Prox's thread (Updated Sulfuras )

PROX

Beavotron Wallpapers for Beavotron Birthday:

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DirtyDirtyVagrant

Wow this is the first time I've ever seen your work. It's pretty great.

deadlydorito

i like the top one better, more color, more personality.

no_toast

The top one made my school comp background. Very nice work there Prox.

Stupid Mr Whoopsie Name

Yeah, those are pretty boss, Prox.

earthwormadam

Your 3D stuff is looking more and more excellent all the time. And those are some whiz bang wallpapers as well.

You should make some Sword Dog wallpapers in that style for the world to enjoy.

beavotron

YAAAAAY!
this is going on the friiiiidge!
(if my printer stops being a dick)

thanks prox! i love it and it's my new background

PROX

Thanks everyone!

Sword Dog wallpaper eh? MAYBE.

Beavo: I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

Also: YAY!

Sublimus

I demand sword dog wallpapers!

Or, you know, sword dog 4.

maybe I'll make some sword dog/gun cat fan arts in me' sketch book. yes, i think I may...

Ikage

That is GLORIOUS Prox.

DirtyDirtyVagrant

I might take you up on some tutoring after I've learned how to draw.

PROX

I am available for advice.

DirtyDirtyVagrant

On drawing?

I am still chewing on the last bite of advice I took. I haven't been able to draw lately because of the sudden violent upheaval with my housing situation, but I should have more things to look at up soon.

Mustang

This is awesome Prox. The people of canadia applaud you.....at least I assume they do.

PROX

thanks!

NO ONE EXPECTS THE CANADIAN INQUISITION.

Guy Bell

You've given me a new respect for Canada.

surrealitycheck

Prox that is amazing

PROX

Thank you SC.

GB: I'm not even Canadian! Jeez Canadians stand up for yourselves!

surrealitycheck

so BRO

wat kind of sword dog can we be expecting next

StokedUp

Wow, that is exactly what my government has been working on.. can't let this get out!

Very nice, are you french? Just a nitpick since the french sentence doesn't really make sense gramatically and whatnot but great nonetheless.

"La force de nos ouvriers assure la victoire." Or maybe "La force des ouvriers assure la victoire" Depending on what you meant to say...

First one would be Our workers strength assures victory while the second is: The workers strentgh assures victory...

PROX

I just used babelfish.

I think it's great that the sentence is grammatically incorrect.

StokedUp

PROX wrote: »

I just used babelfish.

I think it's great that the sentence is grammatically incorrect.

Ah... Gotcha.

PROX

SULFURAS. FURY OF RAGNAROS

Crowleston

That's a neat hammer. My only problem with it is I feel like it would snap in half if someone was holding it from the handle. Is it possible for you to make the handle a little sturdier, or at least longer to balance out the obvious weight of the hammer?

Also perhaps the "lava cracks" (for lack of a better term) on the hammer shouldn't be so symmetrical. Is the hammer made from lava, or made to look like lava? If it were from lava i don't think it would be the same on all sides.

PROX

Thanks for the comment Crowlestone. The symmetrical design is due to optimizing texture space and time. If it were asymmetrical it would take twice as long to make. I want to make the lava cracks as runic as possible, to show that there was some sort of magic, or artificial element introduced. I didnt think it would be that distracting. I wonder if it would have been better to flip horizontal then vertical.

I agree on the handle and am going to thicken it.

Nappuccino

My balance sense tells me the handle should be longer. It looks like there is no way you could get enough leverage with that stubby thing.

PROX

Thanks nap. I will lengthen it. I was going to use the "it's a magic molten hammer" excuse. But function should inform design.

edit: i will use that excuse on the fact that you'd burn your hands on the handle because of all the lava on there.

Kochikens

It doesn't really read like an axe just by it's shape, it looks very abstract. And I'd expect there to be some hot whites with y'know, lava. But I really like the how you worked the runic designs into it while still keeping it looking very lava cracky.

PROX

It's actually a hammer. But thanks for critique. I will alter the sillihoute to make it more hammer-like to communicate it's hammer-ness.

Kochikens

I MEANT HAMMER. I SWEAR. But it still don't look like one. Especially cause like, with those spikes on it, it functions like a mace. Or an axe. You couldn't really hammer things with it. Honestly, I'd take atleast half of the spikes off of it, force yourself to think what you really need to make a really strong, recognizable sillihoute. Something that without even seeing the pretty lava and shit people go OH GOD THAT LOOKS BADASS I WANNA HIT THINGS WITH IT, or they recognize an enemy carrying it from a distance and go FFFFFFFFFUUUU

PROX

I guess the original had a stronger design. Thanks for the feedback kochi. I need to post the concept art I did when I get home from work.

PROX

I don't know what i have against bats.

Chilly

It would appear you have something against bats and your avatar. Unless there is another bat slighlty off the left of the page we can't see?

Scosglen

The sulfuras seems like it needs a bigger counterweight on the bottom of the handle.

I also think that maybe some kind of value shift along the length of the weapon would help make it seem less busy and maybe more of a sense of luminosity.

Blizzard also nowadays does some subtle lighting treatment on their weapon textures to sort of "fake" bump mapping by painting in a light source coming from above if the weapon were to be held out like it's in a player's hands--Something to think about.

PROX

Thanks for the feedback scos.

Also I dont know what the other thing that girl is fllipping off is.

bebarce

A Maul might be a good term for it. I think that encompasses hammers and spikey things. Just so long as it's got a big fat end.

PROX

So you're saying all I need to do is change the name...

bebarce

sure.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&um=1&q=spiked+maul&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
google image search on Spiked Maul shows various similar weapons.

PROX

brilliant! the power of words.

bebarce

You could also call your mom a maul. Because she too has a big fat end.

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I'm sorry. I had to.