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Greetings - Callevista from the STO Character team

callevistacallevista Member Posts: 237 Cryptic Developer
edited March 2014 in Ten Forward
Hi guys,
I'm one of the Character Artists on STO.
I just wanted to introduce myself to y'all.
I've been with the team since the game launched - just thought I'd say hello. :)
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  • revandarklighterrevandarklighter Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Well hello. Keep up the good work. Character designs are pretty much the best part of this game :o
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I'm one of the Character Artists on STO.
    I just wanted to introduce myself to y'all.
    I've been with the team since the game launched - just thought I'd say hello. :)

    Nice to meet you! Were you the one in charge of Worf's revamped look?

    Also, welcome to the madhouse. Try to avoid the monkeys, they throw poo a lot. :D
  • admiraltrappittadmiraltrappitt Member Posts: 444 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Welcome! Sort of. Was going ask if Cryptic is hiring a lot of people recently, or if more we're coming to the forums, but you answers it for me.
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    Hello! Character art is something this game excels at IMO. Keep up the good work.

    I'm curious what parts you work on. NPC faces? Hair? Uniforms?
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  • gralerongraleron Member Posts: 221 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    It's good to make your acquaintance. Thanks for your work, so far, and I look forward to seeing the results of your future efforts!
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  • origcaptainquackorigcaptainquack Member Posts: 614 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    hello Callvista, are you the reason i can not make a duck/human? are you the reason why i cant make a resemblence of howard the duck?
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I'm one of the Character Artists on STO.
    I just wanted to introduce myself to y'all.
    I've been with the team since the game launched - just thought I'd say hello. :)

    Always a fan of people on STO's art team. STO has some of the best artists I've seen in an MMO.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    nice to meet you. So what part of the stuff do you do?
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    Hello! Character art is something this game excels at IMO. Keep up the good work.

    I'm curious what parts you work on. NPC faces? Hair? Uniforms?
    revandarklighter wrote: »
    Well hello. Keep up the good work. Character designs are pretty much the best part of this game :o
    iconians wrote: »
    Always a fan of people on STO's art team. STO has some of the best artists I've seen in an MMO.
    This^^^^^^^^^
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,480 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    origcaptainquack wrote: »
    hello Callvista, are you the reason i can not make a duck/human? are you the reason why i cant make a resemblence of howard the duck?
    No, good sense is the reason you can't make Howard the Duck. Try Champions Online, although you'll need to either go LTS or subscribe for 1000 days to get the duck head costume.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I'm one of the Character Artists on STO.
    I just wanted to introduce myself to y'all.
    I've been with the team since the game launched - just thought I'd say hello. :)

    so finally get the chance to voice concerns directly to the dev team member responsible for characters.

    there is one specific issue that has been bothering me for all my time i have been on STO since the end of 2010, the inner thighs of the female characters, that they are not rounded but completely flat like.

    a few other smaller concerns, specifically with the open top uniforms with the females again, it seems to be just a grove added and filled with thick padding rather then what should look like her body.

    the rifle butt on some of these guns can go through a characters arm.

    What happened to the utterly useless character customization 2.0?
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  • callevistacallevista Member Posts: 237 Cryptic Developer
    edited March 2014
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    Hello! Character art is something this game excels at IMO. Keep up the good work.

    I'm curious what parts you work on. NPC faces? Hair? Uniforms?

    Every Character Artist on the team works on every one of those things. All of us have made heads, NPCs, monsters, clothing, hair, etc. As for me, I've been doing a lot of tech-related things in addition to art-related. But one of the more recent things I've put up are the Khan outfits and the Voth clothing (non-armor).
  • organicmanfredorganicmanfred Member Posts: 3,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Nice to meet you! Were you the one in charge of Worf's revamped look?

    Also, welcome to the madhouse. Try to avoid the monkeys, they throw poo a lot. :D

    What? I have never done that. Ok, once towards Ge....


    Oh, and hello Callevista. Welcome to us. I hope you survive the experience
  • laheuganlaheugan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Every Character Artist on the team works on every one of those things. All of us have made heads, NPCs, monsters, clothing, hair, etc. As for me, I've been doing a lot of tech-related things in addition to art-related. But one of the more recent things I've put up are the Khan outfits and the Voth clothing (non-armor).

    I love you <3:) really nice pieces
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  • talgeezetalgeeze Member Posts: 198 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    We're getting invaded by devs !
  • organicmanfredorganicmanfred Member Posts: 3,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    laheugan wrote: »
    I love you <3:) really nice pieces

    Don't let Worffan read this
  • saihung423saihung423 Member Posts: 548 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I'm one of the Character Artists on STO.
    I just wanted to introduce myself to y'all.
    I've been with the team since the game launched - just thought I'd say hello. :)

    Hiya:)


    I'm late to the party too:P
  • castsbugccastsbugc Member Posts: 830 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Every Character Artist on the team works on every one of those things. All of us have made heads, NPCs, monsters, clothing, hair, etc. As for me, I've been doing a lot of tech-related things in addition to art-related. But one of the more recent things I've put up are the Khan outfits and the Voth clothing (non-armor).

    just to humbly beseech you, if there is some way you coulf find time to conspire with the powers that schedule and among yourselves to bring some of the costumes that are presently not in the foundry right now, we would be even more appreciative of your many and varied efforts, if needed there is a list Im sure captainsmirk can provide you with at your convenience.

    (and in case he doesnt, here it is: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=697731&highlight=costume
    thanks to drogyn for finding where it had tried to hide itself at)
  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Every Character Artist on the team works on every one of those things. All of us have made heads, NPCs, monsters, clothing, hair, etc. As for me, I've been doing a lot of tech-related things in addition to art-related. But one of the more recent things I've put up are the Khan outfits and the Voth clothing (non-armor).

    Those are very cool, using both on some of my characters right now!

    Next question. Have you ever done any work, or considered doing any work, with putting costumes in the Foundry? The Foundry is desperately lacking in costume options in its character creator. Things like the two costumes you just mentioned along with Romulan Republic uniforms, Jupiter uniforms, Bajoran uniforms, and many more are unavailable. Here is the list that CrypticFrost assembled: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=697731&highlight=costume

    We know it takes time on your end and time is probably the single most valuable resource you have. But we Foundry authors would be unbelievably grateful if you would consider checking a few of these off the list of missing costumes.

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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2014
    callevista wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I'm one of the Character Artists on STO.
    I just wanted to introduce myself to y'all.
    I've been with the team since the game launched - just thought I'd say hello. :)

    Welcome, don't mind the flames :D.

    I'm not sure if these are up your street or not? It definitely includes character stuff :).
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  • neueraccountneueraccount Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Hey, Nice to meet you :)

    Can you talk a little bit about upcoming changes? I rember, that there was plan to implamant a new Hair-Technolagi. There are planned to make something in this style?
  • organicmanfredorganicmanfred Member Posts: 3,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    neueraccount wrote: »
    Hey, Nice to meet you :)

    Can you talk a little bit about upcoming changes? I rember, that there was plan to implamant a new Hair-Technolagi. There are planned to make something in this style?

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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2014
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    Next question. Have you ever done any work, or considered doing any work, with putting costumes in the Foundry? The Foundry is desperately lacking in costume options in its character creator. Things like the two costumes you just mentioned along with Romulan Republic uniforms, Jupiter uniforms, Bajoran uniforms, and many more are unavailable.

    I keep meaning to suggest that it may be more efficient to ask for the unlocked editor again (the import costume thing) rather than individual costume pieces. Especially now kits and armour are becoming open costumes.
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    Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
    JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
    #TASforSTO


    '...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
    'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
    'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
    '...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited March 2014
    artan42 wrote: »
    I keep meaning to suggest that it may be more efficient to ask for the unlocked editor again (the import costume thing) rather than individual costume pieces. Especially now kits and armour are becoming open costumes.

    Honestly I don't know enough about how it works to say which would be more efficient. I suspect putting in a completely unlocked costume editor would be the work of programmers, while just adding costume options to the existing one would be the work of the character art team.
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  • revandarklighterrevandarklighter Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Probably not my business but:
    How about keeping requests and complains out of an introduction thread?
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited March 2014
    When I started at Cryptic in 2005, Callevista was an environment artist. He was my assigned buddy, and showed me the ropes. Treat him well.
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  • organicmanfredorganicmanfred Member Posts: 3,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    revandarklighter wrote: »
    Probably not my business but:
    How about keeping requests and complains out of an introduction thread?

    ^this

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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    tacofangs wrote: »
    When I started at Cryptic in 2005, Callevista was an environment artist. He was my assigned buddy, and showed me the ropes. Treat him well.

    Yes, sir.

    Not that I would be mean to him anyway; STO is a beautiful game. Much better than the tacky mess of a game that I shall not name that is run by Blizzard...
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Were you the genius I get to thank for adding the Klingon male chest with the Khan uniforms?
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