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The Blindman
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Topic: Stopping Policecar
Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:19am

I started with this weeks competition, but soon understood that I couldn't finish that on time because I was too abitious, so I decided to use the car that I made for another piece.

Here it is!
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I would like some feedback, before I take it further. I have used gameboy pallette. I think about adding a small up and down animation for the car, movement to headlights and animating the smoke that comes from the fire that's on top of the hill.

C&C is more then welcome!

Edited by The Blindman - 24 February 2010 at 2:56pm

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onek
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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:53am

looks nice... maybe darken the sky, now it looks like daytime which ins kinda strage if the light are on

for animation, maybe this could be a neat idea...

its cheap and dirty done now but with further refining it could look quite good i guess... but u should first rly finish the piece before u get to that, because it would be one hell of redrawing frames otherwise

Edited by onek - 24 February 2010 at 9:55am

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Manupix
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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:56am

Is it supposed to be night (headlights)? It's not obvious because of the highlights on the car, look very much like there is sunlight from the upper left. Bg is not dark enough either.

Police light anim is nice, but I'm not sure this style would be easy to animate more than that. Anyway try to get the still as good as possible before animating.

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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 10:11am

onek: Cool idea, I'll see what I can do in the future

Manupix: Yes, it supposed to be night, I try to darken the sky, but keep the car's hood still visible. And the light that is highlighting the car comes from the lamppost on the left (hope I can make that more understandable).

EDIT: How rude of me, I forgot to thank you, so.
Thank you for the comments!

Edited by The Blindman - 24 February 2010 at 10:20am

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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 11:11am

Yes, I understood that after posting (and couldn't login to edit for a while).
So yes, you should make that lamppost light more obvious, on the car, ground, post itself, cast shadows.

I tried to look for night pieces with cars, such as this (this artist has others), I'm sure I've seen more and better but couldn't find where.

You're welcome!

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The Blindman
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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 12:10pm

Ok, added other lampposts and electrisity line. Darkened the sky, made stars and added some shadows. Did some other small changes.
This is the new one. How does this look now?

Can someone tell me,should I texture the landscape, and if I should then how?

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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 1:33pm

I was more thinking of a light change.

Landscape would be mostly black with a few undistinguishable features of the next dark tone.

Your anim has a frametime issue: it's set for 0. Each browser or viewing software will render that differently.
Firefox makes it 0.1", since it looks good I'd recommend that.

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Posted: 24 February 2010 at 2:55pm

Manupix: Thank you! You helped me a lot. I used your image as a quick reference.

Here is the result!

How does it look now?

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The Blindman Seaman Joined: 22 January 2009 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Topic: Stopping Policecar Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:19am
	I started with this weeks competition, but soon understood that I couldn't finish that on time because I was too abitious, so I decided to use the car that I made for another piece. Here it is! NEWEST: OLD: I would like some feedback, before I take it further. I have used gameboy pallette. I think about adding a small up and down animation for the car, movement to headlights and animating the smoke that comes from the fire that's on top of the hill. C&C is more then welcome! Edited by The Blindman - 24 February 2010 at 2:56pm
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:53am
	looks nice... maybe darken the sky, now it looks like daytime which ins kinda strage if the light are on for animation, maybe this could be a neat idea... its cheap and dirty done now but with further refining it could look quite good i guess... but u should first rly finish the piece before u get to that, because it would be one hell of redrawing frames otherwise Edited by onek - 24 February 2010 at 9:55am
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Manupix Commander Joined: 05 November 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 771	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:56am
	Is it supposed to be night (headlights)? It's not obvious because of the highlights on the car, look very much like there is sunlight from the upper left. Bg is not dark enough either. Police light anim is nice, but I'm not sure this style would be easy to animate more than that. Anyway try to get the still as good as possible before animating.
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The Blindman Seaman Joined: 22 January 2009 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 10:11am
	onek: Cool idea, I'll see what I can do in the future Manupix: Yes, it supposed to be night, I try to darken the sky, but keep the car's hood still visible. And the light that is highlighting the car comes from the lamppost on the left (hope I can make that more understandable). EDIT: How rude of me, I forgot to thank you, so. Thank you for the comments! Edited by The Blindman - 24 February 2010 at 10:20am
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Manupix Commander Joined: 05 November 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 771	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 11:11am
	Yes, I understood that after posting (and couldn't login to edit for a while). So yes, you should make that lamppost light more obvious, on the car, ground, post itself, cast shadows. I tried to look for night pieces with cars, such as this (this artist has others), I'm sure I've seen more and better but couldn't find where. You're welcome!
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The Blindman Seaman Joined: 22 January 2009 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 12:10pm
	Ok, added other lampposts and electrisity line. Darkened the sky, made stars and added some shadows. Did some other small changes. This is the new one. How does this look now? Can someone tell me,should I texture the landscape, and if I should then how?
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Manupix Commander Joined: 05 November 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 771	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 1:33pm
	I was more thinking of a light change. Landscape would be mostly black with a few undistinguishable features of the next dark tone. Your anim has a frametime issue: it's set for 0. Each browser or viewing software will render that differently. Firefox makes it 0.1", since it looks good I'd recommend that.
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The Blindman Seaman Joined: 22 January 2009 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 2:55pm
	Manupix: Thank you! You helped me a lot. I used your image as a quick reference. Here is the result! How does it look now?
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