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Hard As A Rock

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  1. deleted3656968
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    Excellent work & very well done.
    1. Artsick
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      Thank you :)
  2. Xorp
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    Have been away for two weeks, coming back to see sets such as this really reminds me why I am here

    1. Artsick
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      That's very nice of you, Xorp :O Thank you.
  3. Desmodia
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    THIS.IS.STUNNING.WOW
    1. Artsick
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      haha thank you :D
  4. Pickysaurus
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    Hello there!
     
    Thank you for sharing your excellent new collection with the Nexus Mods Community!
     
    We like it so much we're going to promote your images on our Social Media.
     
    Look out for your images appearing on our Facebook or Twitter over the next few days!
     
    Keep up the awesome work!
     
    - Nexus Mods Staff
    1. Artsick
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      Thanks! :O
    2. Pickysaurus
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      Gotta say, I really like the style here. Kinda like how the statue watches the world change around it :D
    3. Artsick
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      haha, well thank you, it was a joy to make ^^
  5. meneraing
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    Those arrows piercing the floor are harder if you ask me haha
    This is a truly stunning set. Did you go through the trouble of making everything in the ck? if so, hands down to you
    1. Artsick
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      lol yeah, you're probably right I got a little carried away with the arrows, I guess. Each image is it's own cell that I made in the CK, yeah. The last two were my favourites to make. Going overboard on the plants is always fun :p
    2. meneraing
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      Bethesda should hire you as dungeon designer
    3. Artsick
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      hahah I wish
  6. Excellentium
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    This is...just glorious!

    I'm not even sure where to begin in my praise of this incredible contribution! If I would've guessed for some sort of storytelling for a theme named Hard as a Rock, I'd go with the bulwark warrior standing against hordes of evil or something like that. This whole piece however, tells a far more informative story about how something remains through the Ages of time. In my opinion, each and every image in this set is a small painting of it's own, each showing details from a historical point of view that makes the whole set so fantastic to behold. When you said you had been lacking in creativity lately, it surely erupted into something splendid with this contribution. I feel like the evil men raiding the temple when I have to tear this set apart and pick only two images...absolutely phenomenal take on this theme, Hannah! I'm in awe...again!
    1. Artsick
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      Thanks Rick :D I'm super glad you've enjoyed it. I feel like a broken record at this point but it was a lot of fun to make - all the small changes and details are just addicting to arrange lol. Therapeutic in some sense :p On a slightly more serious note, I am a little worried I may have created a personal benchmark that I will fail trying to reach again. Having a camera locked in position like this meant I was able to craft each picture down to every last detail that would otherwise be missed in the spontaneity of a dynamic shoot. Everything's static and apart from some of the weather and time-based lighting in the last three screenshots, it was all controlled. In a strangely relevant way, each picture is - as you said - a painting. Eight meticulously constructed paintings in a catalogue full of spontaneous photos. And I'm not really sure how to feel about that. I hope that didn't come off rude, btw, I was just looking to vent a little.
  7. Skybroom
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    Have this statue been photoshopped into these pictures, or it is a 3d object? I wonder because I've never seen marble in Skyrim, and this piece of marble is looking great.
    1. Artsick
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      it's a 3D object in the game I made for the set. I used Marble01 from cc0textures for the marble texture if you wanted it yourself The last three images are using a darker, rougher texture to make it so it looks a little worn down by the fire or by time. I was planning to have parts of it break off and fall on to the ground but I felt like that would compromise the greater theme of rock being immovable and indestructable. "Hard as a rock" If I was following physics more realistically though, the whole building probably would've come down as well haha I hope that's able to answer both comments
    2. Skybroom
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      "it's a 3D object in the game I made for the set."
      You are Michelangelo, no less. This figure looks perfect. The idea is too "obvious", I'd say, due to the position of a scroll (ahem), too obviously rock hard, too proud it stands, I'd say. But considering it's a monument to human thirst for knowledge...

      "The last three images are using a darker, rougher texture to make it so it looks a little worn down by the fire or by time."
      Really great job. This part is one of the most impressive in your engenious set.

      "I was planning to have parts of it break off and fall on to the ground but I felt like that would compromise the greater theme of rock being immovable and indestructable."
      I don't think it would. No need for the piece of art to be in one piece or be literally rock hard to look "immovable and indestructable". Rock is not a rock but a spirit. Spirit of eternal beauty or masculinity, or... please make me stop or else
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      P.S. Thanks for the link to cc0textures.
  8. Skybroom
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    Хоть бы кусочек отвалился! Например, фиговый лист... Нет, это не мрамор, это какой-то ультра современный композит.
    I have to skip to my native language.
  9. Imrazon
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    This is a really fantastic contribution. You have put a lot a of work in it to realize the several stages, which come out very well through the many details. The messages comes out clearly. The statue resists the attack, the fire and the changing of the seasons.
    As my modding knowledge is poor I wonder again, when seeing your contribution, that you once said you did not know how I managed something.
    You made an excellent and very dedicated contribution.
    1. Artsick
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      Thank you :) I remember that comment :p I still stand by it, too - NPC choreography is still a mystery to me no matter how much I try and do it.
  10. deleted7659910
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    Absolutely astounding set! And you really weren't kidding concerning that attention to detail. I love how you've managed to establish some 'motion' in certain scenes: Capes and banners blowing in the wind, raising the statue (I just noticed the chandelier as well) and that motion-blurred falling beam especially adds a lot of interest. Impressive stuff! Not to mention the story arc and atmosphere (which you've also absolutely nailed), but this comment might already be getting too long so I'll leave it at that.
    So... there may be some downtime between your uploads, but whenever one appears you know it's gonna be worth the wait! Great stuff and very inspirational!

    Edit: I can't help myself but to mention this regarding the 'motion' I spoke of: It just clicked for me how it really creates a curve of intensity. Going from the peaceful monastic life to a chaotic and sudden destruction and then finally moving on, ever so slowly, all the way down to a frozen state of frigid stillness. B-e-a-utifully assembled, in my opinion. :)
    1. Artsick
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      Thank you for this! I really appreciate that you've noticed as much as you have, that means a lot. I generally try to put in as much consistent and tiny details as I can between pics for the things I do (e.g. YSNP, it was armour breaking and in Light From The Crypt, the demon was in almost every frame, stuff like that) but nothing has ever come close to how much stuff there is crammed into this set and it's nice to know that some people are noticing a lot of it. That really makes my day haha so thanks :D