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I've been working on this on and off for a half hour, and I'm working on the floor texture. I'm aiming for a thatched look, but it looks more like a plaid square. Any suggestions, C&C?

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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Topic: Joint Balcony Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:58am
	I've been working on this on and off for a half hour, and I'm working on the floor texture. I'm aiming for a thatched look, but it looks more like a plaid square. Any suggestions, C&C?
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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:45am
	there is no contrast on the walls, one should be lighter than the other. floor is nice why not add it?
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:12pm
	what's a thatched floor?
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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:43pm
	i tihnk he means strands of diff colour weeved together.
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 21 March 2006 at 2:49pm
	^With highlights^ With the ugly floor (IMO) Choose and criticise! Edit: 35 colors?!?! I'll fix that in a few. 22 of 'em are pre-added on the doors and their frames! Edit2: Color reduction strikes! 11 Damage! 24 colors... and here it is! Edited by Monkey 'o Doom
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Saiklor Commander Joined: 16 May 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 230	Posted: 21 March 2006 at 8:50pm
	I know it doesn't have to but I think the floor pattern would look better if it ran the same way as the floor as opposed to 45 degrees against it.
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:23am
	K, here's the iso floor to the best of my ability. I'm still not very satisfied; I'm going to mess around with it a bit more later today.
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 9:38am
	instead of focusing on redoing the actual balcony, why not add something to it to spice it up? As it stands now, that balcony is empty and boring.
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 12:42pm
	That's my next step, but I learned the hard way how bad it is to add floors last. I'm adding a monkey in a chair with a foor on it and probably a tropical drink.
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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 3:21pm
	first doors look much better IMO. perhaps more than just a monkey, what about other stuff. add umbrella fo sure.
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Saiklor Commander Joined: 16 May 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 230	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 3:59pm
	maybe make that texture an area rug for one area, it's a bit overwhelming for the entire floor. give it a cloth border and it can be a tropical beach mat!
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:02pm
	Then what will I do for the rest?
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:44pm
	I'm not sure if you minded, but I did a little bit of an edit. I think it looks "thatched" but if I were you I'd use more contrasting colors to make it interesting and anti-alias the lines.
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Saiklor Commander Joined: 16 May 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 230	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:01pm
	^^ WE'VE GONE TO PLAID!
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 9:49pm
	whoops :P I guess it does look plaidish now but... When I added more lines it just looked more checkerboardish. shrug
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 10:42pm
	*Originally posted by Monkey 'o Doom* ...I learned the hard way how bad it is to add floors last... I always do floors and walls last. How do you know that your pressumably brown monkey will work with this floor pattern/color.
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Saiklor Commander Joined: 16 May 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 230	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 10:57pm
	^^ I rather think doing the floors and walls last is a rather bad idea. Doing the minor aspects first and trying to work around them is like designing a really cool bow and trying to make an entire ballgown around it, wee bit backwards. It COULD work, but it'd be easier to do the detail work last. I've been told by reputable artists the "proper" or recommended order is as follows... composition/layout/concept first, do a few thumbnails, get the general idea in your head then colour scheme, figure out a pallette then background, setup the perspective and all that (although with iso thats a little moot) then middleground then foreground and then detailling makes logical sense...
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:06pm
	...well, I am an artist of ill-repute . I hope this thread does not go all off-topic, but to Saiklor I say this. If you create art using logic then you'll only ever be a great technician.
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Saiklor Commander Joined: 16 May 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 230	Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:33pm
	^^ ooooooh start a new thread jalonso........and we shall duel wits or some such thing
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:23am
	How's this for thatched?
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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 23 March 2006 at 1:36am
	just looks checkered here. off topic - i never thought about doing small bits first jalonso, maybe ill try it, and maybe thats why your works are so great.
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 23 March 2006 at 4:51am
	Bah, everybody posts here while I'm asleep. Anywho, I thinlk I'll take Aleiav's approach and run with it; that one looks good.
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 25 March 2006 at 7:58am
	I photoshop-tweaked the colors too.
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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 25 March 2006 at 10:54am
	that background seems fairly done, now how about some monkeys XD
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 25 March 2006 at 3:38pm
	Awesome work on the floor. :)
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 25 March 2006 at 5:44pm
	Looks great so far, nice and clean, i like it.

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