My first house... From the ground up...
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Topic: My first house... From the ground up...
Posted By: Ensellitis
Subject: My first house... From the ground up...
Date Posted: 11 July 2005 at 11:10pm
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I'm doing my very first house from the ground up... Try and get
myself out of this pixel "rut" I'm in. Lately I can't do anything
right, so I decided to do something very complicated and detailed. I had posted a copy here and on DA, but I decided to take the one here down because I noticed I kinda messed it up... The animation I had was totally bypassing building steps and I didn't add some of the original deatils I was going to do. So I went back to the drawing board, luckjily since it was animated I could just delete some frames and go back... Here is where I am:  The foundation  My hardwood floor... God I miss having hardwood...  The basic framing...  Roof trusses...  This is where I am right now, wiring the whole thing up... Not much into it right now. I have a good idea on how the house was built, I had to watch it everyday as it was being built since I had to pass it to go to work, so I am trying to remember how they had everything. I'm going to finish the wiring and then try to add basic plumbing then try to get some visible nails... ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
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Posted By: ryan-gfx
Date Posted: 11 July 2005 at 11:34pm
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Whats the point of doing all this extra pixelling if the outside house is going to cover all this? Unless you're going to make it into one giant crazy animation once it's done? |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 11 July 2005 at 11:37pm
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An animation of course... The idea started when I got an email from someone looking at my pixel art on my site asking: "hey dooshbag, howd yu make dem pixel houz? tell me!!!!!!!!!" So I started doing this and I was going to send him the final animation, but instead I just ignored him and I decided to make something good out of it... =) Oh,  Wiring is done. =P ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 12:45am
 Insulating... Check. Holy crap, it's almost 3am...  I need to go to bed...------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 12:48am
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hey dooshbag, wut aboot tha plumbing??!!! How'm I spose to poo?!! ------------- |
Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 12:54am
lol, looking very good.  Would
look cool if the insulation was more fluffy/cotton-like instead of flat
like a board, and on certain sides of insulation there are usually
cardboard paper stuck to it so you can avoid touching the itchyness of
it. :D
------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:07am
Crap!!! Plumbing! I told you I need to go to bed...  Demon: the insulation that was used on that house was foam board, it was pink, but it was compacted down to 1/2" sheets and laminated on both sides... Made repairing a wall I busted out during my wild days much more tolerable.  ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:23am
Ah I see, lol, Im used to seeing the 'Cotton Candy' insulation 
------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:53am
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Awesome project. They make me put the studs 16 inches apart, though. dont do it in yours, it would look far too cluttered. And its a good thing it's not "cotton candy" insulation. Poor pixelblink may get a little confused and use it to clean up after his outdoor poo. The funny part is, people I know have actually done that. As far as I remember, the floor is put in after the walls are up. Otherwise you muck up the flooring while you put up the walls. ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:55am
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So much for sleep... I'm obsessed... Added plumbing so pixelblink can "poo"   Then had to go back and redo all of the other pieces... Then I did some dry walling...  No lines from the tape, I should have been a plasterer. Now it needed some siding... So WHAM!:  Attic floor and trap door...  Siding for the trusses:  And lastly for tonight, the roof...  Will add more detail to the roof tommorow after I sleep off this all nighter. ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:57am
The studs were faaaaar from being set to code... Hell, the reason
it burned down is because of using 220 with 110 breakers...  But you are right about the floor, I will have to take those out when I get ready to animate... ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 2:00am
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Hehe! This is a nice project! It's nice you colour the roof soon, it looks really flat! ------------- Well, duuuh, I can eat spam if I have to! 
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 12:01pm
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Ok, only got 4 hours of sleep... So I did some altering. If you look at the older pieces, I added logos to the insulation, as suggested on another forum. I also split the top siding into 2 pieces like I think it was on my old house.  Then I added the doors and windows. Since I want this to be true pixel art, I actually had to do the view of looking into the windows by hand, no opacity, like I usually do... SO that added on some 1 1/2 hours trying to find the right colors...  Then the trim... For the most part, I have completed it. I am going to go back now and tile the roof, or atleast try. I have never been able to do that very well. So if anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE pass them this way. ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:06pm
| what about curtains, a flowerpot and doormat outside the door, a mailbox, a hose coiled up on the side of the house, flower beds, and maybe some leaves in the eavestroughs? |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 1:37pm
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Haven't done the landscaping yet. But at my old house I didn't have any flower beds or a mail box... I forgot to tell you all this is based off of my very first house I had... ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 3:21pm
I think it isdone enough to put to animation now...  It is not done yet, but I just wanted to see how it would turn out where I was. And I think it looks alot better then my first version I had. I fixed the floor being in to early. I am already about 18 hours into this, and I don't think I will be done for atleast 5 more. I need to add so many little tiny details... And I am still trying to decide wether or not to do the outside or not... That animation is less than 23kb so far, so that is a good thing. But anyway, there it is animated. ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 3:46pm
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Thats awsome. I love it. Can't wait to see it finished. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: ..::Naso::..
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 3:49pm
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yea me to =D
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 7:19pm
Version 2... C&C the crap out of it people!!! ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: BruceJuice
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 7:55pm
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That's awesome. I'm sure that would look great on a construction
company's website or something like that. *puts on cheesy business
man's voice* "We build your house from the ground up". Awesome house. |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 8:14pm
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I think that the grass could be longer in places, especially those hard to mow areas around the edges of the house. And I'd love to see some shadows from the house on the grass and maybe a few cobble-stones out of place, or some grass within them I think you will have to decide whether to go for a "perfect" exterior with pristine grass, perfectly placed cobblestones, and a brand new coat of paint OR a REAL exterior with patchy grass, kicked cobbles, and perhaps a few scratches or peeling. which will it be? I'm full of ideas for both! |
Posted By: Xero
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 8:18pm
| I think the grass should be there from the begginning.. or is it like, fake grass that you can just lay anywhere? Or do you grow it? :P |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 8:23pm
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You do lay grass. Haha. Have you ever seen a house being built? I live in a neighborhood that there still building, so I see it all the time. The have a dirt ground, pour the foundation, build the house, then lay the grass. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 8:40pm
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Yeah, like Garage said. I am making this as a fresh construction,
so the sod is layed after the house and cobblestone walkway is done,
and since it is sod, it looks perfect for the first few
weeks. Shadows are a great idea, that will take forever, but give it that extra realism. Need to add the faucet to the outside, too... I did't build the fence until 6 months after I moved in, but I may still add it. I just want to keep the file size below 50kb... One last idea, what do you all think about once it is all finished, I have a for sale sign fall from the sky and land in front? ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 9:35pm
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it would be more work, but I think it would look even cooler if you made the 2X4s go in individually. Kinda even more step by step, like you did with the trusses. HAHA! yes! do the sign! The layer that's added on to the foundation is one solid peice of wood. Add some lines to break it up into boards of realistic dimension. Same with the layer between the walls and the roof trusses. Texture on the roof would be fun. That's all I've got. Well friggin' done thus far, man! ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 9:53pm
 More of an update. =) You can't see it, but I am peeping through the peep hole. I thought about doing the boards 1 by one, but that made the final animation 250+kb, WAY over my limit. =) Edit: It's not animated, just showing you the final frame ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 10:44pm
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Looks great so far. Now the fun part...landscaping. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 2:47pm
 Ok, pretty much done, what do you all think? Someone had suggested I do this with the rafters, what do you think?  ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 2:52pm
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Holy! Nice shadows! but I don't see what you've changed with the rafters.. or what you plan to change. ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: ..::Naso::..
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 2:53pm
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yea it looks preety kool like that, but its hradly noticable =P
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 3:31pm
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It's maybe a plan to change, haven't decided yet...
------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 4:04pm
 You can barely see them, but there are nails in some of the beams now.. =) ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: ryan-gfx
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 7:42pm
| That's kind of a pointless addition.. |
Posted By: 1ucas
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 10:35pm
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True. It's an additional detail but in this case is hardly noticeable or relevant. I'd work more on textures. :)
Oh, and how come the wood frames don't cast shadow on the floor inside the house? ------------- http://toxicdump.org/labs/frameviewer/viewer.php - Online Animated GIF Frame Viewer |
Posted By: GoroUnreal
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 11:17pm
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Very impressive! I wish I was atleast half as good as you
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 12:31am
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I know it was pointless, but oh well. There is no shadow on the floor because I was getting to frustrated when the trusses were being placed, I couldn't get the shadow to look right... I'm working on that though... ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 1:35am
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OMHCFC*!! That's very nice! =D But yeah, I say the nails is an pointless addition too... I love the roof! *Oh My Holy Cow's Frickin' Crap ------------- Well, duuuh, I can eat spam if I have to!
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Posted By: Core_12
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 1:19pm
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That's very nice. Very nice indeed. :)
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