Incoming Old School Texturing/Lighting Tut

EricElwell

Hey guys, not done yet, but I'm an impatient whiner-baby so I am posting some WIP shots. Basically, I am going through some simple RGBA texturing, and a basic directional light, using the Torque Game Engine (kinda old school); writing down my process and reasoning as I go. The purpose of this tutorial will be to show the theory and application of art principles in games, to get the most mileage out of your available tech.

Both of these models were made by my cohort, Adam deGrandis, and are being animated be him as well.

Still WIP (said the whiner-baby):

256x256 RGBA

and the pogo WIP:

512x512 RGBA

conte

it would be great, i want to see that.

Justin Meisse

whining about being a whiner, that's new! Looking nice though, tons of character on the robot. I've got a torque license myself and I'd like to monkey around with it when I have the free time.

Lee3dee

high quality textures for the torque engine

EricElwell

added 2d skin shading to the list after a conversation with one of my art pals the other day:



It's funny because he looks like he's going to cry. (and that's funny.)

I was hoping to sit down and get these all written out today but that didn't happen :-\

EricElwell

ok, lighting one is done, real quick and easy tut, simple ideas. have fun!

it's meant to coinside with the other tuts that i am doing. Plan is to have them all typed out and up by the end of the week, otherwise they go to the backburner.

poopinmymouth

Real nice one dude, I'm always happy to see new Tuto's! That reminds me that I need to get mine finished!

EricElwell

thanks, got another one done. a bit more long winded, some good stuff in there, but you may have to skim through the first bit if you are already experienced with texturing..

Psionic

Great tutorials and very useful info, Looking forward to seeing more of these!!

Rick Stirling

You might wanna tweak the spacing between text and images - sometimes it's not plain what image the text pertains to.

Turoid

They were very helpfull, thanks!

ScoobyDoofus

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You might wanna tweak the spacing between text and images - sometimes it's not plain what image the text pertains to.

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Personally, I favor text next to the image rather than above or below. Much clearer that way.

Nice Tuts Eric! Always good to see community members giving back.

EricElwell

Yes, totally. I'm not happy with the formatting, but 450 pixels wide is all the room I have on my site. I've been thinking about changing the format on the printable versions, but I think the difference would only add more confusion.

If it's confusing for anyone, feel free to post about that. Also spelling, grammatical, or academic errors (I did not go to art school, some the of the theory may be askew) feel free to post about that as well. I will make changes where necessary, so long as time permits.

Thanks for the comments, folks!