EVE General Discussion

@Gibbo

Well, I'm not referring to people that do it on a daily basis. I do mine every few years. But when I do, I spent a lot of time getting it "right."

Anyway, I already know tons of people don't care. I was asking about those that do, not those that don't.

Not me, no.

*Only read like the first line in the first post*

Old Halete . Essentially barely changed - but unfortunately I don't have that image. The straightforward hot-heated young Minmatar pilot with a chip on her shoulder and a tiny ship.

Went on a stint as a corporate and ended up with the extremely bitter, cynical dirty tribal in a suit.

Changed dresses as I change 'Outfits' and ended up with broken necks in my attempts to settle on a portrait during the time as clipping issues existed with the dress at the time, as well as getting more inked and re-pierced.

As she interacted with more people (and indeed explored boosters) we started to see by the power of FRIENDSHIP, a softer side infrequently emerge.

Separating from that unit, Halete found herself more comfortable in the clothes she wore as a free-lance before taking to the boardroom, sporting a look that was more her, more attitude.

Although she still finds herself in the boardroom from time to time, she's quite undeniably Minmatar and stronger from her journey.

I did initially, but that is because I had a low end GFX card and it was during the first release (ie lag fest).

I actually haven't done anything much since then... other than redo the photo.

I have probably spent around 12-15 hours total in the character creation screen in .5-1h sessions not to make my old pc run out of memory.

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The character creation screen is the only place I use good quality graphics since having it while playing will kill my memory under the hour giving me 5-10 seconds memory dumps.
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I'm waiting to get a new comp to REALLY go nuts on it :3

Yes, far far too much time.

One of the most challenging things about these characters is that they're so ... biologically unique and difficult to precisely replicate. Play around on singularity and good luck ever getting the same result on TQ. Make edits on TQ and good luck reverting them several days later due to the extreme potential for subtle changes.

No. I do as little work with it as possible. It lags like crap on my desktop, I can't hold the mouse still long enough for changes to update, I can't get the hang of what draggy bit affects what, and I'm no good at faces.
The goggles are a GODSEND.

Hell, it took me months just to get rid of a stupid duck pout.

Yes, that's one of the most amazing feats of the creator. Even now that we can store the pose, the characters refuse to look the same because of the intrincate interaction of animations and timing. One of the most difficult things to achieve when I fine tuned Indahamwar's last portrait was to get that her lips looked exactly as in the first shot.

One of the tricks i use when it suits the portrait, is to wait for the "natural smile" that cycles each 30 or 40 seconds. That allows for a more or less accurate timing of the shot (albeit I think it's not exactly synchronyzed to the breathe animation).