Information First Wasteland 2 Enemy Portrait Revealed

[EG]

It does look fine . . . in a lolzy sense.

That's probably what we should expect, too.

 

[Carrion]

The art is pretty cool, but I also find it a bit sterile. Maybe too many photoshop filters or something, can't really tell because I don't know shit about these things. The doggie itself looks fine, I just wish I'd see an original hand-drawn version of it.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

It's just concept art though, right? Tell me I'm right.

 

[EG]

It's just concept art though, right? Tell me I'm right.

And leave out the possibility you're wrong? No, sir. It cannot be done.

 

[zeitgeist]

I just wish I'd see an original hand-drawn version of it.

What makes you think there is one? This is the standard conceptart.org school of painting. You either construct buildings and other objects in 3D and arrange them together (in case of matte), or you GIS a bunch of related images, and deform/arrange them to use them as the bottom layers instead. Or a combination of both. Then you directly paint over them with a tablet. Typically any "hand-drawn sketches" are only produced later on, if someone specifically asks.

 

[MetalCraze]

So all this time and all they came up with - one low-res bloom-filled screenshot and a crappy portrait?

With hardworking InXile doing such a great job those millions look like an effective investment

 

[FeelTheRads]

The screenshot was neither low-resolution nor did it have any bloom.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

So all this time and all they came up with - one low-res bloom-filled screenshot and a crappy portrait?

Hey, buddy. Remember? You don't care. You're above this. It's ok. You can go back to whatever transcendent activity you were busy with.

 

[Infinitron]

So all this time and all they came up with - one low-res bloom-filled screenshot and a crappy portrait?

Hey, buddy. Remember? You don't care. You're above this. It's ok. You can go back to Team Fortress 2

Fix'd

 

[Excommunicator]

I love painted character and enemy portraits in games. Adds so much character to them.


Anyway everything even remotely related to this project is going to get so incredibly over-analysed that you'd hope the people working on this team have the will to avoid letting it affect their work. Probably going to be a bit of a soul crushing experience for them.

They probably shouldn't have started out with some concept art that's based heavily on a very popular photo all over the internet though. Anyway ignore Black cat above, you have hundreds of these to complete so don't spend too much time worrying about any single piece.

Coffee break is over. Back to it kids

 

[Infinitron]

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[Haba]

So... every screen-shot, Twitter tweet and Facebook post is newsworthy those days?

 

[Ion Prothon II]

Dunno, if I gave somebody a real money, I'd also watch every shit he write about the progress.

 

[Haba]

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[SerratedBiz]

Haba tell me more about what I like and don't.

 

[Ion Prothon II]

Haba you're either not jewish enough, or you have better things to do.

 

[EG]

So... every screen-shot, Twitter tweet and Facebook post is newsworthy those days?

Until the volume picks up, Haba.

 

[Haba]

Haba tell me more about what I like and don't.

Odds are, something you like very much sucks.

 

[EG]

I find it hilarious to see incompetent "artist" that try to hide their fundamental ineptness with texture and shitty detail.

I mean just look at this shit "mutant dog".
The fucker whom Inxile is paying was too lazy to even barely check dog anatomy. Not only that, it means, he never ever did dog anatomy before in his life... As a "professional" artist.
That neck, those shoulders, those fucking legs...
Sometimes drawn pictures appear to be unrealistic while they actually stem from photos but this case is so fucked up, I double dare you to place a real dog to even remotely look like that.
Considering that a drawn picture should "read" to a viewer, the "but-the-ref-photo-looks-like-this" defense is not even working!

Look how he failed at conveying foreshortening on the jaw, nose region. I mean, it can be hard to get on the first try... for me...
He must have been either laughably incompetent or even more ridiculously lazy.

Look how lighting is all over the place. Is it ambient with a peak from behind? Whats with the highlights on the nose? Has he a small cloud directly over his head?! Gee...

Good artists create contrasts, points of interest.
Not muddy everything into some ugly mess without any! edge control or structure. And then top it of with superficial detail.

Uh. Uh. Lets talk concept/design. What is a mutated dog in that universe? Why does his jaw look like it would snap under a 10 kg load? Where are his pupils?



You know what's even more funny?
Incompetent people love this garbage.
As you were. You know who you are.

You mean none of that was the intent of the artist?

Well now I am enraged!

 

[Zed]

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Posts: 4

Magic Black Woman is Running Fox.

 

[toro]

Two more artworks like this and I'm gonna lose my faith in the project.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

I find it hilarious to see incompetent "artist" that try to hide their fundamental ineptness with texture and shitty detail.

I mean just look at this shit "mutant dog".
The fucker whom Inxile is paying was too lazy to even barely check dog anatomy. Not only that, it means, he never ever did dog anatomy before in his life... As a "professional" artist.
That neck, those shoulders, those fucking legs...
Sometimes drawn pictures appear to be unrealistic while they actually stem from photos but this case is so fucked up, I double dare you to place a real dog to even remotely look like that.
Considering that a drawn picture should "read" to a viewer, the "but-the-ref-photo-looks-like-this" defense is not even working!

Look how he failed at conveying foreshortening on the jaw, nose region. I mean, it can be hard to get on the first try... for me...
He must have been either laughably incompetent or even more ridiculously lazy.

Look how lighting is all over the place. Is it ambient with a peak from behind? Whats with the highlights on the nose? Has he a small cloud directly over his head?! Gee...

Good artists create contrasts, points of interest.
Not muddy everything into some ugly mess without any! edge control or structure. And then top it of with superficial detail.

Uh. Uh. Lets talk concept/design. What is a mutated dog in that universe? Why does his jaw look like it would snap under a 10 kg load? Where are his pupils?



You know what's even more funny?
Incompetent people love this garbage.
As you were. You know who you are.

So, you're a pro artist? Gee, I envy you your knowledge.

 

[Bulba]

B

I find it hilarious to see incompetent "artist" that try to hide their fundamental ineptness with texture and shitty detail.

I mean just look at this shit "mutant dog".
The fucker whom Inxile is paying was too lazy to even barely check dog anatomy. Not only that, it means, he never ever did dog anatomy before in his life... As a "professional" artist.
That neck, those shoulders, those fucking legs...
Sometimes drawn pictures appear to be unrealistic while they actually stem from photos but this case is so fucked up, I double dare you to place a real dog to even remotely look like that.
Considering that a drawn picture should "read" to a viewer, the "but-the-ref-photo-looks-like-this" defense is not even working!

Look how he failed at conveying foreshortening on the jaw, nose region. I mean, it can be hard to get on the first try... for me...
He must have been either laughably incompetent or even more ridiculously lazy.

Look how lighting is all over the place. Is it ambient with a peak from behind? Whats with the highlights on the nose? Has he a small cloud directly over his head?! Gee...

Good artists create contrasts, points of interest.
Not muddy everything into some ugly mess without any! edge control or structure. And then top it of with superficial detail.

Uh. Uh. Lets talk concept/design. What is a mutated dog in that universe? Why does his jaw look like it would snap under a 10 kg load? Where are his pupils?



You know what's even more funny?
Incompetent people love this garbage.
As you were. You know who you are.

blablablablablablablablablabla

 

[meh]

The art is pretty cool, but I also find it a bit sterile. Maybe too many photoshop filters or something, can't really tell because I don't know shit about these things. The doggie itself looks fine, I just wish I'd see an original hand-drawn version of it.

I feel the same way, something's not right.

 

[visions]

The dog's face is too humanoid. Don't really give much of a fuck though, it's just a portrait, builds some atmosphere and gives a general idea of how things in the game are supposed to look like.

Game art (p&p/wargame/computer game/card game/whatever) is usually anatomically sloppy and the positions are too stiff, it would be naive to expect anything more than getting an idea of how shit's supposed to look across. As long as things do not look eyeburningly godawful ( illustrations in D&D 3.5 rulebooks), I'm not too bothered.