Competition #10 - weasel.acuh5o

[StefanH]

it's really nice. What a great idea and execution!

crits:
it think you should have added some cracked stones, debris a little hole or whatever where the spine is going in the stone. Right now it doesnt look completely believable.
the heart should probably emphasized better. it's not the first thing that comes to my mind when I see this. "Hey this a pickup"
I doesnt really recognize it as a heart could be a lung or whatever to me but I'm no doctor so plz bare with me

[weasel.acuh5o]

Originally Posted by StefanH

it's really nice. What a great idea and execution!

crits:
it think you should have added some cracked stones, debris a little hole or whatever where the spine is going in the stone. Right now it doesnt look completely believable.
the heart should probably emphasized better. it's not the first thing that comes to my mind when I see this. "Hey this a pickup"
I doesnt really recognize it as a heart could be a lung or whatever to me but I'm no doctor so plz bare with me

thanks a lot for the crit. the stones are supposed to be separate stones (like from a river bed), piled up to support the spine. I played around with the look a bit, but decided I like it best the way it is now.

as for the heart, I couldn't agree more. I don't think it'll work great in a game, but I stared at it so long that it's become very hard to keep perspective. the initial idea was something along the lines of a health reward for an fps rpg ('find the heart of the raven shaman to gain a health bar'), which would have made it a bit more obvious to in game. and as for the doctor part... I doubt even one of them would recognize this one.

[weasel.acuh5o]

calling this one done now, heart looks hearty enough imo. or at least as good as I'll get it with this mesh. to sum this thread up, here's what I posted in the submissions thread. crit away if you want to.



wires

color map: http://weasel.acuh5o.com/posted/2007_07_14_health_color.jpg
specular map: http://weasel.acuh5o.com/posted/2007_07_14_health_specular.jpg
normal map: http://weasel.acuh5o.com/posted/2007_07_14_health_normal.jpg
opacity map: http://weasel.acuh5o.com/posted/2007_07_14_health_opacity.jpg