KiiiYiiiKiiiA
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dannebubinga said:
KiiiYiiiKiiiA: Is it the green details that look out of place or some other textures as well? I've been trying really hard to work on making more interesting contrast between different colors and I remember some map from DVII using some neat green color, wich inspired me.
I had to go and think about this. I think most of the issues I had with these screenies has to do with the colors that are mixed together. In the second shot, there is that metal green on the ceiling, the bright green detailing, and the washed out rock textures in the windows mixed in with the main theme of brown metal. Perhaps too many shades of color competing for attention.
I also didn't like the square metal panel texture on the walls that much. Something more 'Doomy' would work well there. And the ceiling flat, that metal green doesn't look that great. If you got those, I think the green details will look really good actually. Once you get the main colors right, that green detailing will have something good to 'back it up' if you see what I mean.
In the third shot, I would give those big brown pillars 45 degree corners. They look too square to me. The other thing I would change, that red sky doesn't work so well with so much green. And that washed out rock texture on the sides. Not sold on that.
Sorry I don't mean to be harsh, because most of the screens in this thread look very good indeed.
I'm working on 3 new maps at the same time cause I'm running out of ideas as soon as I have created the starting room. This project will take forever to finish hehe.
Ok. Here are a couple of tips to use when looking for inspiration.
1)I have a folder full of hundreds of screenshots that I have gathered from various places. Whenever I see an awesome screenie that someone has posted, I copy it into that folder. And when I need inspiration, I browse through this folder.
2)Pick a random page from the 'post your Doom pics here' and scroll through that thread for a bit. If you can't find something inspiring in ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT PAGES of screenshots, then you have no pulse.
3)Scroll through some of the Wads and Mods threads. Meks 'Vela Pax', Doom Marine's 'Deus Vult', Jimmy91's 'jenesis', BlueEagle's 'Unloved II', the 94 tune up challenge these are all current projects with much screenie awesomeness therein. There are many others.
And if you are still not inspired, then you have no pulse, and are blind as well. :P And I am assuming that you are neither of these things.
Last edited by KiiiYiiiKiiiA on 04-17-11 at 05:34
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