Popular Post EdJames Posted July 30 Popular Post Share Posted July 30 (edited) If you don't like AI images, you won't like this. If you don't like photo-realistic characters, you won't like this. If you don't like big GIFs and blue backgrounds, you won't like this. >> THE ED JAMES DAY ONE UPDATE MEGA FOLDER << WARNING! Yes, if you put these on a white or light coloured background the cuts will look rough - welcome to the limitations of 8-bit GIFS! There'll be workarounds for that in the future, but for now, the focus is on getting the whole universe redone into this GIF format. What Will The Pack Eventually Include? As things stand, it's got various versions of every single wrestler in the Cornellverse in various formats to suit the taste of the user. Beyond that, I'm working through EVERY single graphic, from open splash screens through to rebranding of all your favourite promotions. The priority was the people - this next phase will probably be a lot longer tailed as my family would probably quite like to see me again after an intense month or so! Within the pack you'll get a few things which you can choose to use, or not... (I'VE ONLY INCLUDED FOUR EXAMPLES OF EACH, JUST TO AVOID THE POST BEING TOO UNWIELDY) GIF (FULL SIZE TRANSPARENT) 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 GIF (FRAMED) 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 JPG (BLUE BACKGROUND) 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 JPG (BLACK BACKGROUND) 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW UNASSIGNED WORKERS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 They'll just be dropped into here periodically. No cuts, no backgrounds, not resized - I'll let you do that to your preferred style! NEW COMPANY LOGOS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW COMPANY BACKDROPS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 Which will look like something like this in game and are designed to be used with my transparent GIFs. NEW COMPANY BACKDROPS (DEFAULT STYLE) 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW COMPANY TV SHOWS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW EVENT LOGOS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW COMPANY BANNERS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW STABLE LOGOS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW STABLE BACKDROPS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW STABLE BACKDROPS (DEFAULT STYLE) 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 NEW LOADING SCREENS 👉 CLICK HERE TO ACCESS 👈 A NEW CORNELLVERSE SKIN & VISUAL ELEMENTS ❎ COMING SOON❎ NEW CORNELLVERSE INTRO SCREENS ❎ COMING SOON❎ OTHER WEIRD LITTLE EASTER EGGS & UPDATES The TEW Image Creation GPT ❎ COMING SOON❎ Yup, it's what it sounds like. I've built a custom made GPT that will create perfect image prompts for you that will mirror this style. It works in several different ways and can use computer vision to look at and create prompts for existing images, create new ones itself or follow your simple instructions to build your own. Before you ask, I haven't decided when this will be released (or if), but it does exist. "But I hate that there's not enough women's wrestlers in the Cornellverse!" We hear you, which is why @Historian and I also worked together to create a mod that'll add a further 41 new characters into your universe with diverse backgrounds, heritage and gimmicks. You can find Historian's CVerse Expansion Mod by clicking it and you can get a snapshot of some of the talent this will add to your Cornellverse here: What are the images based on? I've used the previous TEW 2020 base graphics for now. My goal was always to keep the characters familiar to begin with, rather than reimagining characters we've all fallen in love with. That being said, some simply HAD to be updated where the image doesn't match the character's stats, and it's those stats I've tried to stick by, in order to keep the images as true to the database as possible. If you know of any wicked alts or people that you think are awesome, please flag them and maybe the original creator will allow us to use a photorealistic version. When Will X, Y or Z Be Ready? When I'm 100% happy with it. That could be five years away, it could be a week. I'm hoping in all cases that it'll be more like the latter than the former. Can We Make Requests? If you want "X in a suit" or "add sunglasses" then head over to the alts thread. If you think I've gotten someone wrong or that a character would benefit from a rework, give me some ideas. No promises, but I'll certainly read it. ------------------------------------ Some special thanks @WalterSobchak and @Number Green for so graciously letting me incorporate your creative visions into some of these renders. @AidanLFC1, @d12345, @Crychon, @krautz for their help processing pics into the right formats and sizes. @Heinzreich for just being dead cool, creative and supportive. @Blackman for the direct message pep talks that've kept me going at times and kept my head in the right spot. @J Silver whose renders almost single-handedly kept me playing the Cornellverse and engaged with the alt community for so many years. @The Inquisition for renaming all the alts for me. @FeetDown, @Marmo, @batnuna, @Level1Nerd, @adam.TEW, @Liquid_Swords, @Dave Mac, @StatboyVT, @sabataged, @TrueMaori, @Properly Promoted, @BestForTheBusiness - some of you may not even remember speaking, but all of you had an impact. And to everyone who has private messaged me with support, thanks and feedback on both the base picture packs and this upcoming release. At times, you have no idea how important your kind words have been in me not just giving up on getting this done. How very sentimental of me! ------------------------------------ That's all for now. More updates to follow. Enjoy! And if this is your thing, be sure to subscribe to the thread. Edited August 24 by EdJames NOW LIVE! 44 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzreich Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 (edited) Looking real forward to this. I'm happy that you're opting to share the GPT you made for this, as this'll stop me from hounding you about how to achieve this style lol. Guess I need to give OpenAI more money again. On a side note, that Minor Annoyance is absolutely atrocious, it's amazing. Edited July 30 by Heinzreich 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 24 minutes ago, Heinzreich said: Looking real forward to this. I'm happy that you're opting to share the GPT you made for this, as this'll stop me from hounding you about how to achieve this style lol. Guess I need to give OpenAI more money again. On a side note, that Minor Annoyance is absolutely atrocious, it's amazing. I literally went out of my way to make him look this horrendous after I saw a guy in one of the threads saying "If they make TMA look remotely human and normal we riot.". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatboyVT Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Looks fantastic. I especially like the TCW logo, as I was never a big fan of the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Looks really promising. Here's hoping it won't take 5 years to release this "day1" update. 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batnuna Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 This looks great, and with even more options than I expected. Really waiting for this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esteel20 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Looking forward to seeing the revamped masked renders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 (edited) 2 hours ago, esteel20 said: Looking forward to seeing the revamped masked renders. I'm not saving they'll be perfect, but I think they're a huge improvement... Edited July 31 by EdJames 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esteel20 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, EdJames said: I'm not saving they'll be perfect, but I think they're a huge improvement... Those look much improved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 (edited) I also said I'd be trying to address what I felt was a pretty boring interpretation of the women's universe. Here's a few of those for reference on what to expect... Edited July 31 by EdJames 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 And finally, I said I wanted to spend more time with the Japanese wrestlers, who I felt were some of the weaker ones... 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I am hoping you won't change Miwako Katsukawa because he render has so much personality and fire, but you are doing a great job on these new ones! If I may ask, is there a specific place where you've given a tutorial on what you use as a prompt to get this style of image? I'm sorry if I've missed it. I know you are using midjourney, there are just so many AI and render threads right now, I feel like I'm missing it somehow what you've been specifically using! If you don't care to share, I do understand though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonaCidal Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I know you said you have thousands of generated photos, are you going to release that as a free pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 3 minutes ago, ZonaCidal said: I know you said you have thousands of generated photos, are you going to release that as a free pack? Yes, but they won't have been cut, resized or classified. They'll just be an endless stream dumped into the MEGA folder above for people to sort through 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 3 hours ago, EdJames said: I also said I'd be trying to address what I felt was a pretty boring interpretation of the women's universe. Here's a few of those for reference on what to expect... huge improvement! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 37 minutes ago, Unregistered said: I am hoping you won't change Miwako Katsukawa because he render has so much personality and fire, but you are doing a great job on these new ones! If I may ask, is there a specific place where you've given a tutorial on what you use as a prompt to get this style of image? I'm sorry if I've missed it. I know you are using midjourney, there are just so many AI and render threads right now, I feel like I'm missing it somehow what you've been specifically using! If you don't care to share, I do understand though! So.....bad news on Miwako front 🫣 But, and I always think it's fun to explore this side of how decisions are made. Miwako, in the DB, has a sex appeal of 82/100 - that's pretty damned hot. And for all the character she had, I also didn't think she quite lived up to the star quality (also 82/100) and she looked a bit unpolished for that megastar push. But this is the exact kind of feedback I need, going forward. Tell me the things I might've missed and even if I don't go with it, we can at least discuss why I've gone that direction. Hopefully, this Miwako sits somewhere between the stats and the old render...? And if not, you can always use the old one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecha Kaji Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 5 hours ago, EdJames said: THIS is now my new Higa-chan! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 Not gonna lie....I'm pretty pleased with how the revised Gallardo Cartel came out... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzreich Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) All of these look damn great, man. Once it comes out, the push to switch to this pack might be too strong to resist lol. Not that I think you need more work ahead of ya, but could ever see yourself doing the same with lavelleuk's AltCVerse? His database really fills in the gaps of the default's women's wrestling scene, not to mention more companies. Edited August 1 by Heinzreich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Heinzreich said: All of these look damn great, man. Once it comes out, the push to switch to this pack might be too strong to resist lol. Not that I think you need more work ahead of ya, but could ever see yourself doing the same with lavelleuk's AltCVerse? His database really fills in the gaps of the default's women's wrestling scene, not to mention more companies. Potentially. I quite enjoy doing them, but the cutting and resizing is TEDIOUS! So the deal would probably be that I'd do the images, but someone else would need to cut and resize! Edited August 1 by EdJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzreich Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 6 minutes ago, EdJames said: Potentially. I quite enjoy doing them, but the cutting and resizing is TEDIOUS! So the deal would probably be that I'd do the images, but someone else would need to cut and resize! If you want, you can send me a company's worth of people's images and I can help cut/resize/fit them up when I have time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdJames Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 10 minutes ago, Heinzreich said: If you want, you can send me a company's worth of people's images and I can help cut/resize/fit them up when I have time. I've done all the companies now. Now just going letter by letter, but I'm so fussy about the cropping that I don't think I could face outsourcing it 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzreich Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) 11 minutes ago, EdJames said: I've done all the companies now. Now just going letter by letter, but I'm so fussy about the cropping that I don't think I could face outsourcing it 🤣 I am the. Exact. Same. Way. The ones where the heads are titled slightly where stuff won't exactly line up with templates triggers my fight or flight response lol. Edited August 1 by Heinzreich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Machine Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Great work Ed!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanLFC1 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Ed, quick question - will the existing renders also be resized to fit the new style/background or are you discarding the old ones to replace them with the new? Would be great to have a choice of the old/new as alts in the same style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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