At 11/8/09 11:56 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: It would be greatly appreciated if you could create one 'showcase' thread for all of your stuff instead of one thread per image. Thank you.

lol, I felt the need to fix my comment... I'm tired and have to get up early... that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it. Good night.

It would be greatly appreciated if could you create one 'showcase' thread for all of your stuff instead of one thread per image. Thank you.

At 11/8/09 09:17 PM, M-Vero wrote:

At 11/8/09 02:58 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: New Deadline is November 16th, at 11:59 PM

I love you, there was no way I'd finish by tomorrow

woO! ...me too!!! Lots of progress was made this weekend! Ours is gonna be awesome when it's done!

AWESOME, I say!!!

Ohmi DaRulz

woO! Team surreal!!

I asked bomtoons if we could do something with the controls... like reverse them or something. He said we could, but thought that might be annoying for the player lol ...what do you guys think? Also... just because we're vertical doesn't mean it has to be top-down view, right?

We need to get the rest of the team in the loop!! Where is everyone?!?

At 11/7/09 07:28 PM, Ani-x wrote: i dont mean to be a butthead, but i cant really get AIM or trillion going.

You can use aim express, or if you have a gmail account, you can chat with aim contacts through that.

At 11/7/09 06:58 PM, kr8to wrote: they will smile at it and move it aside. :)

...the way you did when the people from bungie and blizzard had advice to give to you?! No... you respected them, so you listened. Odds are they said things in a CONSTRUCTIVE, HELPFUL, and RESPECTFUL manner. They didn't belittle and berate you and call it 'tough love'. Quit being a dick. You have it in your sig, so you obviously think people are impressed by it. No one is. You made your own thread showing what you can do... great. Now try offering advice, giving critiques, and being HELPFUL the way those REAL 'professional' were with you. If people respect you, they will be more inclined to give a shit about what you have to say. I don't care how talented a person is... if they're an asshole, I don't wanna hear their crap. Stop being an asshole.

At 11/7/09 06:46 PM, J-qb wrote:

At 11/7/09 05:37 PM, Temariix wrote: It's not due till next Sunday, right? If so, then I don't think an extension will be necessary (for us at least).

It's actually currently this coming Monday, the 9th.

Thats okay, renae is used to working on the last day for the doubles ; )

/ I know you guys both need weekends so maybe extension is in order.

oops... I thought we had another whole week too. If it can be next Sun/Mon ...that would be lovely.

At 11/7/09 04:44 PM, kr8to wrote: Could you define practical use?

Those who can, do... those who can't, teach.

Based on your attitude and posting style ...you're gonna make a shitty teacher someday.

At 11/7/09 04:38 PM, kr8to wrote: Im sorry your a somebody? im humbled in your presence.

If your self-inflated ego wasn't so huge and getting in the way of reading, you'd know that I never commented on the op's work... good or bad... and I never said anything about myself... I'm not as arrogant as you are. I don't believe I'm all superior and know all there is to know about everything like you do. So get over yourself. If you want to help people, that's great. But you don't have to be such a colossal douche in the process.

At 11/7/09 03:44 PM, kr8to wrote: Tell you what...

LMFAO!! Who gives a rats ass if you're impressed or not. No one here needs to prove shit to you. You're a nobody and your opinion is worthless. Now shoo!! Run along little troll, run along.

...your attempt at 'tough love' is almost as laughable as your unwarranted arrogance... almost.

At 11/7/09 04:10 PM, kr8to wrote: well another way is to learn values, sure you can use the gradient tool, but are you really learning anything? no not really. Of course there different styles but i assume you want a realistic version and unless you learn values no tool is going to bring you to that level.

You can learn and study all you want, but if you can't put it to practical use, what good is it? People learn different things in different ways... and in my experience, the most effective is hands-on. Learn by doing. So, yeah... really... use the gradient tool.

At 11/7/09 03:49 PM, Havayosunu wrote: arightey, I'll revive this bitch thread!! I will start writing my story in my journal tomorrow :)

yay!! :D

I'm assuming you're using flash, so ...become one with the gradient transform tool... once you know how to use it, you can manipulate and customize gradients to get all kinds of effects! I can help you out if you have aim or msn.

This is an old image done in flash using gradients and alpha's.

If you want the .fla file, let me know and I'll pm the link.

At 11/7/09 01:38 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: If it's a request you're asking, repost your request here please.

o_O
*points silently at*

Maybe once (or even before) level leaders are chosen, each team can make their own progress thread and leave this main thread for 'global' updates. Otherwise it's going to get way too confusing.

Plus that way it will be easier to keep track of individual level progress. If any particular level's thread dies or isn't seeing as much activity as it should, Kraig will know that he needs to kick some asses, or inject some life into it by recruiting new people to keep it rolling.

...just a thought :P

name them consistently:
[shump] Steampunk Level
[shump] Surreal Level
etc.

At 11/6/09 10:59 AM, idiot-monarch wrote:

-Surreal (vertical level)
TimFrommeyer
ReNaeNae
johnnycancer
idiot-monarch
KillHammer
Spaghetti14
zooominsh
UltraPitchFork

...who is our team leader? Anyone wanna step up?

I don't know anything about game making, so I'm totally not qualified and don't wanna do it! lol

At 11/6/09 10:04 PM, SirBeretofClock wrote: Less now, but I'm still kind of bitter. Whatever.

hmm... that's unfortunate. I was under the impression that you were ok with everything. Just because we didn't love your menu doesn't mean that you don't have any say or aren't a part of the decision making process. We just want this to be the best it can. So, if you're unhappy with something, you have to let us know so we can work it out... or reach some sort of compromise. What can we do to make it better? ...and you not bitter?

Ha, that's pretty fun. I bet if you planned it out and got your settings just right, you could make some really interesting stuff.

At 11/6/09 06:54 PM, kr8to wrote: I'm being a dick

Can you stop spamming peoples threads with your canned insults and useless drivel?! It's obvious that you're just looking to start arguments... so take somewhere else 'cuz personally, I'm tired of it.

At 11/5/09 04:14 PM, Snakex86 wrote: let's hope I get no more flamings!

...unless people saw your original question ...which was in another thread, in another forum... they're not going to know what you're talking about.

Why hasn't 'your friend' been scouted? It could be several reasons. He list his website as a game site. He has no email or contact info. He only has 4 pieces of art... conveniently the exact required amount necessary for scouting, no news posts ...all red flags that scream 'this stuff is stolen'.

Tell him to submit more ...add contact info ...add links to his art work on his own site (or places like DA or CA). Tell him to make a news post. There's absolutely nothing about his profile that's personalized. People need to know that there's an actual ...legitimate... person behind the art, otherwise they'll assume it some lame spammer and he'll never get scouted.

At 11/5/09 07:47 PM, the-one-u-dont-see wrote: I know that I'm not good enough for the art portal yet, but I have a suggestion.
Could you implement a feature so that scouting people can ... eh.. anti-scout? people.
Basically, through a press of a button simply inform the artist that he just isn't good enough?

That way, you don't have to wonder if you are just not scouted yet, or won't be scouted at all.

That would be kind of pointless. Everyone has different tastes. Just because one person thinks someone's stuff isn't good enough doesn't mean the next 4 people aren't going to love it. Plus people typically improve over time ...just because someone posts something that's not "portal worthy" today, doesn't mean they won't post something spectacular a month from now. An 'anti-scout button' would just discourage people from even trying to get better ... and no one wants that!!

Every and anyone can be 'good enough.' Post in the art forum... ask for tips and critiques ...and just keep at it! You'll get there! ;)

At 11/6/09 06:13 PM, poxpower wrote: If you do this, you're a douche. Quit it.

How many times do I have to say it?! I'M SORRY!!!

please forgive me!!

At 11/6/09 04:25 PM, Johnny wrote: Please god, amend one of your other 2 posts that touch on this topic.

Seriously! This is getting a little ridiculous.

At 11/6/09 04:30 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Yeah, I'm hoping they update the art portal with that.

I'm sure all of that stuff... and more... will get implemented eventually ;)

No one is getting banned! Jeez!!

Art forum rules: all new threads need to start with a piece of original art... and requests are only permitted in specific threads.

I never cared for DA either. I only have an account there because someone pestered me so much about creating one that I finally told him to just do it for me... he did, and now I use it the way Wivernryder described... as storage. lol.

I do like that you can see how many views you get (which is never many for me, but still). Here you have to be scouted to see that... lame. You can also see how many and who favorited each piece, as well as download totals. Random info, but still nice to have access to.

Someone... BmK, I believe... mentioned to me (just a few weeks ago, in fact) that DA has forums... 'cuz I didn't even know! lol :P I should really check them out someday... maybe... probably won't.

I recently created an account at conceptart.org. I thought it would be inspiring, but it just makes me feel ...inadequate, so I haven't posted anything. It's an intimidating place. Their chow's, cow's etc. turn out some REALLY impressive stuff... not to say the ones here don't, but theirs are just... ridiculous. Like, "I'm gonna go sob in a corner for rest of my life due to my inferiority" kind of ridiculous. I hate that place.

...this is the flash forum, not the photoshop forum.

Depending on what you need it for, Elements should do.
Otherwise I hear Gimp is good (and free).
Art Programs

At 11/5/09 07:39 PM, hdxmike wrote: If you do one more fucking double post i will kill you.
Your allowed to do it yes but it looks bad and annoying and stupid , just like all those fucking sad faces

Double/multiple posting may be annoying, but your reply is ten times worse. If this thread is so annoying to you, stop looking at it.

To DNoack757, can the rest of see what you have?

Windowskiller... if you're going with DNoack's, let us know... no sense in others doing one if he already has it covered.

...and you couldn't just bump your other thread, because...??

At 11/5/09 03:50 PM, toshema wrote: OK, I can't find my old art thread until captain ben give me a link, is there a way to search the forums by username? Anyways here is a piece I'm doing for an friend on DA. I do know that the arms and hands are a little small I'm going to fix that the next time I work on it. Enjoy !!Niraven on DA

You can just check your post history (next to your name)
toshema [Profile | Posts | Contact]

hope that works, lol

Yeah, other than the arms and hands, that's looking great!