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Summer Pudding · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:34 am

hello again,

here are some concepts I've done for the game I'm working on at the moment.

Comments and crits welcome

Whaja think?

Pud'

EDIT: oh boy, that was a most tense 24 hours for this poster. But everything's hunky dory again. So, here they are...

again.

PS: PLEASE READ. Time to cover my ass here. I have to add this wee request, just in case. It probably goes without saying, but if anyone here takes a liking to these pictures, please don't distribute them. I imagine Microsoft wouldn't be too happy with them ending up on Fable fansites, or anywhere else for that matter.

cheers guys

there are a few more images here on my website

http://www.summerpudding.com/index_files/Fable%20concepts/

Pud'

GardenGnome · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:38 am

Wow man, nice textures on the creatures. I like the last one a lot, I have a thing for sea monsters.

*Now that I look at the again, are the first and last ones of the same monster?

spyroteknik · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:45 am

first & last are my favs too, the texture is gorgeous on no1, and you gotta love the water, 3rd is cool too

Pringle · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:53 am

So nice, I'm really mad about Spooky_Woods_Day.jpg.
All of them are very strong in the concept!
Keep it up! Very Happy

XIA · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:09 am

Good stuff, good stuff PUDDING!

Summer Pudding · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:35 am

Thanks guys, I'm glad you liked them. Unfortunately I have to take them off the air, only for a while I hope. I got the go ahead to put them on my site, but I guess someone in the chain wasn't informed, and they're deciding whether it's kosher or not. Hopefully it's all a lot of fuss over nothing.

If not, prison visits are from nine till three on weekdays.

Embarassed

Pud'

B0b · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:46 pm

! DOh!

Capt. Fred · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:47 pm

dying to see these

DJorgensen · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:12 pm

No Capt.Fred! Don't die yet! Rolling Eyes

At least not by 'Pud's hands... we don't want him to be in prison any longer than he has to be!

Too bad I also missed those pics... darn non-disclosure agreements...
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Somnambulist · junior member Member # Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 6

The colors are excellent. The first few look like they're from Where The Wild Things Are.
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Wagner · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:50 pm

they are nice.

my only problem is that some of the locations look like they would be very difficult to play on. they don't have the right room dynamics to make a good location, but it depends alot on the kind of game. any 1st person game wouldn't do too well in the places. they look cool though!

DJorgensen · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:34 pm

Oh my!

Those are some pretty sweet critters and locations.
The boat house is just too coo'

Its great that you could actually share them ^_^
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fae · member Member # Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 93

wooow gorgeous! love the concepts and the moods for all the stuff!!!

love the architectural ones too!

well... i see they're back up, so i'm guessing that means prison was not the outcome --- yay!
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ax--hv · member Member # Joined: 08 Dec 2003 Posts: 349

Wow

especially the last one! The longer i look at it, the more i like it

Capt. Fred · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:52 am

mega nice Pud.

Really like these. What can I say? Really good work, I won't pick out my favourites because most of them are favourites.

cool!
(esp. including some of the ones that you didn't post. Check them out people!)

Summer Pudding · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:03 am

fae: guess again. I'm actually on the run, Richard Kimble style, foraging for grubs and berries in the Guildford area. Crying or Very sad

Somnambulist: wow! That's some mighty praise there. I love that book. Not sure what Mr Sendak would have to say about it though.

Pringle: thanks again. There's a night version of it on the site.

GardenGnome: oh yeah! I hadn't noticed that before. They do look pretty similar.

Wagner: thanks mate, glad you like them. The environment pictures were never intended to be final, locked down renderings of the finished levels. Their main purpose was to trigger ideas in the designers heads, and establish the overall mood. They were also a handy way of communicating my ideas to the engine programmers. Experience has shown me that during the intial level design phase, any concept art more lavish than a scribble on a bit of scrap paper is a waste of time. Gameplay issues are best resolved in the editor.

Everyone else, thanks a million. Glad you like them. I'll put more on the site when I have a spare moment.

Big hugs.

Pud'

Shamaroth · junior member Member # Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

BBB keep us in radio silence about creatures for ages and then we get tons via Sijun.com....

I'm sure they'll understand though. You're too good to lose Smile

Heysoos · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:54 pm

Those are simply brilliant. Seriously, after the game comes out BBB should put all of the concept artwork into a book and sell it. I sure as hell would go for that.

Wiked Ewok · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:27 pm

Nice. That underwater one especially!

Svanur · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:32 pm

These are some truly awesome concepts... Shocked

How in the world do you get such textured surfaces?
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Summer Pudding · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:20 am

Ewok, Heysoos, Shamaroth, thanks. Smile

Svanur: I'm not sure what my boss would make of me divulging too much. But a couple of suggestions won't hurt I guess. If you're rushed for time, as I was for most of these pictures, try pasting grunge maps into selections created with QuickMask.

There are times when I'd be lost without Quickmask and Paste Into. Scale back the transparency, until only a vague texture shows through. Use colour balance, hue & saturation etc, and draw over the result. For the image below, I used a grunge map created from existing game texture maps. This is no substitute for good painting, but for the hard pressed games artist, it can be a quick, easy way to add a little extra detail to a concept. If you start with a detailed pencil drawing, let it show through in places, don't paint over it all.

The crashing waves were all hand drawn though. I don't think there are any shortcuts for that sort of thing.

I hope this was helpful

Pud'

ceenda · member Member # Joined: 27 Jun 2000 Posts: 2030

regarding that sea-monster one...

*plop* that'll do nicely on my desktop for a while. Nice work mate. Smile

DRESDEN · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:54 pm

WOW, really cool stuff. Makes me want to do more environment paintings.

Cool, keep posting.

Shocked

tsunami · junior member Member # Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 48

excellent! I'm amazed..you use photoshop eh"?
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Rinaldo · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:13 am

cool stuff pudding. I really like the monster designs.
and that water scene is awesome.
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Mikko K · member Member # Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 639

Good work, Pud!

My favourite is that blue forest pic, it has a nice feeling to it. Even though you might have hurried with these, I think all of them tell the story very well. Keep it up man! ps. I wanna slap Wink

Psychon · junior member Member # Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 24

Those are incredible. I love the building design in the fifth image.
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B0b · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:50 am

stunning

lionhead hey - these aren't for B&W 2 r they?

Archmage · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:18 pm

Great~~~~i love monster~~~~ Laughing

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Mon · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:37 am

Nice! that seamonster crawling up is really awesome. I can almost taste the icy salt water in that one. great work!
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