Texturing Competition #10 - Arcane

[Mr.Goblin]

its not it ends in 25 days..!

 

[A.R.]

got sick of my Arcanist, so after several other attempts, settled on this one - the Wretched Magister.

Wretched in WoW are High/Blood Elves that have succumbed to their addiction for magic.

 

[Zeverens]

I'm in - Murloc Spellbreaker!

 

[THE_END]

Now that AR..THAT is Arcane
Purely awesome there sir

 

[Rising_Dusk]

While that looks awesome, it uh, well... Okay, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here. The theme sucks, so trying to fit anything to the theme is almost impossible. Let's just say it's arcane so you can stop making new textures for the contest.

Anyways, I'll nitpick, since some areas do look bad. No eyebrows? Totally ruins the portrait on the blood mage. He's also an awfully dark texture and the cape looks a bit out of place. The folds on it seem unnatural and too detailed for the in-game perspective. Also, the belt looks boring, he needs some boots, and his upper legs look totally out of place with the random neutral coloring. The crystals on the cape should also go the wayside, they just don't look good. At all. If you want to try something similar, maybe go for some orbs as opposed to crystals. Would look even cooler if you followed through the whole texture with 'em, maybe give it some unity. (It's currently lacking)

Otherwise, as ever, the quality is there.

 

[Dionesiist]

Good job stealing my model AR! D:

 

[ike_ike]

Revenant of Failure!

 

[Rising_Dusk]

It's okay, Dio, the blood mage model is overused and long since boring. I'm getting tired of the "I don't know what to texture, so let's make it a blood mage!" philosophy. Heck, I'd vote for Ike right now before anyone else just because he made an attempt at something people normally wouldn't use.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

I sure am glad there is a long time left in the contest, cuz I have yet to think up a new idea.

 

[Dionesiist]

It's okay, Dio, the blood mage model is overused and long since boring. I'm getting tired of the "I don't know what to texture, so let's make it a blood mage!" philosophy. Heck, I'd vote for Ike right now before anyone else just because he made an attempt at something people normally wouldn't use.

I was thinking of doing a texture for the Skeleton Mage, but I can't think of ideas arcane-related.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Here is first WIP of the new guy I am doing. Just a little work done on the weapon so far. I am going for the green/black arcane look rather than purple/blue or blue/white. Ugh, forgot to upload the image and it wont let me right now for some reason, will upload later.

 

[Rising_Dusk]

The skeleton mage is pretty fail as a model, though. If you want to do something cool with a skeletal figure, do it with the Lich. Not only is it a better model with a better wrap, it's more visible and has hero glow, so everything looks better on it. Any idea you had for the skeletal mage would look better on the Lich anyways.

Also, Combat, it helps if you attach an image to your post.

 

[Dionesiist]

That's the problem, I want to do something cool, but the theme is so confusing I just can't lay down any ideas at all...

EDIT: Evil sorceress, spell backfired at her, burnt her body.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

nice start .. yeah me too i'm confused with the theme.. like i started a DOOM guard (Arcane Protecter) but now i'm not shure..

 

[Zeverens]

Head WIP

 

[Grog50]

Are we allowed to submit two textures for a multi texture model? I was going to skin the rock golem but it uses two in game skins

 

[Hawkwing]

Let's just start off by saying, "Bad model choice, Grog."

 

[Grog50]

Ill take that as a no...

 

[Hawkwing]

Let's say the Blood Mage had two textures, I'm sure that would be fine. I'm just saying the the Rock Golem really sucks.

 

[Grog50]

The wrap or the model itself? because it seemed perfect for my idea of a crystal golem. W/e im not going to do that because Crystal doesn't mean arcane im assumming

 

[Denu]

Minor update. I have been trying to get some perspective on this. The wrap is weird. Large chunks of the texture are used by different areas of the model. And I am bored. So work has been slow

 

[ike_ike]

I officially declare the Obsidian Statue wrap ghey. It is so very ghey...

Back to the Revenant I go...

Denu, I love the depth of those runy things. The crystal bits look nice, but they look like pink versions of the original texture.

 

[FrIkY]

Hmm, I'm gonna start making Jaina skin... now

EDIT: ok, here's the first WIP of the skin, the quality isn't that good because the picture was converted to JPEG... I just made face for now, but will work on it more

 

[Hawkwing]

Honestly, effects like that on the eyes are only good with particles.

 

[communist_orc]

@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.

Thx 4 the tip!
but how can i change the res (in photoshop)?

wip 1 ?

 

[Dionesiist]

Image> Image Size
Mine is coming along pretty well, all that's left is the legs.

 

[FrIkY]

Second WIP, I made hair and little tiny changes on face

(and the shoulder is part where I failed so I didn't showed it on the pic )

 

[Dionesiist]

Technically, I'm done, but there might be some thing that need tweaking.

 

[FamousPker49]

Cool idea Dio. Nice job, but idk, it doesn't seem arcane-ish to me for some reason.

Update.

 

[FrIkY]

the skin looks great Dio, but it doesn't look very arcane to me... it looks more like undead

 

[Mechmap]

Looks almost like the Emperor Famous! The face that is (from star wars)

 

[Rising_Dusk]

Let's just settle ourselves in the knowledge that arcane is too vague to really mean anything at all. Shit, a theme of "purple" would be more valuable than "arcane." If someone wants to interpret "arcane" as the result of failed arcane magicks backfiring and scarring a person drastically, then so be it.

I think it turned out good, Dio, I particularly like the cape and the face. However, I find the legs to be very dull, they're too flat and need some love. Just look at it wrapped, it's too flat of a brown. I say that leg with the bandages would look great were it fully bandaged up the entire leg. The other one would look good with more of those dark brown spots (holes?) on it. Gives it some well-needed diversity and detail without overdoing it.

 

[Bane]

This is my WIP for the Fire Brewmaster:

-Bane

 

[Deathcom3s]

A crystal Golem could be considered arcane, I guess...

I'm going to enter this contest, but I'm currently having problems coming up with ideas.

~Death

 

[Oziris]

Lol FrIkY that skin u made looks like in X-man the lighting girl xD

 

[Dionesiist]

Added more bandages to the right leg and some burns on the left.

 

[ike_ike]

Little more done on the Revenant. Completely redid my idea.

Purple should really have been the theme of this competition...

 

[Dionesiist]

Good job winning the contest. (Since that'll happen since omg liek nobody's seen a revenant texture before.)

 

[Pyritie]

There was a revenant texture in the ice-themed texturing contest, I think.

 

[Hawkwing]

I don't care if there's been another Revenant or not. That texture is great.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Added more bandages to the right leg and some burns on the left.

What is the little crotch hiding metal thing holding on to?

Revenant texture looks nice, I guess. I do not like the purple however.

 

[Hawkwing]

She could be holding it with her legs. You never know. Though I did notice this myself. I suggest a small leather belt of some sort.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Ike_Ike I sure am glad the theme is not purple. Cuz that would fuck me, like I said, black and green arcane ftw. WIP.

Ok what the fuck. Why can I not upload images, whenever I try to do it it says Connection reset, please try again. In the little mozilla box for uploading. Fuckin gay.

 

[AirHead]

ok im in! introducing the Arcane Witch.

 

[Hawkwing]

It looks extremely flat, and kinda smeared and messy. Could we see the unwrap?

 

[Mr.Goblin]

i still don't get the theme.. do we have to mage ANYTHING related to magic? or we have to add some purple or pink rubis and stuff? cause i REALLY want to enter but i have NO idea.. what it is about

 

[Hawkwing]

It has to be arcane. With runes, symbols, light armor, and preferably some purple and blue in there.

(Those are just some things that can be in there, don't think of it as requirements.)

 

[Mr.Goblin]

oky... than i will start my Skeleton Dark warrior tomorow ;D

 

[Technomancer]

WiP.
I think this one isn't too terrible... The Spell Breaker has a very limiting wrap (Very little able to to be alpha mapped out), but it almost works, I guess...

 

[Rising_Dusk]

Added more bandages to the right leg and some burns on the left.

Lookin' much better. I particularly like that the crotch guard appears to be seared into her body, it's a nice touch. There's still a bit of flatness in the stomach area, but why don't we get an in-game view? It might not be noticeable -- Or it may be that adding more detail could result in it blurring up. Can't tell from that angle.