Hopgood's Workshop
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My Workshop:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/hopgood/myworkshopfiles/?570
My Website:
www.chrishopgoodart.com
My sets in the Workshop:
Items currently in Game:
Current Work in Progress:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/hopgood/myworkshopfiles/?570
My Website:
www.chrishopgoodart.com
My sets in the Workshop:
Items currently in Game:
Current Work in Progress:
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So, Phantom Assassin is first,
Just doodling out some concepts
I quite liked the bottom one so I decided to block something out and do a quick low poly test in engine to see the shapes.
And I have begun sketching out some rough ideas for things to do this month. Going to try some items for characters I tend to play more often, provided they are available
Managed to get these finished today and I put them all up in a collection. Hopefully one may find its way into the store.
Thoughts?
Now I feel bad. I swear I looked through the workshop and this forum for anything similar. Bummer.
EDIT:
Ah now I found it, I didn't look back far enough. This one will have to sit on the shelf then. Apologies.
And done.
The Lycan hands look really muddy, the shapes could use a lot more definition.
It's not a system, it's called trying to keep the style, people don't like unfitting items. Naked brain is a bad idea in a variety of ways.
and of course a community is a system, which in the case of dota has another layer of complexity to it, Valve making the final decision, yet still high rated items that don't even follow valves design and texturing rules make it into the store. While other, also highly rated assets that perfectly fit the styleguide and character backstory don't make it - so yes it's a complex system that is hard to understand.
Open brain is in no way practical, realistic, logical or safe, for that matter. Nor the lore says that the ogre is being controlled in such a crude manner, he's his partner.
While Al is a scientist, he's a chemist, not a surgeon, so it's not in his skills to do something like this, and if you insist that he controls him that way, i hope he's no doing it by hand, cuz there could've been some kind of needles or other surgical instrument sticking out.
While it's not stated that ogre is dumb or smart, he's not Ogre Magi-dumb, so it's better to put something on him, than strip him for more "control".
Open brain is a low level whacky idea like rice hats for every remotely asian hero, or lolsorandumb communist items for Pudge. D2 keeps pretty much the same semi-serious level of mediavalish technology with alchemy and magic, so i doubt operation like this could be possible, without damaging ze brain and unless you think they did Surgeon Simulator operation and did the brain transplant, i well keep saying that any brain itemwithout proper incorporation is out of place and represent the lazy thinking we don't need in D2.
As for the system, you jumped from one summarization to another, not well structured one, try avoiding that.
The way Valve chooses submissions is purposely unsystematic, and if asset is not picked up right away, doesn't mean it won't be. We've got 6 months old set for Clinkz today, with Clinkz set being added not so long ago it seemed highly improbable.
In short, Valve adds what they want, Rubick set we got right now are clipping, clashing in style with each other and are so far away in style, that it looks like a madmans choice.
On the other hand, we've yet to have Alpine 2, so i guess it works for now, we should relax and let them do their thing.
It wasn't too uncommon for alchemist doing basic surgery in medieval times, they've been the scientists of their time. Paracelsus one of the biggest alchemists of his time published a book called "The Great Surgery Book". Brainsurgery is known to go back to ancient egypt, and might base on even older procedures from 3000bc , it's not like this is the hightech procedure you are making of it. Of course it's crazy risky to get an infection or whatever, it's a gnome controlling an ogre with chemicals made from prisonwalls!
But if you would want to, you could add an extra anim of him putting chemical in this brain and its all right.
But it's going to be changed anyways, so enough derailing. I think it fits very well and if well executed i don't see why people would not want to use,you (and quite a few others, just look at the alpine set) are making personal taste a communitymoving decision - which is just wrong. No one forces anyone to buy or use stuff they don't like
Of course you don't have to agree with this.
anyways back to work, looking forward to the changes
Even if I get some negative comments I am interested to see the community reaction to see how far you can push an idea before getting some backlash. I've had a similar response to an item I made before and it helped me to improve in further iterations.
In the end I am anxious to see how the community reacts but I thank you guys for offering your help! Thanks!
Smelted Relics of Saraddel - Burning Pike
Smelted Relics of Saraddel - Flaying Dagger
Auspice of Iczoxtotec
Thanks for the props though
You have great 3D skills, and ideas, have any of your items been accepted yet?
Thanks man. Sorry I missed this comment earlier. The Alchemist item was accepted as is, brain and all! It was in the International 2013 chest and I had two items in the Chest of Wax, my Dazzle staff and a Skywrath Staff.
Mog'ra the Devourer
I had a go at Gifcam for this one too so people can see how it looks swinging around down there;