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vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-19-2002 18:22

continued from Here

time is running out! ~Vp~

lotiss
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: San Diego CA USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 01-20-2002 02:00



Grumble: no, not a new paint job, just traded the old one in! No PS, just Illustrator, and a little spare time.

InSiDeR
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Oblivion
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 01-21-2002 22:26

who decides the winner of a sig contest?

el_Grande
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: The land up and over.
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted posted 01-21-2002 22:34

That would be the winner of last months competition....in this case, VP.

edit = got rid of my siggy to save on 56kers bandwidth.

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mbridge
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 00:03

hate to do this to the 56k'ers but....

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mbridge
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 00:06



'the wheel with a single edge'

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 01:12

ahhh. that would be a 'moebius'-ring, right?

bramer
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: CUCKOO´S NEST
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted posted 01-23-2002 01:15

woo..nice...i like it....




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mbridge
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 04:14

well the mathematical name i am familiar with is umbilic torus nc, but the name mobius ring seems to fit well also.

edit: frickin fat fingers

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Xdreamer.ch
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Switzerland
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 01-23-2002 10:16

@bramer: *rofl*...nice speaking burger :-D

So I have to find another one in mc...

cu
~Xdreamer.ch~
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to stupid for transparent sigs

mantiS
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: SC, CA, USA
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 12:53



mahjqa
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: The Demented Side of the Fence
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 13:27

uhm... nice sigs & all (if not a little big) but what would that have to do with wheels?

mantiS
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: SC, CA, USA
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted posted 01-23-2002 19:00

oh god i'm an idiot. sorry 'bout that.

eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 01-24-2002 00:19

and why do they say Hank? Is this another Conundrum???

mantiS
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: SC, CA, USA
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted posted 01-24-2002 01:01

that's the name i usually use. i registered here like a year ago before i used that name online.

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-24-2002 06:04

No clue how this is going to look. Maybe later I'll animate it, but I'm sick of looking at the skins right now.

edit: Just as I thought. As soon as I get it up, I see where I can improve it. No matter how much local testing I do, it's just not the same as using it here.




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Better, but I'm still not quite sure. Anyways, take your pick.


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bramer
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: CUCKOO´S NEST
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted posted 01-24-2002 23:18

wj.....It`s really nice!! did you make all of it with photoshop?


I like man...

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-24-2002 23:36

I used 3DS Max, just like my earlier sig. I grabbed the skeleton mesh from a friend's Poser 4, and chopped it up. Then I worked on the just the skull for a long time. (The nasal could use some more work.) By the time I got done fixing the mesh, I could have built my own. :sigh: Then I re-mapped it and skinned it (diffuse and bump). I don't want to look at those skins for awhile. The other objects were cake.

Do a bunch of renders and toss into PS.

I've got it set-up to be animated. All key-framed and ready to go. The bar moves and the eye rolls. It's kind of creepy looking. But I'm not in the mood animate it that small just yet. Besides, too many small things to fix and I'm tired of it right now. I might get to it before the month is over.

FLAMEhorse
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 01-25-2002 10:47

Wheels... Not to hard a word.
And it doesn't even look like the word orbit or rotation.


PunisherOlsen
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: We discovered Greenland.
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 01-25-2002 12:33

WJ => I think it would look even more creepy/evil if you added some redish/shiny colors to the pupil. Or maybe something like a shiny white eyeball with a "reptile" look.

The second one

Cheers

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-25-2002 21:17

I'm pretty sure I'm done with this. Normally wouldn't post this many versions for a sig comp, but I'm in unexplored territory. Thanks for the patience and all that crap.

Fixed the nose. Woohoo for that. Tweaked the maps, but a lot of the subtle 3D stuff was lost when made into a sig. Because of that, I've learned more about 3D to PS transition. I even learned a few things about animation opitimization. For example, only the moving parts move; that is, there is a mask over the top, if you know what I mean. I also made it non-transparent, hence the cheesey outline in a feeble attempt to smooth out that bump. No transparency because file size jumps to 50k, and I want to keep it around the 20k mark. Few other things I don't want to talk about.

If I don't win this month, I'm still a winner because I learned a lot.


PS. My working folder for this sig is around 17 megs.

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 01-26-2002 12:06

as you said in the other thread, this one could use a higher palette.
i think 64 colors arent enough for this one cause i can see the lines between the colors themselves.
especially the skin and the eye.

sonicsnail
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Scotland
Insane since: Jun 2001

posted posted 01-26-2002 12:59

warjournal - very cool indeed..

just a thought though: how about making the pupil expand and shrink as the gear turns.. kind of like a lens focusing (or something..)? That would be even cooler IMO...

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-26-2002 20:50

For me, part of the sig challenge is keeping file size reasonable. While a sig is a work art (or can be), it's still a sig. Consideration and balance. My personal cut-off mark is around 20k. So I made some sacrifices.

I don't plan on adding dilation for this one, but it did give me some ideas for future use.


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bramer
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: CUCKOO´S NEST
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted posted 01-28-2002 18:40

another wheel....



salut

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 01-28-2002 22:18

ahem. you see, there are some white pixels around it. they are called aliasing effects or jaggies!

Nimraw
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Styx
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 01-30-2002 21:05

Well, I got here for the sole purpose to comment on WJ's sig..

I think it's absolutely amazing, but I'd like you to add one small detail.

(edit: ehh, right. Just like Sonicsnail said... damn I'm slow sometimes...)

Oh, since I'm just wishing here. Lose the vertical black line on the left and make the BG transparent



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vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-30-2002 21:47

only one more day left!!!!!!!!!!

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-30-2002 22:14

Sorry, Nimraw, the transparency is not gonna happen. When I make it transparent, the file size jumps to 50k, even with 16 colours. I have no idea why that happens. I'm going to stand by my decision to keep it at the 20k mark. That could help me, or it could hurt me -- it's up to VP.

Well find out soon enough.

eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 02-01-2002 06:28

Nice work guys! I wish I would had the drive to finish mine! hehe...

massacre
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: the space between us
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted posted 02-01-2002 16:47

i'm looking forward to see the winner!

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