Creativity of the day

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:32 pm

Eddy wrote:Hey, most maps of fictional continents look pretty much like that to me. I always attributed it to my lack of familiarity with them.

...

My conworld Taasao.

Aurora Rossa · Post by **Aurora Rossa** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:46 pm

That certainly avoids looking like the Nickelodeon logo. But it looks rather spindly in a way that I don't see in real-life landmasses. I could go for something like that, but I always assumed the oval shape was more realistic.

Torco · Post by **Torco** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:12 pm

Love the huge inner lake [canadian, are we ?

]... but what's up with the river network down south ?

patiku · Post by **patiku** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:33 pm

Eddy wrote:That certainly avoids looking like the Nickelodeon logo. But it looks rather spindly in a way that I don't see in real-life landmasses. I could go for something like that, but I always assumed the oval shape was more realistic.

Nortaneous · Post by **Nortaneous** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:35 pm

derp

patiku · Post by **patiku** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:37 pm

The Florida Keys.

Nortaneous · Post by **Nortaneous** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:39 pm

right

damnit i never learned basic geography

Adrianovaz2007 · Post by **Adrianovaz2007** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:25 pm

vampireshark wrote:Dragon! I love dragons. And Yiuel's picture of one is most awesome. Though isn't that his "signature" for drawings?

Oh, out of sheer boredom, I made obverses for two of the three Ilian banknotes.

YJD 25, approximately USD 1.20

YJD 100, approximately USD 4.76

If you object to your picture on here, though, I'll change it. But I am looking for someone to appear on the YJD 500...

WOW! Really nice banknotes! I think a tutorial in how to made something like that will be glorious!

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:27 pm

Are you using MS Paint, Yiuel? What happened to that other really awesome map you had, or was that Melville?

Here's some pixels I've been working on. The first is of an old farmhouse from 1880 we recently did a report on. I took it from drap to fab by restoring it to (and adding to) its original condition.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:11 pm

Torco wrote:Love the huge inner lake [canadian, are we ? ]... but what's up with the river network down south ?

It's name is Infinite Lake, derived from a nickname that was given to it by many travellers that fared around it : you're never done travelling around it, so "it has no end". It's actually large enough to sustain its own currents, and even create cyclones in the southern (lower) parts. Funnily enough, it's not based on the great lakes, but on a mix of the Reservoir Gouin (an artificial lake north of Trois-Rivières) and the African Great Lakes (rift lakes). You can see other rift lakes along the way.

As for the river network, the map's not detailed enough, but suffice to say that those four rivers went into the sea seperately at one time, but eventually ended up creating deltas, eventually bridging the gap between the island (south) and the continent (north) into a system of endless marshes. It's climate being equatorial, it looks pretty much like the Amazon delta.

The map labelled with North American regions is funny, because I did see some similarity with North America in some parts. But there are also some similarities with Eurasia as well. Still, it's not based on either.

Viktor : I do have a better version of that map, but you're maybe thinking of another map I've been working on recently. But this map of Taasao was only a rough sketch to demonstrate that not all maps are splatters.

patiku · Post by **patiku** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:21 pm

You really enjoy taking table breaking as far as it can go, huh, viktor?

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:28 pm

patiku wrote:You really enjoy taking table breaking as far as it can go, huh, viktor?

Hmm, table breaking isn't in Urban Dictionary so I haven't the slightest clue what you're saying.

I must be thinking of that one, Yiuel.

Izambri · Post by **Izambri** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:16 pm

vampireshark wrote:
YJD 100, approximately USD 4.76

If you object to your picture on here, though, I'll change it. But I am looking for someone to appear on the YJD 500...

Is Edward Norton the guy on the YJD 100? It resembles him.

Delthayre · Post by **Delthayre** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:18 pm

No, it's a member of these fora, although I forget just who it is. Vampireshark solicited pictures for possible use on banknotes a while back.

The other one, incidentally, features a picture of me.

vampireshark · Post by **vampireshark** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:56 pm

Delthayre wrote:No, it's a member of these fora, although I forget just who it is. Vampireshark solicited pictures for possible use on banknotes a while back.

The other one, incidentally, features a picture of me.

It's Christoph Schrader's picture, not surprisingly.

And, speaking of pics, if anyone would care to contribute something for one final banknote, such would be appreciated.

Aurora Rossa · Post by **Aurora Rossa** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:10 pm

Is Edward Norton the guy on the YJD 100? It resembles him.

"Rule number one of Ilia: you do not talk about Ilia. Rule number two of Ilia: you do not talk about Ilia."

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:15 pm

Those houses are really nice, Viktor.
Have you been doing pixel art for a long time?

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:42 am

Silk wrote:Those houses are really nice, Viktor.
Have you been doing pixel art for a long time?

Thanks!

A fair few years haha. I enjoy the simplicity that is MS Paint.

Skomakar'n · Post by **Skomakar'n** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:28 pm

Viktor got me in the mood for some pixel work. I do this way too rarely.

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:33 pm

Skomakar'n wrote:Viktor got me in the mood for some pixel work. I do this way too rarely.

Awesome! Love the texture!

Shading is something I've never done in pixel art. I enjoy the simplicity and manipulatability of my way, but it's awesome you can do it well!!

Skomakar'n · Post by **Skomakar'n** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:36 pm

Viktor77 wrote:
Skomakar'n wrote:Viktor got me in the mood for some pixel work. I do this way too rarely.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo19 ... ixlar2.png
Awesome! Love the texture!

Shading is something I've never done in pixel art. I enjoy the simplicity and manipulatability of my way, but it's awesome you can do it well!!

Thanks! You should try shading if you haven't. It's fun! I can barely draw a doodle without shading it.

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:26 pm

Skomakar'n wrote:Thanks! You should try shading if you haven't. It's fun! I can barely draw a doodle without shading it.

Well, ok, I did try it once but this is all the further I got haha:

Jacqui · Post by **Jacqui** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 4:17 am

Viktor77 wrote:
Skomakar'n wrote:Thanks! You should try shading if you haven't. It's fun! I can barely draw a doodle without shading it.
Well, ok, I did try it once but this is all the further I got haha:

You should consider this.

Simmalti · Post by **Simmalti** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:34 am

I love pixelart, but could never create anything worth showing.

Morrígan · Post by **Morrígan** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:10 pm

Something I've been thinking about for a while; decided to try a mockup, but it looks pretty much like I intended:

Obviously influenced by the US Strategic Air Command (I even stole the gauntlet).

I'm pretty sure the motto is grammatical (since you use ad with the Accusative), which is meant to be roughly "to the death", or "until death" cf. hasta la muerte!

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