Saturday, October 25, 2008

"Going Out"

So, what's the difference between a gallery in the "real world" and an "online gallery"? I mean really. Yes, the scope that your eyes are subjected to is limited...but is it not still up to your imagination and where you allow your mind to be? I've been to several galleries in my life. I mentioned going to one downtown about a month ago, I've been to some in Florida of religious natures, and some in Chicago of scientific and historic natures...everyone loves The Children's Museum and Conner Prairie...which to me are galleries of screaming children and time warps vs. awkward actors...which made me think. Galleries are (traditionally) collections of pictures that take our mind...somewhere. Video games are smaller versions of "real worlds" in moving picture form...I find the scenery to be quite artistic...why not do something with some screen shots? So, I did.

Now, here is what the average screen shot looked like to begin with...


And here are some of the "gallery pieces" I concocted:










Actually, I found this to be extremely inspiring...and fun ^_^. I'm adding it to my list of ideas for when I get "stuck".

And as for the inspirational/"what inspires me" about Guild Wars... first off, it's a beautiful game. Hands down it's more gorgeous than WoW (which looks like a fruit loop). (...and I am well aware of the offensive quality of the statement I just made ^_~) But yeah, I am looking to design terrain and landscapes for 3D...stuff...probably in video games...some day.

4 comments:

read at your own risk said...

having played both...i like wow more. ^_^

from wat i have seen of guild wars.
wow is overall better. enough said!
:-)~

Stephanie said...

lol, I figured I'd get a comment out of you ^_~

j.nick said...

I really like your take on most things. Sometimes, I want to steal your brain (or at least your ideas).

read at your own risk said...

but i gotta throw in a play wow for 2 years and attempt'd to play guild wars for 3 weeks.

wow is overrated and it burn'd me out on those types of games, and now my life is boring. :(