@Tvidotto I think it would be really good if the competition is not limited to any hero. That way there is more room for new/creative ideas.
the problem is that if we dont limit, there will be no diference from the main workshop and that will not help for the learning purpose
Ahhh! just saw your next comment
once we did single slot, they were weapon for dire and weapon for radiant, maybe we could try something like that again for the next month
So here's a WiP on a new thing I'm woorking on instead of the shadow demon wings becuase of time constraints. ITs a TB weapon im working on with todestomate.
I unstuck the thread but that does not means that is closed, you guys have till the end of the month to submit the items. Is just that I am not sure if I will have internet access on the next days
@Tvidotto whats the rule on the single item entry with different color ? ^^ do i have to stick with one for the contest or can i basically say vote on the item whatever color you prefer?
should probably soften the normals for that promo shot ʘ‿ʘ
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I'm not happy with the promo shot and I'm going to redo it entirely. I just wanted to get it in this month and I wasn't sure I had time (off to see boxing at the commonwealth games) to learn the art of the nice promo shot.
I personally prefer the ones where the character is visible wearing the item, but the character is slightly faded out. Thing is I haven't ever had the character textured with masks and normals out of the game before. I'll try and do that tonight.
there is a collection of the two available colors but since I dont know how thats gonna be handled, I just put the red one for Contest voting. Unless you would like to vote for the grey one aswell.
I can't believe I finished my first Dota 2 item!
I'm definitely not 100% satisfied with the final result...
...but I learned so much in the process! Looking forward to August's challenge!
I can't believe I finished my first Dota 2 item!
I'm definitely not 100% satisfied with the final result...
...but I learned so much in the process! Looking forward to August's challenge!
@Gh33, Checked out the workshop page, you might be better off posting some nice High Quality renders of your item as well. Although the Gif is cool, it's not really showing off the item in the best way.
@Primrose; Sorry for the quick reply as I did it from mobile and was on the move. So basically, the cloth feels disconnected and have some weird look to it that don't jell nicely with the rest of the stuff. The cloth edges aren't clean. Maybe some alpha work could help that. Also, some more saturation on the cloth could improve in reducing the contrast between the cloth and the rest of he pieces in the set (spikes, metal, ornaments...etc). Additionally, the bracers don't read well from the screenshot provided. From what I can make out of it, the retopo might need some work or just some vertex positioning adjustments. Again, similar to the cloth issue mentioned is present on them.
I like the belt area minus the cloth and also those horns on the shoulder.
Congrats everyone that won and entered the contest, the main idea of the contest is to help improve our skills and i hope everyone won on that subject
Greentooth Trophy
And as promised we are going to get a Greentooth trophy for the winners! Congrats Arty and Belkun, I need you guys address to the trophies, please send it to tvidotto@gmail.com
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- but I'm going to get somewhere, at least go as far as I can.
Here's a wip before textures.
on the knights i would take off Sven, i know he is really nice but he also have a lot of cosmetics
actually knights could be really interesting idea, we could go for 2 teams and battle for the dire or radiance
Dragon and Omni on one side
Chaos knight and Abaddon on the other
what you guys think?
on the forest we previouslly had
1)Beastmaster(maybe)
2)Chen
3)Enchantress
4)LoneDruid
5)TreantProtector
6)Nature's Prophet
7)WindRanger
i would take of treant because it was 2 months ago and natures prophet because of the amount of sets in game
if possible i would like to keep to the maximum of 4 heroes
the problem is that if we dont limit, there will be no diference from the main workshop and that will not help for the learning purpose
Ahhh! just saw your next comment
once we did single slot, they were weapon for dire and weapon for radiant, maybe we could try something like that again for the next month
i think the red looks too much, i preffer the other one =]
I am picking one of the most voted themes but limited to 4 heroes
Going for the KNIGHTS idea, with
Dragon knight
Omni knight
Chaos knight
Abaddon (knight)
I am going to create the thread now
btw, i how I am a little late with the voting, i will fix everything when i get back next week!
A quick throw of colours. Trying out Marmoset to render.
Still a lot of work on the texture side, but I'm calling it a night.
Hope i made it in time
Hell's Beacon by Xajai
and
Inferno's Foil by Xajai
this was a lot of fun! cant wait to participate in the next one!
Just a wee post to say I've updated my submission post with a gif, first time I've made one. See if you can spot my mouse.
should probably soften the normals for that promo shot ʘ‿ʘ
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I'm not happy with the promo shot and I'm going to redo it entirely. I just wanted to get it in this month and I wasn't sure I had time (off to see boxing at the commonwealth games) to learn the art of the nice promo shot.
I personally prefer the ones where the character is visible wearing the item, but the character is slightly faded out. Thing is I haven't ever had the character textured with masks and normals out of the game before. I'll try and do that tonight.
there is a collection of the two available colors but since I dont know how thats gonna be handled, I just put the red one for Contest voting. Unless you would like to vote for the grey one aswell.
Actually, i had this idea before, but it came out awful that time. So i made new one from the beginning. Hope this one is better
Sinner's Embrace
by Sunshield Studio (Arty and Belkun)
I'm definitely not 100% satisfied with the final result...
...but I learned so much in the process! Looking forward to August's challenge!
Cultleader Regalia by iko
The Demon's DeadLock by schnoodle
I've updated my item (just in time, 10 minutes from the deadline)
Such aaaas? You can't just say it needs polish and refinement then not say what actually needs it. That doesn't make any sense :u
Updated the preview image, tried to use hl model viewer to do it but getting maya set up with MESA is a bit of a nightmare...
Hope this helps!
I like the belt area minus the cloth and also those horns on the shoulder.
sorry sir, I will make the voting at the same time of the next month so I can use the judges twice =]
any updates on this?
Judges
Benjamin "Bronto Thunder" Retter
Stephanie "Anuxinamoon" Everett
Thiago "T_Vidotto" Vidotto
and the Winners for this month are:
Winners
1st Place - Sinner's Embrace
by Sunshield Studio (Arty and Belkun)
2nd Place - Edge of Dismay by Vayne and DoubleLeaf
3rd Place - Inferno's Foil by Xajai
4th Place - Spear of the Fallen Angel by mihalceanu
5th Place - Horns of Divine Reflection
by Sunshield Studio (Arty and Belkun)
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Congrats everyone that won and entered the contest, the main idea of the contest is to help improve our skills and i hope everyone won on that subject
Greentooth Trophy
And as promised we are going to get a Greentooth trophy for the winners! Congrats Arty and Belkun, I need you guys address to the trophies, please send it to tvidotto@gmail.com
Thanks! Well done to you too and all the other winners and entrants