First, you have tons of unused uv space. Second, I personally would take some of the polys out of the roof and throw them in the leg thingys on the sides. You'll see the sides more than the top I think. Don't add more sides to the legs, but more edge loops so you can make them interesting and less geometric.

If I were you I'd arrange my uv's for that like this:



No, you don't have 4 seams, because you'll paint that quaded circle just like you would a seamless texture (and you don't see the seams on those now do you?).

Looks like a good start though, could polish out to look pretty nice.

Nice start. Make a whole set of plants like that. Maybe even add some small blowing in the wind animations. Would look good in-game.

I fixed the links in my original post.  The only one I didn't fix is the one for zph's fishing pole download.  He has like four copies of that rar uploaded and I don't know which is the correct one.  It's probably either this one or that one or one of the other two...

Watch some tutorials from www.poopinmymouth.com .  I know the url sounds weird, but it's the best max resource I've found to date.  Specifically, watch the beginner box modeling tutorial, as it is the best place to start.  You might also look at some of the texture tip sheets he's got on there.

My suggestion would be to make sure you're working from reference.  The anatomy doesn't look right on the first 2.  The sea monster could look alright, depending on how it is further defined (but that will require lots of reference).  Don't say you want to make new creatures, because that just doesn't fly.  All fantasy creatures are based on creatures in reality, and the human eye can catch inconsistencies in anatomy and such, even if the person doesn't realize it.  In all honesty, if you're not working from reference, it's a waste of time (unless you're really really rediculously good, but I've only seen a handful of people good enough for that).

You are all winners.  You all got the experience of creating a texture.  Some were better than others, and will get in game (maybe?), but everyone definitely gained something from it.  Now lets all hug and say what we're thankful for.

Verliit: Keeping the PS look is important, and will likely play a role in deciding what gets in-game (if anything).  However, 'fixing' an already good texture is not the way to go about it.  It was given as a reference, to make it possible, and to demonstrate the level of quality of what is already in-game.  The goal of the contest was to create a completely new texture.  Considering this is an official PlaneShift contest, I think it's safe to say that keeping it within the PS style was implied.

kafrooosh!! 9



Sorry for the image intensiveness, erik wanted some smaller screenies.

Edit: and we're done.