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hahahhahahahahhahahahaDAD LOST MY IPOD posted:hahahhahahahahhahahaha
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Jul 3, 2019 22:45
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"We can fix it in post!" 
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Jul 3, 2019 22:47
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:hahahhahahahahhahahaha
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Airspace posted:Honestly that Maggie(?) model is... well, I don't mind it. That's not Maggie. That's Paige, a new character in the new book. Before the grand 3D transition, she looked like this:  I think they're not really happy with the distinctive "amateur 3D model" look they've ended up with (for example, that sword, and the picture of the tower among the trees in the current update). So they're running their 3D renders through a cel-shading filter to restore the kinds of sharp lines they used to have with inked art, and then they're importing the result into Photoshop and running a bunch of "blur" and "smudge" filters on them to hide the low quality of their models, give everything some extra texture, and impart a more conventional 2D art look. For example, the shot of the typewriter and books a couple pages ago is probably what they're really going for. Except they're still experimenting with it, and using different amounts of filtering depending on the shot and what kind of models they're using (I severely doubt they modeled the typewriter and books themselves). So sometimes they overprocess it and end up with a smeary mess that looks like they let a five-year-old with watercolors do the coloring. Also, the trees in the second image on the page are just the same tree copy-pasted over and over again, with each copy slightly rotated or resized. Every single one has identical leaves. The writing is worse than usual, too. I can barely tell what it's even saying half the time, and there's several typoes and missing words. Is he just making GBS threads out crap updates to get the Patreon money flowing again now that the Kickstarter money dropped off after only $15k or so?
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Jul 3, 2019 23:22
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McTimmy posted:Ow my soul. This is where I am. Also goddamn comparing that slimy poser-meets-fingerpaints mess to the characterful line drawing of the same character... ow, HER soul, too.
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Jul 4, 2019 03:01
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Main Paineframe posted:Is he just making GBS threads out crap updates to get the Patreon money flowing again now that the Kickstarter money dropped off after only $15k or so? Yes
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Jul 4, 2019 03:18
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You know, I have to say: This makes the webnovel version of Erfworld look much better. I mean, I still wouldn't read it, but goddamn does that art detract rather than add. Maybe if this new engine got used solely for establishing location shots, and some careful illustrations like close-ups of inanimate objects and so on, little embellishments, it could even make a webnovel a bit easier on the eyes.
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Jul 4, 2019 03:29
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Someone please combine  with  , a la 
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Jul 4, 2019 06:02
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When does he cut off his ear?
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Jul 4, 2019 10:11
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So he's gone from, "we'll be using 3D for shots of cityscapes that are difficult to illustrate by hand" to "we'll be using 3D for absolutely everything, it's a Poser comic now"? This is really funny and sad. I get the zeal towards asset efficiency, but it's not coming from a dude who has a strong understanding of visual art.
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Jul 4, 2019 12:37
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Android Blues posted:I get the zeal towards asset efficiency, but it's not coming from a dude who has a strong understanding of visual art.
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Jul 4, 2019 13:03
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Coming next year: Erfworld by Gmod.
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Jul 4, 2019 14:13
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TBF there were some decent gmod comics a decade ago. jfc we're old
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Jul 4, 2019 20:19
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Erfworld was designed as a deliberately generic setting so I'm not sure why Balder crawled up his own rear end with worldbuilding.
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Jul 4, 2019 20:35
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Ague Proof posted:Erfworld was designed as a deliberately generic setting so I'm not sure why Balder crawled up his own rear end with worldbuilding. Spiderdrake posted:Behold Genius! Also, I just can't help but feel supremely bad for all of his artists. It's pretty easy to read between the lines and see why he can never hold onto one for long.
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Jul 4, 2019 20:42
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lurksion posted:TBF there were some decent gmod comics a decade ago. Concerned and...?
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PMush Perfect posted:Also, I just can't help but feel supremely bad for all of his artists. It's pretty easy to read between the lines and see why he can never hold onto one for long. don't we have extremely convincing circumstantial evidence that the "terrible thing on par with cancer" that balder posted about was him being court-ordered to pay remuneration to one of his former artists?
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A big flaming stink posted:don't we have extremely convincing circumstantial evidence that the "terrible thing on par with cancer" that balder posted about was him being court-ordered to pay remuneration to one of his former artists? I don't think so, just a lot of people guessing that and regurgitating people's prior guesswork (of which I was one). Still that's my guess, though I wouldn't say it is certain.
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A big flaming stink posted:don't we have extremely convincing circumstantial evidence that the "terrible thing on par with cancer" that balder posted about was him being court-ordered to pay remuneration to one of his former artists? Not really? Just one Reddit post from some guy who claimed one of the artists personally told him all that. For me, that's "uncle who works at Nintendo" levels of reliability.
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Jul 7, 2019 04:06
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Pawg From Produce posted:
I thought it was Maggie, too. Main Paineframe posted:That's not Maggie. That's Paige, a new character in the new book. Before the grand 3D transition, she looked like this: what the hell was he thinking
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Jul 8, 2019 04:55
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everything after parson threw the sword into to volcano didn’t happen. axe it like the old Star Wars EU
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Jul 8, 2019 13:19
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Zoe posted:lmbo, I can't get over how ugly this is. I'm poo poo at all forms of art and yet I'm fairly certain I could produce similar results with 15 minutes of MSPaint. Clearly the fact that that the sword has replaced her hand shows that she has abandoned the pen and her pacifist, isolationist ways, and is committed to the coming war. Surely it wouldn't be too hard to add little pink fingers gripping the sword so it must have been intentional. You really have to read everything into the art you can to even have a chance of understanding the "magic" and "rules" of the system, I mean comic. Remember all the posts about how he agonized over every panel of artwork, and kept sending them back for corrections? Now you can expect perfect fidelity to the vision every time. Oh and just wait until there are 5+ people in a room together. I think that smudge on the left is supposed to be... Grogquock fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jul 8, 2019 |
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Jul 8, 2019 21:32
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I made a good decision to stop reading and wait for this nightmare to be over. I hope it's being rightfully poo poo on.
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Jul 10, 2019 05:59
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The spineless ones funding Balder's bad decisions are incapable of taking a stance beyond "the art would be okay in a vacuum."
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Jul 10, 2019 19:02
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Because it sucks?
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Jul 11, 2019 01:54
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What I really don't get is why Rob "Send it back four times because minor details are off" Balder would be okay with such mushy art.
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Jul 11, 2019 03:12
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PMush Perfect posted:What I really don't get is why Rob "Send it back four times because minor details are off" Balder would be okay with such mushy art. Needs his cash.
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Jul 11, 2019 03:33
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McTimmy posted:Needs his cash.
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Jul 11, 2019 03:49
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PMush Perfect posted:Who wants to run a betting pool on the next hare-brained scheme to fund ErfWorld. My bet is MLM. Erfworld visual novel.
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Jul 11, 2019 03:50
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You will know Rob’s in trouble when he finally does a Erfworld tabletop game, it’s the ultimate panic button.
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Jul 11, 2019 03:57
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Gann Jerrod posted:You will know Rob’s in trouble when he finally does a Erfworld tabletop game, it’s the ultimate panic button. This will never happen because the rule book would have to be several inches thick to make him happy. No, seriously. I'm pretty sure he said at one point that was the issue with making a computer game. Too many rules.
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Jul 11, 2019 04:18
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I can't believe the erotic artwork wasn't the bottom of the barrel for funding schemes.
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Jul 11, 2019 04:29
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It wasn't even the middle of the barrel.
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Jul 11, 2019 04:32
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At this point Erfworld could be an actual porn comic and have more dignity than this art. It could be a Sprite Comic with more dignity
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Jul 11, 2019 14:39
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frankly this art is a a sidegrade at worst from the first half of book 3. when you look at the gorgeous noguchi book 1 stuff compared to everything that came after it’s such a dramatic step down
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Jul 11, 2019 14:56
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:frankly this art is a a sidegrade at worst from the first half of book 3. when you look at the gorgeous noguchi book 1 stuff compared to everything that came after it’s such a dramatic step down
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Jul 11, 2019 15:44
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"walk, walk, walk... balk" is one of the earliest moments in the comic, and remains one of my favorite gags. 
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Jul 11, 2019 19:03
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Disgusting slob parson was so great.
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Jul 11, 2019 19:18
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"Congratulations, my lord... t'was a splendidly speedy defection!"
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