Splash Damage

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At long last, our new website is here and we couldn't be more excited! Along with the updated look, the site sports a multitude of newly added features, including the [URL="http://test.splashdamage.com/?q=blog"]Splash Damage blog[/URL], information on our various [URL="http://test.splashdamage.com/games/"]games[/URL], an in-depth look at the [URL="http://test.splashdamage.com/about/"]studio[/URL], updated [URL="http://test.splashdamage.com/forums/"]forums[/URL], and more! Check out [URL="http://test.splashdamage.com/?q=node/112"]this blog post[/URL] for more information on the relaunch and how to best get us your feedback on the new site.

looks great, but gonna need some geting used to so bright!! :D

Very nice ! In exactly the same time, our french QW community site is born too ! [url]http://www.quakewars-fr.com[/url] La classe 8)

Frontpage look nice!

woooo first post!!! (sorry I had to) :)\

well you can get another 25+ first posts! But I doubt you would really have enough time for that :P But to stay a bit ontopic, it is a very nice site! Very much liking the explosion top left!

Looks good, but on my 1920x1200 screen it looks very small. And there is a small bug at the top (though this might be Mozilla (not Firefox!) related). Click for [url=http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=splashdamageqk9.jpg]screenshot[/url]. I have the same problem (bad room use) with the etqw forums btw.

I still need to adjust to the new colors. Kind of got used to the gray on the old scheme.

Looks good. The only thing i don't like is the font used for the topic headers. They look really low res.

Huzzah! Have At You!

Yay! Congrats on the new site.

Ooooh - shiny! And I see your tapirs got us some brand new feature$! EDIT: Hmmm, the link in my signature did no longer work. I guess we need to raise a call to update one's signatures and links. This may also affect internal links, unless some inhabitants of the code monkey closet managed to find/replace all the old links.

the makron is satisfied :D

at last! when i click on the last page of "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Previews and Interviews", i get to the last page :D

so what happened to the tapirs? How come there aren't any on the main page?

Right on, looks great. Gonna miss the 'ol grey, need some themes mebbe, eh? I guess this guy ate the extra emoticons :cool: :stroggtapir:

The header art was mainly done by [url=http://www.splashdamage.com/?q=node/77]Laurel[/url]. [url=http://www.splashdamage.com/?q=node/82]MoP[/url] took a pass after and added a bit more depth to it. I'll see if I can get a bit more information out of them. :)

There's no magic trick to it- you really just have to have an eye.\

I have two... I fear I'm overqualified :( Edit: Do glasses count as cheating? Quad damage!

And if it's very expensive, what kind of cheaper tablet would you recommend? I don't have a lot of money (I'm 15 years old...) but I would like to get one under 100 euros.\

If you (rarely) paint some quick sketches, Wacom tablets come as cheap as 30 euro (I bought me one of those when I was 17). However, those are really basic and mostly have a surface which is way too small for any serious work. If you are serious about drawing, it's better to try to aim for larger and better tablets, but those don't come in the 100 range, I'm afraid. In fact, you might be better off to just do it the old fashioned way - drawing on paper and scanning it. However, if you are a professional artist, I've heard a quality tablet can be a real time saver.

wah tapir died, wah, tear, cry, sob, any synonym of crying, whine, etc. The only thing to remember the tapir from is that mug of the tapir on the slipgate africa map.

I don't have a Wacom tablet, but my I ask which one you used? I was thinking of buying one myself since I'm very interested in Photoshop and I have some drawing skills. And if it's very expensive, what kind of cheaper tablet would you recommend? I don't have a lot of money (I'm 15 years old...) but I would like to get one under 100 euros. PS: How long did it take you?\

The Bamboo Fun is probably your best bet at moment if you want to buy a new one -- the graphire4 seems to have been discontinued by the company, but if you can get a slightly older one that's a bit bigger it might be good. Size isn't everything, but more space is nice -- easier on the wrist. I used a 4x5 tablet for years and I was just as able to use that to make good artwork on that as I am using my 9x12 Intuos. The size of your desk is also a factor, cause some of those bigger tablets take up tons of room. Honestly, I don't remember how long it took -- it was spaced out over a few weeks while I was working on other things. Plus then MoP worked on it, so I'm not sure how long he took. If I were to make something like this from scratch it might take me day or two, but at work there are often a lot of revisions from management types who want this or that changed for various reasons. If you're thinking about this stuff at 15, you're probably gonna do ok :) I got my first tablet when I was 16. Just remember that it's all a matter of a lot of practice and developing your skills. Definitely get a tablet if you're interested in all this -- I've seen people go from complete noob to amazing pro artist in as little as a year, but that was a result of an insane amount of work (i.e., no social life, just creating art ALL day every day in a very focussed, driven fashion with pointed and often harsh critiques from better artists that kindly help them). The artists here have worked hard for years to get their skills to pro-quality. There's no one trick that will make it all work, just a lot of learning as you go along. Photoshop doesn't do the work for you.. it's basically like a very elaborate pencil and sketchpad. It can help you create amazing things, but it can't make a novice produce professional work. I'm such a buzzkill. Hard work -- it's a cliche cause it's true :tongue: MoP: :rolleyes: signofzeta: There's still the running tapir smiley! :stroggtapir:

How about those Trust Tablets? Are those good? I can get a 8x6 one for 69 euros. They're a lot cheaper but I heard it might be of bad quality.

Much better than the myspace page! Now to figure out how to fix my signature images...

Nice new "Dash Splamage" site ! woohoo!

I just got my new Samsung 223BW, the header looks even better now! I can now see more of the explosion as well because I got widescreen now and a larger resolution. Sorry I keep replying about the header but I just love it.