ESCAPE - The Edge - Fragfest2012
"When it's just you and the city, there's a sense of peace, serenity. The feeling of the air across your face, the ground passing beneath your feet; there's nothing like it. I just got one question: When you reach the edge, are you gonna' jump?"
That quote is how I would boil down the sense of parkour. My entry will be a Mirror's Edge inspired environment. A rooftop playground full of jumps, vaults, and crazy fun parkour navigation. Mirror's Edge is my favorite game of all time, and I have wanted, for a long time, to make an environment in that style. I have never worked or been associated with DICE, so all artwork will be 100% original and I am merely trying to imitate their art style. This is also my first real challenge to enter, and I am not a very good 3D Artist, so Mirror's Edge's style will be nice for me since the texturing is fairly simple and my weakness is texturing. Once again, I am basically a n00b, but I wanted to finally just do something, good or bad, and finish it. I will do my best to optimize, but my main concern will be to create something that looks good. Still, I know where to use resources and where not to, so I won't be making any crazy big textures or anything, and most everything will be modular. TO start this off, here is my inspiration board I made from Mirror's Edge screenshots.
Anyways, enough about me and my entry. I hope to post something soon, and I hope people will be kind enough to offer me feedback and advice. I love this community and want to finally contribute to it meaningfully. Thanks, hope to see some of you again soon.
That quote is how I would boil down the sense of parkour. My entry will be a Mirror's Edge inspired environment. A rooftop playground full of jumps, vaults, and crazy fun parkour navigation. Mirror's Edge is my favorite game of all time, and I have wanted, for a long time, to make an environment in that style. I have never worked or been associated with DICE, so all artwork will be 100% original and I am merely trying to imitate their art style. This is also my first real challenge to enter, and I am not a very good 3D Artist, so Mirror's Edge's style will be nice for me since the texturing is fairly simple and my weakness is texturing. Once again, I am basically a n00b, but I wanted to finally just do something, good or bad, and finish it. I will do my best to optimize, but my main concern will be to create something that looks good. Still, I know where to use resources and where not to, so I won't be making any crazy big textures or anything, and most everything will be modular. TO start this off, here is my inspiration board I made from Mirror's Edge screenshots.
Anyways, enough about me and my entry. I hope to post something soon, and I hope people will be kind enough to offer me feedback and advice. I love this community and want to finally contribute to it meaningfully. Thanks, hope to see some of you again soon.
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in the end this ahort list of things is what ALL the projects in this contest need. because in order to have the idea of an escape moved into a picture, there has to be motion and expression.
your parcour topic is good for that. perhaps try to capture your character midair while jumping sideways over an obstacle. try to put a maximum of motion into your character pose and face expression, supporting the drama!
i wish you all best for the contest!