Scrolling Main Menu images (Malakim, Calabim, Ljosalfar, Illians, Infernal)

[Valkrionn]

The rectangle is there because the image scrolls.

 

[Deon]

Yeah, the point was to make the letters a transparent holes in the rectangle... Now, I don't remember why I wanted this way.

Oh, Valkrionn, I almost forgot, I must make Malakim too .

 

[Deon]

OK, Malakim are in . Feel free to use in Malakim++ if you want .

 

[Valkrionn]

It will likely be in the last version of the mod. Very nice work.

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

wow, those are awesome Deon, thanks!

although, they look... pixelated. very pixelated. is that caused by the screenshot?

 

[Deon]

Partially. Also image plane is not too high res or it starts to lag horribly (main menu object movement is not optimized in civ4). However in the game it "smoothes" textures so they look better . Try yourself.

 

[Deon]

I am going to make a full scrolling combat scene in this style:
http://deon23.deviantart.com/art/Hyborem-the-Demon-117964708

I just wanted to ask, is it ok? Because it will take a hell load of time and I don't want to do it if it's bad from the start .

 

[xalien]

Hyborem looks like a toothless granny . I personally prefer landscapes WITHOUT people so I wouldn't use it anyway. So far I like Illian the most.

 

[Deon]

I was going to do something like a wall-on-wall fresco
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/a/501.b.jpg

You know, good vs. evil and all .

 

[xalien]

Yeah, I've figured. It's just that I'm a sucker for pretty landscapes, especially winter ones.

 

[Deon]

Is this level of "tooth-ness" OK?

 

[JonathanStrange]

Man, that's gonna give me nightmares!

 

[xalien]

Lol, yeah. But his bottom is a bit too feminine I'd say .

 

[Deon]

Nah, note that dark spike . Also they are demons, they are fallow etc. They do not obligatorily reproduce in "normal" way .

 

[xalien]

Oh I know that, but me and probably most other still refer to Hyborem and most other demons as "he". It doesn't really look like those hips are filled with a muscle tissue if you know what I mean , especially next to that narrow waist. Actually, if you modify it's face and some other "parts" it would make a good succubus.

 

[Dark Russell]

The font problem is here because I lack good fonts overall .
If you can suggest any good font, I'd love to use it .

I don't have time to search but if you are interested, here is a good place to find fonts:

http://www.1001freefonts.com/

Keep up the good work!

Cheers.

 

[Deon]

Thank you .

Oh crap, it takes much longer than I expected .

I am not an artist in any way so I am a pure amateur (Hyborem was my 2nd drawn character in the last 2-3 years). Now I draw third, Death Knight... And it takes a really long time .
It's just half-done, and I am not sure will I be able to finish him today... I haven't slept for a night so I am very dizzy.
OK it's done.

I'd love some tips from anyone who can draw before I do something really stupid

Spoiler :

Nightmare and all.

I am just afraid to imagine how many time should I spend to draw all the characters for a battle. I hope I won't fail in the middle of the process.

 

[Deon]

Bump because I forgot to update it . Well, maybe I will make a few races more.

 

[Deon]

Ehh, it looks like Filefront deleted my files. I will try to find them on another PC and reupload them somewhere if someone is interested.

 

[Sephi]

Deon, could you please upload the Calabim picture? I could use it for nicer Civscreens

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=346584