Texturing Contest #23: Theme Poll

[Heinvers]

Here are the chosen themes for you to pick from and some short explanation for each.



Egyptian - Ancient Egypt themed skins for any in-game unit.

Aerial units - making any conceivable skin for an aerial unit just as long as it looks like it can fly.

Jailer/Warden - now this could be quite versatile in terms of design choices(it can turn from a nasty old street fighter turned as a warden to anything prison related keepers).

Elemental - creatures of nature/space/universe that have the sole purpose of keeping the original chaotic nature of things.

Ghosts - transcendent beings/persons that died and came back to haunt the living.

Knights - from custom models to warcraft 3 ones, just making an amazing knight texture.

Doodads - now that seems.. fun, don't you think? Of course, we will have to make more than 1 doodads since they are fairly simple, rocks n stuff.

Dragons - making an amazing texture for any of the warcraft 3's dragon/wyvern models, etc.

Undead Pirates - what else could we conceive off if not undead ones, we name it you make it.

Ascension/Elite units - like the mercenaries or Mengsk's elite in SC2, giving the unit a more "elite-like" look.

Dark Entities/Revenants - it can look however you want it to as long as it has a dark/revenant vibe(it can include skeletons as well).

Custom Tilesets - remaking tiles and making something unique out of the dusty old Blizzard ones.

Dark Elves/Drow - related to the night and much more elven like spider theme robes(you name it we make it).

Alien - could be anything from the deepest oozes of space to the lightest canopy creatures just as long as it looks otherworldly(it can be zerg as well).



Theme Discussion

This is a multiple choice poll, that doesn't mean that you have to vote ALL options.
Choose wisely.

 

[Ardenian]

Hu, that's a lot of different things to choose from..

I wonder whether some legendary texture artists rise once again for this contest

 

[A Void]

Voted on Dark Elves/Drow, other choices were pretty generic.

 

[morbent]

But A Void Dark Elves/Drow is generic Kind of. Not judging your choice... just wondering why you think Drows aren't generic

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Oh, we already have a poll.

 

[Heinvers]

Damn, you guys are really fast at voting.
I'm glad to see some interest in this so to say.

Also don't get too cranky about themes.
Each can bring new challenges, obstacles and ideas.

There's no need to be disappointed just because your favorite theme won't come out.

~Cheer up and enjoy the scene~

 

[Shadow Fury]

As an Egyptian... well... my vote is pretty blatant but I'll also vote for Elemental (I vote it almost anywhere I can find that awesome theme).
If I could -1 a theme then it'd be elves/drow. I detest elves and honestly I've seen too many of them to put up with them again in another contest.

 

[Ardenian]

Yeah, Dark Elves is like recoloring body and add some nice ornaments.
It feels so limited to me.

 

[morbent]

Whichever gets the most votes is most wanted.
Revenants has 5 for now though, a good competitor.

 

[Moy]

I'll say no to Dark Elves but whatever. Just a theme that's challenging.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Tight race!

 

[Moy]

Egyptian pls... Oh well Doodads and Revenants are leading. But I love dragons.

 

[Arad MNK]

Tiletests are the best Option, others are good as well. But I vote for doodads, knights, Elite, Revenant, dark elves.

 

[Ardenian]

It is going to be close, I am excited which one wins.

 

[Shar Dundred]

There are still 11 days left for the poll

A lot can happen.

 

[Misha]

warden theme feels nice to me, folks o3o

 

[A Void]

No one has respect for Ghosts, they feel so lonely..

 

[Deleted member 238226]

i choose aerial

 

[Kyrbi0]

Are we restricting votes to potential contestants? Because if so, I voted for Elemental, Ghosts, Undead Pirates, Ascension/Elite, and Dark/Revenants.

Lookin' cool!

 

[The_Silent]

I basically just voted on stuff i felt wasn't to limiting. A lot of the options, like dragons, knights, elementals, ect, simply just leaves you with an option of one or two skins, and no more, unless you want to bend the definition.

 

[Moy]

No one has respect for Ghosts, they feel so lonely..

Now, they don't.

 

[Sclammerz]

voted for drow/dark elves since I may use them. hehe

 

[Moy]

Waaaa... Doodads is winning! TT_TT
Oh well, it might be challenging.

 

[Heinvers]

A lot of the options, like dragons, knights, elementals, ect, simply just leaves you with an option of one or two skins, and no more, unless you want to bend the definition.

It can only be as limiting as you want it to. What you make of it is what counts.

Waaaa... Doodads is winning!
Oh well, it might be challenging.

You keep forgetting that there's still a week or so before the poll will close.
Things can change rapidly around(as we already noticed a couple of threads ago).

Are we restricting votes to potential contestants? Because if so, I voted for Elemental, Ghosts, Undead Pirates, Ascension/Elite, and Dark/Revenants.

Lookin' cool!

No, not at all. You can vote(even though you already voted xp) whatever you think would work as the best theme.
I don't restrict who can take part in it and who cannot. I just host, that's all I do.

The rest is up to the contestants.

 

[A Void]

Noticed that some people voted on multiple things, whats the point of doing that? Since only your first (and single, not multiple)choice from the top (or bottom) will count. (the one which is first)

So think before you vote on multiple things with your Name in the poll.

 

[chr2]

Noticed that some people voted on multiple things, whats the point of doing that? Since only your first (and single, not multiple)choice from the top (or bottom) will count. (the one which is first)

So think before you vote on multiple things with your Name in the poll.

Since when? It's clearly stated that this is a multiple choice poll, meaning you have the option to vote for multiple things. I voted on the themes I would like to participate in to increase the chances of getting a theme I like (even if my first priority isn't winning, there's a higher chance of, say, my third priority winning than something I'm not interested in).

 

[Heinvers]

Is there a limitation with doodads, only default Blizzard ones, or also custom ones of the model section or even creating own models using own textures created for this contest ?
Could be clarified in my opinion.

We (me and morbent) thought that it would be best to texture in-game doodad models since everybody has access to those and they require less fuss.
If the public would require even more freedom/options for texturing then we could include custom doodads found on the site as well.

No, no custom models made by yourself during the contest(that would be kind of unfair since not all can do models[myself included] and it's not a modelling/texturing contest type).

Edit: Let me know what you guys think would work best in this case.

 

[Ardenian]

Is there a limitation with doodads, only default Blizzard ones, or also custom ones of the model section or even creating own models using own textures created for this contest ?
Could be clarified in my opinion.

 

[Chen]

Egyptian! cuz, Tol'vir I love dem

 

[Arad MNK]

Why is Egyptian ruling?
It ain't useful for mapmakers... (Yeah I only see my own benefit out of this contest XD)
Unless somebody decides to make a map like APproject's Human error

And Shadow Fury, don't see this XD


~Seriously:

Good luck to all competitors. Since I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF 2D ART, I won't follow this or comment on WIP's, but I will use some of them for sure, and I'm sure people will make great use of it.

I wish luck, some caffeine, and no crashes, data loss or something

 

[Ardenian]

Oh come on, why do so many vote for Egyptian.
I mean, yes, everyone is free to decide and everyone has its one opinion and blablabla, but I wonder how did it get over ~10 votes today ?
I kind of accuse manipulation...

 

[Deleted member 238226]

i am suprised with the egyptian too, last time i checked doodads is still winning the poll.

 

[chr2]

So, egyptian is winning so far? Meh, still better than doodads.

 

[Direfury]

At this point, the Revenant category would be best, considering it's the only good one that comes close to the top category.

 

[morbent]

Yea I just came to realize that. Too bad you can't switch votes. I wanted to give Doodads a chance as it was better than Drow back then.. Now I really want the Revenants :X

Guys vote for Revenants!

 

[Shar Dundred]

Just stop voting for doodads or custom tilesets. <.<

Revenants and Dark Elves are the way to go!

 

[Heinvers]

I don't mind that much which theme ends up, I just let the votes flow.

Now, I'm here to ask you guys how many of you would partake in the upcoming contest.
I mean even if you just post WIPs, you know just so that I know if the interest will remain for it and wouldn't end up in me making a dead thread.

Just leave a post here if you're sure or at least interested(no ruckus or shit like that).

~Thank you all.

 

[morbent]

I'll join in.

 

[The_Silent]

Depends on the topic picked.

 

[Ardenian]

Depends on the topic, but I think about it, yes.

 

[Ash]

If any of you make Egyptian Alien Aerial Undead Pirates, I will vote for you. Seriously.

 

[morbent]

Hmmmmmm, actually Ash good point. We can be ultra creative with any of the themes - for Doodads, one can make a texture for a Rock golem and say the Rock Golem is acting like a Doodad because his dream has always been to be a Warcraft III doodad... For egyptian we can make protoss like stuff and call it "future egyptians" or just make an undead with some egyptian motives and it's done! Sure, you won't score many points for following the theme but who cares.

 

[Moy]

Egyptians!!

 

[Shar Dundred]

Damn.

 

[morbent]

Outvoted, outmastered, it's a gg. Egyptians. Dammit. Oh well. Something one could work with and interpret a lot, at least.

 

[Ardenian]

Well, couldn't we ask through all participants ? If none want to do this theme I think it is dumb to do so, since most voters of this poll aren't even participating.

 

[morbent]

Well I'll be entering for any of those themes anyways so, it's irrelevant to me.
Besides, everyone wanted a non-participants vote poll and we can't really be sure who's a participant and who's not (as some can say they "might" join but not do it in the end...), so we can't really do that Ardenian.

What I'm thinking though is that you can still be pretty creative with it and make the stuff you wanted. Like an Egyptian Beast. Doesn't have to have much egyptian stuff on it.. An Egyptian Building. And Egyptian Doodad. An Egyptian-like Protoss. An Egyptian dragon... whatever. It's a pretty free theme.

 

[Heinvers]

Well, couldn't we ask through all participants ? If none want to do this theme I think it is dumb to do so, since most voters of this poll aren't even participating.

You know, there's an old saying: Don't like the theme? Don't join.

 

[morbent]

Well old sayings are often dumb as they are old Heinvers because, WE DO want more people dammit We want all the peopleses. Right?

 

[Heinvers]

Naturally.

It's just that not everyone likes the chosen theme for a contest.
You just can't please all of them.