Another rejected image from 'my' computer game!

[Frozen]

Here's another image that has been rejected for the computer game I'm working on. It's completely different from the stuff I normally do, which is why I like it so much!!!

http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/mr/mrlazell/canvas_rust2copy.jpg

Any comments - critiques are, as always, more than welcome!!!

[Danielle]

Woooooooooowwwww....it looks like something from Myst or Legacy of Time....

[Frozen]

Thanks Danielle - not that I've played either (but I'm sure that's a compliment!!! :D )

Nice signature, by the way... Very... creepy.

[TuffyCatt]

I really like that. I love how the surface that it is on looks old and worn. It's really realistic looking! :)

[Danielle]

I forgot to ask....what exactly IS it? It kinda looks like a ram, but then it looks like a guy with a nose ring, then a tiger....

Originally posted by Frozen
Thanks Danielle - not that I've played either (but I'm sure that's a compliment!!! :D


)
Nice signature, by the way... Very... creepy.


It is a compliment, don't worry. :D And thanks for your compliment 'bout my sig! 'Cept there's one thing you should know:


It's all true. ;)

[Nass]

Looks awesome! I love the ancient/old feel to pics like this.

[Nightflower]

Nifty! What filters/techniques did you use to make this?

[The Mad Hatter]

Oooooh yeah! It really does look like something etched into a stone wall. Seems like the game really does have a semi-tribal feel to it...

[Frozen]

Thanks guys!
Nightflower wrote:

What filters/techniques did you use to make this?

It's mainly two textures I cloned form the texture data-base here at the studio. The base texture is rusty metal, and the top texture is flakey/pitted paint.

I used a hand drawn image taken from one of my character designs, then applied that as a mask on the rusty metal, and then worked round the mask with the paint texture. The detail work came in highlighting/shading the top and bottom lips of the flakey paint to give a 3D feel to the image...

The Mad Hatter wrote:

Seems like the game really does have a semi-tribal feel to it...

Don't read too much into this image, Hatter. It was dropped because the Art Director felt it wasn't appropriate for the game -and he's right. I was just doing it as an experiment!

Danielle wrote:

what exactly IS it?

It's meant to be the tattooed face of a Maori (how DO you spell that..?) we have in the game - hope taht clears things up!!!