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[Tex] Abstract Head
Hello there,
I have made my first head texture ever. I don't do art at all. My first attempt at design art ever. I am somewhat proud with it so I decided to post it here.
There are quite a few details you won't see without looking carefully, I suggest you take a few seconds to look over it before posting.

I made the head for MrManiac for free.
I made it with MS Paint.
One layer only, loads and loads of brushing. At least six hours of work (did not exactly count, but yeah, I put effort into it).
So yeah, here is the result:


old version 1




I hope this does not break the
Dont post MS paint bullshit.
basically im not banning use of mspaint, im using it as a description for CRAP. dont post stupid things and call it art.
rule. :P

I used this image as inspiration and partly as template.
http://altereebo.files.wordpress.com...tract-face.jpg

CnC GO


BenDover gave me some critique.
I'll edit the head a bit.

To do list:

• Better detailed top.
• Square on the back is shit.
• Needs to be more to the left.
• Flower thing in lower left corner needs to be more detailed.
• Highlight the face a bit more.
Last edited by Redundant; May 17, 2011 at 09:23 PM.
Ugh, “messy” is a very relative and subjective term I cannot work with.
Many pieces of art could be considered messy.
I partly did that on purpose to represent MrManiac's personality.
And probably partly because I got no art skills at all.
If you don't got anything constructive to say I suggest you don't post at all. :s
Originally Posted by Chris View Post
That not right size. Head texture just size is 128x128 or 258x258 or 512x512.
Obvious but, if you don't have GIMP yet get it here.

This is not the original size. ;o
The original is in 512, don't worry, I am no idiot. :P

Originally Posted by Mohit View Post
agree with alpha
too messy that i can't even judge what it is all about
no offence but it looks like a painting by a small child using water colors who don't know how to use them

READ: And probably partly because I got no art skills at all.

If you are going to repeat this over and over again just get out, I am looking for constructive posts.
So far the only intelligent comments I received came from BenDover.
:| This is somewhat sad.
Last edited by Redundant; May 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM.
Originally Posted by zacntariq View Post
This is the kinda stuff I would put on my wall, buy for a head I'd try to make a bit more of an outline of a face and stuff. 7/10

I will try to highlight the eyes etc a bit more with darker colours .
I put it on the to do list.
Hm, first I though: troll attempt. Then read the info bit more, still not sure... Then I looked at that damn thing for 15 min straight tying to find some sense, to see beyond the mess and awful color combination. Then I started blinking with eyes and caching the negative bursts under eyelids, that sub-image it may be hidden in it...
After everything it's still: ''Pizza fell on the floor'' head. Sorry, but bad art is bad art.
Thumbs down.
Originally Posted by AlphasoniK View Post
Messy is a good word for telling people their work is messy.
Yours is.

Clean it up so it will be less messy, might be that you have no art skills,
it still looks like you rushed this. The things you made could be way more defined,
the colors could compliment each other, you could've cleaned up the lines.
Yet you go in defence and tell me that messy is not clear enough?

You do see that it is messy right? Even for the style you're going for.
If I chew everything for you, you wont learn. The best way for people to learn is to figure it out on themselves.
I gave you a direction to work in, that should be enough.

See? Now you defined what you mean and are actually helpful. Thank you.

Originally Posted by 1handclap View Post
Guide to the artist..
Clearly this is a depiction of a troubled family home in much the same way as "Guernica" depicts the horrors of war. A peaceful farmhouse with surrounding garden plots is the tableau for the disquieting scene presented to us. On the left you can see the father figure with flaming head and glowing eyes, while smaller green children flee to the safety of the house. The green eye on the house represents the soothing watch of the mother. The dull eyed stare of the cow with bleeding eyes in foreground represents the inability of the viewer to affect the situation. The whole piece may also represent the downfall of wibbles.

C&C Please do not change a thing.

ahaha, loving your post.

Originally Posted by 8OJ4N View Post
Hm, first I though: troll attempt. Then read the info bit more, still not sure... Then I looked at that damn thing for 15 min straight tying to find some sense, to see beyond the mess and awful color combination. Then I started blinking with eyes and caching the negative bursts under eyelids, that sub-image it may be hidden in it...
After everything it's still: ''Pizza fell on the floor'' head. Sorry, but bad art is bad art.
Thumbs down.

I know it is bad, I still am proud of it.
Shit art by a shit artist.
I put effort into it and that's the result.
/me puts his "deal with it" hat on.
Last edited by Redundant; May 17, 2011 at 04:14 PM.
I beg to differ.
This is a real head, I worked quite a while on it.
I made it for MrManiac and he is wearing it ingame.

I do acknowlegde that it is not great art, I also ackowledge that it does not possess great quality.
I made it just for fun and I actually had fun making it.
You guys getting provoked by the head for some weird reason is entertaining but it was not my intention.
I do consider everything you say.
Did you see the to do list? ;o

Now, if you don't have anything other than "you did not understand what I say" to say get out of my thread, kthx.
I don't really see how this is a head texture, and not a fully acknowledged piece of abstract.
If you looks closely you can see eyes, faces, smiles, flowers, and all sorts of other stuff.
That's great.
It's hard to give this work of art a name.
It's also hard to tell if you were showing hatred or affection towards MrM.

5/10
Last edited by firebolty; May 17, 2011 at 08:54 PM.
BAD LUCK
I gotta admit I do like the reactions, yea. ;p

anyhow, I just made a quick update.

edited the flower, changed the box in the back and tried to add some more stuff.

I wil probably remove a couple of elements because they do not look good ingame.