Concept Art & Mockups - Aquatic Ruin Mockups Needed!!

What's going on with the bottom left corner of the loop?
Fantastic work, as usual, but I don't know if it's the lighting or a reflective texture you've applied, but it looks a bit flat compared to the original. There don't seem to be any shadows, there's just different colours, if you get what I mean. (I'm referring mostly to the metal plates on either side of the loop, for reference.)

 

Both corners are a bit funky. What happened was, I ended up having the entire thing be 1 face of geometry, the front/back. I did that because if I started putting in more, you would have seen the folds. So I couldn't think of another way of doing it. Think of it like taking a CD and breaking it and taking those who flaps and pulling them apart. The loop encasing is kind of twisted in order to follow the loop. You really would get that impression from the sprite or the my 3D loop unless I went and showed it from the side. I think there are shadows, I just made the light kind of bright. It isn't in the same scene as my other Chemical Plant Zone stuff, so I was planning on importing it into that and figuring out the lighting there.

EDIT: I have fixed the funky bottom corner reflections.

 

Man, MaximusDM's images make me want to see a 2.5 version of this SO badly. <3

 

Pretty large files ahead;
Depth:


Flat:

 

Great job as always, MaximusDM! ^^


Concept artist, I have a new job for you!
A new waterfall concept:

-Size must be 64x256 pixel
-Can be tiled horizontally & vertically*
-No colour steps, be wild!

(It could be either a still or animated png)

*I.e.

 

@Vincent

What's wrong with the last mockup of the waterfall? I thought it was a good job on the last one, especially with the curve and speed at the top of the waterfall.

 

Let's say if any brilliant artists here could pull trough a superior version, do it now!

 

Use it as a wallpaper if you like, its on my desktop right now.

2D

<a href="http://www.xmission.com/~jake_reed/MDM/2D_composite3.bmp" target="_blank">HQ Larger Version</a>

3D

Larger Version

 

That was orgasmic. Definitely going to be my background for a while.

 

Makes it a pain to see my icons though, I might just have to opt with the smaller one and put it to center. Too damn chaotic.

 

I think for the 3D one, it could cause perspective problems seen as everything else is at eye level with us - ie. wherever Sonic is, it's our eye level.

 

No, it doesn't. It just gives you .jpg links after the upload because their site is shoddily made. They're still PNGs, and you can even change the extension to .png and it will work.

 

Its not even the right resolution. The original resolution of the image is 1920x1080 and its a BMP file.
Even after changing the file extension, its the same file, quality-wise. So I don't know what is actually going on upon uploading. I don't know if the quality is like that because of the downsize in resolution or conversion to another file format or both.

Here is a crop of the image to see it at its correct quality. Crisp as a potato chip.

 

Recently just came back to check on progress of the project. I understand this section is for mockups, but has the desired level layout been shifted to 3D instead of 2D?

 

Level layout will be exactly how it was on the genesis. There was an argument about 2D vs 3D around 10 pages ago. I think the conclusion was: if it looks good, who cares what program you use to make it. Not that the previous statement was reflecting my artwork; I meant in general. If you want a 3D Sonic there's always the Dreamcast. I wouldn't go past that. =/

 

A while ago I was wondering the same thing which is also the main reason why I basically stopped contributing. Not an attack on Maximus (dear God, no, I love you!), but if 3D becomes an accepted form, I find myself to be useless in the progress. I'm sorry, but Photoshop (and Flash :3) is all I'm good at.

 

3D isn't the end all. I mean look at the new Rocket Knight Adventures game. Yikes, what a disaster. There are times to use 3D, and there are times to use 2D. That is all I'm saying. Sonic has a mix of 2D and 3D rendered sprites and I want 3D to really be represented. Obviously not the entire level. I am just sharing stuff that I've been working on because I like making it and want others to enjoy it. And I like the feedback when I'm getting it. I want to make a gameplay video of Chemical Zone Act 2 in motion start to finish. And then I'll see where it goes from there.

 

Ah I see. So anything goes now, depending on quality of course. I have nothing against you or your 3D artwork, I simply asked because I remember the project having a strict "2D artwork only" policy in the past and I was wondering if the staff decided to ditch 2D background art all together.

EDIT: In my first post, I meant Level layout design, not the layout itself, I apologize.

 

2D will never die.

Besides that, none of my artwork has been accepted for anything. So don't jump to any crazy conclusions like that.

 

Allow me to make it clear

Sonic 2 HD will be a 2D art game.
The only part we plan to fully implement 3D, are special stages.

Regarding Concept Art, as long as it's inspiring (including MaximusDM's amazing 3D renders), there are no restrictions to programs you can use!
In fact, when it'll come to actual tiles importing on Engine, it will be our job to adapt/redraw them to blend perfectly with the art.

Said this, if you want to prove your skills for actual in-game inclusion, you must follow the guidelines.