Shall I give you a nice FTP link?daedaloops said:
EDIT: you have a PM for the FTP.
Kind regards,
The Traveler
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Nexus frontpage graphic collaboration project
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EDIT: you have a PM for the FTP.
Kind regards,
The Traveler
Much appreciated, it is now hosted safely on the nexus grounds: Welcome to the DMT-Nexus
Thats a fast one!daedaloops said:
With the color rotating letters I have to be honest: I thought it was giving more power when they did not cycle while only the grid on the image did, it gave a better 3D feeling too. I'm not sure how others think about this?
Rest me to say that I do love the depths of this complete concept a lot!
Kind regards,
The Traveler
Two remaining thoughts:
1) I don't think it's important to vary brightness according to distance from light source, because each panel really has its own lighting going on. The window frames themselves, sure, but the contents I think should be judged based on their own needs and the overall balance between the different panels (Daeda: I think you actually pointed this out much earlier, when I was getting hung up on lighting direction per panel);
2) I understand about not having the candy glow around the lettering, but I still feel that it gets a little lost. Perhaps a static glow? A bright outline...?
1) I don't think it's important to vary brightness according to distance from light source, because each panel really has its own lighting going on. The window frames themselves, sure, but the contents I think should be judged based on their own needs and the overall balance between the different panels (Daeda: I think you actually pointed this out much earlier, when I was getting hung up on lighting direction per panel);
2) I understand about not having the candy glow around the lettering, but I still feel that it gets a little lost. Perhaps a static glow? A bright outline...?
Ah yea, when I said that I meant the light wouldn't leak into the painting scenes but would just be on the surface. But yes I can make them self-illuminated, I guess that would also bring out their digitalness even more. (will do tomorrow as im not on the home computer anymore)Guyomech said:
Wait when you say lettering are you talking about the "DMT Nexus" text? I made the changes to the links instead... I'll fix that too tomorrow.Guyomech said:
Tokapelli
Rising Star
alright guys, removing head from ass now. ill get somethin up tonight dont care if im up till 5 in the morning. Im opent to the collaboration idea if needed, but lets see how far i can get by friday.
and you guys are cool as hell for putting up with my bs btw, thanks for all the support and kind words.
and you guys are cool as hell for putting up with my bs btw, thanks for all the support and kind words.
Tokapelli said:
Great to have ya back Tokapelli! I was getting worried that something had happened to ya.
I'm really looking forward to seeing your work and I'm extremely happy you're gonna get to finish.
Thanks for pulling through!
The Traveler said:Thats a fast one!daedaloops said:
With the color rotating letters I have to be honest: I thought it was giving more power when they did not cycle while only the grid on the image did, it gave a better 3D feeling too. I'm not sure how others think about this?
Rest me to say that I do love the depths of this complete concept a lot!
Kind regards,
The Traveler
I agree 100%.
The color of the hover text should remain the same (preferably that cool cosmic white?) and keep it so only the grid changes color. The original was awesome but maybe have it pulse from the center outward to the edge if it isn't too much extra effort.
I also agree with Guy about the DMT-Nexus text needing to pop out a little moar. The red does seem to get lost/blend in with everything else that's going on. Cyb's suggestion of making it more of a yellow/orange hue might not be a bad idea. Or maybe go with the pink from the old banner?
Also Cyb - I think the new panel will look awesome in there. Thank you for tweaking it out.
If I need to adjust the purple levels in mine, just let me know, it won't be a problem. Whatever needs to be done to make it awesome!
Daeda - You've done such an amazing job with this! Thank you!!!!
If you are going with 'panels own lightsoucre' then maybe switching is possible...daedaloops said:
I kind of preferred the 'Owly' colour of the original background.
the psilocin blue back may look OK at smaller sizes tho...
Up to you...
Also agree that the Nexus text needs something..
And to Toka 'Jesus' Pelli...congrats on the resurrection...
this is turning out great everyone!
however i do have one critical suggestion thats been overlooked
i think its utterly imperative we have this song playing automatically when one visits the main page
actually though in all seriousness, after playing it for a second while looking at it, they went together really well :lol:
however i do have one critical suggestion thats been overlooked
i think its utterly imperative we have this song playing automatically when one visits the main page
actually though in all seriousness, after playing it for a second while looking at it, they went together really well :lol:
universecannon said:
:lol: I gotta agree, they do seem somehow appropriate together. I could almost see Jim's face emerging from the Lotus
cyb said:
I think you're right. When I was looking at the bluish one, I didn't really notice the Owlyness of it. I do like the mushroom blue hue though. It's a tough one. I think the brown will reign supreme if the self illumination brings it home for the rest of the panels.
The panels look much nicer with the non-color text again! And the suggestion from MElCat about making it pulse from the inside outwards seems like a nice idea.
Only the color cycling DMT-Nexus text is in my eyes too much and give the wrong impression about this place. :d
Again awesome work to bring this together deadaloops, and I hope you don't mind us nagging about the last details.
Kind regards,
The Traveler
Only the color cycling DMT-Nexus text is in my eyes too much and give the wrong impression about this place. :d
Again awesome work to bring this together deadaloops, and I hope you don't mind us nagging about the last details.
Kind regards,
The Traveler
Updated again,
- screens self-illuminated
- updated cyb's screen with blue version
- added color-pulsing to grids (looks a bit glitchy cos its combined with the opacity-pulsing)
- added color-pulsing to the DMT-Nexus gems
I made the color-pulsing more subtle after seeing Travs comment, but is it still too much? If some people want punch to it and some people don't, then I'm not sure what to do.. The color-pulsing was the only way to add punch to it cos making it just orange or yellow blended it even more than the red. (edit: compromised by making it cycle brightness, glow will be hard to add because it will conflict with the flower and link gif's)
And please don't hold back any suggestion or nags, this is exactly the time to bring them out.. I just might not be able to do some of them if they're too complicated or something. Otherwise I'll gladly change anything..
And welcome back Tokapelli! Don't worry about it, the main thing is that you made it.. now things will be alot less complicated for the 8th panel.
EDIT: And below is the comparison for the panel switch.. It's not as bad anymore with the self-illumination, so what do you think? (you can click it for full size)
- screens self-illuminated
- updated cyb's screen with blue version
- added color-pulsing to grids (looks a bit glitchy cos its combined with the opacity-pulsing)
- added color-pulsing to the DMT-Nexus gems
I made the color-pulsing more subtle after seeing Travs comment, but is it still too much? If some people want punch to it and some people don't, then I'm not sure what to do.. The color-pulsing was the only way to add punch to it cos making it just orange or yellow blended it even more than the red. (edit: compromised by making it cycle brightness, glow will be hard to add because it will conflict with the flower and link gif's)
And please don't hold back any suggestion or nags, this is exactly the time to bring them out.. I just might not be able to do some of them if they're too complicated or something. Otherwise I'll gladly change anything..
And welcome back Tokapelli! Don't worry about it, the main thing is that you made it.. now things will be alot less complicated for the 8th panel.
EDIT: And below is the comparison for the panel switch.. It's not as bad anymore with the self-illumination, so what do you think? (you can click it for full size)
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That's a hard one to say Dae...
With the self illumination and the blue hue of Cyb's panel, both ways look great.
I can't decide which looks better so I'll leave that up to you.
As far as the pulsing DMT Nexus logo goes, I agree with Trav that it's a bit too much. I'm not really sure what to recommend aside from maybe a stroke around the logo similar to what I did to the molecules of my piece? Just something to separate it from the background a little.
Also, the pulsing background for the mouseovers look even better than I had in my mind. I was thinking that they would pulse from the center of the panel but I like how you made them pulse from the center of the lotus instead.
Great job once again Daeda. We're lucky to have you!
With the self illumination and the blue hue of Cyb's panel, both ways look great.
I can't decide which looks better so I'll leave that up to you.
As far as the pulsing DMT Nexus logo goes, I agree with Trav that it's a bit too much. I'm not really sure what to recommend aside from maybe a stroke around the logo similar to what I did to the molecules of my piece? Just something to separate it from the background a little.
Also, the pulsing background for the mouseovers look even better than I had in my mind. I was thinking that they would pulse from the center of the panel but I like how you made them pulse from the center of the lotus instead.
Great job once again Daeda. We're lucky to have you!
WarriorSage
Rising Star
Truly mind blowing! You have all done an amazing job! I feel inspired to start art of my own
Bravo
Bravo
The version with the panel of cyb at the complete right looks more balanced to me. I would prefer that option.daedaloops said:
And the DMT-Nexus text is much better now, thanx!
Kind regards,
The Traveler
MelCat's suggestion of a stroke around the lettering could be a nice clean way of separating it... 3 or 4 pixels wide... Not sure what color but it's worth trying a few.
And since Nils' piece is whiter than the rest, perhaps the center area could be kept at full brightness and its background could be toned down a bit? Could help the overall balance of the page.
This is really exciting. Imagine being a first time visitor coming here... Talk about first impressions!
And since Nils' piece is whiter than the rest, perhaps the center area could be kept at full brightness and its background could be toned down a bit? Could help the overall balance of the page.
This is really exciting. Imagine being a first time visitor coming here... Talk about first impressions!