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Talos
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Topic: Mage Tower w/ Floating Island
Posted: 15 March 2008 at 9:12pm

First:

Current:

I'm doing a floating mage tower, possibly a complex, and need c+c. I had a version without the island but it was not accepted.

Edited by Talos - 18 March 2008 at 2:15pm

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Psychotic_Carp
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Posted: 15 March 2008 at 10:32pm

it needs more contrast on the grass and the dirt has no detail

got game?

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Talos
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Posted: 16 March 2008 at 11:07am

The dirt having no detail is me not skipping ahead to it while I should be working on other parts.

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AndyOaks
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Posted: 17 March 2008 at 3:22am

Would look cool if you 'rooted' the base of the tower to the grass.
Also, try creating a colour that sits between the tower and grass hues and then use it as your shadow colour at the base of the tower.
If you're going to put two contasting colours together you'll always find a certain amount of the colour is passed between the different surfaces.

This would also look nice with a long shadow.

Good work so far though, the tower brick work is very nice.

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Talos
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:44am

How's this?

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Aleiav
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:00am

I don't think that's necessarily what he had in mind. You don't have to put so much grass on it. XD

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AndyOaks
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:01am

Starting to look a good

The thickness of the foliage growing up the tower is good. Maybe start to fade it out as it gets higher up the tower walls. You can do this by introducing gaps in the foliage which expose the wall beneath. Nearing the top you could show the individual vines as they claw at the wall.

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Aleiav
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:07am

I think the thing that's off about this is the perspective. The island seems at a different perspective than the tower. Does anyone else get this feeling?

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Talos
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:34pm

Your right abouth that, but That's last. and I think I'm going to redo the foliage going up, I thought it was too thick too. I'm also going to have some stone roots to give it an arcane look. I only have 28 minutes at the moment so I'll see what I can do. And yes the gaps of the foliage are a good idea. 27 minutes now... Actually the roots are probably beyond my current skill

Edited by Talos - 18 March 2008 at 12:45pm

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Pixel_Outlaw
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:49pm

The perspective is not necessarity off, the issue is more that we assume that the landscape is flat where this image would suggest that the island is an semi-elliptical plug cut out of a sloping hill.

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Talos
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:53pm

Umm, yah that was exactly what I was thinking

(not) . Makes sense though. Heres the update, took 15 minutes:

Far better in my opinion, as well as some pallette editing. also need to edit grass some

EDIT:

Which one? Ignore the stray pixels.

Edited by Talos - 18 March 2008 at 3:25pm

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Talos Midshipman Joined: 24 January 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Topic: Mage Tower w/ Floating Island Posted: 15 March 2008 at 9:12pm
	First: Current: I'm doing a floating mage tower, possibly a complex, and need c+c. I had a version without the island but it was not accepted. Edited by Talos - 18 March 2008 at 2:15pm
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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 15 March 2008 at 10:32pm
	it needs more contrast on the grass and the dirt has no detail
	got game?
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Talos Midshipman Joined: 24 January 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 16 March 2008 at 11:07am
	The dirt having no detail is me not skipping ahead to it while I should be working on other parts.
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AndyOaks Midshipman Joined: 07 August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 55	Posted: 17 March 2008 at 3:22am
	Would look cool if you 'rooted' the base of the tower to the grass. Also, try creating a colour that sits between the tower and grass hues and then use it as your shadow colour at the base of the tower. If you're going to put two contasting colours together you'll always find a certain amount of the colour is passed between the different surfaces. This would also look nice with a long shadow. Good work so far though, the tower brick work is very nice.
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Talos Midshipman Joined: 24 January 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:44am
	How's this?
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:00am
	I don't think that's necessarily what he had in mind. You don't have to put so much grass on it. XD
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AndyOaks Midshipman Joined: 07 August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 55	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:01am
	Starting to look a good The thickness of the foliage growing up the tower is good. Maybe start to fade it out as it gets higher up the tower walls. You can do this by introducing gaps in the foliage which expose the wall beneath. Nearing the top you could show the individual vines as they claw at the wall.
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:07am
	I think the thing that's off about this is the perspective. The island seems at a different perspective than the tower. Does anyone else get this feeling?
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Talos Midshipman Joined: 24 January 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:34pm
	Your right abouth that, but That's last. and I think I'm going to redo the foliage going up, I thought it was too thick too. I'm also going to have some stone roots to give it an arcane look. I only have 28 minutes at the moment so I'll see what I can do. And yes the gaps of the foliage are a good idea. 27 minutes now... Actually the roots are probably beyond my current skill Edited by Talos - 18 March 2008 at 12:45pm
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Pixel_Outlaw Commander Joined: 01 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3829	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:49pm
	The perspective is not necessarity off, the issue is more that we assume that the landscape is flat where this image would suggest that the island is an semi-elliptical plug cut out of a sloping hill.

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Talos Midshipman Joined: 24 January 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:53pm
	Umm, yah that was exactly what I was thinking (not) . Makes sense though. Heres the update, took 15 minutes: Far better in my opinion, as well as some pallette editing. also need to edit grass some EDIT: Which one? Ignore the stray pixels. Edited by Talos - 18 March 2008 at 3:25pm
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