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Thar we go.

US_of_Alaska wrote:

Thar we go.

Excellent.

I can haz more concept sketches?

Hi! I'm here to help what do you need? im pretty good with biology so if u are looking for research/info i might be able to help out

Well, if you could do some concept sketches of proto-cells (see the original post in this thread), then that'd be a huge help and give me a reason to not do my exam revision.

^ What Alaska said ^

@ Alaska: You think high-schoolers have dirty minds? Just wait until you hit college, my dear.

Ok that all sounds great ^^ now it seems as if your previous "sketches" were made in a 3d modelling program. Would that be the preferred way of making them? I'm not too experienced with modelling but if that's what you guys need I'll see if i can work something out.

US_of_Alaska wrote:

I can haz more concept sketches?

These are all of them I think... you can see a bit of the next page through them, but it shouldn't matter much.

Oh well then I guess you've already got this handled XP anything else u need?

Gluer


Cooker


Writher

Sorry Jay, i can't think of anything else i personally need. Make sure to head over to the biome thread, though.

US_of_Alaska wrote:

Gluer


Cooker


Writher

Sorry Jay, i can't think of anything else i personally need. Make sure to head over to the biome thread, though.

Those look fantastic, especially the cooker.

Should have some more by tomorrow night. School goes back today, and it's exam prep. So i may be a little less productive than otherwise expected.

Shiner


Defender


Eater


Plater

US_of_Alaska wrote:

Shiner


Defender


Eater


Plater

Those all look good. Could the shiner be a tad transparent? Actually we should add some transparency to all the cells.

~sciocont wrote:

Those all look good. Could the shiner be a tad transparent? Actually we should add some transparency to all the cells.

Should i do or should i let it for programming to have easier control over it?

I would say just make a more transparent set so we have more choices later. Then we can take the first batch or the more transparent ones depending on what fits better. Id perfer more transparent ones.

lets just wait and see what scio says.

BastianKraft wrote:

I would say just make a more transparent set so we have more choices later. Then we can take the first batch or the more transparent ones depending on what fits better. Id perfer more transparent ones.

lets just wait and see what scio says.

Just bump them down to whatever level you think looks good, Alaska.

~sciocont wrote:

Just bump them down to whatever level you think looks good, Alaska.

The trouble is without a background to work with, i don't know what will. On white the cells look a lot more solid than they do on black or green, for instance. Someone want to do a concept of what the backdrop would look like, and i'll try them out on that?

You can test them out on a 50% to 60% grey in the meantime, but I'll see if I can whip something up. Given that it's a giant smudge, I should be able to do that, just not tonight or tomorrow.

US_of_Alaska wrote:

~sciocont wrote:

Just bump them down to whatever level you think looks good, Alaska.

The trouble is without a background to work with, i don't know what will. On white the cells look a lot more solid than they do on black or green, for instance. Someone want to do a concept of what the backdrop would look like, and i'll try them out on that?

If you're using GIMP, put them on top of a layer of plasma noise. That should give you a wide range of test background colors.

~sciocont wrote:

US_of_Alaska wrote:

~sciocont wrote:

Just bump them down to whatever level you think looks good, Alaska.

The trouble is without a background to work with, i don't know what will. On white the cells look a lot more solid than they do on black or green, for instance. Someone want to do a concept of what the backdrop would look like, and i'll try them out on that?

If you're using GIMP, put them on top of a layer of plasma noise. That should give you a wide range of test background colors.

Well, i can use a cloud effect (some people got Photoshop last christmas, Scio :p ). But i really wanted to use something that would be really relevant. Didn't you guys discuss what the background would look like somewhere? Did anybody do any concept art?

I think any green slimy texture from Google pictures would do the job.

The forum background would do, that's quite aquatic.

US_of_Alaska wrote:

~sciocont wrote:

US_of_Alaska wrote:

~sciocont wrote:

Just bump them down to whatever level you think looks good, Alaska.

The trouble is without a background to work with, i don't know what will. On white the cells look a lot more solid than they do on black or green, for instance. Someone want to do a concept of what the backdrop would look like, and i'll try them out on that?

If you're using GIMP, put them on top of a layer of plasma noise. That should give you a wide range of test background colors.

Well, i can use a cloud effect (some people got Photoshop last christmas, Scio :p ). But i really wanted to use something that would be really relevant. Didn't you guys discuss what the background would look like somewhere? Did anybody do any concept art?

The background is basically an RGB gradient with a b/w gradient determining lightness. you can do this with simple gradients. one horizontal, one vertical.

~sciocont wrote:

The background is basically an RGB gradient with a b/w gradient determining lightness. you can do this with simple gradients. one horizontal, one vertical.

...I'm sorry, i don't understand. -hides-