Yeah, going with mounts only means you eliminate a huge chunk of people out of the competition... Or so I think. Great idea though.
Well, in my opinion a competition/challenge is the best opportunity to practice and get out of the comfort zone.
I think there is a lot of people just waiting for a "signal" to make it happen.... or thats just me
I agree with Mdk, even though mounts and creatures would be hard, it will be a good way for people to try to get out of their comfort zone and make something more advanced. Go Creatures and Mounts!
MdK: Claybuildup (main brush), slash or Dam standard (to draw the lines), Snake Hook or Slide (to make the bangs) Pinch (to adjust the bangs format and tighten the cavities) and hPolish.
I did a hair sculpt live stream, but for some reason, twitch didn't recorded it =(
Twitch disabled the auto-save streams thing, you have to go into a menu and re-enable it!
"Well, in my opinion a competition/challenge is the best opportunity to practice and get out of the comfort zone."
Well, in my opinion a competition/challenge is the best opportunity to practice and get out of the comfort zone.
I think there is a lot of people just waiting for a "signal" to make it happen.... or thats just me
Generally speaking, your opinion is sound. I might be speaking of my super limited experience. I guess if others want to go for it then my all means, more power to them.
For me, I just don't see myself there yet. I can hardly do proper single items with hard surfaces, let alone organic single items and let alone a complete biological being. Atleast, I hope more indepth workflows, progress and details are provided if the mount theme is selected. I like how Vlad does it; videos, screenshots and detailed steps and information. Hope more of the advanced artists follow suit, not just twitch videos (don't attack me because I have difficulty accessing twitch >.>!).
I've flipped the hair for the portrait view as it's more interesting, do you guys think this would get noticed and cause a problem?
Hm! Oh I really like the portrait now. Does flipping it in-game really cause a problem though? I personally would just flip that too, but I guess there isnt strictly a rule saying that it has to match exactly. It just makes more sense to me that way.
(well, I mean other than having to go back and redo all the promo materials and video haha)
Even though I like the spooky idea better, we could always include all summons, not just mounts. So that would add the juggernaut/witch doctor/pugna/shadow shaman wards, tusk sigil, and death prophet ghosts, although I'm not sure if all of those slots are set up in the importer yet.
Those could still provide a challenge for those that aren't quite ready to try making a mount.
great month guys! im going to add the items to the first page now and look for some judges =]
Do you guys preffer the items to be added to the first page along the month or all in the end like im testing on this? im unsure because adding everything at the same time looks more fair, but its nice to see the progress on the first page
and for the this month we are a little divided by the opinions
as Hunter pointed, male hero not narrows the options at all, so i think we can drop it
i saw divided options about the other too
Spooky heroes and mounts/summons
Spooky heroes are a good way to make something more related to halloween
Mounts/summons could be a good opportunity to try more organic modeling and to push a little further the difficult to contrast even more with the past month
i personally like the second one, i think its a good opportunity to try something harder as Onilolz pointed, but i would like to see couple more opinions about those two
I like the idea of both mounts and spooky heroes (need to define a list on that).
With Halloween at the end of the month, it would make sense to have a collection of heroes/items that reflect that (Valve Halloween chest anyone? Someone be sure to notify them of our intentions this time )
I do agree that Mounts would stretch the skills of many people (myself included)... but the field is very weighted on that subject matter, with some artists here having done many mounts before. Depending on the person, it could be very discouraging or an opportunity to grow. My 2 cents.
With the polycount chest out and the september challenge which produced a lot of very good new hairstyles i came up with an idea. Instead of monthly challenges we will create a themed chest. For example chest filled only with hairstyles. We set the theme, someone will need to create image of the chest (that can be allso part of the competition), and then we create 10-15 empty slots for that particular chest to be filled. We give people a month to create their entries and then judges will decide what will get in and what needs to be improved (in case we havent filled all slots in the chest yet). The chest will remain open until its filled with enough quality items. In the end we will have a themed chest for valve to release (if they find it usable). Ofc, people can post their items normaly to the workshop, so the item can get into game naturally...
For the next month's theme i guess it would be better to stay with the Halloween to create some content that can be released with diretide.
great month guys! im going to add the items to the first page now and look for some judges =]
Do you guys preffer the items to be added to the first page along the month or all in the end like im testing on this? im unsure because adding everything at the same time looks more fair, but its nice to see the progress on the first page
and for the this month we are a little divided by the opinions
as Hunter pointed, male hero not narrows the options at all, so i think we can drop it
i saw divided options about the other too
Spooky heroes and mounts/summons
Spooky heroes are a good way to make something more related to halloween
Mounts/summons could be a good opportunity to try more organic modeling and to push a little further the difficult to contrast even more with the past month
i personally like the second one, i think its a good opportunity to try something harder as Onilolz pointed, but i would like to see couple more opinions about those two
which one you guys preffer?
I loved all the ideas! especially the mounts/summons my favorites. ♥ But Valve recently removed the most items of the store, and lately i haven't seen many sets on Workshop for vote, i'm missing them! also in my opinion it's a great opportunity for get your art in game!
omg, every month its the same when counting the opinions =]
in my math here it got 7 to mounts and summons and 6 to spooky heroes! (i counted bronto twice since he said that like both =] )
to be honest, thinking on the acceptance on the workshop, it is probably more valuable a not dated item then a dated one, if it not gets accepted on the diretide it will probably not get accepted later..
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Not very beginner friendly. Also not spooky enough. I do like the idea, but I like halloween vibes even more.
Well, in my opinion a competition/challenge is the best opportunity to practice and get out of the comfort zone.
I think there is a lot of people just waiting for a "signal" to make it happen.... or thats just me
Twitch disabled the auto-save streams thing, you have to go into a menu and re-enable it!
"Well, in my opinion a competition/challenge is the best opportunity to practice and get out of the comfort zone."
This!
Generally speaking, your opinion is sound. I might be speaking of my super limited experience. I guess if others want to go for it then my all means, more power to them.
For me, I just don't see myself there yet. I can hardly do proper single items with hard surfaces, let alone organic single items and let alone a complete biological being. Atleast, I hope more indepth workflows, progress and details are provided if the mount theme is selected. I like how Vlad does it; videos, screenshots and detailed steps and information. Hope more of the advanced artists follow suit, not just twitch videos (don't attack me because I have difficulty accessing twitch >.>!).
Hm! Oh I really like the portrait now. Does flipping it in-game really cause a problem though? I personally would just flip that too, but I guess there isnt strictly a rule saying that it has to match exactly. It just makes more sense to me that way.
(well, I mean other than having to go back and redo all the promo materials and video haha)
This is beast...
Cute hair MDK !
Process:
Sonic Wings by Shoo and foxclever
Death's Promise by Godzy and Stefco
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Even though I like the spooky idea better, we could always include all summons, not just mounts. So that would add the juggernaut/witch doctor/pugna/shadow shaman wards, tusk sigil, and death prophet ghosts, although I'm not sure if all of those slots are set up in the importer yet.
Those could still provide a challenge for those that aren't quite ready to try making a mount.
Great work everyone! :thumbup:
Spectralis by Paskie
I decided to make it part of a set !
Sheared Tresses by hntrluc
Phew, barely made it, nice job this month everyone!
Ah! Thank you very much, Bronto! =D
it's still before midnight somewhere.. right?? RIGHT?? :poly122:
Do you guys preffer the items to be added to the first page along the month or all in the end like im testing on this? im unsure because adding everything at the same time looks more fair, but its nice to see the progress on the first page
and for the this month we are a little divided by the opinions
as Hunter pointed, male hero not narrows the options at all, so i think we can drop it
i saw divided options about the other too
Spooky heroes and mounts/summons
Spooky heroes are a good way to make something more related to halloween
Mounts/summons could be a good opportunity to try more organic modeling and to push a little further the difficult to contrast even more with the past month
i personally like the second one, i think its a good opportunity to try something harder as Onilolz pointed, but i would like to see couple more opinions about those two
which one you guys preffer?
With Halloween at the end of the month, it would make sense to have a collection of heroes/items that reflect that (Valve Halloween chest anyone? Someone be sure to notify them of our intentions this time
I do agree that Mounts would stretch the skills of many people (myself included)... but the field is very weighted on that subject matter, with some artists here having done many mounts before. Depending on the person, it could be very discouraging or an opportunity to grow. My 2 cents.
Cheers!
I have a couple cool mount ideas I'd work on if we go that direction though.
For the next month's theme i guess it would be better to stay with the Halloween to create some content that can be released with diretide.
I live in Hawai?
I loved all the ideas! especially the mounts/summons my favorites. ♥ But Valve recently removed the most items of the store, and lately i haven't seen many sets on Workshop for vote, i'm missing them!
hahaha, since whe never defined a timezone, if its still before midnight in any place in the world is acceptable Rabies =]
in my math here it got 7 to mounts and summons and 6 to spooky heroes! (i counted bronto twice since he said that like both =] )
to be honest, thinking on the acceptance on the workshop, it is probably more valuable a not dated item then a dated one, if it not gets accepted on the diretide it will probably not get accepted later..