Comments on: Web 2.0

By: M@hdeTo

M@hdeTo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:37:30 +0000

Salvatore :) yup I meant they are too realistic :) have you thought about having them appear as a frame only, or be opaque like the 2d version ?

By: Salvatore Iovene

Salvatore Iovene — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:14:24 +0000

@zoid, yeah, in the early strips they didn’t have, but now they’ve had it for most of the strips, there would be another revolution if I changed that back =)
And the 3D ones would look REALLY weird without a nose!
Anyway, I’ll just try another 3D one with further improvements, and if people still don’t prefer it, I’ll revert to the good old 2D :P

By: zoid

zoid — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:08:55 +0000

@Salvatore: Why do they need a nose, anyway? In the early strips they had no nose. I’d at least give it a try to see how they look without it. ;)

By: Sasa

Sasa — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:06:39 +0000

…my opinion is that 2d is much better…
…in this version at least there is more color and light…
…but the visualization of characters is still bad, they do not look funny as in 2d version…
…to me they do look like Bowling pins, just standing there with no emotions…
…this is just my opinion…

By: sasayins

sasayins — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:25:50 +0000

i dont like the reactions in their face especially the eyes.

By: Salvatore Iovene

Salvatore Iovene — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:08:28 +0000

@zoid, good points. The noses are really difficult to make the way they were in 2D because… well they were impossible noses, especially Randie’s. If you would look at him from an angle of 90 degrees, his nose would probably be a foot long, but it just works because you see him from 3/4ths, and the nose doesn’t get out the shape of the head =)
I’ve already fixed the glasses, now they are as they used to be and Randie’s hair (doesn’t look anymore like a stick).
Randie is not cross-eyed, it’s just that the current glasses are too wide, the new ones fix this =)
The next strip is going to look much better!

By: Salvatore Iovene

Salvatore Iovene — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:43:44 +0000

@Fabio you really got the point there! =) Except that I didn’t just change the camera, but also changed who’s talking and moved their heads =)
Anyway yes, the goal is that once everything in the scene is set, I can make strips much faster, so I can bump up to 5 a week. And the stories can be richer, because the characters can be richer.

@Vitor Reis, I don’t know how you found the old facial expression rich: they had only few expression, only changed by changing the mouth. And if Randie was really angry, I would add eyebrows, that was it =)

By: zoid

zoid — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:42:52 +0000

Well, I think if you could do anything about their noses their faces would look a bit better. Also the already mentioned glasses, eyes (is randy supposed to be cross-eyed?), the hair and the thickness of the edges make it look a bit awkward.
But I’m confident these are just teething problems of the new look. So, stay with it for a while :)

And … when everybody starts liking it, you could switch to animated 3D …

By: Fabio Zendhi Nagao

Fabio Zendhi Nagao — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:46:40 +0000

I like the 3D version. Once all environments and characters are finished, it will be a breeze to make new rich stories. As anyone can note, to build the last two strips the author just need to change the camera position to make a story XD

Maybe someday we may enjoy a strip per day! Thanks Salvatore for the goodies!

By: Mr Ed

Mr Ed — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:43:54 +0000

I enjoy the 2D version. The 3D version seems to take attention away from the wit and apply it to the art.

Of course I am old and reluctant to change….