How much has your mapping improved?

[Dreyzie]

I know this is kind of like a fast thread, but I thought it would be more fitting for the mapping section.

Post a picture of one of your first maps, then post a picture of your most recent work to see how much you have improved.

When I first started mapping :v:

[img]http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp291/bl00dbathv3/snow_blind4.jpg[/img]

Most recent

[img]http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/i372/Dreyzienumbergoeshere/Mapping_Practice_09.png[/img]

[Miigga]

First map:

[t]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f34/Miigga/gm_miiggabuild70002.jpg[/t]

Map that's representative of my current abilities:

[t]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f34/Miigga/silly_map30037.jpg[/t]

[GoldPlatinum]

Migga, cant see your first map

[Bloodprime]

1st map:

[img]http://archer.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/151564b.jpg[/img]

2nd map:

[img]http://archer.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/_18438-.jpg[/img]

Latest map:

[img]http://archer.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/4f88039d275ef.jpg[/img]

EDIT: Holy huge images.

[Miigga]

[QUOTE=GoldPlatinum;36028628]Migga, cant see your first map[/QUOTE]

fixed it

[Backelit]

First
[T]http://oi50.tinypic.com/346ou94.jpg[/T]

Latest

[T]http://oi46.tinypic.com/wtix53.jpg[/T]

[Bloodprime]

First image is broken J!m

[Backelit]

Fixed it, Filesmelt is down apparently

[IronPhoenix]

First map:
[img]http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab31/mid_phoenix1/noobtonice/hl22010-04-1622-41-58-94.jpg[/img]

Last map:
[img]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/541800134259922533/017F1224E80F87CF32F5E72C08F969A8AC30D26F/[/img]

[relinquish]

I couldn't my first map but, this is the earliest thing that I could find..
[img]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17905/In-Game_Screenshot_9.JPG[/img]
Latest map:
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47496792/sp_out_of_place0005.jpg[/img]

[l33tkill]

Posted my 2nd map 2 years ago (can't find screens of the first map). I remember everyone not being too happy about it either.
gm_wet_trainer
[t]http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv153/l33tkill101/gm_wet_trainer0001.jpg[/t][t]http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv153/l33tkill101/gm_wet_trainer0010.jpg[/t]

Last 2 maps.
office_collab/gm_scream_II
[t]http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv153/l33tkill101/123456.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/IU7Ds.jpg[/t]

[TCB]

Old map:
[img]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/bluebrickstudios/SSG/lab0002.jpg[/img]
New maps:
[img]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18685/town1.2.jpg[/img]
(this image is a couple of months old)
[img]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540675904112189464/5674DC9F933FCD7910072A04DAE7FCF7526B8A92/[/img]

[muffle]

I obliterated everything to do with my first map

[IronPhoenix]

[QUOTE=mopman999;36029700]I obliterated everything to do with my first map[/QUOTE]

Even from L-Space?

[skynet.]

first-ish
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/sakna/citymap0042.jpg[/IMG]

recent-ish
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/sakna/gm_wasteland0027.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/sakna/gm_wasteland0058.jpg[/IMG]

[Stiffy360]

Well, My first map was destroyed in an HD crash, but my first released map was this
[IMG]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/578926032545691160/4A3DEFBC15A6835DDFFBB6AF2DDC64B20F15E89E/[/IMG]

I did not want to release crap as my first map, so I spent a long time perfecting skills before making the map. The first true map I made before HD destroy, was not as detailed, but had lighting and such. Kinda blocky too.

I pretty much haven't improved too much.
Latest release [IMG]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/578954588163882847/ED0DD796E8A6B83461CFDA6D9E7E3CB7689526AD/[/IMG]

yeah.

[Santamon]

First:
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11013411/ctf_lumberjack0002.png[/IMG]
Latest:
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11013411/LOBBYyy.jpg[/IMG]
And this one
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11013411/rp_bb_city_of_the_lost_test.jpg[/IMG]

[A Wet Towel]

Not first, but very early.
[t]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx53/awettowel/hl22009-10-0515-22-07-50.jpg[/t]

2 recent:
[t]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx53/awettowel/derelict0017.jpg[/t]
[t]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558690430734052348/B9A31FAF566AB63220022527E13A055859698E5A/[/t]

[LATTEH]

Heres my first map i released:

[t]http://archer.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/113437c.jpg[/t]

my recent release:

[t]http://archer.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/4f9b355d00776.jpg[/t]

[GunskiMod]

When I first started mapping I didn't know you could have a different texture on each side of the brush and I didn't know nodraw existed.

Yeah...

[Stinger21]

I actually started mapping in Radiant for Call of duty 2, Here's the first and only map I've released for Cod 2. It even says "My first map" on it.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/V2vqw.png[/img]

and Here's the latest map I've released.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/DEEp3.jpg[/img]

I think it's pretty shitty myself and I could probably do way better, especially considering that every single model is prop_dynamic resulting in the most gigantic lagfest ever gazed upon by the mapping community.

[Dreyzie]

[QUOTE=Stinger21;36031889]and Here's the latest map I've released.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/DEEp3.jpg[/img]

I think it's pretty shitty myself and I could probably do way better, especially considering that every single model is prop_dynamic resulting in the most gigantic lagfest ever gazed upon by the mapping community.[/QUOTE]Hot damn, that's amazing.

[J4censolo]

I don't really have any pictures of my first maps ( or the bsp's for that matter ), but most of them were pretty tiny with a lot of poorly put together areas. A good example is that I used to build two brushes for a single wall ( if you could be on both sides of the wall ) and apply a texture to one brush and another texture to the other, instead of face editing. Along with this I did a lot of other shit like carving, intersecting brushes, etc.

This is probably my best creation to date

[img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwjeuOMtm1qke1lpo1_1280.jpg[/img]
[img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwjeuOMtm1qke1lpo2_1280.jpg[/img]

[Bloodprime]

^ Holy shit, those are some damn fine maps ^

Take a look at a walkthrough I made for my Zombie Escape map for CS:S

Walkthrough: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wquUm70iGXs[/url]
Download [url]http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ivhb7qo2uaatosn[/url]

[VIOLATION]

First: [IMG]http://archer.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/_9866-.jpg[/IMG]

Latest: [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k174/Gucio_G/animation/latest/machinima40001.jpg[/IMG]

[Stiffy360]

[QUOTE=J4censolo;36032018]

[img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwjeuOMtm1qke1lpo1_1280.jpg[/img]
[img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwjeuOMtm1qke1lpo2_1280.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

You plan on releasing that anytime soon? holy crap...

[Ataxia]

The oldest thing I can find anymore.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7286540/zw_valleyofthedamned0003.jpg[/IMG]

What I'm working on now. (although not my best!)
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7286540/gm_rot_a40001.jpg[/IMG]

[muffle]

[QUOTE=J4censolo;36032018]

This is probably my best creation to date

[img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwjeuOMtm1qke1lpo1_1280.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Dead Island?

[zach1193]

[QUOTE=mopman999;36032410]Dead Island?[/QUOTE]

first thought that comes to mind.

[G-Enigma]

3 years ago...
Large, brickwall-textured six-sided box full of guns and npcs with fullbright always on.
3 years later...
Same thing, now with ai nodes.
Humor aside, how many of the above maps have been released? Some of them look [B][I][U]really[/U][/I][/B] cool.