drawbridgep opened this issue on Mar 18, 2004 ยท 20 posts
drawbridgep posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 6:45 AM
Wow! So many comments and viewings for my chess set. 
I take it no one went out for St Paddy's day? Or maybe nursing hangovers by going through the gallery. Anyway, I really was happy to see so many positive comments from a lot of artists I really respect, for what was (really) an old tired idea. thanks guys, I'm welling up here. ;-) Phil
Zhann posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 6:48 AM
It's an excellent image regardless of the idea, and very deserving.
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Zhann posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 6:50 AM
Hey, I see you took my place in the Hot20 at #15! Congrats!
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drawbridgep posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 6:54 AM
I noticed my last still life was usually a place or two behind yours for most of the week. It's dropped off now. But the chess set has gone in, so that's nice. Your still life is great. And looks like it's the current winner in the challenge area. ;-) I'm trying to replicate your drape. Without much luck so far.
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A good chess set is a measure of an artist's competance and beats the hell out of a mirror-ball/shiny sphere. Yours gets my vote!
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tjohn posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 8:29 AM
drawbridgep: A suggestion that might help the knight. I've seen a few poser objects in your images (at least I think they are) so why don't you pose a poser horse head the way you want it, export just the head, make it a positive boolean solid, and then plop it on a base and give it the glass texture. Maybe this would look too real when the rest of the chess set is stylized and might not work for you but it's just a thought. You might be able to work the head over in Wings if you have it. By the way, it's still a great pic, I am one of the Voters for it.
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drawbridgep posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 8:39 AM
tjohn: Yeah I did consider it. But I agree it might not quite look right, but can't look much worse. I also wanted to do as much as possible in Bryce. The other problem is, when my machine crashed, I forgot to move my poser stuff back across, so don't have it until I get home (next month). Thanks for the vote.
tjohn posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 10:31 AM
The poser horse head might fit in with the style better if you unsmooth it in Bryce to make it look more angular?
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rickymaveety posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 10:42 AM
Or ... what if you took the Poser horse head put it on it's side, did a height map, and brought that back into Bryce and made another lattice with that?? It would look less "real", but maybe have enought weight and depth that the one knight's head wouldn't disappear. Just a thought anyway.
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tjohn posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 12:44 PM
I think Ricky idea will work, especially if you keep the lattice res low, making it more faceted.
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"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy
drawbridgep posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 12:49 PM
I like that idea. So, until I get poser reinstalled, who wants to send me a horses head? OK, that sounded a lot more Sopranos that I intended.
PerryMcK posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 4:47 PM
Remember Paladin(the western- had a card with a cool horse head. Have gun will travel?) Black on white, inport into terain, add your filter of choice, voila! What do you think? Yours if you want it. btw all mine
rickymaveety posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 5:32 PM
He would have to change it a bit if he used that image ... otherwise, he'll end up with a lattice with one ear behind the other. But that is a neat image. You should see if you can make it larger and without so much white space around it so that it's a better use of the image space for a terrain or lattice.
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PerryMcK posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 6:34 PM
drawbridgep posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 7:23 PM
Very similar to the picture I used. Maybe I should make my latice wider. Like Ricky said, I need to use a height map. Although the set I based it on, the knight is flat headed. I'm still going on the poser route, but making the head thinner than the default.
Zhann posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 8:21 PM
Drawbridgep, the draped is hand painted greyscale in PSP, I find photos of drapes come out too rough in the terrain editor, so I broke down and painted one, brought it into the terrain editor, clipped it, smoothed it(got to watch out for smoothing it flattens the folds), textured it and rendered.... BTW, would anyone be interested in some greyscale drapes, not the hanging in the window kind(although I have some gtreat traditional window treatment drapes and swags), the the backdrop kind? I've ben doing all types....
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drawbridgep posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 9:21 PM
Zhann posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 10:03 PM
Looks like I have a tutorial to do...:)
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PerryMcK posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 11:17 PM
Yeh yeh yeh:)
rickymaveety posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 11:27 PM
Yeah, Perry, your second b/w picture is a keeper.
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