Toribash
Originally Posted by DrHax View Post
I sport Odlov's old texture set. To me, it was EXACTLY what I looked for in a set. Incredibly interesting focal points, and nice space to even it all out. Everyone knew who Odlov was, and it was incredibly easy to point the set out from a crowd. I've also preferred to have sets made by you (hanz0) for this very reason.

I don't see any appeal in squeezing unnecessary details out of a 512 by 512 block. I laugh because I'm probably more autistic than I am artistic, but I have to assume being creative with your lines, good shading, and high concept is a better use of your time than grafting out this complicated (or convoluted...) clusterfuck within such small spacing.

In the end, I have more appreciation for sets like Shezcudio's, Odlov's, KamiKo's, War_Hero, etc. with simple, easily identifiable concepts, than.. well I don't want to call out a bad set since that'd be rude but use your best judgement.



Your point is valid, although it's quite funny for me, as You are the person I will always join with very detailed sets. I remember You from 2009 and quite interesting purple, graffiti set.

Still, You just mentioned one of few the best texture sets I've seen- KamiKo's one. Of course, it is not perfect. But everything matches there. It's great concept and piece of good work, and as a whole result is astonishing. Another one is- again- set which hanz0 (as far as I know, if I am wrong- please let me know about it) created for 19LoLek25 (/dl /lp if You don't know it). No idea if anybody remembers it, but it is also great in its simplicity. Even tho I don't like whole crysis-set idea, whole presence is quite awesome.

But, I have a question: how would You classify tribalish sets? I am not talking about pure abstract-tribals, but rather something like Mrama sets from 2008/9 (I know m0s is wearing one, I own one- made for Verax- as well: pictures below). Whole "idea" is always simple, so are shapes, but on the other hand- their amount often makes those sets quite complex. It leads to question- how to define "simplicity" if talking about sets- if it's case of textures elements or rather idea standing behind a whole?

Set that Mrama made for Verax




lol@price. Who cares about it, really. I consider this set above^ as 1kk one, but nobody would ever pay that much it. Powas got over 500k offers for his one, and it is still not the greatest price achievable as simplicity and perfection of his set concept makes it priceless. As it was mentioned before, price is not good criterion at all.
Last edited by Thrandir; Apr 27, 2014 at 12:43 PM.