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Hey guys! I'm Sir_carma, the author of this portfolio :) Just discovered this thread! Thanks for your kind words. Sorry for my website having problem handling

Hey guys! I'm Sir_carma, the author of this portfolio :) Just discovered this thread! Thanks for your kind words. Sorry for my website having problem handling so many visits coming from HN :x Really need to change provider. If it still doesn't work for you, you can check my art on my twitter page : https://twitter.com/Sir_carma https://twitter.com/Sir_carma And don't hesitate to ask me questions over there, I'll gladly answer! Cheers Sir_carma

cousin_it 10y ago
Welcome to HN! And thanks for the great work.
- Sir_carma 10y ago
  Thank you o/
  - noelwelsh 10y ago
    \o Couldn't bear to see you left hanging like that!
dahart 10y ago
Really nice work, it's inspiring. Tell us your basic motivation and process, and how long these take you, so I can at least up vote you again.
- Sir_carma 10y ago
  Thanks! For motivation and process, you can learn more on this interview: http://80.lv/articles/sir-carma-magica-voxel-was-like-having-infinite-legos-in-my-computer/ http://80.lv/articles/sir-carma-magica-voxel-was-like-having... For the time it takes to do that, really depends on the size of the scene. For example, the recent temple I made took me around 5 or 6 hours.
  - said 10y ago
    Your work is stunning. Could you describe your process for choosing a color palette? Does that tend to come after you've completed the shape?
    - Sir_carma 10y ago
      Thanks! I never start with a color palette (and I think I should correct this). I start modeling with basic colors and then adjust the scene's color all along the modeling process. And finally, in post-prod, I continue modifying lighting and colors in Lightroom.
hunvreus 10y ago
Sorry for that Sir_carma, I just liked your work and didn't think I'd cause that trouble. I'd suggest you look into CloudFlare [1]. [1] : http://cloudflare.com http://cloudflare.com
- Sir_carma 10y ago
  Hey, no worries, glad you shared my work! No trouble at all. And thanks for the link, will check that out.
leoh 10y ago
Awesome work! Have you ever tried 3D printing any of it?
- roblabla 10y ago
  http://saymygame.com/zelda-voxel-3d-print/ http://saymygame.com/zelda-voxel-3d-print/ seems like the answer is yes :)
alexggordon 10y ago
Hey Sir_carma! I was just curious if the resolutions posted to your blog were the highest-resolution/file type available? I love this kind of art and I'd love to be able to print some of it, but I'm afraid using the images you provide might result in some lower-than-desired quality prints. Alternatively, if there's a place we can buy the art, that would work as well!
- Sir_carma 10y ago
  Unfortunatly they are the max size I can get :/ But I have a trick in mind to do bigger resolutions. I'll try it for my top scenes, stay tuned!
iamcreasy 10y ago
I really like you work. Can you please briefly explain your working pipeline? i.e. What tool you use? Do you use 2d tools to sketch it out first? What are the materials on the voxels?
- Sir_carma 10y ago
  Hey! Thanks :) I don't really have a complicated pipeline. Since most of it is made for fun, as a hobby, I never really know in advance what I'm gonna do. So no first sketch on paper or 2D, I just go where my imagination takes me, directly in the voxel modeling tool. I only use Magica Voxel, I love its intuitive controls and interface (but it's very limited in terms of max size - 126^3 voxels scenes- and no selection tools, so cube by cube). There's no "real materials" in Magica voxel, it's only colors. But you can add some attributes to a chosen color (4 attributes available at the moment : diffuse, metal, glass, emission). I render directly in Magica Voxel then, since the last 6 months, I started to do more and more post-production on my scenes with Adobe Lightroom (could have use Photoshop but it's easier for me on Lightroom), to work on lighting, colors, etc. All of my work really have to be considered like concept arts (or maybe even sometimes target render) but not in-engine. There's so many cubes in my scenes that in Unity it would be very slow. But I believe we will be soon able to have that quality in-engine!
somedangedname 10y ago
Fantastic work - this is a great portfolio. > Really need to change provider It's more to do with the Wordpress theme that you're using. Hitchcock loads full resolution images for each portfolio item, rather than providing a smaller and more sensible thumbnail. Consequently you're getting a home page that is 90mb in size. If you have any web developer friends you can probably get this fixed for the cost of some beer.
- Sir_carma 10y ago
  Ah, thanks for the info, I didn't think about that. I'll try to fix it! Thanks again
  - freshyill 10y ago
    When I tried visiting earlier, it was down because the database was over capacity, so a caching plugin will go a long way too. W3 Total Cache is a good option, but there are others as well.
    - Sir_carma 10y ago
      Just added this plugin, thanks! Hope it will make it better.

cousin_it 10y ago

Welcome to HN! And thanks for the great work.

Sir_carma 10y ago
Thank you o/
- noelwelsh 10y ago
  \o Couldn't bear to see you left hanging like that!

dahart 10y ago

Really nice work, it's inspiring. Tell us your basic motivation and process, and how long these take you, so I can at least up vote you again.

Sir_carma 10y ago
Thanks! For motivation and process, you can learn more on this interview: http://80.lv/articles/sir-carma-magica-voxel-was-like-having-infinite-legos-in-my-computer/ http://80.lv/articles/sir-carma-magica-voxel-was-like-having... For the time it takes to do that, really depends on the size of the scene. For example, the recent temple I made took me around 5 or 6 hours.
- said 10y ago
  Your work is stunning. Could you describe your process for choosing a color palette? Does that tend to come after you've completed the shape?
  - Sir_carma 10y ago
    Thanks! I never start with a color palette (and I think I should correct this). I start modeling with basic colors and then adjust the scene's color all along the modeling process. And finally, in post-prod, I continue modifying lighting and colors in Lightroom.

hunvreus 10y ago

Sorry for that Sir_carma, I just liked your work and didn't think I'd cause that trouble. I'd suggest you look into CloudFlare [1]. [1] : http://cloudflare.com http://cloudflare.com

Sir_carma 10y ago
Hey, no worries, glad you shared my work! No trouble at all. And thanks for the link, will check that out.

leoh 10y ago

Awesome work! Have you ever tried 3D printing any of it?

roblabla 10y ago
http://saymygame.com/zelda-voxel-3d-print/ http://saymygame.com/zelda-voxel-3d-print/ seems like the answer is yes :)

alexggordon 10y ago

Hey Sir_carma! I was just curious if the resolutions posted to your blog were the highest-resolution/file type available? I love this kind of art and I'd love to be able to print some of it, but I'm afraid using the images you provide might result in some lower-than-desired quality prints. Alternatively, if there's a place we can buy the art, that would work as well!

Sir_carma 10y ago
Unfortunatly they are the max size I can get :/ But I have a trick in mind to do bigger resolutions. I'll try it for my top scenes, stay tuned!

iamcreasy 10y ago

I really like you work. Can you please briefly explain your working pipeline? i.e. What tool you use? Do you use 2d tools to sketch it out first? What are the materials on the voxels?

Sir_carma 10y ago
Hey! Thanks :) I don't really have a complicated pipeline. Since most of it is made for fun, as a hobby, I never really know in advance what I'm gonna do. So no first sketch on paper or 2D, I just go where my imagination takes me, directly in the voxel modeling tool. I only use Magica Voxel, I love its intuitive controls and interface (but it's very limited in terms of max size - 126^3 voxels scenes- and no selection tools, so cube by cube). There's no "real materials" in Magica voxel, it's only colors. But you can add some attributes to a chosen color (4 attributes available at the moment : diffuse, metal, glass, emission). I render directly in Magica Voxel then, since the last 6 months, I started to do more and more post-production on my scenes with Adobe Lightroom (could have use Photoshop but it's easier for me on Lightroom), to work on lighting, colors, etc. All of my work really have to be considered like concept arts (or maybe even sometimes target render) but not in-engine. There's so many cubes in my scenes that in Unity it would be very slow. But I believe we will be soon able to have that quality in-engine!

somedangedname 10y ago

Fantastic work - this is a great portfolio. > Really need to change provider It's more to do with the Wordpress theme that you're using. Hitchcock loads full resolution images for each portfolio item, rather than providing a smaller and more sensible thumbnail. Consequently you're getting a home page that is 90mb in size. If you have any web developer friends you can probably get this fixed for the cost of some beer.

Sir_carma 10y ago
Ah, thanks for the info, I didn't think about that. I'll try to fix it! Thanks again
- freshyill 10y ago
  When I tried visiting earlier, it was down because the database was over capacity, so a caching plugin will go a long way too. W3 Total Cache is a good option, but there are others as well.
  - Sir_carma 10y ago
    Just added this plugin, thanks! Hope it will make it better.