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Monday I was working on the wall with the archway leading on to the steps. happy with how it turned out but I need to make a few tweaks because i'm not sure I like the way it meets the floor.
I spent today redoing the floor that I built. It looked completely pants in Max because the normal map wasn't lined up properly. I brought out one from Photoshop instead and it looks a lot better now.
Also made a start of the treasure chest. the corners are a bit troublesome but the texture is starting to come along nicely. will get some pics up after I have some renders.

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tweak

Faded the overlays a little bit. I thought it was too intense. I like it more now..

more texturing

Started work on texturing the dungeon steps. I'm pretty happy with it so far. It might be a little bit of a challenge getting it to blend nicely where it meets with the floor but we'll see how it goes.

almost done

Stean reckons it's pretty much done so i'll gonna see where the tentacles end up and then perhaps add a little more detail on the edges of the bed later on. Sure is much more fun texturing in 3D.


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a bit more work.

Got the bricks inside looking different with a better tiled stencil. the normal comes out quite nicely now :) still not finished though! but i'm still getting to grips with mudbox even now. things should start moving faster soon.



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first texture work from mudbox.

I've spent the day messing with this in spudbox and got a normal map and texture out of it. still needs a lot of work but i'm quite happy with it so far.
what do you think?


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Dance or die - Natural selection with a beat.

Here we go. I spent a lot of time working on a skull today. But it was really challenging and I was feeling good about it when I could feel it coming together so I got a bit obsessed. Good first try if I do say so ;) needs a bit of tweaking though:





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Supertoys.

Just spent today practicing more spudbox.
not TOO bad at it now...
the hardest parts are the mouth and eyes I think..




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Look spry, Stockton!

Here's them there wireframes you wanted:




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On We March.

Sorry for the quiet spell. I've been working on making some trees for the village. It's something I've never tried making before so it feels like a little bit of a challenge. I'm not really all that used to organic stuff...last thing was the character last year really...
so here you go:



after todays presentations I've had a bit of a talk with Stean and Dash and found that I need to start planning ahead a bit more. Particularly with the dream-version of the village that I'm going to be creating. So i'll be planning that out more soon. with Comparisons of original and dream world, if only with a box rendered in max with a comparison of textures.

comments please?

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leave me some comments, you scuzzers!

Another quickie.


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dawfafrfbch

fixed her up a bit more:

they'd rather be warm than well done...

Decided to make the houses at the bottom of the elevation more shanty like, with the more expensive looking hosues at the top.

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Was that before or after you slept with him?

Another block out is being worked on. BAM!



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bingo!

Made some more changes to the town hall building on the right hand side:


also i've been working on the blacksmith's house today. not finished but i'll keep on going :)




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Is this your only I.D.?

Added more Japanese elements to the main building block out. it was looking too western ;)
still not finished..


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Don't be weird about it.

Right, i've started building simple versions of the houses for the layout, then I can begin working the real detail in during production.


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the world is everything

I know the exact layout now. next step is for me to block out the shape of each house in max and then start building.


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Goat Boy is hurt by your indifference.

Got my layout blocked out in max. now i'm gonna doodle on that mother.


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Y'arrr!

Now then friends.
got my new layout down. I think the next step is a full blown asset list and then deciding if it's too much or not.

from the original game:

my rough photoshop layout:


paper sketch:

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アランドラ!

Hello again friends. I've started pre-production for my 3rd year work. I'm going to be re-creating the town from 'Alundra' in glorious next-generation 3D. at least that's the aim :)
I will start updating this regularly again once I have something to show other than a word document.

But think this :
Meets this detail level:
With an overall more Japanese look and more vibrant colour.

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your planet is full of bottles of meths, howling harmonicas and grimey doss houses!

Final renders for my character. the rest are in the post below. quite happy!







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quick test

I know it's probably too dark but i'm just messing about with some filters to see what looks nice.
Graham said he likes it!


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working on some renders and this happened.

holy shit is right kids!


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Well call them up and explain it to them, Walter.

hey folks. Just a quick update since it's been a while.
I don't have a render of the textured character up here. so here we are. Not the best of renders but there will be more to follow. I'm getting stuck into animation at the moment and a deadline looms! eeeep!B.