LONG POST ALERT: Ultimately this post just says that you don't have to texture your object before posting it. Read the whole thing if you'd like to know more.
Well, I'm back after about a month where all I had to do was texture the teacup. And I don't even have a texture! =0 Yet I did the model in a couple of days. Obviously I'm more adept at modeling than texturing. Which leads me to this announcement.
Note about UV mapping:
Originally I had posted in the rules section of the site that no model should be posted if it did not have a UV map. The reason being if we posted a texture-less model it couldn't be considered the official model and would have to be reposted later when it did get a texture.
Well... seeing as how much the texturing process slowed down my creative juices I am cancelling that rule. Ultimately I wanted the VDP to be a free-flowing, easy-going community of artists who could contribute whatever they want, when they want, and work off of others' work to create the best results. This should in turn be a quick and fun way to use teamwork to tackle an almost impossible goal (total 3D recreation of Disneyland). Now that I realize forcing a UV map to be created would only hinder this process I am allowing texture-less models to be posted. Although, once we do get the textured model, the texture-less model may be deleted so we have a more official model on the site.
So feel free to model and post as much as you like and don't worry about making those UV's. We'll try and get someone who actually likes making them to do it.
With that said I will soon post the first model of the VDP: a texture-less teacup. Pretty epic start I know. lol
-Erik (VDP Moderator)
