Real Great People (UI) 5.0.1

[Infixo]

@Sun Ce of Wu Wow, great work, you nailed it!
I'm aware that there's a general problem with prophet's pictures since most of them are just paintings, probably imaginative. This is all we have, anyway. Again - I will write only what to fix, most of the icons are great.

• Bodhidarma - too much profile; but I see that there isn't many good pictures; as for now OK, I will mark it as 'for future check', maybe we'll find a better picture later
• Thomas Aquinas - need a better picture, this hunchy guy looks baaad; try this one http://www.christianitytoday.com/images/67498.jpg

So, basically only Thomas to fix

 

[Infixo]

@Desertmoongw
Comments:

• Rublev - ok
• Amrita - no, pls don't use profiles; also - there are really great photos of her: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...a_Sher-Gil_2.jpg/1200px-Amrita_Sher-Gil_2.jpg
• Kauffman - ok
• Orlovsky - I made him more bright, looks much better, OK; tried to find a better picture - no way...
  
• Monet - ok

Some more tips:

1. Always quickly check on google for possibly better image - it takes few seconds but can really save you time later; @CivLuvah usually has good pics but they do not always are well "iconizable".
2. Dont be afraid to make icons brighter, it really makes them look much better (often). Below - same pic, but 40% brighter and 20% more contrast. The first one would look awful in the window, the latter will be great, you'll see

 

[Infixo]

@Sun Ce of Wu I've just done Thomas Aquinas. Wanted to post a new set...

 

[Infixo]

Infixo updated Real Great People with a new update entry:

Version 0.2 Prophets

Version 0.2 - Prophets (thanks to @Sun Ce of Wu)

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[DemonEmperor]

How do these look? - sun tzu is the only one with a very papery look, but then again, he several centuries older than the rest

 

[Desertmoongw]

Qiu Ying had zero images besides this one of him, which might not even be him, so sincerest apologies for the poor quality on that one in particular. Pretty much the same thing for Katsushika Hokusai. I know I definitely did some poorly, but I don't know which ones, I'll fix them as soon as you get back to me about that.

 

[CivLuvah]

Great job guys! I'm liking the progress so far.

 

[Infixo]

@DemonEmperor Great icons!
Bacially you've got the process right. Just make the more bright (+10-15%), especially AETHELFLAED - I would even go for +40bright/+15contr.
I know it's difficult to establish that on the first try - just take a look at example pictures (in the resource) and check the icons (in mod folders), you'll feel better the whole brightness thing.

I would only comment on the selection of source pictures. It's always difficult when there's no photo or a nice painting. So basically, everyone before 1600 ad is a problem. My rule is: if there's something that is supposed to depict a person, no matter what it is (crude drawing, sculpture, etc.) I would go for it. I would refrain from using imaginative pictures and use them as last resort (e.g. movies, contemporary paintings, etc.) So, basically I'm talking about Barca right now The icon is really great but it's not him and there's a widely recognized sculpture that is supposed to be him: http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Aquile63.jpg. Also Boudica (movie?) - I think the image that CivLuvah found is still the best one.

The other 4 are ok. I will adjust brightness myself, its a quickie.

 

[Infixo]

@Desertmoongw Damn, Artists are really difficult, I can see that. Not much good material to work with. But we'll manage
Lots of good, also many to fix. I will only list the latter.

• ElGreco - squeezed badly, use this one maybe: https://content3.cdnprado.net/image...c28c/5444fd7f-61a3-40b5-8d83-bbdb492d70a5.jpg
• MaryCassat - head too small, need a better cut; also this has is ruining things, so there's this one: https://www.sartle.com/sites/default/files/images/artist/10061.jpg
• MICHELANGEL - this picture doesn't give him the credit he deserves, we need a better one: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/03/08/1968C79200000578-0-image-a-2_1454489141647.jpg or maybe here: http://www.michelangelo.net/images/michelangelo.jpg
• Qiu Ying - I don't know what to do with this one, there's no painting of him and the one we've got is really awful, like a dog; this nose is broken; maybe try to do him again (also a little bigger)
• VanGogh - this painting of him is not good for iconizing, leaves traces on the face; there's actually a nice photo (?) http://www.vangogh.net/images/van-gogh.jpg, not sure if its real. Or here: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bb/22/d6/bb22d637582a640423f5c3c284f75c12.jpg. Well, sure looks like him on paintings.
• Marie-Anne_Collot - it seems that this is the only good depiction of her, so to make it look better, 1st use better quality pic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...e-Anne_Collot_par_Pierre-Etienne_Falconet.jpg, and 2nd while removing backgroud, remove also that thing on her head (manually), just leave the black hair. You can use this:
  

 

[SeelingCat]

Here's Tolstoy, Shakespeare and Tagore 2.0; hopefully the last of the writers!

 

[Infixo]

@SeelingCat Beautifully done, I will post them very soon. Also, I did a very neat tweak to the window, but that's a surprise

 

[Infixo]

Infixo updated Real Great People with a new update entry:

Version 0.3 Engineers & Writers

Version 0.3
- Great Engineers
- Great Writers (thanks to SeelingCat)
- Prophets in GP window are not in the middle anymore

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[DemonEmperor]

That should be the rest of them + boudica + hannibal

 

[Infixo]

@DemonEmperor
The icons quality is top-notch however you tend to cut too small heads - too much torso and space above them. Since all the icons from 4 sets have bigger heads now, you need to make corrections. See below how the head should fit:

Not to all icons, some of them are ok. To correct: Nzinga, Macarthur, Bonaparte, Lakshmibai, Toure, Bolivar.

Also, in few cases a better source will produce much better results. Please use these:
- Toure: (better resolution) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Almamy_Samory_Touré-2.jpg
- Joan of Arc: (better edges) http://www.emersonkent.com/images/saint_joan_of_arc.jpg
- Raskova: (the Russians chose that depiction, I think we should go along) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Stamp_of_Russia_2012_No_1567_Marina_Raskova.jpg

So, 8 icons to fix, 9 are ok. Total 13 ok.

And, btw nice touch with Macarthur's pipe

 

[DemonEmperor]

The bigger heads edition - macarthur keeps his pipe and jeanne gets a halo

 

[Desertmoongw]

I feel like if we can't settle with a low-quality pic of Qiu Ying, it might just be best to not give him a picture, and have a question mark in the corner that if you hover over it says that we couldn't find a good picture, like you suggested before with Rublev.

 

[su_nobody]

New to .dds and I didn't get an option to choose a specific setting with the webconverter I used. I'm not sure if he's on the list (I can't run Civ VI atm), but William Blake's artwork is pretty impressive. Hand engraved onto copper plates, printed, and coloured with homemade paints - he was in London during the colonisation of Australia.

 

[su_nobody]

Sorry for the double-post, but I can't edit the previous upload to include Boudicca. Again, I'm not too sure about the .dds format and the spacing.

 

[Infixo]

@DemonEmperor All just perfect!

 

[Infixo]

@Desertmoongw All great! Van Gogh and Cassat - superb.

We'll leave Qiu Ying for later