Texturing Competition #10 - Arcane

[CombatTheWombat]

Dont worry, it will be significantly different, just have the base skin layed down so far. You will see what I mean when I post my next update.

 

[A.R.]

ohh assballs. Turns out i accidentally deleted the .psd file not to worry, still have the .bmp :/

 

[FamousPker49]

No can do, man. There's not enough pixels

Also, I am loving how people are working in true res xD

So I called it eh? Your textures are cleaner because you are working in higher resolution?

 

[Hawkwing]

A.R., let's see the unwrap please.

 

[A.R.]

@Famous: Nope, 256 res. 512 is terrible for ingame and 1024 is too clunky and takes up too much time

I've been working in 256 res since early last year, it keeps detail the best. Trick is to use very small brushes and smart sharpen at about 50% of a normal sharpen.

Here's my unwrap:

 

[Mr.Goblin]

its nice.. but can someone answer me back?

 

[~Void~]

Arcane, huh? I'll see what I can do

(I think I will use the Lich model, or the Wolf)

(hmm... I wonder if you can make the skin of a unit semi-transparent? )

 

[FamousPker49]

Goblin, anything that is magical qualifies as arcane. And I am guna switch to Medivh.

 

[Denu]

I believe if you use the alpha channle and use a color fairly close to white you can make the skin semi transparent. It gives it a purplish hue though.

 

[Hawkwing]

Okay, I understand why you couldn't fix that beard now.

 

[FamousPker49]

O hai thar. Here is evil mage.

 

[Dionesiist]

Final version methinks?

 

[BlinkBoy]

you need to fix some issues with the wrapping, you may need to adapt the skin to it, since you can't make any edits to the model.

 

[HyperActive]

Looking good Dionesiist, but perhaps you should add something to the cape... some magical gemstones, or runes, or just something light blue, to match the shoulder pads (though, then you'll need to repaint the yellow lower part of the cape in light blue also).

 

[THE_END]

I believe if you use the alpha channle and use a color fairly close to white you can make the skin semi transparent. It gives it a purplish hue though.

Denu is correct everyone
If you want anything to have a crystal effect that is not a teamcolor area
Simply set the alpha channel to a light shade of gray and viola
You have a semi transparent area on the skin

AR- loving it can't wait to see the final
Dio- pure awesomeness, however can I see a face closeup
mark- I wanna see what comes of that, very interesting
Lookin good people

 

[Dionesiist]

you need to fix some issues with the wrapping, you may need to adapt the skin to it, since you can't make any edits to the model.

Matching the lines on the cape is nigh impossible. And the model stretches horribly in some areas, which I can't fix, but these would probably be invisible in-game.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

I think your face could use some more detail. I will be switching to a new model, not sure which one yet. Basically the whole concept for my first guy went down the drain when I tried to do my idea for his chest, just didnt look at good as I wanted it to.

 

[Hawkwing]

O hai thar. Here is evil mage.

It needs heavier shadows.

 

[FamousPker49]

Alright, that's what I was thinking too, but thanks for halps.

 

[Hawkwing]

Dionesiist, great work! But I don't really like the white, I find it clashes with the medium shades too much. Try a light gray or something. That's just my opinion though.

 

[FamousPker49]

Here's an update.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

i'm i aloud to make like a Magic Creature? if its arcane?

 

[~Void~]

Arcane doesn't necessarily have to be purple and blue and white like in WoW, right? It can be anything related to magical energy?

 

[CombatTheWombat]

You would be correct in that assumption.

 

[Hawkwing]

It can. But try to stay around that purple and blue colour scheme. For example Warlocks, Druids, Shamans, etc all use some form of 'magical' energies but would not necessarily fit into this theme.

Which brings me to my critique for Famous. I like your skin very much, but I think you should make those yellow markings blue or purple to give it a more arcane feel.

 

[FamousPker49]

But he's undead... D: But idk... I may switch it if I really HAVE to.

 

[ike_ike]

Where's the ORIGINALITY? You're all skinning mages into mages -_-

 

[Hawkwing]

Don't change the idea, just change the colour on that robe there. I love the idea, and the skin is great. But I don't think he looks very arcane with yellow and black robes.

 

[FamousPker49]

I know, but I think green is a better undead mage color, but maybe I'll go purple....

 

[Hawkwing]

Look at the acolyte for example. A lot of dark unsaturated blue in there, that looks really nice.

 

[A.R.]

yarr, pretty much finished xD

Dio, yours is looking cool, but the face needs more small, strong highlights.

The cape is nice, but it just doesn't seem as epic as a full sized one... just my feeling there.

 

[Dionesiist]

AR, the folds on the cloth make it look like he's wearing sausages...
About the cape, I actually tend to like it so. Tried to do something new with it. Oh, and added the highlights on his face.

 

[Rising_Dusk]

AR, it looks like you're incredibly uninspired. You've managed to create a generic mage with way too many black lines on his beard. It distracts entirely from the rest of the texture and in general looks outright bad. The armor looks generic and purple, and the mage himself really has no personality. Just making a texture is silly, as is just randomly making a system in code. You need to be able to personify and exemplify it through abstraction.

Dio, I don't even have the free time necessary to go over your texture with any fine comb. Settle in knowing that your "theme" is nonexistent and your guy's lips are way unrealistic. Reference pictures, man, references pictures. And what's the deal with the mask? Is this some silly (and unsuccessful) attempt to make it look unique? Otherwise, same theme issue I mentioned to AR, it looks blatantly random, but yours suffers from monochrome coloring as well (too much blue, too little variation). To boot, your shading is negligible in-game, it's going to be a blue blob.

What is the theme anyways...Arcane. Wow.
So far, none of the entries look anything interesting. Of course, it doesn't help that the theme is probably the worst I've ever seen in my life, so maybe I should cut you guys some slack.

 

[THE_END]

Thanks Dusk0r
And yea AR...I do admit, Dusk is right
It's a good skin...but nothing amazing stands out on it like the rest of your skins
And Dio..the face mask???
I think you can do something else

 

[Hawkwing]

The mask makes it look like Captain America.

 

[Dionesiist]

I get it people would like him to have a bare face? And Dusk, I don't really get the "theme" thing :/

 

[Rising_Dusk]

I get it people would like him to have a bare face? And Dusk, I don't really get the "theme" thing :/

You have an obligatory blue blood mage with a mask and it's supposed to represent.. What? If I didn't know the theme of the contest, I wouldn't have a clue what your mage is supposed to be. There are no visual cues, no thematic representations, nothing. It's just a blue mage, which falls short of passing the "theme" qualifications as far as I'm concerned.

I wish I had more patience with texturing, I'd show you a good example of the theme arcane taken from a more clever perspective.

 

[Dionesiist]

I'd appreciate some things that are defined as arcane. (No, that is not me being pissed or anything, but the term is pretty abstract...)

 

[Rising_Dusk]

It is, that's why it's a wretched theme. However, consider the colors that are typically associated with the word 'arcane'. Purple is the first. Metallic colors are next when matched with purple. AR almost had it, but stuttered both on the choice of model and the choice of blue in order to contrast in-game (Poor choice, they blend easily).

AR should know this better than anyone, he's textured two heroes for AotZ recently that embody the spirit of "Arcane" better than any -- far better than his entry thus far. Take a look at one.

I'm genuinely surprised that someone hasn't tried turning the Necromancer model into Merlin yet.

 

[Dionesiist]

You can do absolutely nothing coherent out of the Necromancer's skulls, perhaps that's why.
I think I'm going to fiddle with the colours, basing them on that awesome blood mage skin you showed. And remove the mask.

 

[Rising_Dusk]

Nah, the creative and ingenious man could do something coherent out of it! Someone should try, it would be sweet. But yeah, give it some color love and some cooler features and it'll be neat.

 

[FamousPker49]

Update.

 

[markone]

i was kinda working on skin today, but still im out of good idea, and i dont like this too much... does it fit in theme...

just head is nearly done

 

[FamousPker49]

That is for sure in the theme.

 

[Hawkwing]

Awesome! That looks great, but it appears that he has a brown beard under his lip and a gray one under that. I know it's not your intention but it looks odd.

 

[Denu]

Arcane Thingamajig

I wasn't much in the mood for texturing but I had an idea of what I wanted to skin and so quickly made a rough draft. The stone body is most certainly a subject of change. I just put it there for reference. Crystal part is good though. Just needs cleaning up and tweaking.

 

[Hawkwing]

Ancient of the Manaforge.

It looks nice, but needs a lot more depth. Though I'm sure you're more than aware of that.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

This is an EARLY wip .. just to be shure no one takes my idea

ARCANE GUARDIAN!!!

 

[A.R.]

Thanks Dusk, i've been having a difficult time with this one getting enough epic into it while managing the wrap and ingame resolution.

I reckon it'd be great if you joined this one xD
oh man, i've got an awesome idea for the Necro now... but i wanna keep going with this skin

Anyways, updated the skin a little, doesn't look like Sean Connery now

 

[madcat2]

This is probably a little late but I'll join in.