they want and it would be like any other month of the year...
I know. but look at the choices they have made. That really seems to be the direction they went with.
But they didn't say that
They said avoid mixing different stuff together.
"please be careful not to mix cultural concepts in your designs, such as traditional divisions between the dress of children and adults, warriors and civilians and upper and lower classes"
The thing is that China really wants to promote its culture as it is and doesn't want what happened to Dragon, happen to other things too. For Chinese, Dragon is symbol of power and good luck but thanks to Hollywood dragon is now an evil creature for many people...
Their point was to not mix different things simply because they are Chinese. Something we would never do in western-themed designs because we all know Western culture enough to not mix let's say modern suits with medieval armor.
The thing is that many people, including me that don't know much about China, would just Google things like "Chinese armor, Chinese custom and etc" and cherry pick the cool designs without knowing which one is for what. Valve simply wanted to give a heads up to not do so cause their Chinese partners won't feel good about that.
*vagualy remembers PA cleavage set that got almost mobbed out of here because of them boobs*
I honestly don't care about the selection as much. Valve are completely random on that front from this POV. Notice only two sets are from top tier artists (KotL and Luna) so either they would stick to a similar number next week or most of the remaining top tier artists stuff will be in the next chest. Not saying it is an issue, but looking at it from a positive way, you still got a chance even if you are completely a new person in this. Fingers crossed.
What was most disappointing IMO was the amount of content released so far. Last new bloom we had about 18 sets and tons of singles. Now we have so far only 7 sets and no singles. If the same is done next week, then it will be a total of 14 sets only out of ~109 sets. If you think of the numbers, they are a notch higher than a regular month release where you would have a Valve chest in first weeks and a tourney chest in middle/end of month. Considering the announcement and how they sold it to us, I honestly expected they would top the amount of releases vs last new bloom. I guess the Arcana is partly to blame. Hell, if Valve didn't even make an announcement, they would still get tons of sets for new bloom but not a whooping ~109!
Though, Bounchfx is right, they do trickle a lot of the sets after the new bloom. A good example was Anuxi's LC set that was released after the new bloom event last year.
TL;DR: Too few sets released considering the hype of the announcement and no singles.
Also, happy lunar new year to everyone, especially those who celebrate it
Allready bought several chests, for the first time since a long time
I think for an event like this they could indeed put in 2 or 3 chest at least.
Didn't expected any singles..
@seeingtriangles: Thx for the kind words!
A move that i didn't understand much was to delay the chest till 1 week after the beginning of the event, i guess it was to sell more Arcanas....
Anyway, congrats to who got stuff accepted.
In particular Luna, Venge, Axe and the wind courier are such top notch creations!
I am still waiting on your Lina! I have a strong feeling it will make it!
Please watch our promo video, as Sylei put a lot of great effort in this presentation!
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Sorry for the heavy image load, and thanks for reading.
Good luck to all of you!
With the amount of content submitted for new bloom it might have been cool if Valve experimented with the chest some. Like why not cram in double the sets for the normal drops. Put like 6-12 single items in as well. Then 2 rare sets, a rare crow, and a rare ward. Have it drop 2 sets, and 1 or 2 singles, rare would be one set and a ward or a crow, and charge $4.99 for it. Ultra Mega Chest!