CREATION'S PROFILE

My first attemps at a portrait (first try on the left and last try on the right):


I'd like to know where to progress from the last version please.

@creation: isn't the screenshot topic a place to show off anyway? i don't know why you have to shit post to inflict standards.

I was trying to make the point that ''art is subjective'' is kind of a lame excuse for mediocre visual craft. Did my point not get across... :(.

Besides, I thought it was to get criticism to improve, I can only hope I'm right.

Yeah, I got an RTP overdose and nervous breakdown because everything ends up looking the same. Sorry about that.

I do think there will be people out there who find it interesting and are fascinated by something that seemingly strays from mainstream standards

I guess it's a matter of taste. I'm more enclined to believe that there's such a thing as aestethetics.

i.e.: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?:

As a total side-note, I kinda understand where Creation, and his ilk, is coming from. Back when Future Helper and the Seven Towers was buzzing, I found it quite annoying that a game so obviously devoid of quality could get so much buzz. Not that I'm suggesting this game has no quality, but the emotion might be similar. So, I'm wondering if there is a better way to communicate without gumming up the "most recent posts" section, or generating buzz. Or, alternatively, I'm just worrying too much?

Don't worry Marrend. It's actually not your fault. The problem is that it seems like two or three people could have an MSN style conversation (which is not the purpose of a forum) and constantly push this game to the front page. To be honest, I can't fathom why people would want to play a dating simulator with cartoon characters (that's just my tastes though) but I'd have the same reaction if it were any other games.

It really is a pain in the ass to see this constantly on the front page for always the same reason as well: custom content: I have a new image from the character generator where a chick is crossing her hands in a school uniform with a guitar glued to her belly button. There's so much more to RMN than just Heartache 101. I just wish there would be that function to ignore games so that I would be exposed to other buzzing games but just not this one 0_______o'. So yeah, hopefully there'll be a way to avoid this kind of situation in the near future.

Like:

I mean... urgh.

I really like this shot, lots of ambiance, well done.



+:
-the entrance rug (?) looks nice.
-Galbadia Hotel sign looks cool.
-The white line looks good.

Things that could be improved imho:
-The contrast for the road is pretty harsh, it attracts too much attention which is not something you want a road to do. Maybe desaturate it a bit.
-The graphics are heterogenous and don't match. The barrier seems to be PA but the lampposts, trashcan and manhole seem to have been drawn (or are RTP). Either go PA or traditional but mixing both is generally not a good idea.
-The sides of the column are reaallllly straight. It seems like you took some texture and tried to twist it around to take the shape of column but it doesn't look good.
-There's no shadow under the sign or that golden thing on top. This gives the impression that they are floating in the air instead of being part of the building.
-I don't know why you put those decoration things next to the windows but they end below the window?
-The columns on the wall on top look really, really out of place. It's pretty obvious they're meant to be on the ground. I hope you'll change them or tweak them so that they're fitting into the wall.
-Thore orange bas reliefs look really out of place/heterogenous compared to the other elements.

Generally speaking, the main issue with this map is the various ressources don't blend well with each other.
-Those RTP rubbles need to go, they look like stack of silver (or recolor it).

My detective guy continues his investigations. Edited by Cupcake:



I'd say it's looking better than the previous map: