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Is there a reason you took down the other topic and reposted it?

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Is there a reason you took down the other topic and reposted it?

Yes because I got an informal warning for adfly linking...
You always on?

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Yes because I got an informal warning for adfly linking...
You always on?

In a sense. I track the resource pack forums, and have it set up to automatically track any threads I respond to.

In future, you can just edit your post and not have to repost it. If you hover your cursor over your post, you'll get an "Edit" link.

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In a sense. I track the resource pack forums, and have it set up to automatically track any threads I respond to.

In future, you can just edit your post and not have to repost it. If you hover your cursor over your post, you'll get an "Edit" link.

I would have if I could but they deleted it but luckily I had it on copy paste earlier from my site.
Anyway do you have any suggestions on my pack besides the stone textures?
I would love some help if you would be kind enough!

Ah! Well then!


Mostly, just the busyness. The thing about HD packs is that your textures have to support the resolution you're working at. 512 is pretty dang big, and needs to be a lot more than bucket fill and noise filter.

But it's also very paradoxical, in that also can't be TOO detailed, because then it just turns into noise. While, yes, the canvas may look really nice in your image-editing software of choice, when shrunk down and tiled in Minecraft, you're going to get noise of the worst calibre. That's mostly what your stone suffers from, I think. You're trying to put too much detail into something that's going to get shrunk down.

There's a term used by cartoonists and illustrators called Line Economy, and resource packs need a similar term, I think. Line economy is knowing when enough is enough, basically. It's the difference between strong, bold lines that convey a solid form, and a hash mark-infested mess. New artists tend to over-compensate for their shaky skill by thinking they can make something super detailed, but the end result is often kind of scary.


Whatever we'd call it for resource packs — pixel economy, whatever — it's the same principle. Too much detail spoils the image. Some of your blocks, like your brick and your cobble (I believe that's the cobble) look really good. They have a solid form, good texture and shading, and they look like stone.

The wood planks don't really look of anything. Look at what oak woodgrain looks like. It doesn't have all this rust and white and black. Untreated, it's sort of pale — amber and taupe and ochre. The grain is there, but it's just a little bit darker in some places, and a little bit lighter in some areas. It's grainy, but not /that/ grainy.


Your dirt is having the opposite problem, and looks a bit of peanut butter. It's all smooth, save some black bits. But look at some actual dirt. It's got rocks and grit and stuff in it. It can have cracks and bugs and weeds. Dirt is one of the biggest pain-in-the-neck textures, with grass and stone being close contenders. You /have/ to get it exactly right, because those are the blocks you will spend most of your time looking at.


Practise getting that balance between detail and noise. The higher-resolution your texture pack, the more difficult it becomes. It's something I think everyone's messed up a few times, because with some blocks it's very much trial and error. Don't be afraid to throw something out and start completely over. Just because you like a design doesn't mean its necessarily good. And that's the toughest part to get used to, really.

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Ah! Well then!


Mostly, just the busyness. The thing about HD packs is that your textures have to support the resolution you're working at. 512 is pretty dang big, and needs to be a lot more than bucket fill and noise filter.

But it's also very paradoxical, in that also can't be TOO detailed, because then it just turns into noise. While, yes, the canvas may look really nice in your image-editing software of choice, when shrunk down and tiled in Minecraft, you're going to get noise of the worst calibre. That's mostly what your stone suffers from, I think. You're trying to put too much detail into something that's going to get shrunk down.

There's a term used by cartoonists and illustrators called Line Economy, and resource packs need a similar term, I think. Line economy is knowing when enough is enough, basically. It's the difference between strong, bold lines that convey a solid form, and a hash mark-infested mess. New artists tend to over-compensate for their shaky skill by thinking they can make something super detailed, but the end result is often kind of scary.


Whatever we'd call it for resource packs — pixel economy, whatever — it's the same principle. Too much detail spoils the image. Some of your blocks, like your brick and your cobble (I believe that's the cobble) look really good. They have a solid form, good texture and shading, and they look like stone.

The wood planks don't really look of anything. Look at what oak woodgrain looks like. It doesn't have all this rust and white and black. Untreated, it's sort of pale — amber and taupe and ochre. The grain is there, but it's just a little bit darker in some places, and a little bit lighter in some areas. It's grainy, but not /that/ grainy.


Your dirt is having the opposite problem, and looks a bit of peanut butter. It's all smooth, save some black bits. But look at some actual dirt. It's got rocks and grit and stuff in it. It can have cracks and bugs and weeds. Dirt is one of the biggest pain-in-the-neck textures, with grass and stone being close contenders. You /have/ to get it exactly right, because those are the blocks you will spend most of your time looking at.


Practise getting that balance between detail and noise. The higher-resolution your texture pack, the more difficult it becomes. It's something I think everyone's messed up a few times, because with some blocks it's very much trial and error. Don't be afraid to throw something out and start completely over. Just because you like a design doesn't mean its necessarily good. And that's the toughest part to get used to, really.

Ok sweet and by the way your texturepack is great! I will work on those things the dirt sucks I know!
Thanks for the advice and if you know any other texture artists out there please let me know as I need to do items and I kind of suck! lol

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Ok sweet and by the way your texturepack is great! I will work on those things the dirt sucks I know!
Thanks for the advice and if you know any other texture artists out there please let me know as I need to do items and I kind of suck! lol

Thanks. I actually need to update my screenshots.

But just hang around the forums. You'll see a lot of examples of how not to go about texturing posted every day, but also a lot of really nice examples of what really works. Just read all the threads. You'll quickly develop an eye for it, and will start to become your own worst critic. Which is both a good and a bad thing.

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Thanks. I actually need to update my screenshots.

But just hang around the forums. You'll see a lot of examples of how not to go about texturing posted every day, but also a lot of really nice examples of what really works. Just read all the threads. You'll quickly develop an eye for it, and will start to become your own worst critic. Which is both a good and a bad thing.

lol

Looks nice. But the eigth picture, whichever block it may be(I think it's lava? maybe?), tiles really badly. I would recomend changing it asap! But other than that, not bad.

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Looks nice. But the eigth picture, whichever block it may be(I think it's lava? maybe?), tiles really badly. I would recomend changing it asap! But other than that, not bad.

Ya i need to fix that!

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