Looking fine so far, please upload your images properly, nobody likes attachments really : P Hostr has an desktop client, for super easy uploading per example
I did it per screenshot. Tried to keep it as short as possible. For example http://ericchadwick.com/img/env_mmo_worldbuilding.html#treevillage Another polycounter did it with rollovers. I'll see if I can find it...
I think it could use some red accents around some of the areas to help separate areas that blend in too much. A good example would be bounty hunters shoulders in this image:
I just used working on films as an example because it's what I know. I never found it to be boring or tedious. Only physically exhausting, and annoying to have to deal with human beings.
Found an example I made recently to play with vertex normals. Might help you visualize what I'm talking about. http://boards.polycount.net/showpost.php?p=1122194&postcount=34
create the systems for the game, the gameplay mechanics.for example wow - how combat works, how rest works, how items fit into the combat mechanics and such, how leveling up affects these things
This is the best i can get out of this image for example. Its on its own layer and i press the shape ---> normal button on Ndo's main menu and then adjust the settings i see.
hair is looking good! don't forget to give the tips of his mustache and beard some transparency/feathering. I noticed a lot of the characters have it (tracer's and zarya's bangs are a good example).
Awesome! I will most likely submit my whole rodents faction, that i will expand during the contest. :) Can we participate with more then one entry, for example in the characters and weapons categorie?
Here's your example, blended using CrazyBump's mixer, with both maps at 100%. Along with a better blending operation, CrazyBump gives you sliders to adjust each layer, and a 3D preview.