01-09-2004 13:22									#31
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quote: Originally posted by alva Not sure about the guy in that last pic though. Other than that

Why? whats wrong with him - he looks pretty snoby/aristocratic to me

maybe its the style of 'painting' looking different to some of the other people in the pictures preceeding, so a continuity of style problem for you?

still i quite like that water painting look - it makes me think of the renaisance

	01-09-2004 15:48									#32
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Actually, when I saw him, the first thing I thought was "yep, that's Baron von Helmsdenvoor" (one of the guys named in the event shown in the title of the text section)

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	02-09-2004 17:40									#33
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor Why? whats wrong with him - he looks pretty snoby/aristocratic to me maybe its the style of 'painting' looking different to some of the other people in the pictures preceeding, so a continuity of style problem for you? still i quite like that water painting look - it makes me think of the renaisance

That's just it, he still looks to real, too fotorealistic.
It's not bad or anything, just off with the atmosphere I get from the other pictures.

	02-09-2004 18:55									#34
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quote: Originally posted by alva That's just it, he still looks to real, too fotorealistic. It's not bad or anything, just off with the atmosphere I get from the other pictures.

Take a look at the 'Eye Candy pt 2' thread - I think that the image now looks a lot more consistent with the overall style that I'm trying to create.

Whenever I have to use a human figure, I have to make do with either human photographs or the unit images that I have on file. Creating human figures in Bryce is workable, but it is a lot more work than I'm willing to do - and drawing human figures isn't something that I'm particularly good at in the first place...

The hard part is that I have to merge those images into a single Photoshop file and then use filters and shadowing to make them seamless, and it usually takes me several attempts to get it. And I usually have to see the image over a period of a couple of days to figure out just what isn't working.

My original plan was to have a watercolor effect on all of the main Interlude screens, and I may still go ahead with that plan because it would allow me a lot more leeway in creation. (The watercolor filter would go a long way to cover up any differences) But I'm really starting to like the look (I'm calling it 'saturated fantasy-realism') that can be achieved in Bryce and I am trying to hold that look in the merging process.

	02-09-2004 19:01									#35
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I'm really starting to like that look too!

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