Fan art in the game!

July 30, 2013 - 1:10pm — Gooke6

Hello there!
I am Margo Putzeys, a student Game- and Digital Design and I am currently doing my internship with Tale of Tales. I am still studying but I will be entering my Master year next schoolyear.
For my internship Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn asked me if I wanted to work with the players and make models and concept art together. And with great pleasure I accepted this of course! This means you will be able to add art to the game!

But there are some 'rules' attached to this: If you make a 3D model, pleas send it as an .OBJ file to me. But a .Blender file ( Blender's file extension ) would be even better! But a .OBJ is good as well! As for the concept art you can send a photoshop file, PNG of JPEG.

So what can you make? Well it's like a set that the deers can wear in the game! This set includes: a mask, antlers and a pelt. Both made for the adult deer AND the baby deer. You can (if some of you know how and want to) texture these models by using a UV map. If you do texture them, send texture files as a PNG. ( PNG supports transparancy )
But of course you are never obligated to making more than you like. The meaning of this task is also for me to make stuff, so if you only would like to make the adult deer's models, that's fine by me. I can always texture them, add models, etc.

So if any of you are interested in putting your art or 3D models in the game. Send them to me and I can adjust them if necessary or take a look if something needs to be changed and so on.
You can of course also send your concept art to me and I can realise that concept art into a 3D model which may have a chance to be put in the actual game: The Endless Forest!

My e-mail adres is : Margo.Putzeys@gmail.com. I hope I will be hearing soon from you guys!!

Greetings,
Margo

EDIT: from Michael and Auriea --
To be clear, we want Margo to do ALL of the modeling and ALL of the texturing. Because that is what her internship is about. YOU, players, are requested to send her concept art or point her to already existing concept art (on this very website, for instance). SHE can choose which concepts she models and textures. But WE, Auriea and Michaël, choose which go into the game. We hope there will be many!

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August 21, 2013 - 4:47am — Aivilo

^There's already a Kirin set,

~~^There's already a Kirin set, though. I can't find a picture with the whole set, but here's the pelt: link~~

Ninja'd by Xemi, but I GOT THE PAGE. XEMI, YOU HAVE BEEN OVERTHROWN.

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August 21, 2013 - 4:49am — Xemi

*on AN earlier page x__x

*on AN earlier page x__x gahdshjfk

also just gonna.. casually link this here because God I have so much love for it. We have a severe lack of anything with red in it on the game, and god those antlers and that mask, djdhdfk yes

@Ivi - ... FOR NOW MY CHILD. FOR NOW..

August 21, 2013 - 5:40am — magnanimous

The Owl set is looking great

The Owl set is looking great so far, I feel the pelt is perfect! I would, however, suggest moving the owl eyes a bit more towards the front of the mask, and make the front of the mask have a bit of a wedge of sorts (:

Side of a Barn Owl's face
Front of a Barn Owl's face

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August 21, 2013 - 6:39am — Echosong

I'm really liking the barn

I'm really liking the barn owl pelt, but perhaps you should make the pelt darker. There is usually more dark orange, grey and speckles. Picture and picture

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August 21, 2013 - 7:10am — BlueOrchid

Depends on the gender and the

Depends on the gender and the species. Tyto Alba is the lighter of the species. The females tend to have spotty chests and more dark and color on their backs. Males tend to have little to no spots with some patches of white through their backs as well, granted some of each look close to the other and are in the questionable grey area till they can be observed in breeding season or is seen against an obvious opposite gender.

My only suggestion would be to make the face flatter from a side view, and for the spots on the pelt, perhaps make them smaller and more scattered, or put them in the dark grey patches in barred form.

August 21, 2013 - 7:27am — Rhhya

Some say me, I can post

Some say me, I can post there. xD
I forgot... So I posting now...

Forest Druid.

August 21, 2013 - 7:33am — DinahMoon

So excited with the

So excited with the possibility of an owl set being in the game!

Used some lazy manipulation, but here. A phantom kudu.

August 21, 2013 - 7:53am — Hraeth

Dinah, that is an amazing

Dinah, that is an amazing idea. I was hoping someone would suggest a human skull. Loving those stripes too. Hnnng.

August 21, 2013 - 7:59am — Uitleger

Margo, About the koi set;

Margo,

About the koi set; the scale pattern seems lazy and shallow, makes the set look like a costume for a kids' play.
I see it in the original concept but really doubt it was meant to be implemented literally.
Some variety in scale size along the body, variety in depth of relief would help the cause. Maybe just the accents of it, along some parts of the body.
Here, this is how another scaled concept was handled. Just a few textures blended in already gives it a superior quality.
A different/no texture for the fins, also? Same scales just make no sense there.

On another note, liking the owl set and extra kudos for that mask. Perfect volume, kooky and endearing, complements the antlers and pelt, as well. Would lose that if it got flattened.

Dinah,

Smart match of the skull and the zoid antlers there. Fit accents on the pelt, too. Way too lovely.
I like your orchid concept, btw.

August 21, 2013 - 9:05am — Reyy

Margo, have you proposed any

Margo, have you proposed any concepts to Michael and Auriea yet?

If so:
Which ones?
Were they accepted or denied?

Thanks

R

August 21, 2013 - 5:36pm — aica

I dislike this mask in the

I dislike this mask

in the concept, it was better

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August 21, 2013 - 11:17pm — Gooke6

Updated the inky koi set

Updated the inky koi set again because of some advice/comments I had before by a player ;D I took away the scales on the antler fins and replaced it with another texture. Changed the scale texture on the pelt by trying to blend it in more into the original pelt and making only a few spots have the scales also tried to make the scales look less flat. I also made the scales on the mask look more like the new ones on the pelt

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August 21, 2013 - 11:21pm — Gooke6

Quote: Margo, have you

Quote:

Margo, have you proposed any concepts to Michael and Auriea yet?

If so:
Which ones?
Were they accepted or denied?

Thanks

R

Not yet from this assignment, Ravynn. I think the time will come soon because my internship is slowly coming to an end

No problem :3

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August 21, 2013 - 11:36pm — Xemi

Margo, how much more time do

Margo, how much more time do you have with us? It's going to be such a shame to see you go >: but it's been a pleasure having you here to work with us on these sets.

August 21, 2013 - 11:54pm — Reyy

Yes, we are limited on time

Yes, we are limited on time and I think it would be good to start proposing concepts, so in case some are refused we have time to submit others.

August 21, 2013 - 11:58pm — Reyy

Really start dishing them

Really start dishing them out.

Also, that koi set is coming along well.
Thos little tentacle things look like walrus fangs, though.

August 22, 2013 - 12:33am — Gooke6

Quote:Margo, how much more

Quote:

Margo, how much more time do you have with us? It's going to be such a shame to see you go >: but it's been a pleasure having you here to work with us on these sets.

I have untill the end of the month. And thank you :< I will miss you guys as well, you have a great community here :3 And I enjoy working on them as well as working with the players ^_^

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August 22, 2013 - 12:36am — Xemi

Aww, okay. Thanks for letting

Aww, okay. Thanks for letting us know. I hope you'll enjoy the rest of your time with us as much as we've enjoyed the time with you. ^^

August 22, 2013 - 12:57am — Flyleaf

@Gooke You can still become

@Gooke
You can still become a member yourself here

And maybe play in the forest ...to try out

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August 22, 2013 - 1:00am — /

Hello Margo, I'm sorry to

Hello Margo,
I'm sorry to hear your intership is going to end.

Though I'd like to give you some advice to the Barn Owl set if I can. I really like the pelt and especially the antlers, but I think that the mask is too bulgy, I think it'll be nicer to see the mask a little more flat. Also it might be nicer if the mask will be going with the face of the deer a little more, it appears to me that it's a bulgy thing sticked to the face of the deer, it doesn't much appears to me like a mask to wear. So maybe a little hollow out and stretch so the deer will appear like he's wearing it, and make it a little more flat?
Also I like how did you updated the Inky Koi set. I really can see improvement and really like it.

I'm now not sure if I will send some more concepts, the deadline is close, but maybe I will do.

And I'd like to agree with Flyleaf, why not to try?

August 22, 2013 - 1:19am — Verdalas

Loving the change to the Koi

Loving the change to the Koi set! It looks much more appropriate now. I just wonder how it'd look in-Forest.

Also just as a suggestion, I would love to see some more fawn ideas or potentially mini-only designs (provided it's plausible).

August 22, 2013 - 1:23am — Xemi

^ I like the idea of

^ I like the idea of fawn-only sets too. It's just so unfortunate that they fade.. only gives us a chance to admire them relatively briefly. >: Off-topic but, I always kind of wished set pieces on fawns would stick if the account was aged, heh ;v;

August 22, 2013 - 1:24am — SoliloquyChryseis

I wish fawn sets would just

I wish fawn sets would just stick regardless :< Or at least have a setting for it or something.

August 22, 2013 - 1:49am — StagnessBlue

I love the Koi set! Hopefully

I love the Koi set! Hopefully M & A will think about adding it.

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August 22, 2013 - 3:50am — Gooke6

Update on the barn owl set by

Update on the barn owl set by requests of several players. The following changes were made:

Made the mask flatter and closer to the face of the deer. Put the natural curve into the antlers. Changed the texture of the pelt by adding different sizes of dots and making the dark in it more dark. Also put more shadow on the face of the deer (actual pelt can't see it because of his mask

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August 22, 2013 - 4:19am — RoktDog

I love the owl concept so

I love the owl concept so much, so glad you took it and put it as a model! And the updated koi...Ugh, too beautiful C:

But the owl mask, seems, rather...big? Like it could maybe be more short, if that makes sense? I dunno. It might be just me, so if you like the size, keep it. C:

Sad to hear you'll leave soon, too. Maybe you could stick and play the forest though.

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August 22, 2013 - 5:34am — Xemi

I LOVE the changes made,

I LOVE the changes made, especially on the curve of the antlers; they flow so nicely now. Also, for my lack of feedback on the edits to the koi set - I'm especially fond of the antlers now that they're without scales ^^ the soft and limited scale-effect on the pelt too is such eye candy. Really hoping M&A accept that one. Well.. I hope they accept all of them but.. that one especially :'D

August 22, 2013 - 5:53am — Mjrn

Both of those updates look so

Both of those updates look so amazing. I really hope they both make it in - but if only one can, please let it be Inky Koi. So gorgeous, and it really looks a lot better now with the updates.

Will be sad to see you go, it's been fun seeing everything you've created. Hope you had fun with us and your projects, and I wish you the best of the luck with everything. (:

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August 22, 2013 - 6:14am — Silbernefuchs

Hey. Can I just say I'm

Hey.

Can I just say I'm happy to see the prospect of new pelts, masks and antlers/horns in the game. I personally think that the more we have the better, as it's great for player imaginations.

I don't play much, but I do like the idea of a wider range of customisation available for everyone.

Anyways, I was hoping to first offer suggestion on the owl mask? It might look a lot better if it was up against the face? One of the angles of the mask makes it look ... kinda awkward, and less like a mask and more something like a balloon held in front of the face? Maybe try that?

And now I have ideas for things you might want to do?

I was thinking a loon-based pelt might be fun? Just something spotty? It can also be used for two different pelts: one white on black, another black on white?

And I would absolutely love to see what you might make, getting something like ibex horns on a deer? Ibex have awesome horns. I think they'd be fantastic here.

There was a wolf mask suggested a while ago, and I wonder if you're OK with feline masks? Maybe one with spots, one striped and one plain? Maybe?

Last thing: I think it would be great if we could get something like moss for antler adornments? We have flowers. Why not moss [or leaves]?

Anyways, thanks for your time here and I'm hoping a lot of your works will make it in, whatever it is, and I hope I've offered something useful to you to work with.

August 22, 2013 - 8:01am — magnanimous

I really love the changes

I really love the changes you've made to the Inky Koi set! Everything about it is much more sleek and lovely, especially the antlers!
As for the Barn Owl set, while I'm very impressed with the antlers and pelt, I still find the mask to be rather unappealing... I hope you don't mind, but I did a couple of rough sketches to show you more how I intended the mask to be. Perhaps they'll be a bit more helpful than the concept alone?

Blue is a rough estimate of where the face is under the mask, red is the mask.

Just the mask.

Just the mask.

However, these are suggestions, not guidelines! You're free to do whatever you want, as it is your time and your internship! (:

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August 22, 2013 - 10:25am — BlueOrchid

^ Agreed!!

August 22, 2013 - 12:27pm — shokomania

Greetings, Margo! I want to

Greetings, Margo! I want to show you great concepts by Aica. Please, pay attention to them))))))

link - http://www.endlessforest.org/community/concepts-upd

August 22, 2013 - 12:55pm — natille.koks

^ || I would like to join

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I would like to join shokomania's words
pelts are amazing!

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August 22, 2013 - 1:21pm — Verdalas

That angus pelt is amazing! I

That angus pelt is amazing! I have a necklace from South Africa with a mask similar to that one attached to it but wearing it always seems to bring me bad luck..

I love the colours though!

August 22, 2013 - 2:32pm — shokomania

natille.koks, I admire these

natille.koks, I admire these amazing ideas too. Aica is good fellow)

Verdalas, If these concepts will get to game, they will bring happiness. I think so! ^_^

August 22, 2013 - 5:12pm — BloomingSkull

The african and angus pelts

The african and angus pelts are amazing, such nice colors and markings! It would be really awesome if these could still be made. I especially like the antlers of the angus pelt very very much!

August 23, 2013 - 2:48am — Mjrn

Angus, want so hard.

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August 23, 2013 - 3:00am — Gooke6

Another update on the barn

Another update on the barn owl set. Only the mask has changed. Followed the suggestion of magnanimous. Thank you for the pictures by the way. They really helped me getting the mask right around the face of the deer. Hopefully now the mask will have bit more succes since I read that a few players didn't like the mask

If I can finish this - if you guys think it's done now - I can start working on the next set soon ;D

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August 23, 2013 - 3:07am — din

ooh yes perfect margo! it

ooh yes perfect margo! it looks great, im so glad you are listening to us. its really nice <3
sorry i havent commented much..but i adore what you are doing and will miss you when you go.
i wish you internship lasted longer! :'c

August 23, 2013 - 3:10am — BlueOrchid

I love the changes as well. I

I love the changes as well. I think that set could be considered perfect now <3

August 23, 2013 - 3:11am — Mjrn

Perfect.

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August 23, 2013 - 3:18am — Xemi

OMG, MARGO THAT MASK ;; it's

OMG, MARGO THAT MASK ;; it's ADORABLE. That looks so awesome! Maggie did an awesome job I think of showing what we were failing to describe well, and man it paid off. Awesome work. You've worked so much on this set, I reeaaally really hope it will be one to get approved ;v;

August 23, 2013 - 3:22am — Gooke6

Wauw! I'm really glad you

Wauw! I'm really glad you guys like it ^^ And thanks for the compliments

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August 23, 2013 - 3:28am — Clare

lookin' good, lady!! keep it

lookin' good, lady!! keep it up. (:

August 23, 2013 - 6:32am — Silbernefuchs

Adding my agreement on the

Adding my agreement on the owl mask.

I only hope that after all your work, it becomes a reality in the game.

August 23, 2013 - 6:36am — magnanimous

Yesss, that's so much better!

Yesss, that's so much better! I feel it's perfect now, thank you! ♥

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August 23, 2013 - 6:48am — SoliloquyChryseis

I think the owl set looks

I think the owl set looks GREAT!

If you want to be a little more nitpicky about it, I just have one suggestion. The beak itself seems a bit too big. Barn owl beaks are a bit thinner. You could probably just get this effect by adding more of the golden color to the sides to make it more like this: