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General Discussion / Re:help please with 3D faces?

« on: 14 May 2003, 21:12 »

Hi, I don't know much myself.
My avatar face was the first head I created by building up polys and subdividing. here are some good looking head tuts for truespace:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/2991/tut4/tut4ind.htm
not very gothic, but a nice head.
 
http://www.3dluvr.com/janine/kopf-tut/tut.htm
oooh he's nasty

Here are some tutorials for different programmes which are useful because you can follow the pictures (Which is what I have to do because I can't afford any explensive 3d programs):

http://www.secondreality.ch/tutorials/modelling/head.html

http://www.3drender.com/jbirn/ea/HeadModel.html

Other people will probably know much more than me.

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General Discussion / Re:Need funny billboard ideas! Get mentioned in teh credits!

« on: 14 May 2003, 16:12 »

Billboard ideas wanted
   Call 1-800-2001


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Bill's Boards,
Distracting drivers since 1947

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General Discussion / Re:Whoaa, weird picture ;)

« on: 14 May 2003, 14:54 »

3 whole minutes! Damn I'm annoyed, but more patient than I thought.

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General Discussion / Re:Your idea of Hell

« on: 10 May 2003, 16:56 »

trumpet solo. agrh....I hate trumpets

I think all that bamboo has gone to your head, Mr. Panda. Trumpets are the most heavenly of instruments. After bagpipes.

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General Discussion / Re:What are you reading?

« on: 10 May 2003, 15:50 »

has anyone played the "Black Dahlia" adventure game?

I have. Jim Pearson is my idol. I hope one day I might be alive in the forties...

The guy who plays the english postal clerk in that game plays the bum in Twelve Monkeys, and that's a great film. Bet you didn't know that! (Bet you didn't care).

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General Discussion / Re:About the Future of Adventure Gaming...

« on: 10 May 2003, 15:31 »

I think 2d cell animation will make a comeback in games and in films eventually. Photorealism can only take us so far before it loses it's novelty.

It's like Terry Gilliam said upon the release of the Final Fantasy movie. What's the point? Animation can be about creating something which *isn't* real, not something that looks exactly(?) lifelike.

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General Discussion / Your idea of Hell

« on: 10 May 2003, 15:23 »

Hi, I was just wondering what people thought of when they think of Hell.
Hmmm?


EDIT: I don't mean what you really believe hell is like, just how you imagine it might be.

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General Discussion / Re:Morals anyone?

« on: 10 May 2003, 15:11 »

By making the statements they do, religions leave themselves open to questions and perhaps criticism. That's just fine, if you want to have a laugh with what you see as the absurdity of a religious law or practice no problem. As Billy Connelly pointed out, if the Catholic Church can't handle a hairly Scot taking the mick, then they have bigger problems than him.

Ridiculing or criticising a religion is not a problem, unless by doing so, you infringe upon the rights of another individual to practice that religion.

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Critics' Lounge / Re:Quest for a title

« on: 08 May 2003, 11:52 »

Words on the theme of creepy movie theatres/ circuses, probably won't help:
vaudeville, nickel odeon, side show, picture show, camera obscura, zoetrope, carousel, wurlitzer.

Nope, not much help.

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Critics' Lounge / Re:Quest for a title

« on: 07 May 2003, 12:54 »

You're right about it being easier to think up joke names. If this were a spoof, you could call it "in the can" because of the double meaning.

Nt3Graph definitely has the right idea. If you can come up with a good title for an early hollywood film it'll work brilliantly. The only thing is that some of the best names came from the 20s and earlier: Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Doctor's Secret, Dream of an Opium Eater.

I'm about to run to the library to see if I can find those last two. Good luck, your game sounds really interesting.

PS: Is the Premature Burial by Poe? I've heard the name before somewhere.

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General Discussion / Re:What are you reading?

« on: 07 May 2003, 10:21 »

I'm reading Cervante's Don Quixote, but I had to take a break from that to read Marlowe's Dr Faustus. Faustus is soooo good. It's a play, but it's still worth any of you reading. Here's a quote from the doctor:

"Divinity, adieu!
These metaphysics of magicians
And necromantic books are heavenly;
Lines, circles, letters and characters:
Ay these are those that Faustus most desires."

Just read them out loud, It's fabulous writing. (Although according to the play, saying that kind of stuff summons devils, so you might want to be careful).

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General Discussion / Re:What is your favorite Homer Simpson Line?

« on: 05 May 2003, 13:35 »

He walks into a pot store:  "Man, that's false advertising"

It's called Stoner's Pot Paradise, I think.

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General Discussion / Re:what's your nickname?

« on: 03 May 2003, 16:17 »

I'm starting to wish I'd never said that thing about putting "y" on the end of your surname. That's just how nicknames were done in my school.

Anyhow Harryy is a cool name.

And remixor, I needn't fear the 40 thieves, they work for me. They do my bidding.

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General Discussion / Re:what's your nickname?

« on: 02 May 2003, 14:56 »

what IS your name then?

Ali Baba?

Your words hurt me. I'm going to go hide in my enchanted cave.

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Critics' Lounge / Re:Reactor-room. Or something...

« on: 02 May 2003, 10:40 »

The barrels are supposed to pe painted in a bright yellow 'warning' -colour, but maybee they are a little to bright?

Hey, nuclear waste barrels can never be too brightly coloured. Also, they can never have enough guys near them yelling: "Look out for the damn barrels!".

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General Discussion / Re:what's your nickname?

« on: 02 May 2003, 10:32 »

Does nobody have a nickname which is just a shortened version of their name? And what happened to just adding 'y' to the end of your surname? Nicknames these days...

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Critics' Lounge / Re:Waaaagggggh... new avatar

« on: 01 May 2003, 14:51 »

It may be violent, there's a moral to the story. We can all learn from the fate of that little yellow fellow. Of course we learned stuff from Cranky too, but that was mostly about where to throw barrels to find secret rooms.

Also, should this thread be read "Waaaagggggh... new avatar" in the same way as "Waaaaaaaaah ... bodyform"?

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General Discussion / Re:What is your favorite Homer Simpson Line?

« on: 01 May 2003, 09:29 »

You're a family of theives?

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Critics' Lounge / Re:What style of characters would fit this?

« on: 30 Apr 2003, 13:11 »

It looks stylised and a little expressionistic (Caligari), you could make LA dark and rainy (a la Blade Runner) to justify a long coat, and I don't think it'd bother anyone. If anyone asks why it's chilly in the famously sunny LA just blame it on global warming.

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Critics' Lounge / Re:Take a look to this characer... I need to change the style

« on: 30 Apr 2003, 13:06 »

Lots of cartoons use rather flexible character appearances. Disney cartoons (for example) use almost realistically drawn romantic leads (Snow White) but stretchy, bouncy cartoon comedy characters (Dwarves). They work just fine together (in a kind of sickeningly cute way).

Couldn't you just tweak it a little so that it didn't look terrifically different from other MI style characters? It's really nice, and it'd be a pity to change it.