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Dear Public,

I am making some graphics for Illarion and i want your oppinion on what i have done so far and what you think needs to be done as far as graphics goes, i have put up a web page showing the graphics as shown below:

My Graphics Page

I would really like to hear your opinions and ideas people...

-DD-aka Leinad, Tienos

Hi
Wow the Sword looks cool
i think this graphiks are not bad

Auf bald
Pell

Hello,

this all seem to be some kind of weapons. I dont think this game will need much more of these stuff.
But what i do think, is that we need much more "normal" Stuff, like some chairs, tables and so on.

Just my opinion.

Bye bye

Furniture just seemed a little easy thats all, and since we already have chairs and tables, i guess i can do some chairs, but tables are boring they are just squares really, unless you had any elaborate ideas? if you do please post them here, i welcome any new ideas

We can only use graphics that are MADE in the real, fitting size (shrinking them looks always bad). There are also different other things necessary if a graphic can be used... please read the graphics faq !

I've read the Faq i have shrinked versions which are ok in perspective and have been tested in screenshots, they all look fine on the floor and in the diamonds... Test them yourself if you don't belive me

The reason they are big is so people can see them like that
I have a refining program that allows direct scaling using a wire frame, then renders it after its shrunk

i like that chair...
it hav been funny to sit on if someone had helped me up on it

Bander Bigfoot
A Happy Hobbit On Avensure

Okay, i said nothing ) just remember, usable graphics must be cut-out and placed upon pink background after rendering.

btw, there is a little button, "edit", on every post you made. Press this button, and you can expand your last post WITHOUT needing to start a new post !

I added the rendered shrunken versions ready for use, just for you Damien... Take another look to see what you think of them...

Nice work with that chair !

If you dont like making furnitures try making something else. I just wanted to say, that we dont need a lot of different weapons and subtypes of them. What we really need are items for everyday use.

Bye

Ill make some decor then, vases and such

I've made a vase a painting board and a washbasin, i like those, got any more ideas, i can't think of much else very interesting, also @ martin+Damien , have you got any opinions of my work, i want to know if i'm on the right track...

Ahem, edit... The chair looks okay, I guess. However, the top hat looks exactly like the one in Monopoly.

The graphics page has been updated, i added a small section of a screenshot with my graphics 'stitched' into the game, see how they look here for the section or here for the graphics page 1

i stil like the chair best

Bander Bigfoot
A HAppy Hobbit On Advensure

Why is it everyone like the chair, it was the easiest of all to do!

To see if the items fit, make an illarion screenshot. Put it into an HTML document as background and place the item with modified, clear background over it.
We already have different types of plate legs, and tons of armor graphics - to help, and to coordinate graphic works, you should ask martin about what items we need.
Great work, this is - but watch the background closely. There are several pixels that have different color values then pink (must be exactly 255,0,255 in RGB).
Also closely watch the pixels in the object borders. They are often a mixture of pink and the item color - these parts must be changed manually. The best method would be, to render the object with antialiasing WITHOUT background (if your program allows that), or render it before a dark grey background and change the background colour manually.

A great tool might be the paint program of StarOffice - with one of its functions (pipette), you can choose one colour in the WHOLE picture, and replace it by a colour you want. So you can change i.e. the whole background colour with two mouseclicks, and look how the item would look in front of different background colours.
This method may be the best to avoid a pink or otherwise coloured frame around the object.

Very important is : coordinate your work with martin. He as graphics coordinator can tell you what items are stil needed - so you'll create items we may need, and that increases the chances of them being used. Since we have tons of armor graphics and a lot of weapon graphics too, it may not make much sense to create much more of these )

Ok i'll e-mail him about it, i've teamed up with steffen also, he has some real ncie graphics too, i've posted them here Dont worry about any of the other things, like seeing if they fit or if the colours are correct, i already tested them myself and as you can see on page 2 they look fine in the screenshot. Thanks.

-DD-aka-Leinad. Tienos

P.S. I jsut realised i have a professional program for that also, paint shop pro 5, its worth alot of money and does loads of stuff, like useing a pippette to alter one colour

Can you make me a chair?
it mostent be so high as the one you have allready made, becouse that is to high for me....
and one more thing you can make that is...a CAKE! we need more cakes! i have tryed evry cake now (apple are best). try to make a orange cake or something. Please!

Bander Bigfoot
A Happy Hobbit On Advensure

Theres just a small problem with orange cake. There are no oranges.

ummm...ya i hand't thought about that. but can you try something like a firnis cake? or Bulbsproog mushroom cake? it had been fun with a blubsproog cake!

Bander Bigfoot
A Happy Hobbit On Advensure

Love the graphics....I don't see why they can't be implemented in the future!

Oh-it's Bander that like's the stool...not me!
(Though I like it too...

You don't like the chair???
the chair is best!

Bander Bigfoot
A Happy Hobbit On Adventure

Ok guys, im doing some proper work for it now, I just finished making a whole enw set of walls which are nice... More veryday items to come, ill post my walls later maybe but i am actually busy doing graphics now!

After asking Martin and a little questioning Damien i've rolled up my sleeves and churned out a few more graphics, perhaps more detailed than the rest, please go to Page 3 on my graphics page to see the Trees and tiles i have made! I also made a ncie shortcut to my site, http://www.illarion.cjb.net , in future, when i've had time for a touch of luxury time i'll do up all my thoughts and ideas on illarion to this page, such as the long awaited rumour mill, polls, and tutorials i have wrote but never had time to upload. take a look at the graphics i've made, there will be a graphics board on there very soon so you may post your ideas and suggestions.