[color=#BF0000]tzlaine[/color] wrote:I was thinking those would look nice as iconified versions of those same sketches -- that is, they could become the detailed icons Tortanick suggests.
You mean like this?
I'm not putting names beside them because I want it to be obvious what they stand for without using words to give up the meaning.
Unrelated note:
Might make good wall paper, though I couldn't think of where else to put it.
The radar is beautiful! and the icon style is spot on, but I think the Taj Mahal is too heavily based on a single real life palace and should be a more generic palace, perhaps in a futuristic style. For example Gallifrey from Doctor Who has a nice one building city (once you remove that ugly dome) that could make a nice palace. Obviously there's copyright but that only applies to the actual design, not the style.
When it comes to palatial architecture, the Indians, Byzantines and Persians are really hard to beat, because the architecture is so delightfully epicurean and recognizable at the same time. I am a little disappointed that it doesn't have the special futuristic glamor that is signature of Sci-fi, and it's probably the first thing I'd fix to brush it up.
Or we could stick a big gold star on it and call it a day.
just one more thing:
Another building icon
can you guess where I got it from?
What's epicurean? and while being recognisable isn't a bad thing, that icon will be more recognisable as the Taj Mahal itself than general palatialness.
Epicurean? I'm using it as a euphemism for hedonistic.
Gallifrey's "Palace" is too Wizard of Oz for me, I prefer something a little less ambiguous.
As for the icon, I thought it was obvious from the beginning of this thread: It's from the wormhole picture. In fact it is the wormhole itself. Go ahead and check again, I think it will be more obvious now
Is that a Harpoon Gun down there? That's just awesome, the image of marines attaching ropes to them and gliding accross to an enemy ship fills my mind.
The enemy is retreating! As always, there is no cuteness about them. Dammit
A harpoon? You have more imagination than me, I thought it was some sort of fancy energy weapon. The Canadian Air Force comes to mind now that you mention it.
Josh you really nailed the Gyisache concept art in terms of it matching my mental image of what they would look like. Your point about their eye stalk/arms being rather bad as a way to manipulate and see at the same time is quite true but It was my desire that creatures have design flaws. You see evolution is a blind process that goes down all kinds of paths that ultimately result in "bad" designs, most bad designs lose but sometimes they win (sometimes for no better reason then being paired with a real winner). The Gyisache can't manipulate an object and see with that eye at the same time which seems like a debilitating handicap but they cope just as Humans cope with not being able to breath and drink water at the same time. Weird "flaws" can actually make a race design more exotic and well alien, I hope to see more of your work in the future.