Texturing Competition #7 - Holy/Angelic

[Darkholme]

I like the symbols and the book. The face needs work, and maybe a lighter blue would help it look more like a good being.

 

[Ezikielth]

Yeh, Ima redo the face

 

[THE_END]

The face shouldn't be made using burn for the shadows
Just redo the face

 

[Ezikielth]

Originally I didnt use burn, Its just I needed more contrast and I though burn would fix it. Well I redid the face, It was just a colorsheme problem and the eyebrows had a REALLY bad wrap so I just alpha'd um. When I set down the original colors for the face I was thinking that blue elephant from starwars and not draenei well the new one is alot better. Tentacle will be recolored too. Coments please. oh and ignore the unfinished mummy arm lol.

 

[A.R.]

just to clear this up, at the current point in time Blood Knights not affilliated with Kael are 'good' as apparently it was part of the Naaru's plan all along.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Lady_Liadrin

INF3RNO's skin looks good, no crits there
Ezikielth's concept is nice, just needs a little more definition.

 

[THE_END]

SCORE
THE_END People who think Blood Knights are Evil
1 0

 

[Ezikielth]

THE_END... can your crit my new face?

 

[THE_END]

It needs sharper shading, less burn used for it
Because it doesn't flow with the skin tone, it looks strange
Just take the normal skin tone, and move the color to a darker shade of that
And for the rest of the contest, I do not care what WoW-Wiki says
If a Blood Knight is a damn Paladin..it is one!
Any questions?

 

[Ezikielth]

What... I didnt use the burn at all on the face or anything that is blue on the updated wip... make sure you are looking at the right face.

 

[THE_END]

Ok basically he has no face structure
Right now his face looks like a badly wrinkled blanket
Go look at some pictures of the Draenei and compare the faces
Do a face like they have and DO NOT CnP, you will be disqualified if you do

 

[Ezikielth]

I have been looking at a draenei face... and do you think im dumb enough to cnp? Also keep in mind that this is going on an orc model... some things like the eye position, nose size, and lip size are uncontrollable... I had the nose pointy originally (look below the nose you can see where I changed it) but it does not wrap well. He has wrinkles because he is old.

 

[THE_END]

It looks alot better
It's kinda blurry though
I hate to say this...BUT! Lightly smudge together some of your colors
And increase the brightness of your highlights

 

[Ezikielth]

Here... hows this look, I went over everything with cyan...

 

[THE_END]

Ok..your not getting my point
The highlights need to be brighter
You need to blend your colors together
Right now it looks very very messy

 

[Ezikielth]

Ok ok... there hows that look?

 

[ike_ike]

It appears that every rep nine you get, you get one swirly :/

EDIT: WIP #3

Something hideous and yellow is hiding in the wrap

 

[Darkholme]

It should look more like this when wrapped (only however you wanted to design the face. I just made somethign similar for comparison sake)

Oh. And the left is portrait, right is in game model. Both have eyes. see?

 

[madcat2]

I've been kind of depressed lately and thats why i haven't visted the hive as much. I'll join in the contest.

 

[A.R.]

ike, that yellow bit is a spot on the wrap under the shoulderplates. if you alpha the area i've drawn on in blue, it should get rid of it.

EDIT: Update! the cape is team colour. Not sure whether to keep it that way or not. The cloth is still very wip... the wrap on that part is tricky to say the least.

 

[Pyritie]

Elenai, dA has tons of tutorials on everything. I'm sure there are some good ones there.

 

[Dionesiist]

That's sick Anemic!
Inferno, I suggest a pale skin tone, fallen angels don't have to be afro...

 

[ike_ike]

WIP #4!

Finally finished the first colour layer. I am using my precious 25% CnP on the face and ears, because my mouse skills just aren't up to the task.

 

[THE_END]

Yea Darkholme basically showed what I've been trying to tell you this whole time Eziki
Anemic-looks sick as all hell, I absolutely love it
And ike, you better get some shading on that armor
Right now it looks pretty lame

 

[Arowanna]

ike_ike:

Hmmm... Just an suggestion, make the ears fit in to the helmet.

What I mean is, make the Helmet and Ears to one Helmet
Would be cool, IMO.

 

[ike_ike]

Yup, I'm going to shade it a little more before I add the 'embellishments'.

I'll try that thing with the ears.

But right now I need some zZzZz.

EDIT: Ah. WIP #5.Forgot to update. It has a little shading.

 

[LiOneSS]

ike, that yellow bit is a spot on the wrap under the shoulderplates. if you alpha the area i've drawn on in blue, it should get rid of it.

EDIT: Update! the cape is team colour. Not sure whether to keep it that way or not. The cloth is still very wip... the wrap on that part is tricky to say the least.

wow. absolutely sick. awesome skin :O

 

[Darkholme]

Elenai, dA has tons of tutorials on everything. I'm sure there are some good ones there.

O.O

DA HAS TUTORIALS?!

I can't believe I never thought ot look there!

 

[Pyritie]

Oh yes. dA has thousands upon thousands of tutorials.

It's also got tons of stock/reference pictures as well. (I.e. pictures made for using as a reference for a pose or a texture for photomanipulation)

 

[Madome]

Exams are GONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So i was like : now i must make that skin, BUT I HAVE NO INSPIRATION!
And then suddenly i was like : im gonna make a holy moonwarrior ^_^
Clothes are almost done, will post a WIP soon

EDIT: Here's the WIP, as you can see the only thing done are the clothes. (still gotta fix those white...things...though)

 

[Infinitynexus]

A.R, very well done, but I keep thinking about NOD whenever I see dark gray and red together

 

[Dionesiist]

WiP from me, it's a nightmare to turn Illidan's wings into bird-like ones.

 

[Madome]

WiP from me, it's a nightmare to turn Illidan's wings into bird-like ones.

imo the wings look pretty good, but whats with the gabs?

 

[HappyTauren]

Madome... it looks like you used some pattern.

 

[Dionesiist]

Huh? What gaps?

 

[Madome]

Madome... it looks like you used some pattern.

Your eyes lie! Its all brushiez from da house

edit: forgot to mention: no more smudge/dodge/burn -ing for me all brush now!

 

[Darkholme]

Smudge dodge burn is useful, it just depends how you use it. and I usually brush and then use smudge to selectively blur bits together to make a gradual transition.

I know people frequently say dont smudge, but thats just because alot of people use it wrong. and as for burn and dodge, well, theyre really only useful if youre doing metal. and even then, you can get by without them. Multiply and Screen with brushes are more useful.

I'll be putting up another WIP soon. Redid the face completely. Looks much less skully. OK: Less evil skully.

 

[Madome]

Smudge dodge burn is useful, it just depends how you use it. and I usually brush and then use smudge to selectively blur bits together to make a gradual transition.

I know people frequently say dont smudge, but thats just because alot of people use it wrong. and as for burn and dodge, well, theyre really only useful if youre doing metal. and even then, you can get by without them.

Only reason im not using them anymore is because Denu told me it will keep me from growing better. But what do you think of my WIP so far? And the idea?

 

[THE_END]

Yea Madome, all you did was throw a pattern down there
That is not skinning

 

[Madome]

Yea Madome, all you did was throw a pattern down there
That is not skinning

What?! If it really was a pattern then it was a pretty complex one! Its obviously brushed!

 

[overload119]

*Sigh*
I tried doing a Shaman but I can't make it look Holy.
I'm just going to move on to another model.

 

[Madome]

*Sigh*
I tried doing a Shaman but I can't make it look Holy.
I'm just going to move on to another model.

It looks holy on the unwrap, how about you show the wrapped?

 

[THE_END]

Shaman is a hard model to work with
Unless you incorporate something with the Wolf ears and teeth
Best to move onto something else if you don't have a crazy unique idea you can execute perfectly

And dome, it is filter, I have done something like that before
And if you DID use brushes there would not be such an overall likeliness to the whole part you "skinned"

 

[Madome]

Shaman is a hard model to work with
Unless you incorporate something with the Wolf ears and teeth
Best to move onto something else if you don't have a crazy unique idea you can execute perfectly

And dome, it is filter, I have done something like that before
And if you DID use brushes there would not be such an overall likeliness to the whole part you "skinned"

I hate it when people dont believe me. I didnt touch a single filter, its brushed!
I made the brush myself! Seriously man

 

[HappyTauren]

prove it, you didnt show a single wip of that.

 

[Dionesiist]

No comments on mine? :<

 

[Madome]

prove it, you didnt show a single wip of that.

WIP of what?

 

[HappyTauren]

Of your skin... you DO know that the first thing you do is place an outline on part of skin? And you cant brush it up that easily and make it look the same... Also it really looks like you have used burn/dodge. And try resizing it to 256x256 and see how it looks...

 

[THE_END]

Looks good Dio, good job on the face and the wings
What're you thinking for the blades?

 

[Madome]

Of your skin... you DO know that the first thing you do is place an outline on part of skin? And you cant brush it up that easily and make it look the same... Also it really looks like you have used burn/dodge. And try resizing it to 256x256 and see how it looks...

I dont understand the outline thing, and the look thesame thing. And i did not use burn/dodge.
Dont you people know anything about blending options?

 

[Darkholme]

I dont understand the outline thing, and the look thesame thing. And i did not use burn/dodge.
Dont you people know anything about blending options?

Blending options. Be more specific. Do you mean you made one piece and then had it copy and spread out ofver the area? or do you mean like, multiple, screen, darken, lighten, overlay.

As for the outline thing, alof of people cover the area with a solid color and then start drawing over the solid color.

Personally I rarely do that. Sometimes I do. It just depends on my mood. I usually just start drawing details on an empty layer over the original, and keep adding details on various layers until I have the original covered.

This time I did both.

And I think theyre referring to the fact that the fur has even brush strokes and it all goes in one direction, and the direction isnt the same as the direction of the clothes.

http://venator-somniorum.deviantart.com/art/Fur-Tutorial-36338777

Seriously though, they aren't that hard to find. Look up a tutorial yourself, and follow it for whatever youre trying to do.