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Challenge #34: Anim8or 1.0 splash screen
Steve:
Try this: Copy a .png or .jpg file into the "Images" directory (the one in the File->Configure dialog) and rename it splash.png or splash.jpg, then run Anim8or.
chuft-captain:
Nice Steve,
Just what I needed! ;D
thecolclough:
i'm pretty sure this is the first time i've produced a piece of art and somebody's responded with "hmm... it's nice, but it needs more poo" - but hey, whatever floats your boat, heheh :D
thecolclough:
actually, i've just remembered, and thought it might be of some interest... there were a couple of alternative directions that Red Letter Day nearly went in:
my initial idea was to have a very different environment, with a huge wave of water crashing through the scene, but that went by the wayside because i couldn't figure out how to model the wave or how to fit the water around the text without making the text illegible.
later on in development, after i'd settled on the current general layout with the round room, i thought about giving the image a grittier overall effect, leaving some of the 'window' panels out and showing pipework and concrete walls behind, with cables coming through, hanging in mid-air and attaching to the text object as if it was undergoing some sort of maintenance. i didn't take that route mostly because i thought the clutter would probably detract rather than enhancing the effect; i thought the clean-and-shiny look would better convey the excitement and optimism of the landmark release. i might go back and do a mock-up of this version sometime, just to see how it would have turned out, but then again i might not.
chuft-captain:
--- Quote from: thecolclough on May 31, 2017, 06:00:56 pm ---i'm pretty sure this is the first time i've produced a piece of art and somebody's responded with "hmm... it's nice, but it needs more poo" - but hey, whatever floats your boat, heheh :D
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LOL. The poo idea is mostly about finding a way to inject the mascot into the splash (with a bit of comic relief), as well as to confer good luck upon Version 1.00. (I'm sure you've heard the expression: "It's a sign of good luck to be shat upon by a bird" ... although I've always suspected that this particular proverb probably originated only out of a desire to make the shitee feel a little better about the event. 8)
--- Quote from: thecolclough on May 31, 2017, 06:00:56 pm --- ...i thought about giving the image a grittier overall effect, leaving some of the 'window' panels out and showing pipework and concrete walls behind, with cables coming through, hanging in mid-air and attaching to the text object as if it was undergoing some sort of maintenance.
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I'm picturing a sort of "Blade Runner" aesthetic from your description. (Or perhaps something more recent such as the movie "Total Recall", or "The Expanse".)
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