The Dead Space Fella (me)

Hi, I post art and stuff sometimes, I make 3d models, props and characters, and occasionally do Level Design too! I also post my drawings here too, some are old reposts.  

[ethosaur]

Hi, just making this post to pin for later, If you are new to my profile, welcome!* I have other places you can follow me too if you wish, I am mainly active on: Twitter: (My main active platform for now) https://twitter.com/ethosaur  Discord: (My community server, 300 members and growing!) https://discord.gg/7srKGSp Artstation: (ALL my art, including scraps goes here) https://www.artstation.com/ethosaur Newgrounds: (Random scraps go here)  https://ethosaur.newgrounds.com/ Might repost occasional art here and other random memes/stuff I can think of Thank you for following and enjoying my stuff!. 

[ethosaur]

Logos, fake "ads" and posters I did for my new TF2 map "Umbra Pools" A lot of them are based on old vintage ads, memes and images I found online, maybe you can recognize some?

[ethosaur]

i fear the day you run out of hubba bubba flavors to put in your maps

It is unfortunately getting harder and harder to find flavors I havent already included yeah...

[ethosaur]

Hey! Just checked out the new map and wanted to say, you've really outdone yourself with this one! I absolutely love the dark poolroom aesthetics, the lighting effects are phenomenal and your attention to detail over such a massive, sprawling, fun-to-get-lost-in map is absolutely awe-inspiring! The new animated slime girls are super fun too!

On top of that, the bits of lore, translatable text and environmental storytelling you've peppered across the map kept me wanting to find more and more to piece together as I searched for all the headcrabs and easter eggs!

You are an amazing storyteller and a wonderful map maker and I can't wait to see what happens next! It's been awesome watching your skills and your world develop from map to map and I absolutely love the way all your creations have turned out!

Keep being awesome!!!

Thank you so much for visiting my map! I am very glad to hear everyone enjoy it so far! And also finding all the little secrets and bits & bobs I hid all over the maps! All of my maps are basically love letters to an era where people made silly things just for fun, without really caring about anything else other than "I wanna make something cool" Which I hopefully can capture a little crumb of that magic from then! Cant wait to share more in the future hopefully! Thanks again

[ethosaur]

Even if they are maybe kinda messy/silly, I think its been pretty fun designing logos for each of my maps! I will definitely have to go back and update my previous maps to include new logos too (Mainly Mercs Paradise and Ennui Box I think is still missing it)

[ethosaur]

After a LOOONG time and lots of work, I cant wait to finally reveal my newest TF2 map:

UMBRA POOLS, a darker "Prequel" to Lethargy Pools! Please enjoy!

Download and watch the trailer here!

TF2maps: https://tf2maps.net/downloads/umbra-pools.20593/ Gamebanana: https://gamebanana.com/mods/680399 Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3733003581

[ethosaur]

how did you get started at mapping? I've been trying for awhile, but I always feel kinda aimless. and, even if I do get Something down, I have no idea how to actually texture it and stuff. I always get roadblocked at the part after the blocking it out part.

is it just practice? does it just "click" at some point? I want to get better but I can't see a path to that.

I started mapping after playing Half-Life 2 maaany years ago, and really wanted to make my own levels for it after finishing it. However, even before then I have always loved the idea of creating game "maps" or "worlds" to explore even before that, like making houses in Sims 2 or sketching environments on paper I also used to (And often still do) feel aimless while making maps, which is why I found it extremely helpful to draw "overviews" of my maps- For example, my TF2 map Lethargy Pools was based on the sketch I did here below, its super messy but it helped me always stay on path, and helps when you feel roadblocked, since you can always look at the sketch for guidance later.

But yes, like with most things, it is just a lot of practice, especially when making maps I think its something that just "clicks" at some point, but when that is, depends on person to person. Doing little things to make it easier, like planning what you want to make, can help a tremendous amount! Even something as simple as thinking of a theme to stick to "Winter themed map, Halloween themed map etc" Hope this helps, or even made any sense, good luck on your future maps!

[ethosaur]

Bee (Short for just Beer Girl) Is the eldest sister of Rootbeer Girl You'll be meeting her and other familiar faces in my future new TF2 map!

[ethosaur]

Echoes Below (Complete)

[ethosaur]

OK im gonna say it Dragons are pretty cool I would probably be drawing dragon girls in another timeline instead of slime girls... Really makes u think..

[ethosaur]

Slimefornia

[curioptus]

A Slimegirl Deputy has trouble keeping hold of her hat!

A short little animation loop featuring my slimegirl deputy character that I started on in march for LoopDeLoop that I ended up finishing a month late.

Also! I made a pretty hectic promise on animation frequency for May on my twitter, hoping to have a lot more out this time around!

Background music is the extraction theme from the game “Far Far West”

[ethosaur]

so coool

[ethosaur]

Echoes From Below #6 Previous: https://www.tumblr.com/ethosaur/814003150619115520/echoes-from-below-4-5

[ethosaur]

Cinder Slime

While out walking in Slop & Slime City, Esther (red slime) spotted a very tall fire slime wandering in an alley, first time she had ever seen one like this

When she tried approaching, the tall slime only stared, Esther tried asking for her name, which they then stared some more, before coughing up a burning coal

Esther stared at the coal, and said: "Uhh, how about just I call you Ember?"

The tall one still didn't speak but only stared more, Esther held out her hand and grabbed one of their fingers

"Come on, let me get you a slime burger!"

Ember is a non-verbal Fire Slime, similar to lava slimes but more like "burning tar" They seem to be of royalty too?

Now they follow Esther around wherever she goes

[ethosaur]

[pugnole]

[ethosaur]

Echoes From Below #4+5