Hm... so, no news about Jordan/Woodhurst?

And Jstsittinghere?

PS: Glad to read you all again :)

I miss Catlin MC too... and Alvin, most of all. Good ole' Alvinylaya... :)

and Jordan? (aka Woodhurst)? Is he still around?

Sbleci?

Yep, Angela, the pics thread was really cool... maybe we should do that again. :D

Ha! Good to "see" you again... :D

I'm really happy to contribute some, at last, to the community... I remember all the times I used other people's texs ;)

Keep an eye on that account, it will be updated very often. I've added a "filename convention" too for helping reducing search times.

As for my being "between homes", sigh... it's nearly 3 years that I move every 3 or 4 months... hopefully the next one will be my final settlement. I'm searching, but it's not easy. ^_^

And as soon as I will find it, my real PC will come up from the basement (is so tight packaged that is safe, tho) and I will finally do some other XSI again. In the meanwhile, I'm into photos and I'm studying hard XSI theory videocourses... [always a nerd, I am :)]

Quest, Angela, Danamo, ICM, morte_a_mezzanotte (italian for "Death At Midnight")... may all your renders be very short! ;)

Stefano

Good ole' Erlik said:

Quote - Do you think that many people here want real criticism? Regardless of how tactfully it was made? (Hey, nice to see you back again, Stefano! Still learning XSI? You gotta be kidding.)

hi, pal :)    No, no kidding. XSI is an infinite app, plus I had some troubles that took me away from 3D world for a long time. You add these two things together and, lo, I'm still learning :)

I don't know about other people... I'd say no, they don't want any real criticism, but it's only my opinion. The last image I posted, I asked for crits and I received them, mostly useful, some pointing at flaws I had already detected in my pic. So, it depends on who's asking? Maybe... maybe people who know me know also that I accept serious criticism without problems (and also with gratitude) and they don't fear to offend me stating boldly what sucks in my image(s).

Stefano.

PS: Drac, may I hug you? :-p

Ariannah said:

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Later, I began craving criticism. I'd reached a point where I felt it would help me improve.  That's when I finally took a deep breath and began a gallery at RO.  Lo and behold, I was surprised to see how the commenting had changed.  Gone seemed to be the critiques and helpful suggestions for improvement in lieu of gushing, overdone comments. Don't get me wrong - some images here are truly excellent and deserve the accolades they receive.  But IMVHO, definitely not all.

I think she's right. After a long while, I returned to the galleries, and I saw the comments are really changed from the past. That's why, now that I'm learning XSI, I almost always flag the "critical preferred" option in the comments tab. It's really a matter of choice: if you are here to improve, then you simply must be happy to receive criticism, because here's full of talented people and you can only learn from them. Otherwise, no problem: you want hugz and kizzez, you have them aplenty, but... to what use?

Just my 2 Euros (you know, inflation times here in Italy) :)

Stefano 

Whoa Drac old sport!

I like this a lot... how are you, my friend? Great cool modeling improvement since I was there last time.

How are the RenderGods doing?

A big hug.

Stefano

I don't have words, really. Sylvie was one of the first people here to talk with me about graphics, and soon our exchange became very similar to a dear friendship. I owe her so much: advice, sympathy... No, stop the words. Sylvie was lovely. My thoughts and feelings goes to her family and her friends. I will always have a place for her in my heart. Stefano

On my way to go there, Rudolph :) S.

Ouch... did I miss another quarry? Sigh... I just love them... ;-) "You're handsome, you're pretty, Queen of New York City" "Happy Christmas your ***" "And the NYPD choir was singing... and the bells are ringing out..." Now, that's a song! Stefano

Thanks a lot, Quest, this is really precious! S-.

Hi Phillip. As you already know, I commented on this one on CGT. I'm really honored to be an inspiration to you: I admire a lot your works with Bryce and this is really flattering. Pianos are very difficult to model, with my "Steinway" I did the same: I didn't model what the viewer couldn't see :) And, as far as modeling goes, if you look at mine you'll see that I really messed up the black keys, modeling them way more square like they are in reality. If you're interested in some very detailed reference drawings of all the parts of a Grand Piano, I have them. They're also orthographic, so you can use them to draw upon. I should have a couple of Steinway logos somewhere on my HD. Just IM me and I'll send them to you. I really want to try one in XSI, but I'm waaaaaay behind the modeling skills needed to complete such a complex work. S.

Those new Lemog textures are just great. He did an image with them, I think you can find it in his gallery here. Quite impressive collection. S.

Yep, we in the Mafia are looking exactly for guys like you... register... register... register... Don Stefano :)

There's also a beautiful small app to create text to import in Bryce, called Elefont. I don't have the link right now (I'm not at home) but you can do a search. It's free and intuitive at the max. S.

Yes, that's it... very low poly. I'm trying to avoid showing some people near the camera, because I still don't have a clue on how to model characters... (ehm...) Stefano