Sand-Man's Fan Art [56k Pure Hate]

[Sand-Man]

Links Brightened by 20 Percent (http://img224.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img224&image=jwsite8zn.swf)

[FoxTrot]

That is alot better ^^

Thanks

[Sand-Man]

Changed Links Even Further (http://img171.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img171&image=jwsite8si.swf)
(To suit some people... *coughfoxcough*)

[Sand-Man]

Yay for the 2 people that like it..... my GUI update later today (hopefully) will be put into that Flash. So hopefully more people will click the link :p.

[Sand-Man]

Triple Post..... Their will be logs in the GUI....from 3 people:

Edwin J. Coomasaru
Eli P. Pupavatz
John Q. Carmack

Interest is lacking, so I might just not post any updates till it is done...

[FoxTrot]

:<

I want to hear updates

[Sand-Man]

Thanks Fox Trot :). I think the voice over at the begining of my website says it all :p.

[BlueHippo]

you put a space in my name. you have failed me.

looks good :)

[Contro]

YAY!

I like. I also like supporting cool people.

You're not one of them. :twisted:

Joking, don't hurt me...

[Sand-Man]

Would you have preferred "Teh BlueHippo" ? LoL. Thanks guys for posting, here are two wallpapers I made in light a movie coming out in a few days:

http://img177.exs.cx/img177/6152/ringp17ms.th.png (http://img177.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img177&image=ringp17ms.png)

http://img177.exs.cx/img177/5069/ringp21ov.th.png (http://img177.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img177&image=ringp21ov.png)

[ZekeyLizard]

You will die in seven pies.



[/horribly obvious mindnumbingly stupid pun]

[Sand-Man]

Over the course of a few days being bored in my Windows Server 2003 class, I brought Fireworks along on a CD to amuse myself. So I made a little Office Space (movie)/ Madness Combat themed wall paper to sort of set my computer apart from the others. It seems I am on a wallpaper making spree between getting the GUI done for Doom 3: Jam Warz. It is a 1280 (I actually have a class with decent computers) size instead of 1024x768 so you it will be scaled down a little for you:


http://img42.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img42&image=mobg1me.png

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Yay Krinkles :p

Its been a while since ive been on this forum, and im never let down by you heh. Oh how i love krinkles.

Its good to see you found a good way to save yourself from boredum. Myself, I just browes the net in my boring classes heh.

[Arkwright]

I can say only one thing...

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Arkright/Art/w2k3_top.jpg

I'm such a mac snob

[BlueHippo]

linux server > mac server > a card board box with wires > windows server


nice pic sandman, how i love madness.

[Skoo Supporter]

Lo This is ok i guess, nice work. long live weebl, bob, and other people

[Arkwright]

Must... not.. flame!

*Twitches*

[Sand-Man]

You go ahead and flame and I will go bang my head on a wall until I pass out.....

[Sand-Man]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/226896 <- That right there is worth double posting. All hail the 5th coming!

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

OMFG! New Madness Combat :love:

but 0_o clown is way pissed there heh.

[itchy]

WOWZA.
'nuff said

[Sand-Man]

Yes Krinkles makes some amazing stuff... just so happens I was fiddeling around with a wallpaper right before his latest toon came out, heh :).

[Sand-Man]

http://img93.exs.cx/img93/3499/krinklesmaybe0yo.png

[Arkwright]

Ever more cool and disturbing

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Aw Sand that so good!

The guns look so real!

[spazmondo]

How does krinkles have anything to do with Doom3?

Anywho nice art.
The gun is very nice.

[Sand-Man]

You would of had to seen Part 20 to understand what he has to do with Doom 3. But you can't see in my head, or the ingprogress FLA till its done :p. Just know he is blowing the brains out of a Weebl Zombie :).

[Sand-Man]

I am typing this from college due to two things:

1.) My DSL is once again down. Damn you Alltel.

2.)I ordered the parts for my new computer and built it over the weekend. Along in the parts was a 80GB Serial ATA Hard drive. I planned on transferring my files from my 19.1 GB IDE hard drive over to the Serial one. But the serial one came dead on arrivial. And if you have ever tried to move a HD with Windows XP from one computer to another, you know it doesn't work. So I had an old HD that I couldn't back up and wouldn't run on my new computer due to damn microsoft. So henceforth I formatted it and lost everything once again.

It is as if I shoot myself in the foot every time I start working on Part 20, plus my Krinkles animation was lost too. Soooo. Right now while I don't have internet I have been thinking about finishing Part 20 or not. I have been playing Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, and have some great ideas that I want to implement. But starting from scratch for a 3rd time is just horrid. I really don't know what to do.... I will leave it up to you guys. I make this stuff for you, so its up to you. And oh yeah, here are my computer specs:

Pentium 4 Prescott 3.0 GHz , 2mb L2 Cache, 64 Bit Processor (just came out - LG775)
1GB (512x 2) Dual Channel DDR PC3200
MSI LG775 Board
80GB Seagate Serial ATA HD
Raidmax Black/Yellow Cobra Case w/ 420watt Power Supply
GeForce FX5600 256mb

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

I wondered where you got to.

Doing part 20 is up to you, everyone loves your stuff Sand, and we dont and wont push you into doing anyhting you dont feel like doing!

Did you buy that cover for your pc you showed me? It was pretty ace.

[Arkwright]

Microsoft problems? Talk to the sig, cos the face ain't listening.

Maybe 20 is an unlucky number for you and this cartoon just doesn't want to get made.
Maybe you could leave Jam Warz and work on some new material and take a fresh start with a different story-line, a story-line which hasn't been cursed by Murphy's law.

[Sand-Man]

http://www.raidmax.com/images/WB822WBP.jpg


That is the case I ended up getting. It was at a better price :).

As far as part 20 is concerned, I have always wanted to make a final Jam Warz Project (Doom 3 Related) to wrap it all up. I really don't think it was possible to make it on my first attempt, because it would have looked like crap to be honest. I have progressed since then, and it would be nice to have it go out with a bang. It is just a very time consuming thing. I am going to put off the decision till later in the week when my internet is running and things settle down. This is so I am not trying to make a decision while I am stressed out etc etc. But since this event, I can say that Doom 3 : Jam Warz (if made) will be the last Jam Warz one for a long time, if not indefinetly. It will be nice to make some new stuff not constricted to the Jam Warz story line like mentioned above.

So as I am able to get online I will post updates on my situation etc.

[Phreeck]

Your latest toon made me realise what 'real' flash is.

Great job mate.

[Sand-Man]

I have interent, but it is slow as hell now. So I can't really download Flash MX, or Flash MX 2004 right now. So I am sorta stuck in a rut about doing anything update wise. More news when I know when the hell the DSL guy is going to be back (for the 3rd time) to see whats going on.

[Sand-Man]

Work a new sig that is going for a little more 3d feel...

http://img101.echo.cx/img101/1275/sig22nf.png

(work in progess)

[Sand-Man]

http://img161.echo.cx/img161/747/knoxdesktop3uq.jpg




Was watching too many KNOX toons and made that.

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Stop making me watch them :p

Though i do love them! so i'll hush

Good work hun.

[Sand-Man]

I am finally getting my weekends back from work, so it will give me time to work on stuff finally. So here is a shot of my upcoming sig (too lazy at 3am to convert it to JPG right now):

http://img275.echo.cx/img275/5421/sig31fa.png


"The satanic signs carry messages..."

[BlueHippo]

"comming summer 2005"

i would make it say something silly, like "i love little kittens"

looks good though :p

[Sand-Man]

You ruin it for everyone, you cheap bastard :). You still didn't point out the other one... there is two...

[Sand-Man]

http://img177.echo.cx/img177/4967/stang9vf.png

Work in progress for a logo. Not W/B related really....

[Arkwright]

Logo, any particular project?

[Sand-Man]

A frined of mine is in a circle of friends that are car enthusiasts and enjoy racing (of legal and illegal sorts). He is thinking about getting a webpage, and asked me to make a mockup logo. Sort of a side project while I sort through all the stuff I have to do related my current animation...

[Sand-Man]

Spent about an hour 1/2 on the mustang after I got home from work, its still a work in progress:

http://img278.echo.cx/img278/8876/events1px.png

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Mmmmmm Mustang!

That's looking really good Sand. You never stop do you :p

[Thomp]

Very nice art Sand Man, keep 'em coming :)

[Sand-Man]

Glad you guys like it, it is so far a much improvement on my last attempt at a 3D car... which you can see below (back form page 23)

http://img90.exs.cx/img90/7348/MuscleCarMania.png

[Arkwright]

Sheesh, it has been a long time.

But your skills improve all the time, that is true.

[Sand-Man]

Another update:

http://img187.echo.cx/img187/9163/events4kt.png

[Nuclear Spoon]

Fucking safe, SM. And with your previous post, you could put Zekey in the car on www.ytmnd.com with Queen's "I'm going slightly mad".

[Fox]

Great stuff Sand, love the drawing.

[Sand-Man]

Thanks for the replys guys :). I don't have an update on the Mustang yet, but I did finish my promotional signature for a certian upcoming animated project.

[Sand-Man]

http://mall.novellink.com/8205/upload/product/MP33130R.JPG

That is my latest creation using the magical tools of Ebay, and $89.95 USD with shipping (vs $140 in stores).

[Sand-Man]

http://img96.echo.cx/img96/1039/stang9pv.png

It is nearly complete, now it needs a top reflective coat. I have never messed with reflective effects on cars, so this may take awhile. More than likely it will be worked on from here out as a side project to my main animation.

[Sand-Man]

http://img69.echo.cx/img69/359/chainsaw7on.png

It has a slightly demented feel to it...

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

*Bump*

I demand more Sand

and maybe less rhyming!

Come back to us Sand :(

[Sand-Man]

I am here..... and there.... and everywhere..... just been really busy. Vehicles breaking down etc. Maybe some new stuff if anyone has any ideas. The animation is still in progress, slow progress.

[ZekeyLizard]

*gives sandman some pokeage with a trout*

Hey, Sandy.
Nice to see you still about. :)

[Arkwright]

We need to promote some serious Sand fan-base.

Your work is too good to go unnoticed.

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Sand works REALLY hard on his work, and doesnt get enough attention!

Thats why I bumped his thread.

[Cerberus]

Yea cmon sand! chop chop

[Fox]

good to see you back mate :D

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Here's looking forward to some new stuff!

Though Sand, you're probably uber busy again to do so :(

[Nihlathak]

Sparks, where the hell have you been? Not seen you in ages...

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Sparks, where the hell have you been? Not seen you in ages...

I havent gone anywhere.

Im usually chasing after Sand to see if he is, a) still alive b) seeing how busy he is.

[Nihlathak]

Kk thought you'd abandoned me :P

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Never

And we must stop derailing :o

[Switch]

Whoa Sandman, you rock, keep it up! :D

[Sand-Man]

New stuff sometime, it seems when ever I start a project life throws a bunch of stuff at me.

[Arkwright]

How about showing us a couple of character stills to pass the time?

please?

[Sand-Man]

That can be done, but it will probably have to wait till the weekend. My work schedule and uni schedule have me busy 24/7. Hence why I am not on here more to begin with.

[Sand-Man]

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8343/concept8nt.png
"There is no hope for the dead..." - Jam Warz : Doom

[itchy]

hawt.
just.... hawt.

[Fox]

Amazing art Sand, I love the colours and shadings.. the way you've done it is fantastic.

[Thomp]

Awesome art, Sand Man, do some more when you have time :)

[Sand-Man]

I have been talking to Fox about voice acting. I am torn because I think voices would add a lot, but on the other hand it takes away from the ambience sounds I will be using. And I really don't remember a lot of talking in Doom 3. We will just have to wait and see. But sound wise it will include music, ambient sound, and sfx. It just getting the time and help to go back and re-animate what had been done, and finish what wasn't done.

[Fox]

Can't wait till it will be finished mate. It'll rock my socks.

[Sand-Man]

Isn't it amazing!!! WOOOOHOOO!. If you have played Doom 3 you might know where that is going. That is Stage 1 of the image.

http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=doorsworkspace5wk.png

[itchy]

Hawtttt

[Sand-Man]

This: http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=doorsworkspace5wk.png

Has Turned Into This: http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5418/doorsworkspace7vs.jpg

But its still not done...




Edit:Updated it just a little bit from when itchy replied

[itchy]

by the way everyone, i was saying hawtttt to the second one. sand man sent it to me. :P

[ZekeyLizard]

Holy christ sandman!
That looks awesomez0rses.

[Fox]

Looks great Sand. :)

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Woooot!

I fianlly got back in here :p Miss you dearest!

But these peice look SO great!

[Fruity Biscuit]

Just had a browse through a few pages of your stuff, and I must says, it looks fantastic!

Keep up the good work!

[Sand-Man]

Thanks for the support guys/gals. I know its a bit redundant with Part 20 getting cancelled, then started, then cancelled, then re-started etc etc. But I feel this is the time to make it. My artistic skills back around Part 19 would not have been sufficient in making it what I want to. And also with my improved skills allows me to do more of the stuff I want to fit in. Mostly horror/freaky stuff considering this toon will be very dark compared to the rest. Hopefully showing those doors that took me 5 hours (not even finished yet) can be a good attestement/preview of what quality to expect on all aspects of the animation.

[Sand-Man]

Was thinking about how far jam warz has come, just think if Part 20 was being made in this quality:

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/6710/JamWarz1.png

[Fox]

hm the link doesn't work for me :/

also sand, the edit button doesn't bite :p

[Sand-Man]

Yes it does, editing is evil. I shall never use the edit button. It is my sworn enemy ever since it ate my burrito...





V Figment of your imagination V

[Thomp]

Very nice stuff Sand Man, keep them coming! Can't wait for the finished Doom image

[Sand-Man]

Doors are split, and pretty much finished. The SFX for the door opening and closing have also been picked.

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/5598/doorsworkspace7tc.jpg

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Hells yeah!

Just saw a mo ago, and its blummin great :p

[mark_simpsons]

Jaw Warz Starts at the bottom of the page!

*Previous images removed due to hosting site crash*well thats real helpful

[Sand-Man]

The images removed weren't related to jam warz, and were lost when the hosting site crashed. But all the jam warz images are there, starting at the bottom of the page like stated. So yes it is real helpful.

[Fade Away]

Wow, so I just waded through 30 pages of this thread just to find Jam Warz Part 20, and it's not even done yet!

Oh I feel so smart..

Well, everything I saw was magnificent Sand, I'm sure Part 20 will be too ;)

[Sand-Man]

I had made an old Doom 3 logo that I used quite often, but it just doesn't look right to me. So from scratch I made a new one, taking me about 4 hours for complete creation. It also contains the official title of Part 20:

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/351/logodamnation7zz.png

[Sand-Man]

Double post, oh well. Flash 8 and Fireworks 8 are both out, so I am going to be getting these and looking into how this effects development. Hopefully it is a good thing.

[Fox]

Flash 8 is great- full of photoshop filters, but it'll make it easier to produce that style.

The logo looks nifty, how about some 3d? Good work, keep it up.

[Sand-Man]

Took your advice, and edited it quite a bit. I still haven't made a good version with the metal depth (the lines inside the letters etc), it may never happen heh.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3716/logodamnation3d5ov.jpg

[Fade Away]

Looks hawt

[Sand-Man]

Its 1am, I have just worked 4pm-11:30pm. Came home picked up the bank card and went out and deposited my check, and grabbed a strawberry milkshake from Mc Donalds on the way home. And I was thinking that I might end up getting this flash hosted on newgrounds by submitting it there. It would be too large for image shack, making hosting an issue. Newgrounds would solve this, and also open it up to another audience. Just some thoughts.

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Yeah cool idea.

Mmmm milkshake! Never to late for one of them :p

I just hope the newgrounds lot arent to harsh, as everyone knows they can be :rolleyes:

[stalefish]

Yes, ignore the newgorunds retards.

OMG THIS ID SO SHIt

YOU R GAYYYY!!!!!!!

Still, try posting it there.

[eidderf]

Nice thread you've got here, I believe I've posted in it before but stopped since I thought the thread had stopped. Anyway I'm looking forward to seeing this episode of jam warz. Nice doom logo and door by the way.

[Nuclear Spoon]

if you're looking for large file hosting, try www.rapidshare.de
Or put it into an html document, then people can view it without needing a standalone flash player, like Swiff (http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/)

[Sand-Man]

I tried with part 19 (wonder if anyone still has it) to host it on some free website space. And just gave everyone the link the the webpage, but for bandwith reasons or something, it got taken down all the time. So I gave up on that, maybe I will re-consider. So far newgrounds is sounding the best. My goal with this animation is to make it something like you have never seen on the WB forums. And the pure fact I took a day to make doors, and 5 hours to make a logo should say what kind of quality I am going for. This along with the fact that I have a huge resource for music, sfx, etc this time.

[Sand-Man]

If anyone ever tells you shading is a quick process, shoot them in the foot and tell them they are wrong.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5348/hkwip9ss.jpg

[Fade Away]

Question...

Why not just use vectors?

That way you can change colors if needed, and you can just feather them so they look smudged.

Just wondering..

FIREWORKS FTW!

\O/

[Sand-Man]

You can't really get the same effect that I am going for in the finished product. Plus the good ol way of using low transparency black and light colors in layers allows for an easier transformation in my opinion. I have to make it look like a light swings over this thing in the animation, using vectors wouldn't be the way to go in my opinion. But I really think it is just a matter of personal preference.

[Fade Away]

Hmm I guess so. Not saying I could make anything of this calibur :\

But, if you DID use vectors, you could just flatten then, then you would just have the same thing as what you are doing ;)

[Sand-Man]

Glad at least your interested fade away, lol. More Hell Knight work will probably be done later today after work (3pm-10pm).

[Sand-Man]

The general shading on the Hell Knight has been completed in a fairly soft lighting to give a base to start from. Additional lighting effects etc will but put on top of it at a later point (plus touch ups like killing over spray,adding blood etc). I was lucky enough to find the Skeleton posted up in this thread earlier, and I saved it to disk. It would have been a huge pain in the ass if I had to re-draw the Hell Knight allllll over again (well I sorta did, but not the skeleton :p).

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/5899/hellknightwip4uv.png

[Sand-Man]

Triple post... Give me something people, does it suck? Is it gay? Did it make you go jump off a cliff? Did it make you run around screaming yay? Something? I don't know if this will live up to your expectations (what of you that are left) if you don't give your honest feedback.

[Nuclear Spoon]

I'm right in thinking this will have lots of lasers in it?

[Sand-Man]

Weapon wise? Not really, the Primary weapons used in the animation will be the:

Double Barrel Shotgun and/or Shotgun
Chainsaw
BFG (Big Fucking Gun) (plasma energy based)

There really werent any laser type weapons, or lasers period in the game.

[Thomp]

I think the red is a bit strong and stands out too much from the rest of the monster, maybe downgrade it to a darker red perhaps?

[Sand-Man]

I had noticed this also, I was thinking of maybe even turning them almost black. Good to see I am not the only one that noticed this.

[Nuclear Spoon]

BFG's good enough:D

You could make it glowing red eyes, instead of making it darker.

[Sand-Man]

I actually didn't think about that, that would really add to the scare factor I think :D. My manager asked me if I could come in today, so I said yes. So after my short 3 hour shift I will get cracking on some more work for P20.

[Sand-Man]

I played some Resurrection of Evil tonight to finally play the final 4 levels. My perception of no horror in the expansion quickly changed as I was fighting for my life. This does a good bit to get ideas going in my head, so after playing a good bit I started working on this:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9875/marslogoex6gn.jpg

Roation is another thing......

[Thomp]

Nice logo, and it's also good to see someone taking my advice :p

[Sand-Man]

Well its not just the logo, it is a big part of the main menu :D.

[Sand-Man]

Don't you just love the long drawn out process of animation?

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9422/animationmaybe9iq.jpg

[Sand-Man]

Triple post..... was messing around with colored lighting to see what I had to work with for the animation (red strobe lights in Doom 3 were good for setting the mood). This is what I came up with in about 10 minutes:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/1406/redlightingtest7xs.png

[Rab13]

Never managed to read this whole thread, but i got the picture that your pictures rock man :notworthy

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

It's looking sexeh Sand. You've done quite alot lately!

I still wonder how you do it all :p

[Thomp]

Very good, and it's your own thread, so no need for editing your posts hey? :p

[Sand-Man]

Yes it does, editing is evil. I shall never use the edit button. It is my sworn enemy ever since it ate my burrito...

^ My Views on the Edit Button replying to Fox^

:D

I guess double/triple post are inevitable because this thread has never really had the traffic it used to. Oh well :p. You could also say the more I post the less I am working on the animation/graphics. There is a lot of mind numbing work ahead making that Mars image rotate slowly and smoothly, and make the rest of the designs for the menus. Then I will either start on character re-design/animation or backdrops. Working 7-9 hour days this week doesn't help either. Thanks for the support thus far :). :twisted:

I will say sorry to those that did enjoy a more light and humorus Jam Warz early on. But the goal of "Damnation" (Part 20) is a very horror stricken look at the final hunt for Zola. I don't know how you can really convey horror in a flash cartoon, but I will do my best to at least make it as disturbing as the game it is spoofing. Maybe you can in the end call it a tribute to Doom; a tribute to Sparks, Fox, Zekey, Cap N Zola, gxfu, Edderif and the others that have stuck with me since the begining (and the newcomers alike); and of course a tribute to Weebl and Bob the cartoon.

[Sand-Man]

It seems the syncros in my transmission are going out or are allready gone (in my SUV that is). So I have been distracted from working on Part 20, but hopefully this weekend between trying to take my vehicle in I will get some work done. Money will play in a factor as I don't have the $1,000-$2,000 USD to get it fixed if its a full transmission rebuild (500-1,000 Pounds).

[Vladimir]

I think that the traffic has went down because you dont seem to do w&b fan art, but simply art ;)

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Weebl is a huge fan of doom

Sand-man makes fantastic Doom art.....

That why he is god :p

well almost ^-^

He does do the ocasional weebl fan art. The Texas chain-saw massacre is one that stays with me :\

[Sand-Man]

"The Saw is Family"- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7185/tcm9my.jpg

[Fezwald]

erm, thats very dark and weird

Its also very good. well done :p

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

Yay, i got to be in it

*woo woo woo woo*

It's so cool.

[Sand-Man]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is always dark and disturbing :). Meat hooks, guts hanging out, eyeballs/body parts in yellow liquid, a chainsaw of course, and all that other gooood stuff. A nice little touch I thought was 2 blood shaped handprints on the table :D.

[Sand-Man]

Double Post!!!! Wootage... Anyway, you may remember the BFG10k I made a while back. Well at that point for me it was quite impressive, but I did go the cheap way and use fill gradients to make it look shaded. So I salvaged the BFG from the thread saving it to my HD and I spent almost 3 hours properly shading it and adding detail. Here is the final product:

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6880/bfghudskeleton6ts.jpg

[Thomp]

How did you get so good? :( I can't even draw Weebl well!

Amazing art, no wonder it's stickied, that and the fact that Jonti loves Doom (or so I've heard)

When will we see a HUGE masterpiece Sand Man?

[Sand-Man]

All of these little bits and peices I am putting up such as the ancient doors, hellknight, rotating mars, and now the BFG10K are all going into what you could call my "Huge Masterpeice" that is Jam Warz Part 20 aka "Damnation" animation. As I go along I am consutling outside sources such as Fox,Zekey, and Blue Hippo for feed back (ex Zekey got first comment on the BFG via MSN) and help when needed. I cannot give a release date on Part 20, but I can say it will be within the general area of the Doom movie release. I hope Jonti does love Doom, might mean he will end up checking out Damnation when its done and post his thoughts.

[Sand-Man]

Go ahead and call him a hunchback, I dare ya....

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/9864/hellknightsideprofile7lb.jpg

(Hell Knight Side Profile)

[Sand-Man]

Triple post, screw the edit button:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/9100/hellknightfinal3dr.jpg



And in reply to ideas on why traffic has slowed wayyy down... I have to agree some what about the Weebl and Bob art thing. But all my stuff lately are bits and peices of what is going into the final episode of Jam Warz (animation), which is what this thread has been based on really all along.

I really can't say how good my stuff is compared to the people that have threads in the fan art area(and I don't like to brag anywway), but compared to where I started off it looks amazing to me. I guess some of it is that it is not persay "artsy" stuff that is deep and intelectual, it is more horror/gore based.

Threads in the "Besterest" area generally have less traffic anyway, but thats the price you pay :D. If it was still in the Fan Art area I think it would probably have gotten lost in all the other new threads anyway. So as long as Im happy with, and the people that count are happy; that is all that matters :).

The fact that Part 20 has been in the making for 6 months doesn't help either.
Going to college and working full time sorta got me side tracked from working on it. But with the Doom 3 Expansion allready out and the Doom 3 Movie coming out this is the perfect time to finally get it complete.

[Fade Away]

The fact that Part 20 has been in the making for 6 months doesn't help either.
Going to college and working full time sorta got me side tracked from working on it. But with the Doom 3 Expansion allready out and the Doom 3 Movie coming out this is the perfect time to finally get it complete.

I think that's alot of it actually.

I mean, this is all great.

But it has been a while since you actually submitted an actual piece instead of little bits ;)

[Sand-Man]

Well I have brought that upon myself. I raised the standard for my work where a bunch of little images telling a story no longer counts. I have to make an animation for it to count as an episode of Jam Warz. Like that Texas Chainsaw Massacre bit I did recently would have been considered an actual peice at one point. But I see it all as a good thing, I want to make an animation like nothing ever seen on here. It has its consequences sure, but in the end it will be worth it. I do admit to posting up bits and peices to keep people's interest and show I am working on it. If I went silent and all of the sudden posted it, I don't think it would be the same.

[itchy]

thats pretty sexy.

[purple]

well done mr sand man i tip my bonnet to you

[Pork Pies]

Cool. I wish I knew how to use Macromedia Fireworks.

[Sand-Man]

Sorry for no updates, but I am in the middle of trying to figure out what I am going to do for transportation with my suv's transmission in a very unstable state. Right now I am looking on ebay to buy another vehicle, so I am negotiatiing with one seller to try to work out a good price. No transportation means I can't make it to uni or work, so it takes priority over part 20, sorry :(.

[Fade Away]

It is good that you show us little parts of the movie so as to show us that you are making fan art. Good good. But, you said it yourself, there are concequences of making something amazing. You lose the "all the time" attention. But that's just how it's going to be.

I know if all the hype about this is true then it's going to be amazing, and you should get an uber awesome award. Like maybe, a mod of the besterest threads :p

But for now, you aren't going to get much commenting, I think you just have to live with it.

[kit]

Very nice :notworthy

[Sand-Man]

This is what I own:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/626000-626999/626294_7_full.jpg

This is what Im trying to buy:

http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/05/22/61/8a_3.JPG

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

I spotted one difference, the colour :p

The shading on the hell knights looks so great Sand.

[Sand-Man]

Was trying to think of what to work on for Part 20 and made this:

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/9898/q46mg.jpg


Nothing Special

[Fade Away]

L33T

That looks pretty actually AWESOME

[Sand-Man]

I was looking at the Quake 4 wallpaper that I have from the website, and thought I would make one for the WB fans that were also Quake heads. Its a tad small for my monitor at 1204x768 but if people request I will resize it for other resolutions.

[Thomp]

Awesome stuff Sand Man :D

[Sand-Man]

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/5871/prolouge0rq.png

Working on the prolouge menu for the animation. Might go with a different background, I dunno.

[Fezwald]

looks pretty damn good Sand-Man :)

[itchy]

have you written the script yet?

[Sand-Man]

Yes, there are actuallly 2 versions of the script allready written:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/4591/thescrpits2yk.jpg


(Ignore the right quake symbol thing, that is my other monitor. When I hit print screen it takes a shot of both monitors).

[Sand-Man]

More updates will be posted later in the week due to what is to be an upcoming very busy work schedule. A lot of it also rests on if I get this vehicle up in Maine to help with my transportation situation considering my old Raider is having problems.

I see someone voted low on my thread (went down to 4 stars from 5) oh well...


Oh yes woot for 900 replies + :weebl:

[Sand-Man]

I got a little bit of time way too early in the morning to work a little bit on some part 20 stuff. What I thought would be a simple 3d BFG Energy Cell has turned into a semi complicated peice. Its still a work in progress, but I figured its far enough along that you can get a general idea of where I am going with it.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/629/bfgcell3d0qi.jpg

[Jazz]

More updates will be posted later in the week due to what is to be an upcoming very busy work schedule. A lot of it also rests on if I get this vehicle up in Maine to help with my transportation situation considering my old Raider is having problems.

I see someone voted low on my thread (went down to 4 stars from 5) oh well...


Oh yes woot for 900 replies + :weebl:



hello

[wocket]

hello

*blink*

...Please go to beginners for awhile.

Also, Sandman, been following this thread for awhile without replying, but I'm loving the prologue to "Damnation"...as well as just about everything else you've posted. Great stuff!

[Sand-Man]

Thanks for the comments :). Quake 4 has sorta been distracting, but I am almost finished with the 3d BFG Cell. Maybe at the end of all this I will tally up how many individual hours I spent on the little peice and that little peice. So far I think it has been about 35 hours of work total on just these peices. Here is a list of items/goals for Part 20:

Fully Interactive Menu
Voice Logs
Active lighting/Shadows
Fluid Complex Animation (Hell Knight etc)
PDA
Doom 3 SFX/Music

[Sand-Man]

http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/5383/unkownarea3ge.jpg

This shows a couple things:

1.)Archelogical Dig Wall Stones I just made
2.)My first good flashlight effect (in my opinion at least)
3.)I need mental help

EDIT: Added the little circle in the middle that you see in your everday flashlight (and in Doom 3/Quake 4 of course):

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/3883/unkownarea6dx.jpg

[Fade Away]

This is going to be so fucking amazing..

[Sand-Man]

I have taken a short break from doing graphic work on Part 20 to polish the story line. I am looking for an outside opinion on it before I etch it in stone so to speak. Blue Hippo and Zekey have both seen variants of the story line, but they don't count :p. So if you think you can bring a good "outside opinion", and are interested in reading it please post up here or PM me.

[albie_123]

I would be quite interested. I may not have an absolute excellent mind when it comes to this, but I shall try. And remember: My opinion means nothing.

[Xiode]

Awesome thread sandman, ur art is PWNAGE!! added to ur rep :D

[Sand-Man]

The offer for the script reading ends approx 5pm Sunday EST time. If no one else wants to sign up to possibly be choosen it will just go to albie.

[Thomp]

Are we writing a script for Jam Wars??? Or what?

[Sand-Man]

Whom ever is chosen will be PM'd with the script in 2 hours and 56 minutes (5pm Today). Trying to leave it open for more to people to post up, but there just seems to be no interest.

[Erasmus]

there's interest here.
Reading and writing are two of my stronger points.

[Sand-Man]

In reply to ThompOtter: You will be reading the script that is allready finished making a suggestions and comments on how to improve/change it.


EDIT:

The person(s) chosen to review the script has/have been decided. If you recieved the below image (in readable text not strogg text) you know what you need to do.

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/420/untitled12np.jpg

[Thomp]

Ok then, thanks for clearing it up

[Sand-Man]

Part 20 Update: Work is moving along and a slow but steady pace on part 20. Around new years I should have some visual updates.

Pink Floyd Wall Paper: I have done W&B recreations of Pink Floyd Album covers in the past. But this is an origional tribue to 2 of their best albums in one image.

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7640/pinkfloydpaper7cp.jpg

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

I remember the others.

Cool stuff.

And Merry Christmas darling xx

[Sand-Man]

Merry Christmas sparks and everyone else, including happy holidays and happy new year too. This took a while considering the snow on the letters shodows etc wasn't a special font, done from scratch. So I hope you enjoy this holiday greeting in the new year, as far as the blood goes...well I guess Im just demented....

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3383/brutal8kd.jpg


(or maybe it has something to do with part 20?)

[PureEvilYak]

My goodness are you still doing this? I remember when I was a fan of this back in february! Its all brilliant, brillianter than before, even.

Sand-Man, you pwn.

Did you ever finish that
full doom cartoon?

[Sand-Man]

Its not finished (got lost in a HD crash months back) and recently real life delayed Part 20 a good bit, and now its slowly coming together as the largest undertaking of the series basically. Good to see you back, there is some stuff on the previous pages with new content, but thats about it. Not really suprised I guess interest has dwindeled, hopefully the release of Part 20 in the near future will help :).

[Sand-Man]

Jam Warz Reflections

If you enjoyed jam warz or any of my art, please take the time to bare with me and read through this. I honestly look back at my origional Jam Warz peices and the quality of the art was shit. But what in my mind Jam Warz had was a story line and a sense of fun that other peices didn't. And that could be attributed to the fact I enjoyed making them.

As time progressed I slowly improved making stuff I had at one point never thought possible. I really don't know what I was thinking when I decided to make the leap into animation when I was still just getting fairly good with fireworks. My skills have even improved from that point in fireworks and the animation in Part 20 must reflect this. But unlike with my fireworks skills, my Flash skills have to jump massively in quality in a short period.

I just haven't had the time to get my animation skills up to par with my graphic design skills. This has made Part 20 a project that has made me want to bash my head against the keyboard until I was dead at times. But in the back of my mind there is a vision of what I want this cartoon to turn out as. I can visualize what it will look like, and how it will play out. It just seems so long in the process getting there with the many many many setbacks that have been thrown my way.

All this has raised the bar for expectations considering my work, making even normal art images not up to what is expected from me. And this shows with the amount of replies/reactions I get from forum members. I remember for a long time I would get on MSN and I would be bombarded with messages, to the point where I had to get a new MSN. Now it is a great event when just my close friends from here (Sparks, Fox, Hippo, Zekey, Yak, BIAB, etc) reply. But I really brought this upon myself.

So here we are in 2006 and im 6 months away from being on these forums for 2 years, and Part 20 still isn't out. I can blame it on family issues, college, 40 hour work weeks, hd crashes loosing almost completed works, etc etc but the fact is that its still under development. In some ways I think this is a good thing, because I really don't think that I could have pulled off what I have invisioned with my skills at that time. The bottom line is that it isn't done, and to bring it in the quality that I want it will take some time.

Now this brings up the issue of what will be in this thread until Part 20 is done. I have been honored to have my thread put up in the besterest threads, and I don't want it to go to waste. So far during part 20 development I have been doing random art peices etc etc. And slowly the thread has died. So maybe I should say the ending point is what do you want to see here? Part 20 updates will still be posted, but it just doesn't seem to cut it. I don't want this to be mistaken as a request thread where people say "I want caek and p13 wit W33bl!!!!!111". Submit ideas for art peices that you would like to see, and you think others would enjoy.

Its 2006, a new year and the release date of Part 20 is getting closer. Im doing back ups of it everyweek so there will be no more HD delays. And I have even been enlisting some outside help to make sure this gets up to par with what I have in my mind. Those of you that read the script just have a little insight into what Part 20 will bring to the table this year. And the very few (maybe 2 or 3) that know most of what it will have know they will be killed for leaking it out :). So hopefully in the new year there will be life brought back into this thread.

[PureEvilYak]

I'm your close friend?

*crys in happiness*

But the suspence is great. And I probably would have missed it if you'd done it earlier, or had to search through hundreds of pages, what with not coming on for the best part of 6 months. Glad I put my name on the list when I had the chance. I've just refrshed my memory of the last episodes. Though I can't get episode 18 and 19 up for some reason. All the more resonj to look forward to 20, I suppose ^^.

Close friend. Yay!

[Sand-Man]

Part 18 and 19 were animated, both if I remember correctly were hosted by fox at some point. He might still have a copy of them, I don't due to a prior HD crash. They were very short and nothing spectacular, so you didn't miss too much. Good to see there is one fan left :). I guess a lot of the origional fans like Cap N Zola are long gone now, and the remaining art fans know little or nothing about Jam Warz. Hopefully this will change with Part 20.

Panthers won against the NY Giants, so that means something good has to be instore. In light of the victory I think I will get some more work done....

[Boyinabox]

I must admit Sand-Man that as someone who has been watching your art from the beginning even I can't remember how the story changed from being a Jam busting romp to the DooM themed scarefest that it became. I can't wait for 20 but I'm getting that this is becoming a duke nukem forever. :p

[Sand-Man]

One of the few things I do remember is how it turned out to be a Doom themed toon. It would be better if I had the wavy screen cinematic to help us travel back in time, but here it is....

"The Characters Fox and Sand-Man started batteling General Skoo's Jam minions and proceded to stop him from a bomb assassination atempt, and even launching a nuke. But with General Skoo out of the way they found out the real mastermind was the Twig Cap N Zola (this is when the movie/game spoofs started). They looked in the woods for his hide out (Blair Witch Spoof), and then finally came across it (start of Scarface Spoof). After a big battle a car chase ensued that ended at an empty UAC Facility that Zola had been using a secret hide out. Fox, Sand-Man, and Zekey went in to hunt him down but mysteriously Zekey has disapeared, and they have left off with Blue Hippo handing over a BFG9K to help them in their hunt. They start heading out to find the Excevation elevator back to the never finished (top secret) UAC sector. The facility has deserted due to the unkown horrors coming from the excevation site, and there is where Zola lies in hiding."

I guess that could be called a quick summary of Jam Warz. I actually had about 90 percent of Part 20 finished at one point, but it went with my old HD and looking back it really didn't capture what I wanted to bring across. So unlike DN4 I actually almost completed my project :p, heh. I have tried to at least show im my latest peices that it will be more than easy on the eyes when its done. To an extent I have tried to show this with lighting, texture effects etc, than most (besides Zekey, Hippo, and Fox) if not all don't use (Even with Flash 8 out now). Maybe I missing something, or more than likely its the DN4 syndrome setting in. Either way time will tell.

[Sand-Man]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/327/wtp6vp.jpg

Work in progress.... meh


Update....Hour Later....

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/600/wtp8fa.jpg

[PureEvilYak]

Ooohh.... Sassy Door. If it is a door, not a logo. I bet its a logo now, right? Darn.

Well, Doorr or Logo, it still looks brilliant.
And I guess UAC is doom meaningful. Ive never played doom, but oh well.

Good work anyway Sand-Man!

[Sand-Man]

Yes its a logo :). UAC is the company that has the mars reasearch base in Doom 3. So yes its doom meaningfull. The big news is the 2 lost episodes of Jam Warz were recovered when going back through my big stack of burned cds. They are animated yes... but very poorly in my opinion. Anyway here ya go:

Part 18
http://img59.imageshack.us/my.php?image=180hh.swf

Part 19
(too big to host on image shack, if someone will host it I will send it to em)

[Sand-Man]

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5404/deltawalls3vv.jpg

[Al]

UAC is the company that has the mars reasearch base in Doom 3.
And the Earth research/military bases in Doom 1 and 2.

May I ask for a brief synopsis of what you're posting? There's a lot of words and I'm lazy <3

[Sand-Man]

A very breif synopsis is a battle against the jams and their leader General Skoo had revealed their true leader was the evil Cap N Zola (forum user now dormant). They chase him to his secret hide out which just so happens to be an abandoned UAC facility (due to unexplainable deaths in an expansion project of the "origional" Delta Labs). Now they must hunt Zola down fighting the unknown (very closely Doom based spoof). The main characters being Fox, Zekey, and Myself. Part 20 will wrap this all up with a horror/doom 3 spoof based animation.


That is honestly as short as I can cut it while keeping it coherent. The above is a comparison of Delta Labs 4 from Doom 3, and What will show up in the animation.

[PureEvilYak]

HOLY APPLE PIE!

Did you do that wall on fireworks?

OMG!

*worships Sand-Man and proclaims him as a minor diety*

[Sand-Man]

Yes it was made in fireworks. Drew the basic blocks for the wall then added just a little bit of texture to them. Angled the ones that needed to look as if they were on a slant, added the vents, light bars, bolts and fine tuned the colors. Then lighting was done through free hand shading using the Basic > Airbrush. Then I added the blood effects using Unatural > Paint Splatter and a good liberal use of the smudge tool. Here is a comparison of the blocks vs final product:

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/8567/yes4mg.jpg

[PureEvilYak]

WHY DO YOU TAUNT ME WITH YOUR OBVIOUS BRILLIANCE!

...I've gotta get that game done and start becoming eligable to wash your feet.

[Al]

These are tres good. Your "DIE" wall should say "PIE" lol?

[Fade Away]

Oh my.

Sandman. I wish to suck your brain for knowledge.

[Contro]

Hmm, good as always, I see.

And it's only gotten better.

[Sand-Man]

Wow I haven't seen Contro around in a long while, see you still haven't gotten rid of the title from the ban way way back :). I thank you Fade Away, Al, Pure Evil Yak, Contro, and the others for the comments/praise/suggestions that have started to breathe new life into this once dead thread (and thanks to Zekey, Blue Hippo, Sparks, Fox, who have been supportive outside the forums). I have always made Jam Warz because I enjoy it, but the main reason is to try to entertain people here.

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

I'd support you anytime you need it and you know it ^_^

That's what friends do.

With everything you deal with outside of the forum it amazes me that you have time to make anything for Jamz.

[Sand-Man]

On a day where I have to take 2 vehicles in to get looked at, then work for 10 hours (3am) a sheep is just what I needed :) . And yes I do know it, you are always there no matter what ^_^. But now you have drunk sheepies with your new frosty glass of beer you got there. And sometime between all this I will get some art work done.....

[PureEvilYak]

Hmm... Drunken art.
And unless the aforementioned vehicles are the brilliant hummers you drew all that time back, it probably isnt going to be that interesting. Unless I've got the wrong end of the stick. Or the wrong end of Cap'n Zola, possibally.

Oh, and thanks for the gift. It's spliffy!

[Fade Away]

Yea, of course Sand-Man. You do great work, of course we're here for you!

I mean, since you are the win at Fireworks I almost want to go meet you and have you show me everything. Lol. YYeeeaaaa.... maybe I should quit Guild Wars and start doing Fireworks again. I dunno.

Shmeh.

[Sand-Man]

I wish the vehicles I was having getting looked at included that Hummer I made a while back. Saddly not, and it just cost me $600 USD. And I was working on something new in Fireworks today before the Panthers game (they fucking lost meh) and "Fireworks encountered an error" hence all my work was lost. So not a good weekend all around..... damn you seahawks......

[Sand-Man]

Made this in about 13 hours. Why did I make this? 4 wheeling is my hobby and this is a modified version of what I drive. Part 20 stuff is making great progress, but this was a great icebreaker from the Doom stuff.

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/7002/raider0rc.jpg

[Fox]

woah sand, amazing work. you've put a lot od detail and effort into you. i can't wait for part 20, i'm so honoured to be a part of it :D

[Thomp]

That is possibly the best art I've seen on these forums... 3-d art especially. Loving the lighting effect and the contrast with the shadows adds to the overall picture

I take my hat off to you :)

[Fade Away]

Sand. Is that 3d? wtf, I can't tell.

Did you just completely dominate everything with your fireworks powers again?

*SIGH*

[Kiwi Man]

Whoa! That is awesome! I'm loving the lighting effects and the sky is really good too! A plus for you!

EDIT: Just realised you've disabled reputation! Have 50 points instead.

[albie_123]

I bet he haxx0rz fireworks.

Damn you and your excellence!

[Sand-Man]

Heh I have the ability for people to see my reputation disabled, but I still get the comments/points. I disabled it because the first time through art threads were based too much on rep, and I really got sick of the whole rep wars. Anyway..... the vehicle has 1,000 plus lines for the "skeleton" all shading is done with Basic > Airbursh in white(lights)/black(shading) at 30 percent opacity, the sunset is also airbrush with about 60 opacity and the smudge tool is used liberally, little grass tuffs were done airbrush also will a bevel boss, trees were a pain in the ass but ended up using the scratch texture at 100 percent plus branch skeletons as guides, the dirt is a mixture of 2 brown textures with the Sand gradient at about 20 percent opacity, and thats about all I can think of. Time Break Down:

Sunset w/ Trees: 4 hours
Vehicle Base: 2 hours
Tires: 4 hours (700 something lines a peice)
Shading: 5 hours

You are probably wondering about the tires.... here is a side by side of the tires how they started before getting shrunk down and modified even more:

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/4194/tsl8xo.jpg

As far as 3d goes Ill never tell O-) . I really appreciate your guys comments, it makes the work all the more fufilling. When you put the patience and effort into using 13 hours of your weekend to make an art peice, a warm reception is greatly appreciated. Might do a daytime peice, now that will be killer.... both in eye candy and making me want to jump out a window in difficulty.

[PureEvilYak]

Jumping out of a window ussually hurts.
But still brilliant. Er... the work, not the pain of the window-out-jumping thereof.

btw... when we rep you, do you still get the points? as in cash, not reputation.

[Sand-Man]

I stopped in to post an update of sorts. I have taken a month off from all Fireworks activities, and that break ends soon so I should have some more Part 20 updates and other goodies soon. I have taken this weekend off from work to enjoy my festivities planned about 4 hours away in the mountians. I will have my cellphone shutoff and my home phone un-plugged restricting anyone stupid from trying to reach me. So here in the next coming month I should have some updates for you fine people, that is if I come back from the mountians, lol.

[Sand-Man]

Well my birthday has came and went (read the above post doh), here are some pictures from my 4 wheeling adventures that weekend.

Quote from my thread at 4x4wire.com:

<StarT>
The inclineometer is your friend (don't know why its showing up as a link):
http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alexcameraoffroad0042za.jpg

Double Checking Fluid Levels:
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5199/alexcameraoffroad0073id.jpg

Picture of the Trail:
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8601/alexcameraoffroad0159bl.jpg

Coming up the Hill:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1548/alexcameraoffroad0160af.jpg

Log Crossing:
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/6162/natcamreaoffroad0016sp.jpg

Stream Crossing:
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9549/natcamreaoffroad0036hd.jpg

The next 2 are one from the inside and one from the outside at the same spot, thank god for "Oh sh*t bars" is what they were saying:

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9205/pict00832by.jpg

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9584/pict00850ou.jpg

Picture of the Trail:
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5814/pict00906ty.jpg

Now there are more videos, and 2 of the best ones are 30mb a peice and it won't let me upload em. Anyone that knows of a place where you can upload 30mb videos let me know. All the footage was taken on Saturday from Friday at 10pm-1am, then Saturday from about 10am-1pm.

To The Videos (3):
http://sandd3man.zippyvideos.com/gallery.z

<End>

[Fade Away]

More art faster.

:o

I mean.

Go birthdays!

[PureEvilYak]

Sounds fun!
happy Birthday (yeah I'm outrageously late. So?)

[Sand-Man]

Thanks for the birthday comments. I am doing a presentation on Windows 9x systems in A+ Seminar class in college (group power point presentation). Here is a little background I tossed together in class in about an 1hr 30min:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2026/template1oi.jpg

[Sand-Man]

I have been downloading plugins for Fireworks 8, so far I have only been downloading the Eye Candy Series:

Eye Candy 4000
Eye Candy 5 : Impact
Eye Candy 5 : Nature
Eye Candy 5: Texutres

Here is an example image of me messing around with my newfound goodness (along with a discription):

Pure Evil Yak : Backlight Filter
Sand-Man: Fire Filter
Sparks : Smoke Filter
Fox: Corona Filter
Kiwi Man : Glass Filter
Albie 123: Snow Drift Filter
Fade Away: Rust Filter

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/2951/eyecandy22oe.jpg

And 2 Little Wallpapers I threw together quickly (all from scratch including windows logo):
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8416/pewindows5ti.jpg
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6083/windowsvista2oy.jpg

[PureEvilYak]

Artartartartartartartart!

All brilliant! Except for the rust filter... it doesn't look like rust. just metal. And yay, my name looks like its exploding!

Wish I knew how to use fireworks like you.

[albie_123]

Omh.

Links plz.

Nownownow.

[Sand-Man]

As far as the rust filter goes, there are variants for most of the eye candy filters allowing you to get different type of effects from the same filter. There were a few that looked more like rust but with those colors they didn't show up nicely. As far as where to get these for download, you will have to use torrents. Or if you ever see me on AIM/MSN I will be more than happy to send them to you (all 4 total are about 30mb). The one I am most proud of is the Vista wall paper, it wasn't as easy as just applying a filter, but it was worth the effort.

Edit: Fixed, yeah double vision a new filter,lol

[PureEvilYak]

As far as the rust filter goes, there are variants for most of the eye candy filters allowing you to get different type of effects from the same filter. There were a few that looked more like rust but with those colors they didn't show up nicely. As far as where to get these for download, you will have to use torrents. Or if you ever see me on AIM/MSN I will be more than happy to send them to you (all 4 total are about 30mb). The one I am most proud of is the Vista wall paper, it wasn't as easy as just applying a filter, but it was worth the effort.

As far as the rust filter goes, there are variants for most of the eye candy filters allowing you to get different type of effects from the same filter. There were a few that looked more like rust but with those colors they didn't show up nicely. As far as where to get these for download, you will have to use torrents. Or if you ever see me on AIM/MSN I will be more than happy to send them to you (all 4 total are about 30mb). The one I am most proud of is the Vista wall paper, it wasn't as easy as just applying a filter, but it was worth the effort.

Double vision?

[Sand-Man]

I fixed it har har :p.

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Oh yay, that's-a-me.

Thanks :)

But, WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THOSE!?

I spent like 4 or 5 hours a couple of times trying to get those types of things and could never get a single one.

Please oh please share with me :(

[Sand-Man]

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/1565/torrents7sa.jpg

Incase that wasn't quite clear enough if you do any search in google for torrents such as "Eye Candy 4000 Torrent" more than likely a Mini Nova link will be listed. From there nab the torrent and your set. If you have any questions PM me and I will help further, I don't think Jonti and the other admins would appreciate direct Torrent links in here. Anyway this gives me some great ideas for Part 20 (yes I didn't forget about it). So it will be worth it for those of you left still with me here.

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Too bad I don't do torrents..

[c(:o(&)=//]

I liked the flaming windows symbol (post 965).

[Sand-Man]

Yes I am a afraid you have to use torrents to aquire the files without paying about $400 or better collectively for all 4. If you want to try another file transfer method (email,AIM, MSN) PM me if you wish.

[Sand-Man]

I have some good news pertaining to Part 20 hopefully. Lately I have been sick so I haven't gotten much done Part 20 wise. But with the term ending this week, and with them not having any classes for me to take next term, I will have 5 weeks off. This little suprise should allow for me to get the ball rolling again on part 20 getting more of the extensive graphical work done. Until then here is a little rune design I worked on today, I was tempted to use the glow filter but it didn't look right so I airbrushed it all "by hand".

http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/7407/runelayout0dt.jpg

Edit: Couldn't sleep so I messed with Windows Vista for a little bit on my other HD (well this one technically because I am still running Vista) and I took this picture for the hell of it. I might turn it into some type of Weebl And Bob Invade Vista art or something random.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/450/vistabob9za.jpg

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Loving the logo SandMan, and can't wait for work to get started up again on Part 20 :)

[PureEvilYak]

I love your toolbar! So much better than the "lego windows" xp thing, as my dad calls it.

[Sand-Man]

Yes the Vista tool bar and general theme is quite nice, they even offer a Vista style theme for you ThemeXP users. So you can have your computer sort of feel like Vista without leaving the compatability friendly XP environment (Vista hates many programs).

[Sand-Man]

I got a PM with a few questions about using XP Themes on your computer since I brought up Vista Themes. Here is a link to my one post eons ago about this whole subject. This post does say you can PM me for help about the 30 day trial of Style XP, but I no longer have the Key Generator so it will be up to you to hunt one down (PM me with any questions). I haven't messed with using Themes in a long time so I will try to answer any questions to the best of my ability.

Theme XP Post: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/forums/showpost.php?p=525165&postcount=435

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How did you get vista.. I thought it wasn't out yet.

I want this. And the Eye Candy stuff.

Oh yes.

Jealousy

[Sand-Man]

Once again we come back to torrents. The Windows Vista Beta Build 2 (5342) is around 2.3GB (its on a DVD for the actual testers). You get a 14 Day trial with the serial key provided, and there is supposedly an Activation bypass. Its not ideal for people looking for an OS to use day to day. I have a second HD I use for backup purposes, so I just mess around with it on there while keeping Windows XP Corporate on my main Serial ATA HD.

Suprisingly its not some secret illegal torrent O-) , main reputable websites have links to it. You only deal with legal issues when you start trying to bypass the Activation. I personally downloaded the torrent, loaded the ISO into Alcohol 120 and installed it from my XP HD onto my backup one. If you have the 2nd HD to mess around with it on I suggest getting it, other wise I would wait till January of 07 to mess with it.

I could go on and on about Windows Vista, but I will save that for some other time. Right now I am trying to focus on studying for exams tomorrow and maybe getting some part 20 stuff done.

[Sand-Man]

Double post oh well... Lately I have been working on menus for the animation. Menus take forever to make (when you are making them after Doom 3 that is) and are a pain in the ass and just tiresome. It is tedious work, but the end result is worth it. Below is the main menu for Part 20, the middle button being the roll over color. If you have ever played Doom 3 it might just look familiar...maybe....sarcasm....

http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/7356/menu2ec.jpg

[*Ooh Sparklies*]

I hide in a corner whenever Drew plays Doom 3. He says he was looking around this thread the other day, he has never seen any of your Doom things and was mighty impressed

woo for you :p

[Sand-Man]

You need to stop hiding and start playing :p lol. Glad he likes them, if I am doing these peices right anyone that has played Doom 3 should start having flashbacks. Here is a loading screen I just finished, it make look simple but it took about 2 hours or so to make.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3139/loadingscreen15yp.jpg

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Ooo... initializing :p

Great work SandMan

[PureEvilYak]

I know what you mean about loading screens. I've only ever made one, as a test, but they are a pig to make. And mine was, oh, about 156394^121 times simpler than yours.

But that? O... M... G...!
That is but far the most awesome loading scrren I;ve ever seen. Did you take a leaf out of the Metroid: Hunters loading screen book, or did you make it up yourself? Either was, if I wasn't the last person to gift you, I would. Perhaps when it comes out, maybe. Someone else is bound to give you one then. And by then I'll actually have the dough, I suppose.

Well, plus for nows.
Did I mention the OMGTEHAWESOMES!
Yeah, I think I did.

[Sand-Man]

It twas made from scratch, and is supposed to be similar to this:

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6845/untitled5vv.jpg

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You wrote PI amazingly.

I love you.

Completely.

Yes.

All the way.

*Grovel*

[Sand-Man]

PI was a bitch to write honestly, I didn't use a font/text, I used the erase tool (had to make sure you could see through the text). But I am happy the way it turned out, even though it was a major pain in the ass like I said.

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That's exactly why I said amazingly.

I assumed there was no font and that you just created it.


Good going.

[Sand-Man]

I enjoy stating the obvious....for some reason.... like the fact its taking for ever to finish part 20.... meh....

[BlueHippo]

sand man shut up and finish it :D

[Fade Away]

I concur

[Thomp]

I want to see this fantastic animation, so get on with it :p

[Sand-Man]

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3126/untitled29dx.jpg

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Saw this before?

[Sand-Man]

wasn't finished before....

[Sand-Man]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5227/minionskeleton3se.jpg

Working on stuff in Part 20 can make me want to rip my eyes out. Everything is on such a high level of detail it makes it and quite fun and interesting experience (sarcasam). Anyway in taking a break from working on Part 20, one day I fired up Twisted Metal 2 on the PC and figured what the hell. Minion is a kick ass boss, why not make an image. I actually plan on including this in a Weebl and Bob based short, but that will come about after I make more progress on Part 20. Hope you guys enjoy.

[PureEvilYak]

Squeeeee!

Sand-Man is back! And (quite possibally) with a vengence!
Absolutely brilliant vehicle. So... awesome. All I can say. I appluad.