Obviousness, Consistency, Beauty
Why Another "Faithful" Pack?
Vattic has done a great thing, especially in providing a standard and creating, organizing, and collecting so much content for mods. But to my taste, the Faithful pack is too literal — it replicates some of the less attractive and inconsistent aspects of the default textures, and while it adds more pixels doesn't add more detail.. I haven't found a texture pack that fills the niche I'm aiming for, at least according to my ideals of "appealing."
Is it Really "Faithful"?
Mostly, I'd say. I have and do intend to make certain slight deviations from vanilla designs for blocks, subject to my three goals above. For instance, glass is streak-less, because the streaks are ugly. Various plants that aren't used in construction are more natural, and realistic. Small mushrooms are much bigger, because i don't like the number in the inventory totally covering the icon.
by Dack105: item icons from Stock32:
beef_cooked, beef_raw, blaze_powder, cake, chicken_cooked, chicken_raw, comparator, compass, cookie, fireworks, nether_wart, porkchop_cooked, porkchop_raw, potato_baked, potato_poisonous, potato, pumpkin_pie, reeds, repeater, saddle
*by sevenfour: water from Ornate5