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bazola

02-23-2008, 07:28 AM

Well, I got interested in a couple programs and put together this texture. Not sure what to call it so I'm calling it "Organic/Scifi" at the moment.

Ive got some screenshots here:

Some screenshots inside a test map
http://dumpedimage.com/uploads/1/organicblue.jpg (http://dumpedimage.com/)

http://dumpedimage.com/uploads/1/organicred.jpg (http://dumpedimage.com/)

http://dumpedimage.com/uploads/1/organicwhite.jpg (http://dumpedimage.com/)

http://dumpedimage.com/uploads/1/organicsun.jpg (http://dumpedimage.com/)

The texture itself
http://dumpedimage.com/uploads/1/organicb1.jpg (http://dumpedimage.com/)

I'm just looking for general feedback. My goal would be to make a handful of scifi textures for an upcoming map, so this is just a starting point for me.

02-23-2008, 09:09 AM

a few things -
For TF2 your normal map looks way too extreme
Its way too repeated
What even IS it?

Vander

02-23-2008, 09:14 AM

It looks like something that is better suited to a dark interior. A tad repetitive. I like that it has the appearance of not being just a flat surface. Not sure it fits the TF2 theme though, would probably have to see it in context and along with your other sci-fi textures.

I'm looking forward to seeing what else you put together.

oxy

02-23-2008, 02:13 PM

Nice effort. I am not sure what it is supposed to be though. I would read through this Illustrative Rendering (Making of TF2) (http://tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=606) to see how Valve achieved their artistic look.

Hope this helps.

..oxy..

Spacemonkeynz

02-23-2008, 04:57 PM

Reminds me of the inside of the alien spaceship in alien.

02-23-2008, 05:00 PM

Reminds me of the inside of the alien spaceship in alien.

Scaled up, tinted green and applied to some funky displacements yes thats exactly what I thought of.

bazola

02-27-2008, 01:08 AM

Thank you for the feedback guys. In hindsight I posted this too soon. I've made 4 textures after this one and I'm pretty sure that each of them are better. It is very difficult to make textures in the TF2 style.

What I was originally thinking was a semi organic wall section having something to do with electronics. Unfortunately it seems that the only place this texture would look good is as the ceiling of a dark room :)

But again, thank you for the input