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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: NecroBob on June 23, 2003, 06:26:33 am

Title: question of habit
Post by: NecroBob on June 23, 2003, 06:26:33 am

just thought of this this morning...

what do you all do when you think of a new design?  (or new idea in general)
not like open your eyes really big or convulse, but do you commit it to memory?  do you scribble down little bits of it onto paper?  do you sit down and paint a da Vinci?  what?

I have three or four pages of paper tacked to the wall by my computer with all kinds of crap and bits of thought scribbled all over them, waiting to be made a reality when I amass any skill whatsoever :)
[ED] I figure the little bits flow together and offer more variety, often producing something totally different from what was originally intended, yet equally cool

just a thought
Bob

Title: question of habit
Post by: Martinus on June 23, 2003, 12:47:37 pm

[color=66ff00]Generally I have a shape that I like in my head, I build this shape in the modeller and start to subtract, add and tweak until I have something I'm happy with. I've only drawn one ship out on paper. Everything else is done straight from memory.
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Title: question of habit
Post by: Knight Templar on June 23, 2003, 01:36:38 pm

i can't model, so All my ideas are on paper, in my head, or in the form of Lego :D

Title: question of habit
Post by: Martinus on June 23, 2003, 02:06:27 pm

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Originally posted by Knight Templar
i can't model, so All my ideas are on paper, in my head, or in the form of Lego :D

[color=66ff00]Hey if it works, it works. :)
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Title: question of habit
Post by: Galemp on June 23, 2003, 03:59:23 pm

I think very well spatially, so I pretty much build it in my head then go straight to modelling. If it's tricky I might place a few lines and curves first to see how things work in 3D.

Title: question of habit
Post by: TopAce on June 23, 2003, 04:02:37 pm

I keep my future model/map(in Q3, or JK2) in head, and it is certain I won't forget it. My memory can get further than the Trebuchet :)

Otherwise, It is certain I won't be able to do exactly I imagined, so it is mind what I am keeping in my mind, those are only ambitions, it is sure I cannot do exactly as I imagined. :(

Title: question of habit
Post by: Killfrenzy on June 23, 2003, 05:36:32 pm

I just make it up as I go along and try to be continuous!! :D

Title: question of habit
Post by: TopAce on June 23, 2003, 05:58:15 pm

Who can make a model which exactly matches to his/her imagination in hand, or on paper?

Title: question of habit
Post by: Nico on June 23, 2003, 06:48:34 pm

I scribble it down in an agenda usually ( since I'm 12, I've made hundreds of "agenda sketch pages" :p ).