Look at what I made and worship me! (Post Your Creations)

[calalily]

+2 nice points for Calalily.

I used to think I was a mean pirate - until others broke it to me that I am not.  I wish I were meaner.

They're lovely naceygirl - and what a cool preview picture - I love the names - I suck at naming things.  

[naceygirl]

+2 nice points for Calalily.

I used to think I was a mean pirate - until others broke it to me that I am not.  I wish I were meaner.

They're lovely naceygirl - and what a cool preview picture - I love the names - I suck at naming things.  

Thanks Calalily, darl.  I have to know names for colours.  I've been painting since I was a kid, raised by artists, so it's kinda been beaten into me to be descriptive with my colours.  LOL.  We have to know words like Cadmium Red, Pthalo Blue, Cerulean, etc.  LOL!  

I'm also thinking of making a strictly fantasy set of these eyes, kinda like the violet one above.   Just cause I like making fancy coloued eyes.  He-he.

Cheers,
Nacey.
(Who thinks Cala is as mean as she needs to be and no more.  LOL!)

[neriana]

If you're thinking of making more eyes anyway, would you consider making a pair that's about halfway between the werewolf and mahagony ones? I've been looking for good amber-brown eyes forever, since that's what my eyes are, and that would be about perfect .

Yay for more fantasy eyes, too! They'd fit wonderfully into a fantasy themed neighborhood I have planned.

[naceygirl]

Neriana - when you say halfway, do you mean shade-wise, or like the hazel-green eyes which are brown and green dappled together?  It's no big deal for me to make them.  

[neriana]

Shadewise, a bit more to the mahogany side than the werewolf side probably. Thank you so much .

[BastDawn]

I'll try using buildDXT. I've heard that someone used it for skintones,  so perhaps it will work for clothes. 0.o

When you build the DXT, make sure you select "None" under the "Sharpen" option.  (Mine always defaults to "Smoothen", and I have to change it every time.)  That will create the texture without making it pixelated or streaky.  You can then compress it for a smaller file size with minimal texture loss by selecting compression under the "Resource" tab (as opposed to the Plugin View tab.)  It works great for hair as well as skin, so it should be fine for clothing.

[naceygirl]

I'll try using buildDXT. I've heard that someone used it for skintones,  so perhaps it will work for clothes. 0.o

When you build the DXT, make sure you select "None" under the "Sharpen" option.  (Mine always defaults to "Smoothen", and I have to change it every time.)  That will create the texture without making it pixelated or streaky.  You can then compress it for a smaller file size with minimal texture loss by selecting compression under the "Resource" tab (as opposed to the Plugin View tab.)  It works great for hair as well as skin, so it should be fine for clothing.

I have the hardest time getting things to look nice with DXT.  Thanks for the tip, I might give it a shot.

[Dark Lunaris]

I'm posting this guy all over the place.
Actually, I wanted to post here in particular seeing as I'm not too sure how many pirates make a habit of checking out MTS2.

I'm in the process of doing my own site with special thanks to nouk, but I still avidly upload to MTS2.

Anyways, he's not up yet (he's in moderation still. But I wanted to share because I spent weeks on this guy.) <3
 Actually, technically you can DL him right now from my journal. The only difference is that MTS2 version is barbie skinned. The Ash DL in my journal is non-barbie. I personally don't really like barbie skintones. But that's only personal preference.

He is all mine except for the nail mesh that belongs to shadylady482.
But all other meshes and textures are mine... so huge project.....

Anyways, Here's Ash!
I posted his pic at GoS too.




Pic 01
Pic 02
Pic 03

What is an Ash Crimson?


So if you don't know... here is official pictures.
Ash Official Art
Ash Design (KOF: Another Day)


If anyone wants to DL him or see other pictures, browse the community in my sig. He should be up on MTS2 at some point soon though.

[fourohfourerror]

He's amazing Dark Lunaris!  I always check your journal once a week or so because I love your creations.

[Dark Lunaris]

He's amazing Dark Lunaris!  I always check your journal once a week or so because I love your creations.

Really? Thank you.
I admit... it's not as easy to navigate as an actual website though. But I hope to get around to getting a proper site up soon. ^^

[Druid]

I'm quite impressed. I didn't know who the character was, and he doesn't particularly appeal to me, BUT it is so difficult to 'translate' anime characters to 3D, and you did it so well! *golf clap*

[redisenchanted]

Wow! I am impressed, Dark Lunaris. A very unique and interesting sim. I love the hair you uploaded to MTS2, and your other projects at GoS. Very nice work indeed.

[Dark Lunaris]

I'm quite impressed. I didn't know who the character was, and he doesn't particularly appeal to me, BUT it is so difficult to 'translate' anime characters to 3D, and you did it so well! *golf clap*

Thank you very much.. actually, I'm glad to hear that..
My personal simming goal is actually to translate anime/game characters well. I'm very happy to know Ash was a success in that respect.

I  find some people get the idea that anime just means deforming the eyes way too big and squashing up the nose... I think that's the reason people fear anime sims so much.

I actually made a skinset for the specific purpose of doing anime/game sims. All other skins out there (although gorgeous for real people) don't translate too well to anime. (Plus... I actually could not get Ash's anime-esque long slender nose in bodyshop. His face mesh was actually extracted from the game and modified via MS3D. I'm going to do another sim shortly.. but one more difficult than Ash.. because he's anime only and has no 3D game translation to work with..... I'm not saying who I'm making yet though.. it's a surprise... XD

My goal is for people to recognise him even without his hair and outfit.. so the face needs to match very accurately. <3

[TheVanity]

hey, Lunaris!

I remember months ago when you first said you'd make an Ash C. sim... one of your first posts/threads here...
Hehehe, he's finally here! The wait paid off! Awesome job!  
*downloads in a heartbeat*

[Cutthroat Dollie]

Ok I just wanna say OMFGWTFBBQ. ~fangirls for 30 seconds~ He looks killar! You always make awesome stuff.

And I took your advice, BastDawn and teh textures are fixed.