Texture (ART) wanted for Turtle Isle.

[dendwaler]

Hi all,
Those who have been able to play Turtle_ Isle will have noticed the boot which slowly sailes around the Isle. (see picture)
I agree fully with our member "Chacal", and don't like the boot, its not the right style.
Its not D'ni style.
Unfortunately I cannot draw even a straight line!
But I want to change Turtle Isle slowly into an age more "Canon".
Therefore i need your help.

Thats why i ask for a texture for the boot .
An fresh new original Drawing of a D'Ni like Boot in side view.
A PNG texture, without any backgrounds, sized 1024-1024 pixels.

If your submission is better then the current one , i will use it in the next update of my age.
When choosen, your name will be written in a "developed by page" of the "Turtle Isle journal" for ever.

[Tweek]

There's an image of the D'ni boats you can find in Ae'gura if that helps, one of which is a side view you could use as a base.

[dendwaler]

This is a great boat, it is ultimate D'ni ish , but its not a texture, and it is not original "writers" Art.
I could model it from there without a problem, but i don't need a model.
The boat, the one i used until now, is not more then 1 plane, with 1 face.
That is why i want , 1 completely (original not yet existing) finished drawing .

I believe there is so much and unused talent among us.
But until now only the modelers are in picture.
I hope, that asking in more straight way, for what is needed in ages, might be a way to trigger the real (concept) artist to contribute to this forum to get the ages to a higher and visual actractive level.

[J'Kla]

My Enobmort age has an Age linking ship built from scratch (Scratch is a much maligned and often missused raw material) PM me a destination and I'll forward a basic blend file of the shape.

Note this ship also fits inside an Ahra Phats Shell.

[dendwaler]

Thx for your offer J'Kla,
But again
I do not need a model! and i do not need a Cyan Boat replica.
I only need a picture, or a drawing, or a perfect render.(1024 * 1024)
The result has to be a sideview of a very good looking D'Ni Boat, it may have a cut off on waterline level.
A Nice Boat with all details on it, and better then the current one in my age.

[Szark]

So what you are wanting is a flat plane 1024 x 1024 with an image of said boat on it. This image could either be a handdrawn, computer drawn or as a digital render. If you had a model of the boat yoursefl you could use Blender to render the image. (Sorry I can't help with rendering in Blender as I use Vue Espirt, Daz Studio 3A, Carrara 7 Pro and Bryce 7 Pro to render images. So if I could get hold of the prefered boat model I could render the image for you. Plus I take it you will need a mask of the boat so you get a nice outline in a sqaure flat plane. I can also render masks so the match perfectly.

[D'Lanor]

Last year DatokerJ was working on a restoration project for the sunken D'ni boats in the city. He had a beautiful model in which you could actually sail the lake. The only problem was the view from the lake. Most of the city is invisible from there due to visregions. The project seems to be on hold now but I'm sure he could render the image you need. I'll see if I can get a hold of him and direct him to this discussion.

[dendwaler]

Well,
i try to explain it once more.

at the moment i use this png on the face of a plane and move it around the age.

Because the boat is on a distance you can not see that in reality it has no depth. Its not a model, its just a billboard i drag around the age.
I can project any other picture instead of the used one and it will look fine.

This one is a Spanish galjon AFAIK,and i would like a boat with a more d'ni ish caracter.
Not necessarely the one Tweek showed in his post.
Of coarse a render can be made of an existing boat if somebody has a TEXTURED model.
But the boats i have seen sofar are not well textured, so the render will not look good either.
I have not seen the one D'lanor is referring to, so that one could be perfect.
I don't know.

[DatokerJ]

Its the same basic model Tweek posted, I have it textured, and I'd be happy to do a render for ya. Give me a little while to set it all up and I'll get em posted up here

[dendwaler]

Thx DatokerJ !!
That would be great!