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Long and boring ramble:
A few years ago, I did a male human shirtless dat that I thought was passable, but as with most of my artwork, opening it recently (having returned to FFXI and needing a base texture for further DAT modding) made me realize how horribly ugly it was.
Ironically, in this period, someone seemed to have appropriated my texture and uploaded it to FFXIdats at o.O.o Final Fantasy XI Dats o.O.o - Muscular Bare Chest claiming it was his own work, which either is a remarkable coincidence, or blatant plagiarism (he did modify it a little, to his credit).
Ironically, I'm not angry about it at all because... well, it's flattering, I frankly don't care - and the old model was ugly as heck: case in point - here's the original in Metaseq (directly from my computer).
Ugly ugly ugly! Checking the other dats available, I wasn't altogether too pleased with the other popular shirtless one, so like the old adage goes, the proof of originality is best demonstrated by further work.
Dragging out Metaseq and Photoshop, I managed to whip something together that displayed a slightly better understanding of anatomy:
But the pectoral area was horribly flat and the back musculature was overly pronounced. Due to polygonal limitations, I couldn't really do much except re-texture and reduce definition (remember, I haven't touched DAT modding in over two years). The Final product is below:
You, esteemed reader, could do me a favour by testing it out and providing feedback, especially with regard to how to fix the overly "flat" look of the pectorals, and on whether it's an improvement over my old texture. I don't think I've quite succeeded in fixing it yet.
Alternatively, we could just get that funny guy to plagiarize it (modify it without giving credit) and stick it up on FFXIDats. :D
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A few years ago, I did a male human shirtless dat that I thought was passable, but as with most of my artwork, opening it recently (having returned to FFXI and needing a base texture for further DAT modding) made me realize how horribly ugly it was.
Ironically, in this period, someone seemed to have appropriated my texture and uploaded it to FFXIdats at o.O.o Final Fantasy XI Dats o.O.o - Muscular Bare Chest claiming it was his own work, which either is a remarkable coincidence, or blatant plagiarism (he did modify it a little, to his credit).
Ironically, I'm not angry about it at all because... well, it's flattering, I frankly don't care - and the old model was ugly as heck: case in point - here's the original in Metaseq (directly from my computer).
Ugly ugly ugly! Checking the other dats available, I wasn't altogether too pleased with the other popular shirtless one, so like the old adage goes, the proof of originality is best demonstrated by further work.
Dragging out Metaseq and Photoshop, I managed to whip something together that displayed a slightly better understanding of anatomy:
But the pectoral area was horribly flat and the back musculature was overly pronounced. Due to polygonal limitations, I couldn't really do much except re-texture and reduce definition (remember, I haven't touched DAT modding in over two years). The Final product is below:
You, esteemed reader, could do me a favour by testing it out and providing feedback, especially with regard to how to fix the overly "flat" look of the pectorals, and on whether it's an improvement over my old texture. I don't think I've quite succeeded in fixing it yet.
Alternatively, we could just get that funny guy to plagiarize it (modify it without giving credit) and stick it up on FFXIDats. :D
(Warning: Yousendit link - will become inactive in seven days, but that's fine cause it's temporary)
YouSendIt - Send large files - transfer delivery - FTP Replacement
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