keep experimenting. if the experimental stuff doesn't pay dividends immediately, you'll find something handy once you "rein things back in". also, PS's star brush is always a winner! be sure to try more custom brushes though, they're extra fun.
If you want to be involved in the animation contests, you might get a LOT more out an actual 'Animation' based community. 11secondclub.com is an animation community with amazing monthly contests. Winners get their work critiqued by their peers at Pixar, Dreamworks, PDI, Disney etc. :D
Hahaha. But anyways. If editing topology in Max/Maya and sending the edits back to Z without breaking anything *really* works, this is a winner! Hope they'll improve viewport nav for the next release. If they do, along with that GoZ, Mud would then be left behind. Interesting times!!
Thanks for the feedback guys. Nice to know I'm on to a winner with this version. I'll take on board every crit and get it sorted. Sorry for posting another thread about my portfolio. I wasn't thinking when I started this one. Updates coming soon. Thanks again!
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/25/hooray-for-the-indie-arcade-winner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29&utm_content=Netvibes Guys, congrats on the win, looks great, let the internets play it now!
Welp, I'm as done as I'm gonna be for this contest. I am incredibly happy with my skin's factory new look, even though I have very little confidence that it's a winner. Still had fun, and I'm definitely gonna experiment more. Here is the final outcome.
if thats the sales strategy judging by the response i have seen microsoft will be hugely successful. shrinking your customer base is quite innovative. i propose an xbone butplug that periodically connects to microsofts servers to update your sphincter stats... it will be another big winner i predict.
football fans are basically football nerds - you guys have cosplay, a fantasy game, and you obsessively pour over and compare stats. On a seperate note, I watched the Puppy Bowl, touchdowns were made but no winner was announced at the end.. I doubt the legitimacy of the Puppy Bowl.