Aye. I mean, I am of a similar age and I am not nearly as naive; nor was I a few years ago. He clearly knows the ropes about these things, and comes over as a naive child to a) create discussions such as these and b) to cause arguments in the community.
He could potentially be a good modder, but he does everything the wrong way.

Can't make those kind of assumptions (that the person has no social life). Also, who are we to judge about the social stuff? People have wildly differing preferences with that.

My advice to Owl (as a fellow artist) is to keep working on improving and producing the highest quality work. I'm sure that once it reaches very high quality levels (if distributed in the community) it will get noticed.

Beware of over or under-estimating yourself. Be realistic. Don't take critiques personally but see if they are correct, and if so, figure out how to improve it. If there's something you don't feel confident at, or just feels very difficult (and as such probably not very fun) to do, do that one thing especially, until you get it right. There are no shortcuts. Learn how light theory works (ray tracing, types of surfaces, glossy/matte/mixed/liquid/particle contamination/specular lighting/global lighting aepifjaepfhaeA).

MikkOwl, I do see your point there.

But what I'm saying is, if he had the skills needed, then he should seek help. However, that doesn't seem to be the case.

(And by the way, we're not talking about assumptions, as he usually mentions he's using the school computer in the breaks for his works)

So, cold day, isn't it? :mrgreen:

TO add to what you just said Mikki, Owl needs to think about everything he posts. If he wants to join TD or something similar, then instead of doing it through the open forums send a formal PM or something similar. I think he must know how to do this by now, which is why ( I think ) it is right to point out that (unfortunately) a leopard never changes its spots unless seriously affected by drugs ;) :mrgreen:

Yeah yeah, we'll see. I can't judge someone I don't know. I've only seen him once, very upset on hyperlobby chat when someone else took credit for his work a few weeks ago I think.

*John Cleese Voice* And now to something completely different. (Art related!).

Texturing work isn't easy. I have done things here and there over the years, not much though. At these low resolutions (1024x1024) it's much easier than full out illustrations with objects, scenery and everything, like any painting. I could have tried to pursue work as a texture artist but it's not nearly rewarding, and it gets obsoleted with the years as computer tech progresses (plain illustrations don't age like that at all, they are timeless). Texturing planes has more than a few things in common with painting a scale model, especially with weathering and all, which is an interesting cross over :) Anyone wanting to be a texture artist (of vehicles that is) could do well to do scale modeling.

(And I went into commercial illustrations for the record.. I feel like shifting my focus from Sci-fi to WW2 planes now after being overjoyed with the awesomeness of WW2 flight sims again).

Just a bit of random humour...

-What about you?

-I'll have just a Sprite.

He really started to model an F-16 for Il-2?!

Philip, can you give me links for these threads by PM, I can't believe in what I'm missing :mrgreen:

A sprite? :P Soda and 2d textures (instead of 3d objects) is what comes to mind. I don't think they are being used much more these days with the advent of particle effects.

From what I've seem of the Owl's past conduct, you'd have to be mad to put him in a position of trust.

Agreed. No matter how good his work can get, his attitude lets him down. I know that he reads this and it will do him good, but putting him in any position of trust is risky business.

S! Guys. I understand how you feel, but I would be really willing to do some mods, or skins, or missions for TD. I would be so happy if you let me join. :grin:


Fun fact, the tank in my sig tops out at 90 km/h. :)