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Topic: Gasmask guy |
jzero
Replies: 5
Views: 1269
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2001 9:34 am Subject: Gasmask guy |
This gasmask guy is "Otto", a character model recently posted on the polycount forums. While I did not design him, I decided to do some concepting before embarking on a model skin (texture) to fill in ... |
Topic: freelance pricing.....for Game artists |
jzero
Replies: 4
Views: 978
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2001 9:03 am Subject: freelance pricing.....for Game artists |
Art --
The Graphic Artists' Guild pricing book might help here, and maybe not. They have some pricing structures for interactive media and animation that might be helpful.
Given this situation (and ... |
Topic: HELP with Color Management in PS6 |
jzero
Replies: 2
Views: 1144
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu May 31, 2001 1:51 pm Subject: HELP with Color Management in PS6 |
YES, you need to be doing something differently. Your Photoshop is not seeing all the color in the original images, and that's bad. Don't try playing with Levels and Curves, 'cause you'll just be thro ... |
Topic: My wife has an interesting idea as to the nature of matter.. |
jzero
Replies: 27
Views: 5822
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 10:46 am Subject: My wife has an interesting idea as to the nature of matter.. |
Dudes...
E=mc^2 [Energy = mass * (velocity of light squared)]
therefore
m = E/c^2 [mass = Energy / (velocity of light squared)]
Is that clear? (If my scientific notation/conversion is wrong, then ... |
Topic: robomiez[comments please] |
jzero
Replies: 2
Views: 1090
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Fri May 25, 2001 7:48 am Subject: robomiez[comments please] |
The mouth's too small. Mouths need to be as wide as the distance between the centers of the eyes.
Finish it out more, and you'll probably get more comments.
/jzero |
Topic: Been ripped off....need advice... |
jzero
Replies: 26
Views: 8186
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 6:44 am Subject: Been ripped off....need advice... |
Hey guys...
My illustration professor used to say that a letter from a legit lawyer is often enough to spur deadbeats into action. It requires almost no effort, and communicates several important mes ... |
Topic: How to draw from memory |
jzero
Replies: 19
Views: 4052
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue May 08, 2001 12:45 pm Subject: How to draw from memory |
quoteIn fact, all of impressionism is either from memory or imagination.
Well, yeah, except for Monet's water lilies... and haystacks...and Chartres cathedral.. and Seurat's pointillism... and whatsi ... |
Topic: Help is needed!!Thanks |
jzero
Replies: 4
Views: 1974
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2001 6:46 am Subject: Help is needed!!Thanks |
Personally, I can't tell a whole lot about what this pic is really going to look like. Tzekin, if you'll look around at some of the other threads in this forum, you'll see that most of the painters ro ... |
Topic: Photoshop Color Problem |
jzero
Replies: 6
Views: 2458
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 1:37 pm Subject: Photoshop Color Problem |
Hey, Maniac,
Try the following experiment. Take a screen shot of your desktop on the same monitor you use for Photoshop, preferably with a solid background color. Then open that shot in Photoshop. If ... |
Topic: Looking For Artist!!!!!!!!! |
jzero
Replies: 2
Views: 1129
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2001 7:41 am Subject: Looking For Artist!!!!!!!!! |
Sounds to me like you need a whole team of guys. As in, if you're to be the programmer on this game, you need some committed co-conspirator artist/modelers. If you know anything about games, you'll kn ... |
Topic: ww2 propaganda poster |
jzero
Replies: 12
Views: 2609
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 10:58 am Subject: ww2 propaganda poster |
Yeah? Check this one.
Done for my Marathon resource site. Headmaster Uncle Pfor Enforcer wants YOU!
http://marathon.bungie.org/orphanage/grafx/orphanage_you1.jpg
Okay, I overpainted Flagg's... it ... |
Topic: Sprite help |
jzero
Replies: 12
Views: 3464
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 10:50 am Subject: Sprite help |
Hey grip --
I found that the best lessons in how pixel sprites are made is to get hold of some game that uses them (i.e. Myth, StarCraft or WarCraft for axonometrics, or even Marathon or Doom for fla ... |
Topic: Sprite help |
jzero
Replies: 12
Views: 3464
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 7:23 am Subject: Sprite help |
Hey, fellow Dallas-ite.
I'm not that familiar with Final fantasy, but I do know something about game graphics. Are you talking about pixel sprites, or 3d models?
I'll assume you're talking about the ... |
Topic: Posings____or something like that :) |
jzero
Replies: 2
Views: 1206
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2001 9:00 am Subject: Posings____or something like that :) |
Right off the bat, I notice that all of these poses are drawn from an non-perspective side view. That makes your figures look like those life-size flat jointed figures that ergonomic designers use to ... |
Topic: What to Choose: Illustration or Industrial Design? |
jzero
Replies: 16
Views: 3917
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2001 7:43 am Subject: What to Choose: Illustration or Industrial Design? |
I had this exact same dilemma years ago, at Syracuse. But I was lucky to have plenty of time to look around. Freshman year was a prep year to take studio classes and not immediately choosea major. I g ... |
Topic: Comic Book layout concept |
jzero
Replies: 7
Views: 1723
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 10:35 am Subject: Comic Book layout concept |
Mmmm, makes me think of an early issue of Jim Lee's WILDCATS I have. Image Comics was bringing in so much dough then that this freaking comic has TWO double gatefold spreads, for which Mr. Lee created ... |
Topic: This is for any animators out there. |
jzero
Replies: 2
Views: 879
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 8:10 am Subject: This is for any animators out there. |
Yeah, this is a useful item to know.
Pinbar/punch registration comes from the days of hand-drawn cel animation. The pinbar itself is a simple device, it's a flat strip of metal or plastic with a seri ... |
Topic: What's "REAL" to you? |
jzero
Replies: 16
Views: 3878
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2001 8:00 am Subject: What's "REAL" to you? |
One thing about that Matrix rooftop: it was all CG, but NOT in the usual way. It was done with a technique which uses photographs to create immersive 3D environments (Paul Debevec being The Man on thi ... |
Topic: Morphing programs? |
jzero
Replies: 3
Views: 1145
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2001 11:46 am Subject: Morphing programs? |
Long ago there was a software app called 'Morph', made by Gryphon Software, both now probably long-extinct. It was a small package for doing exactly what you describe...
...or is it? Morph worked on ... |
Topic: 8 ball please crit |
jzero
Replies: 11
Views: 3088
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 8:16 am Subject: 8 ball please crit |
Rather than get embroiled in a stoopid flame session, jzero suggests that bigtex do the following:
1. Consider that no one here can tell that you have any artistic skill based on what you've posted h ... |
Topic: How do you explain graphics copyright to smalltime web build |
jzero
Replies: 5
Views: 1791
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 8:02 am Subject: How do you explain graphics copyright to smalltime web build |
quoteso how do you explain that this is just not acceptable or do you even bother?
Perhaps if the perp in question got a friendly email from the legal people at Interplay or Wizards of the Coast... ... |
Topic: Anatomy question.... |
jzero
Replies: 7
Views: 3106
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2001 9:22 am Subject: Anatomy question.... |
My anatomy bibles:
"Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Rogers Peck
"Constructive Anatomy" by George Bridgman
These are reference books of the highest order. And they are both very m ... |
Topic: Domain names for site??? |
jzero
Replies: 3
Views: 1110
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2001 8:17 am Subject: Domain names for site??? |
Dude... it ain't that simple. There's no "package".
Unless you use GeoCities, I guess... otherwise...
Domain name registry can be done through services like Yahoo, and they'll host it for you, too. ... |
Topic: Illistration programs |
jzero
Replies: 3
Views: 1309
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2001 2:32 pm Subject: Illistration programs |
I attended Syracuse University in your very own state, and they have a very highly regarded Illustration program, from which I got my BFA. The people who teach in the upper-level classes are working p ... |
Topic: Adobe Illustrator? |
jzero
Replies: 5
Views: 1544
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2001 2:21 pm Subject: Adobe Illustrator? |
Illustrator being a vector graphics program, it is the best when you need precise, scalable artwork. I like to draw a parallel between the 'camera-ready art' of the past and Illustrator. It's good for ... |
Topic: LOGOs |
jzero
Replies: 1
Views: 768
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 12:56 am Subject: LOGOs |
Advice?
1. Get out yer Communication Arts annuals and scour the Logo/Identity sections.
2. Get a look at the tons of crapola 'competition' books on identity and design that seem to have sprouted at ... |
Topic: Just a Simple Question !! |
jzero
Replies: 4
Views: 1105
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2001 12:09 am Subject: Just a Simple Question !! |
Technique is technique, no matter what medium you're using. Tools would seem to be irrelevant. I am completely useless with a paintbrush in my hand, but with a Wacom stylus and the Undo key, I seem to ... |
Topic: introducing myself |
jzero
Replies: 13
Views: 3353
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2001 9:19 am Subject: introducing myself |
The line 'MARTIN KROL '01' at the bottom of the sketch ought to be a tip-off, dudes. At least, that's the best I can read it rhough the compression artifacting...
/jzero |
Topic: I need a font |
jzero
Replies: 2
Views: 1468
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2001 9:11 am Subject: I need a font |
http://www.geocities.com/victor2q/FONT.jpg
I'm just tha link-fixin' guy today...
(JIM, for further reference, it's 'www.geocities.com', not geocities.com'.)
I did a search on 'sans serif geomet ... |
Topic: //: art.contest.2001.colors :// |
jzero
Replies: 1
Views: 898
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2001 8:52 am Subject: //: art.contest.2001.colors :// |
Would've been noice if you'd posted the actual contest location:
[url=http://artcontest.seraphseven.com/main/]http://artcontest.seraphseven.com/main/
But that's okay...
/jzero |
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