yes! much better.
still going to noodle those textures a bit, but that’s it
quick update, I could polish the texture for hours frankly however all the motion and shader multiply means it’s not exactly necessary for sketching
here ill share 256 versions for others to play with if they want to give this one a shot.
good job!
i was also very impressed by the d3 effect. it’s astonishing how good it looks.
That’s very Diablo 3 lol. Or I guess the updated modern version is Lost Ark. Well done.
I repurposed Lacuni to due a witchdoctor like frog-blood soup but trying to feel older like Diablo 2 sprite work.
My goals for the past few days was to keep with Julian Loves GDC talk, take something relatable and tap into lizard brain references to sell mood - so I went through a few ideas
Intoxication-Drunk popping bubbles in the air seemed the strongest allegorically
TBF I attempted to do the ‘Frankenstein monster’ and relate to stitches or fleshy bits but the motion relates more to worms/snakes… not a bad feel, just wasn’t what I was going for
so I left them in
Tonight goal was to figure out a simple way to dissolve polar shader
and make some D2R auras
Conviction and Holy Freeze
— i’m certain there is an easier way imo it took a lot of nodes to figure out something that worked.
shader I settled on and some various textures I was testing
now for edit/update using some variation, added a smoothstep into the mix with Lerp to remap outcomes + some new textures sketched for the ideas
For tonight I’ve always wanted to do a waterfall attack similar to Pokemon Go
I love it, however I want to work on making it softer rather than the more purist traditional water mass
sorta like the other game versions
I sketched this up yesterday as a waterfall strike downward,
im not sure if I like the steam cloud in the sky or hate it and leave the emphasis purely around the strike but I think ill add and touch up more tonight.
I think the cloud could potentially make people confuse the effect for rain (as opposed to a waterfall). Regardless: I believe that the timing between the three elements (i.e. cloud, downpour, and splash) in that particular effect could be improved.
Hope to see more.
First think that came to my mind was “maybe grab your previous waterfall and make it go wild?!” hahahaha. Joking apart, I believe it would be cool!
so here is my current waterfall strike
the textures are pretty plain and made the line smore bold for the waterfall due to scale
not what i was originally inspired to do, but I might, …maybe add a setup. Some build up ball of water that becomes the attack
… maybe.
I love the water pillar, but the splash isn’t really catching my eye.
I prefer this splash here. Bolder, contrasty and foamy
The circular shape going upwards…hmmm what is it? Is it meant to be water or just fitting the theme?
i’m conflicted; sorta dabbling with this one – I’m considering working the emphasis. I am curious how far I can push that, I forgot to add an emissive mult :DOH! ill do that . maybe tomorrow with more time
edit did it anyway cause why not, and love it! i touched up some timing white should lead your eye into the shockwave and darkened the waterfall at the top
The hemisphere is for a shockwave, conceit is an impression of a cannon ball hit. I made it because I had fun illustrating the spikes and wanted to adapt it to a sphere.
in order to do a ‘good’ job i would want to map a lot of this to geo, finesse erosion for dimensional/motion of texture on changing surfaces… i dont have maya at home and I get anxious about opening up blender >.< i dont want the stress lol. I should buy maya … expensive! but worth it maybe
Power slashing
Sig’s post Most common / Bread & Butter Shaders and Materials "techniques"? - #26 by Sig for the red slashes seen in the yt vid
As particle mesh so it can revolve around geo - results
HD breakdown image
Wireframe
switching to Subtraction with more contrast we can dissolves harsher than multiplicative fade
distinguishing slashes in context; I like them both but harder shape & dissolve is my favorite style now.
Awesome results!
Yeah, the ones simply fading out are cool too, but the hard edge dissolve really is something else in my opinion. I love it!
My favorite one is the red, followed by the purple one (the one below it)
Did you notice the “bubbly” look you got on the purple one below the red? Really cool!
I feel the green one could end up giving a really cool nature/healing vibe if you added some delicacy to it
I’m really glad the stuff I brought in - even though I didn’t make it - sparked some cool experiments!
Hellow! Long time no see!
I’m finally back to my Orb thingie and I instantly remembered you posted some cool stuff.
At the moment I’m trying to convey something similar as what you’re doing with those smoky shapes being sucked in/out.
they’re all derivations of the slash and 3 extras (one of which is certainly just ‘Dot_pin’ to be the glow)
here are some split away from the group
Many thanks, Torbach! Both for showing the texture and for showing them at work alone
I’ll try painting some tomorrow. I think now I know why mine weren’t working.
By the way, do you hand paint it? How do you usually go for painting this kind of texture?
I was doing the following, more or less:
Paint it horizontally, straight, then Polar Coordinates it and see how it’s looking. Then I use Smudge and Eraser to get it to a more desirable shape + use maximum or minimum to get nice white spots, along with Blurs.
PS: If you know any good tutorials on handpainted textures or textures in general, don’t hesitate on dropping it!
by hand, I work indirect and i don’t have any sophisticated tricks, nothing that would be of mention to actual concept artists that demonstrate interesting technique.
largely i’m pixel pushing adding, erasing and smudging is 90% of my work
Here is a nice video playlist of texture drawing techniques, it’s in korean but you can follow along without audio as well.
I use Krita and the tools are a bit different but most of the time is mostly the same stuff but I find tiling is easier there too.
And this one, which is not on the list but was the one I wanted to share.
(Also, sorry Torbach for the intrusion in your sketchbook)
