The Monthly HANDPAINT ArtJam | May 2015
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Noobs and Character Artists can have their challenge, so do we! However we've decide on keeping it simple and friendly, and instead of making it a challenge, we're making it an Art Jam. A place where Handpainter can exchange technique, critique and tricks.
We welcome any cartoon concept artist that would like to join us too !
- There's no restriction on the software or technique you use. You're a free to use brush and bake map. Our goal here is to get better and share workflow. We won't accept any war between oldschool and newschool and what is handpaint.
- The use of photo is strictly forbidden.
- The use of heavily photobash brush is also forbidden. Remember the goal here is to PAINT.
- The final output should only use diffuse, alpha and glow map. No Normal, spec or bump is allowed on the model itself. However using those map as a base for your painting is allowed.
- This is an Art jam so don't use existing stuff, there's no point in it. Re-using asset is tolerate to a certain point, use your good sense.
- Everything have to be your work, no stealing. Collab are allowed as long as your teammates are part of polycount !
- You have to post WIP of your work, the main goal of this, is to learn, so no final product only.
- We encourage you to post your texture map as well as the model
- If you participate, you have to post at least a critique on someone else work.
"May, the beautiful month where all the flowers bloom (except in Canada, In Canada we still have snow ofc it's canada what where you expecting ?) But seriously, We had enough of green with Ireland so this month... WE'RE GOING INTO SPACEEEEEE *TUNTUNTUNTUN* Year 132 of the new Era, The humanity was forced into space "To Infinity and Beyond!" because of their stupidity. They created ships were humanity could live until they found a new habitable planet to pollute. Because they destroyed almost every living plants on earth, the few that they were able to bring with them in space were highly modified with technology or mixed with alien species. It's been over a millennium that humanity has left the Earth, who know what it looks like now, maybe they encountered many aliens species that now cohabited. May the forth be with you"
In honour of the month of May, our theme will be:
Space Garden
Space Gardener ! Any garden needs its Gardener, human, robotic or alien. Try to make it look like someone or something who's job is to take care of the garden.
Create a space garden, it can be any type of garden you want, even an aquatic or a Zen garden, you just need to make it futuristic (if there's no metal in your garden then you didn't understand the challenge). Don't forget that the garden is inside a spaceship. You can make it a beautiful secret place or a technological food farm, it's your choice ! The plants need to be either fake techno ones, cross species or highly genetically modified earth's species or alien species.
2 Choices here
1- Some people like to have a flower pot or a small tree in their apartments, create a small inside plants. Make it original it could be an alien plant that wakes you up in the morning or a plant that lay egg for your breakfast who knows ?!
2- Space Gardener need some hardcore tools in order to keep the garden in order. Re-invent a tool that gardener use such as a watering can or a cutter or a garden decorative object such a chime, a fountain, a pond, a statue, etc.
1- Some people like to have a flower pot or a small tree in their apartments, create a small inside plants. Make it original it could be an alien plant that wakes you up in the morning or a plant that lay egg for your breakfast who knows ?!
2- Space Gardener need some hardcore tools in order to keep the garden in order. Re-invent a tool that gardener use such as a watering can or a cutter or a garden decorative object such a chime, a fountain, a pond, a statue, etc.
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Heck yeah, same here man
"Because they destroyed almost every living plants on earth, the few that they were able to bring with them in space were highly modified with technology or mixed with alien species."
For characters. I don't like that you just put "Characters - Must be space gardener alien or etc. " There could be a space-garden scarecrow which wards of space-garden-five-eyed-crows , or just pigeons , whatever.
I don't like how you say a broad themee with a back story but then say this MUST be this. Characters MUST be gardeners. Environments MUST have metal ( Are you stupid? To not do it?)
Wildstar for example , the housing system was surrounded by some metal , true but it was mostly encapsuled by a force-field dome.
I actually think it's a great theme, been waiting and looking forward to this months one and will spend A LOT of time on mine ( starting with collecting references) I think even when you as a character fanatic would be restricted to a gardener would still have seas of freedom to do what you want/like while sticking within the theme.
Yes this month it's a space gardener but it's kind REALLY broad too, A scarecrow for example is a kind of gardener it's job is to protect the garden from bird, but then again in an interior space ship garden I really doubt they introduce a species of bird that will savage everything they work for, isn't it ? But it could be a different sort of scarecrow, a scarebug ! for informative bug ! For example my space gardener is going to be a space prince who grow a private garden for his princess! (I always wanted to do a space fairytale haha)
Gardener doesn't mean your character has to look like that
Also don't forget the garden is on a space ship, not on a planet. Wildstar have habitable planet, but it would be much different than doing a human garden, which is boring. This is a spaceship garden, that's why they need to be apparent trace of it BEING a spaceship, it doesn't rain on spaceship you need a system to water the plant. There's not direct sunlight either, maybe your ship is equipped with a powerful uv light system or maybe they stay in orbit around a sun.
Edited to take out anything that may create unwanted drama.
Nice.
I said my opinion and reading your paragraph I was like "okay, alright then" but the last part was completely uncalled for.
There are people in the previous Monthly character things who said their part as well and they didn't get called out for for their "inability" to design and they didn't participate in the monthly either.
So why do I get this.
I get it , I didn't read properly.
There's no need to be nasty about it.
I was only trying to said that the subject is really broad with a bit of searching and imagination, and there was no base for his post to begin with. Some people are good designer other aren't it's not a shame, that's why concept artist exist !
A lot of people are/where hype for this month theme and this thread is starting to go offshore with highschool melodrama ( I erased everything that may sound rude and i suggest you do the same, it's only bad publicity for everyone and for the artjam, no one love drama). Let's stop it right now, Again It wasn't my goal to sound rude, i apologize and i'll be more careful and make sure my sentences doesn't have 2 meaning next time
Let's all concentrated on making beautiful art from now on and hugs each others.
lenahbop Yeah
Ive been working on her today, this time im going to make only textures, and maybe her "shovel" thingy. This character is too ambitious for me, as im a total noob yet
Im no good with sci-fi theme, so if you have any comments about concept or any advice, it would be highly appriciated
Shes going to have a hair made of "bushY" leafs xD carry a water bottle wit her to rinse flowers and stuff
My incomplete blockout for that:
I also have another blockout of a small, indoors environment if I have the time:
Great concept, Mallaria! So cute! I agree with cgartland. Maybe you could incorporate those tubes in her outfit... for the water bottle or even give her some kind of tank?! And I'm not sure I'm a fan of the suspenders >_o Would love to see a 3d version of her!
Uberren, those look pretty cool! curious to see where this goes
I'd be very happy about any advice.
Im going to take your advice and will incorporate shovel elements in her outfit
@lenahbop My idea was to use Alpha on plains and do something like i saw in Wildstar on bushes xD Since i want her to have hair like that, i think it might work. im not sure
btw. This game is fabulous. i enter this game mostly to looks all that hand-paint heaven that its going on there
@Chillywalrus What a great idea, i'm looking foward to see it complete it really look nice !
@ren Pretty *_* Now i really want to do a water garden too. the cylindrical thingy is really awesome too does it actually work or is it just a concept ?
@Mallaria. yes yes and yes. You character is so cute !
As soon as i'm not sick anymore i'm going to start owrking on this
Updating my concept, my bf started to work on her already, so im hoping for some fast result, and me painting textures ^^
If someone is interested in making her too, it would be awesome!
im posting updated version and also front and side view
I also think her proportions look quite charming and would keep em just like that
@Odow @Fluor @Digipyro Thanks! its really awesome to read comments like that, make me wanna work twice as hard
And tiny update, shes headless for now ;p
my first character i painted was goblin from polycount, someone posted mesh, so people can practice xD this one will be my third after Bunny from previous artjam, hahah
Uh oh... I am the opposite. I can make low poly stuff without much trouble if someone would just texture it for me, ROFL !!
Once upon a future, humanity became terrible being that destroy and steel everything they can in order for them to survive until they find a proper planet for their kin. All the master ships separated their-self in order to increase their chance of surviving, some became utopia, other returns to monarchy.
There was once, a prince of the 386th intergalactic human fleet who fell in love with an alien princess. He could not save her ship, nor the people in it, nor could he bring her back to her planet but at least he managed to save her by bringing him in the human ship. Trying to proves his love to her, he try is best to build a metal garden that would made her remember her planet.
As demanded by members, Next Month Theme is going to be choose Randomly and Anonymously !
Each of you is invited to answer this survey
=> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F2TTK9B <=
and add up to three theme.
On may 30th the theme will be selected by the randomizer and reveal on may 31th or June 1. You free to choose a specific or a really open theme. You don't need to choose something that fit with june, it can be anything! You have 2 weeks so take your time to think about it!
Also if there's any issue with the theme choose by the randomizer ( Such a something too specific or something not appropriate) a vote will be done on Skype to decide what to do (if we keep it, if we make small change to it or if we randomize again)
**Also don't forget your theme need to be doable as Props, Character and environment. For example, "baby blue and pink ducks" isn't a proper theme since most people who have no idea what to do, however "Duck" or "bird" would be okayish since the environment could be base on where they live.
Please do not talk about what theme you add here as we don't want this post to be polluted, if you really want to discuss it do it on skype, although it would be funnier if no one has a clue of what other people add.
Yeah, totally box modeled
and here is a wireframe
On my side i'm going nowhere, Everything was so clear in my head but the blockin is so ugly :@ i need to rethink the entire design of the room.
its a shame this month almost noone is participating :c
heres progress, cant wait for all the nice assets she have
I loved her hair and face so pretty
Awesome progress so far Mallaria!
@Mallaria I love the character so far! The hair is so bright and good quality!
I actually had no idea that finals are now xD but that actually explains a lot ;p
Love what you have so far, interessting color choice, but I'd work out a little more contrast, especially when it comes to the jacket and skin.
And I know that feeling, realistic materials are hard to dooo... and I think stylized stuff is so much more fun to do ;P
I learn that this is a bad idea, almost no one in game company employ only "texture artist" they need people who can uv and model too. The only place where i saw texture artist was in movie company or in the FX department for the cinematic. Job were you can do handpaint ask you to be able to do everything from A to Z
I dont have any good workflow yet with paitning textures.:D
Stylized stuff ftw!
@Odow Youre right, almost noone wants texture artist. mostly generalists get jobs ; _;
(or character modeler, or whatnot :P )
Buuuttttttttt......Thats not a problem! xD im already a 2D Graphic, character designer mostly and ilustrator in my current job, Im learning 3D now too. actually im mostly focusing on 3D for now