My Brand New and Improved CAS!!

TopGun080587 said:
Thx :) but I'm still nothing compared to the masters, like Villarcane, Chobek, Gatsu, Pocky-Yoshi, and ThePascuzzi. They're far above me.
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Yeah, we can learn from them. Unfortunately, my characters aren't really complicated enough. I'm seeking to master it as well but you're looking rather promising if I do say so myself. I just have to worry about "Game of Thrones meets X-Men meets Dan Brown" kind of characters but I am liking your monsters. Keep at it.
 
SpellcraftQuill said:
Yeah, we can learn from them. Unfortunately, my characters aren't really complicated enough. I'm seeking to master it as well but you're looking rather promising if I do say so myself. I just have to worry about "Game of Thrones meets X-Men meets Dan Brown" kind of characters but I am liking your monsters. Keep at it.
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Well, don't worry, you can still improve more. Like me, I used to have bland CAS.. they tend to look boring, and have too much fanservice, especially the girls.. and I rarely use the special items and stickers either. But thx to the critics from them, now my skill has improved and I can create much better looking CAS than before :)

Btw, if you want to see my previous CAS, you can search the thread named "My Original CAS". I think that's the name if I remember. Well, it's not really worth to look at actually, but it's up to you :p
 
Thx :) but I'm still nothing compared to the masters, like Villarcane, Chobek, Gatsu, Pocky-Yoshi, and ThePascuzzi. They're far above me.

Thanks for naming me first, i agree with your ranking ;o)
Pocky Yoshi is certainly a master of Yoshi raping, but i don't think he'll count himself among the masters of CAS (but master of cartoons), you prolly meant Matty i guess...

Beside having a creative mind and thinking outside the box, it is all a matter of time put into it, the way i do it is either starting with a completely whacky idea, or looking at the parts you never use (or are rarely used) and usually, an idea pops into my mind...people tend to stick to their comfort zone, which is a shame, because the possibilities are endless...
A good example of this is the cat suit and head, and the Ewok born out of it (and probably more)
The more you create, the better your technique becomes...
My philosophy is not to steal or borrow anything from others, but sometimes, i see potential in an idea, i just go my own way with it (like Adam Jensen or the gorillas), but i never copy...of course, i can't browse through everything here on the forum, so i miss a lot of good CAS probably...

Anyways, you have greatly improved, i would have nothing special to say about your early CAS, now i find them rather agreable and you are several steps higher artistically and technically...Keep it up !
 
VILARCANE said:
Thx :) but I'm still nothing compared to the masters, like Villarcane, Chobek, Gatsu, Pocky-Yoshi, and ThePascuzzi. They're far above me.

Thanks for naming me first, i agree with your ranking ;o)
Pocky Yoshi is certainly a master of Yoshi raping, but i don't think he'll count himself among the masters of CAS (but master of cartoons), you prolly meant Matty i guess...

Beside having a creative mind and thinking outside the box, it is all a matter of time put into it, the way i do it is either starting with a completely whacky idea, or looking at the parts you never use (or are rarely used) and usually, an idea pops into my mind...people tend to stick to their comfort zone, which is a shame, because the possibilities are endless...
A good example of this is the cat suit and head, and the Ewok born out of it (and probably more)
The more you create, the better your technique becomes...
My philosophy is not to steal or borrow anything from others, but sometimes, i see potential in an idea, i just go my own way with it (like Adam Jensen or the gorillas), but i never copy...of course, i can't browse through everything here on the forum, so i miss a lot of good CAS probably...

Anyways, you have greatly improved, i would have nothing special to say about your early CAS, now i find them rather agreable and you are several steps higher artistically and technically...Keep it up !
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Oh yea, Matty, and LordDraco. I was about to include them, but I forgot their names.. lol silly me.

Yea I agree, sometimes it's important to step out of our comfort zone and think outside the box to create something unique and unusual things.. and it can draw people's attention. That is needed if we want to be successful in life.. and same thing can be implemented with this game. And I also don't like to steal or copy other people's idea, even if I do, I try to make it different or if not better. And yea, it all comes to more practice and experience in order to being better at making CAS. That's for sure.

Anyway, thx so much for the praise ^^ I'm very glad to hear that from one of the masters, it gives me extra confidence :) lol yea, after seeing my early CAS and comparing to now, I can feel that I'm much improved. And I'm sure I can improve even more.
 
CaS Masters: VILARCANE, chobek, Gatsu, Pocky-Yoshi, Matty82, Fliptop, LordDraco3
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This is the second instance I've seen myself mentioned with the big names listed above and it's still pleasantly surprising. I mean, I think the stuff I make is usually pretty good, too, but to hold it in comparison with their work is, in my opinion, a different story altogether; I'm honored that people have made that comparison with confidence.

TopGun080587 said:
Thx :) but I'm still nothing compared to the masters...They're far above me.
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Honestly, dude, in the opinion of this "master," you're not very far behind. Where your potential lies is your ability to use special equipment to build such unexpected constructions. That's the reason I commented on The Dead and the unknown creature.

SpellcraftQuill said:
Yeah, we can learn from them.
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Well, I learned my tricks from a few sources.
1) Other CaS makers' threads: I really like staring at pictures of CaS and figuring out what kinds of tricks with stickers, patterns, and special equipment the author used. I get especially excited if I can't figure out what they did right away.

2) Dampierre and Co's CaS Tips and Tricks Compendium Curio~!: The best way to learn something is to do it yourself, so, one time, I sat myself down and reproduced every tip and trick posted in this thread. It really upped my CaS-making game; I think you could go into my thread and see in between which CaS I did this just from looking at the pictures.

3) Constructive criticism: Back when I started SCV CaS, I loved to leave saturation high. 8 and 9 were my friends and sometimes 7 could hang, too, when he wasn't busy being such a boring milquetoast of a number. However, one guy came into my thread and called me out on the saturation levels, so I toyed around with them at 1-7 and saw that limiting the levels really was the way to go.
 
ThePascuzzi said:
This is the second instance I've seen myself mentioned with the big names listed above and it's still pleasantly surprising. I mean, I think the stuff I make is usually pretty good, too, but to hold it in comparison with their work is, in my opinion, a different story altogether; I'm honored that people have made that comparison with confidence.


Honestly, dude, in the opinion of this "master," you're not very far behind. Where your potential lies is your ability to use special equipment to build such unexpected constructions. That's the reason I commented on The Dead and the unknown creature.


Well, I learned my tricks from a few sources.
1) Other CaS makers' threads: I really like staring at pictures of CaS and figuring out what kinds of tricks with stickers, patterns, and special equipment the author used. I get especially excited if I can't figure out what they did right away.

2) Dampierre and Co's CaS Tips and Tricks Compendium Curio~!: The best way to learn something is to do it yourself, so, one time, I sat myself down and reproduced every tip and trick posted in this thread. It really upped my CaS-making game; I think you could go into my thread and see in between which CaS I did this just from looking at the pictures.

3) Constructive criticism: Back when I started SCV CaS, I loved to leave saturation high. 8 and 9 were my friends and sometimes 7 could hang, too, when he wasn't busy being such a boring milquetoast of a number. However, one guy came into my thread and called me out on the saturation levels, so I toyed around with them at 1-7 and saw that limiting the levels really was the way to go.
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Ok, maybe I should stop overusing the word "master", cuz I think it gets kinda annoying, and you are probably bored hearing it too. lol
Anyway, I also used to like playing with high saturation, from 7-9, but now I mostly use 1-6. But sometimes it depends on the equipment's basic color, if 6 is still pale looking, then I use 7, and so on. And it also depends on the concept, like if I want to make a shiny or flashy eyes, then I must use the highest saturation.. which is 9. So it all comes to a good and smart use of color combinations.
 
VILARCANE said:
and you forget rdmunhoz, who has produced 4 awesome CAS in my books (not meaning the rest is shabby, but only those 4 wowed me)
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Well, my list isn't exhaustive. I was just parroting whatever names were already mentioned. But yeah, rdmunhoz is definitely one of the greats around here.

TopGun080587 said:
Ok, maybe I should stop overusing the word "master", cuz I think it gets kinda annoying, and you are probably bored hearing it too. lol.
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Haha, I'm not bored by it at all. In fact, I'm very flattered. It's just that I just don't think I'm a "master" or whatever you want to call it. Not yet, anyway. The way I see it, there's a list of good CaS makers, people whose threads are definitely worth watching. You and I are both on that list. Then, from that list, there's a much smaller set of "masters." There's no need to rank anyone or say who's on what list, though. I'm not here to stroke egos and I think any system that quantifies CaS makers individually is inherently broken, because the CaS-making process is so multifaceted and we all approach these aspects in different ways. All we can say is who needs practice, who is good, and who is a "master."
 
TopGun080587 said:
Hm? you did? where? is it in your photobucket album? Anyway, my RoboSamurai is not that amazing though, but I'm glad you copied him.. it means he's getting popular. lol
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When I really like a creation and copy, it's just for my offline fun
I don't like posting anything copied and seem like I am stealing someone's credit, but I love robots and got this copy and one of chobek in my slots hehe

ThePascuzzi said:
Well, my list isn't exhaustive. I was just parroting whatever names were already mentioned. But yeah, rdmunhoz is definitely one of the greats around here.
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thank you friend... This feeling is reciprocal, you know
 
ThePascuzzi said:
Well, my list isn't exhaustive. I was just parroting whatever names were already mentioned. But yeah, rdmunhoz is definitely one of the greats around here.


Haha, I'm not bored by it at all. In fact, I'm very flattered. It's just that I just don't think I'm a "master" or whatever you want to call it. Not yet, anyway. The way I see it, there's a list of good CaS makers, people whose threads are definitely worth watching. You and I are both on that list. Then, from that list, there's a much smaller set of "masters." There's no need to rank anyone or say who's on what list, though. I'm not here to stroke egos and I think any system that quantifies CaS makers individually is inherently broken, because the CaS-making process is so multifaceted and we all approach these aspects in different ways. All we can say is who needs practice, who is good, and who is a "master."
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Lol yea I agree with pretty much all you said. Guess I was just groveling myself.. pretending like I'm still an amateur :P Anyway, thx, I'm glad to hear that I'm also on the list with all the good CAS makers on this forum :)
 
rdmunhoz said:
When I really like a creation and copy, it's just for my offline fun
I don't like posting anything copied and seem like I am stealing someone's credit, but I love robots and got this copy and one of chobek in my slots hehe
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Hm I see.. so it means that this CAS is classified then. I understand :D
 
New update.

Donotsmoke
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I don't know what's been through in my head, but today I suddenly came up with this weird idea. lol Anyway, judging by his name, I'm sure you guys can catch the meaning of the special items on his head without me explaining it ;D

Well, overall, I came up with this idea after imagining what people usually do everyday.. like smoking cigar, reading newspaper, going to the beach with Hawaiian shirt while wearing sunglasses.. and not to forget, seeing a non-smoking sign in everywhere you go. lol
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TopGun080587 said:
New update.

Donotsmoke
soulcalibur13.png

I don't know what's been through in my head, but today I suddenly came up with this weird idea. lol Anyway, judging by his name, I'm sure you guys can catch the meaning of the special items on his head without me explaining it ;D

Well, overall, I came up with this idea after imagining what people usually do everyday.. like smoking cigar, reading newspaper, going to the beach with Hawaiian shirt while wearing sunglasses.. and not to forget, seeing a non-smoking sign in everywhere you go. lol
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-Well, first off, this is insanely original.
-Then it is very well executed, both your cigarettes are top notch, as is the hawaïan shirt and the newspaper pattern (never saw that, DLC ?)
-Last but not least, the thumbnail is hilarious

9/10 for originality
9/10 for execution
10/10 for the message (i am against smoking)

Keep it up with that kind of joke characters, and you'll keep me entertained for long, because that is a path i rarely tread upon (well, there was this brain gremlin, Obelix, Ewok and hooker once ;o)
 
VILARCANE said:
-Well, first off, this is insanely original.
-Then it is very well executed, both your cigarettes are top notch, as is the hawaïan shirt and the newspaper pattern (never saw that, DLC ?)
-Last but not least, the thumbnail is hilarious

9/10 for originality
9/10 for execution
10/10 for the message (i am against smoking)

Keep it up with that kind of joke characters, and you'll keep me entertained for long, because that is a path i rarely tread upon (well, there was this brain gremlin, Obelix, Ewok and hooker once ;o)
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LOLZ thq so much for the high score! I didn't think you will give this character such high score though.. but again, thx a lot! :D

Anyway, no, the newspaper pattern is already in the game in the first place, not DLC. Maybe you never use the pattern, so you never noticed it's there. Oh, and I'm also against smoking, I never try it, and never will.
 
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