Mmmmmm.........Its...........Well............. kinda hard how to explain the things/points/ideas/etc i want to say to you guys (NO NO NO, I am NOT leaving again, so stop worring about, jeje,
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Ok, for the ones who don't know me, i am Dhragen, one of the many members of StackSmash who made a large list of textures, suck as Boshi, Terra, Kefka, Sigma, Metroid Gang, etc. And now i want to discuss with the largest textures community about some things i am currently worry about, my plans and next projects, and what its your personal opinion about all of this. I think that its better to talk about all of this wall of text by points, starting with:
1. Stack Smash's current state:Isn't a surprise that StackSmash isn't in a good moment right now. You know, days without updates, lack of more-detailed textures (I not say that our textures are bad, I really love the work of my buddies, it just that the detailness of DasDonkey/KCMM textures (which are really impressive, specially the ones from JuLz/Akari_Un) are kinda like "squeezing us" and i think we need to deliver that with the same), things that you probably know, that are making us, in some way, to lose public and the popularity/motivation we had a year ago.
And yeah, as you suppose, i am hardly trying to inverse that problem, and i said "hardly" because of all the problems i currently have with only one thing: My PC, problem that made me to lose like 3 new textures and 2 falcon textures i was working on the middle of the year, and delaying some of them. I am still with those problems, and i don't have the money to buy a new one, but that will not stop me to keep working for mantain the glory of my team, but sadly using more time for that,
2. Revamps of my textures:As i said, as a way to keep my team into the competition (NOTE: FRIENDLY Competition), and also, noticing a lot of new skilled artist in the community, as a way to keep deserving my former rant, i must keep myself fresh, by revamping my old, and most popular textures, taking advantaje of the new posibilities we have in the texture world (suck as the Pre-Hexed PACs or the unmirrored PACs)
As you probably know, i made some, and there will be more incoming:
Some of these are already downloadable in StackSmash site like Sigma or the Ice mages, but others like the new Masked Man or the revamped metroid gang are still in development. There will be more incoming.........
3. Completly-new textures:I know that some people probably will not like to see "just revamps and nothing more", so for that, I gonna start making new textures too. This time i still don't want to focus in series, but instead i will make texture for characters that i still don't made textures, suck as Peach, Snake, Wario, King Dedede, etc. and give a break for the chars that i have too many textures (sorry Ness, XD). Now you have kinda an idea of what things i m starting working on, hehe,
4. About me and my situation in this yearSadly, its time to go to the bad part of this topic. Did I already mentioned how my PC screwed all my time/works with textures in almost all the previous year??? Well, i am STILL with those problems. Currently with my 4-years Packard Bell with Intel Pentium 4, i can't use too much programs at the same time or some potent programs, and sometimes i got the Dangerous Blue Screen of Death , leaving me with just the crappy Safe Mode, all of this due to the low capacity of my computer (with not-much lifetime too, like 2-3 more months i guess, :/)
And the other big sad new its: my awesome sabatic year was OVER!!. As you read, your 20-years old texturer will return to the college this year, which means less time doing textures, and more time studying :U. But, on the bright side, i gonna can use the Graphic Design Lab again in my college, which means being able to use the Macintoshs of that lab again, and considering that those use Photoshop.........MAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYBE I will have an small time in my class for a texture break and avoid using my damn old PC, uff (but first i must create an study schedule, just in case,
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Idk if I can do all this goals with these big problems, but I will not hetistate and keep doing my best for my, beloved "Texture Family",
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And that's all what the Drama King (AKA Me, XDD) want to say/clarify/announce in this new year 2010. Fell free to say all your opinions, what you think about all i said, if you think that i am just exagerating or you agreed with me in some things, etc.
and for end this So-Long Post........
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
