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Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: Velh Krome on May 31, 2007, 01:11:07 am

Title: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Velh Krome on May 31, 2007, 01:11:07 am: hi there!
here some approaches on Velhs lookabout..
(http://www.cyanureill.net/images/minds_eye/DSC00300_3d.jpg)
(http://www.cyanureill.net/images/minds_eye/DSC00297_4d.jpg)

sketched and colored with gimp..
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Karyuu on May 31, 2007, 01:14:13 am: Wow, cool style :)
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Post by: Baldur on May 31, 2007, 10:17:59 am: Quote from: Karyuu on May 31, 2007, 01:14:13 am
Wow, cool style :)
Indeed, a good sense of depth with wellplaced shadows.
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Proglin on May 31, 2007, 11:26:20 am: I have to agree with the art masters above, original and refreshing art mate! I hope to see a bit more of your work. Unsure if you do requests.... so let's make it a more inspirationl idea, can you do that for a Stonebreaker as well?
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Post by: pKrime on May 31, 2007, 11:44:15 am: The first is very cool!
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Post by: rast on May 31, 2007, 01:40:36 pm: very nice. Love the way the lines give the impression of the main facial features rather than having them detailed in completly.

*wants to see more :)*
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Post by: hulla on May 31, 2007, 02:23:39 pm: Happy to see your work Velh ;)

www.gimp.org
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: oningo on May 31, 2007, 03:06:30 pm: very apt :). The holsters for the daggers for a qick stabbing action and stuff...and dexterity shown by the twist of body is all very well down. Wold say a very good dremorian rogue (thief or street thug or hired killer).Nice \\o// a elf shadow walker
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Post by: Feline Prince on May 31, 2007, 04:56:42 pm: :woot: Sexy style, I must say. More, more, more!
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Post by: Quitarias on May 31, 2007, 05:18:43 pm: Legs could use more depth clearness but other wise its real nice.
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Post by: Jekkar on May 31, 2007, 05:57:27 pm: Indeed, looks nice.
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Post by: Fyre on June 01, 2007, 02:17:31 am: Outstanding, my good friend.
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Post by: dying_inside on June 01, 2007, 10:22:40 am: Wow, that was pleasantly surprising.
Nice style.
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Post by: Raleigh on June 01, 2007, 09:13:38 pm: The first one reminds me of one of those cliparts with corporate-theme from MS-Word, but it stands quite unique here.
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Post by: Sahra on June 01, 2007, 10:25:37 pm: I like them! They're better than mine \\o//
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Noriin on June 20, 2007, 02:55:31 am: Here is my humble approach on Velh's knives and sheathes
The knive is modeled in Blender and the pictures have been slightly edited in Photoshop

(http://www.cyanureill.net/images/minds_eye/knife_3.jpg)

(http://www.cyanureill.net/images/minds_eye/knife_6.jpg)

I'm not sure if the images' size may be too big, if so please notify me and I will be cutting it down \o/
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Velh Krome on June 20, 2007, 09:21:09 am: Thanks for all your compliments, as well as for the critics which made me think on how to improve things!
Also, I was pretty amazed on all the echo you gave me=)

Noriin, you call that .. "humble approach"? you must be kidding, uh?!;)
Those knives are just grant!
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Sahra on June 20, 2007, 05:52:15 pm: hahahah! :D I think it's great! (Gosh, this place is great for this type of criticism/improvement isn't it?) :woot: Keep on truckin' truckin' truckin' truckin' truckinnnnn'
PS Do you make these in photoshop? (interested in methods)
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Velh Krome on July 18, 2007, 03:13:23 pm: Since 019 took the scars out of Velhs face and turned him into an 8 years old kiddo (I will forbid myself to rant now;)) ook. Thanks Noriin!

(http://www.imagehoop.com/view_thumb/13fd0805/Velh_ig_1.jpg) (http://www.imagehoop.com/view_image/13fd0805/Velh_ig_1.jpg)
(http://www.imagehoop.com/view_thumb/79b0c850/Velh_ig_2.jpg) (http://www.imagehoop.com/view_image/79b0c850/Velh_ig_2.jpg)

And Sahra, I am following your thread with interest! Watching your drawings improve with each single one is pretty amazing - keep going, its a pleasure.
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Myriel on July 18, 2007, 04:43:14 pm: ...WOW...great pictures!! I want to be able to do stuff like that...

@Noriin:
The writing on the first knife, should that be tengwar? If yes, it goes the wrong way (like in a mirror)
Title: Re: Velh..
Post by: Noriin on July 20, 2007, 08:52:00 pm: The writing in that knife was taken indeed from a line in tengwar, due the apparent lack of a dermorian language to the date.
It is however looking down, you would need to rotate the knife about 180 degrees to see it from the right point of view.

Also, I had some problems with subsurfs (edge smoothing) in the texture mapping process, for the "tails" at the bottom of every letter are cut anyway.
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Post by: Myriel on July 21, 2007, 11:56:47 am: actually you have to rotate and mirror it...and then it's still almost impossible to read with the "tails" and most tehtar cut away...but it definitely looks nice!
Just...would you tell me what it means? I'm just too curious...
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Velh Krome on September 29, 2007, 10:53:19 pm: I renamed this thread from formerly "Velh.." to "Velh and Noriin", hope thats no problem.

These are a Banshee-version and a more.. common one of Noriin.
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1092/bansheekt6.jpg)(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4617/noriinda9.jpg)
Hand drawing, Gimp
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Raa on September 30, 2007, 12:05:55 am: Are y'all, like, married or something?
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Otcho on September 30, 2007, 05:32:19 am: Quote
Are y'all, like, married or something?

;D They aren't at least as far as I know. But they act lovey dovey.
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Earl_Listbard on September 30, 2007, 05:37:35 am: Going steady i'd presume.
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Rongar Elani on September 30, 2007, 07:23:10 am: Excellent pictures! First one of the two is my favorite though. Nevertheless, top notch, :thumbup:
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Velh Krome on October 03, 2007, 02:32:13 pm: Thanks for your replies and your.. interest;)

I have a tablet now and played around with it - a very funny and comfortable tool! So one more image of Velh.
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8263/velh3ja6.jpg)
Hand drawing, Photoshop

Cheers to Noriin for the grand support there o/
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Raa on October 04, 2007, 12:37:54 am: What tablet are you using, and what program did you use to make your signature?
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Marqsaynt on October 04, 2007, 01:18:23 am: Wow, always amazes me how many crazy talented people are around.

I Really like that last one Velh keep up the good work! :thumbup:
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Farren Kutter on October 04, 2007, 01:25:27 am: :O Me likes!
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Velh Krome on October 04, 2007, 05:04:21 am: Raa, the tablet is a very cheap and common one, nothing special: Aiptek Slim Tablet 600U, not even supported by linux at the moment, hence Photoshop and not Gimp;) About the signature you would have to ask Noriin, as was her to create it for me. But I strongly assume it was photoshop to make it.

Marqsaynt, you mention talent.. I recently met a mute dwarf who taught me about talent. Still remaining impressive. If you would.. uhm.. meet him as well I am sure you will know what I mean;)

Big cheers to you guys appreciating my drawings - thanks so much!
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Raa on October 05, 2007, 12:44:15 am: I think I have an Aiptek one, but I dunno if it still works. That's a pretty good drawing you made there... Do you know any better tablets?
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Farren Kutter on October 05, 2007, 02:49:27 am: UtM has a mute character as well named Aeshion. Muteness is not new to PS, but those who RP it well are quite impressive indeed :)
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Xolani on October 05, 2007, 04:05:29 am: I have to agree with the comments above, I really like your drawing style. The knifes are well detailed especially the hilt and grip.
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Noriin on October 18, 2007, 08:45:05 pm: This is the little mod we have been using since 019, as none of us liked the change made in the dermorian males' appearance.
Not that the devs haven't put a great effort into it, and it's an evidence that it was improved in terms of quality.
However, neither the red hair nor the innocence they seem to radiate were of our taste for I worked out this mod to bring some of their old look back.
The mod has been tested with the .019 and .020 clients without any side effects showing up.

Here it is the readme file where you can see the changes made.

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Dermorian male Mod for PlaneShift

Noriin - October 18, 2007

valkodoom@gmail.com
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Files:
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dermm_hair.dds
dermm_head.dds
dermm_head_2.dds
dermm_head_3.dds
dermm_head_4.dds
dermm_head_5.dds
dermm_idle.CAF
dermm_idle_var1.CAF
dermm_torso.dds

Changes:
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Dermorians have now brown hair.
Removed the idle animation and inserted 019's; no more scratching.
Soft change in the unarmored torso, removed the white bits in the shoulders.
Huge modification of dermorian_head_3.dds to a much sharper look; added scars; pale skin.
Slight modifications to dermorian_head.dds and dermorian_head_2/4/5.dds to decrease the childish look.

How to install:
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- Rename your /PlaneShift Crystal Blue/art/characters.zip for the sake of security: keep the backup.
- Unzip the Mod.
- Create a temporary folder (name it "characters" for an easier approach) and Unzip the /PlaneShift Crystal Blue/art/characters.zip file inside.
- Place the Mod's files in the /*yourtemporaryfolder*/dermm folder, overwriting the existing ones.
- Zip the temporary folder and name the file "characters.zip"
- Place the new zip in /PlaneShift Crystal Blue/art
- Enjoy

Tips:
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To change only the animation:
Replace only dermm_idle.CAF and dermm_idle_var1.CAF. I can't tell which of both is doing the job so far, feel free to e-mail me for I can correct this file.

To change only the faces' skins:
Replace only these files: dermm_head.dds, dermm_head_2.dds, dermm_head_3.dds, dermm_head_4.dds, dermm_head_5.dds

To change only the hair:
Replace only this file: dermm_hair.dds

And HERE (http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2699/dermskinvw8.jpg) is a picture of the mod (using dermm_head_3.dds) ingame.

The mod can be downloaded HERE (http://www.cyanureill.net/mindseye/files/dermorian_mod.zip).
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Sangwa on November 05, 2007, 08:19:37 pm: I'll ask Rooker to send the Shadow Force after you. Mwuahahahaha.

Really nice Velh, keep going at it. Have you seen the Fan-Fanart Project Thread? *wink* *wink*
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Tabasco_Lyaph on November 07, 2007, 10:10:09 am: Oh, i just tried the derm skin! it is realy realy nice... verry good tweaks :) Thumbs up for Noriin!!
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Leama on November 07, 2007, 03:43:37 pm: Velh and Noriin,

My friends, you are so very talented. I am impressed.

Be Well,

Leama.
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Noriin on November 15, 2007, 08:22:37 pm: A 3D version of Velh's amulet (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28849.msg346136#msg346136).
Modelled as usual in Blender 3D v2.3.

(http://www.cyanureill.net/mindseye/star_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Ironstark on November 30, 2007, 02:19:05 pm: Quote from: Marqsaynt on October 04, 2007, 01:18:23 am
Wow, always amazes me how many crazy talented people are around.

well...you got the first bit right :lol:
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Velh Krome on February 22, 2008, 03:05:54 am: Rotbartgrim and his horrifying rockpick
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9513/rotbartgrimmc5.jpg)
Title: Re: Velh and Noriin
Post by: Leama on February 22, 2008, 03:16:22 am: I love it Velh. Can you draw a picture of me too please?

Great job, you are very talented.