Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: huZba on March 19, 2007, 12:26:06 pm

Title: Batfird the bird
Post by: huZba on March 19, 2007, 12:26:06 pm

Allrighty, i kinda hit the wall with this one and have some trouble finishing it. Can't fit the wings and feet there properly  ???
Open to all kinds of suggestions, even if it means going back to the starting line.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/Batfird_the_boid.png)

-Edit-

Current Batfird:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/batfird_02.png)

Hammard:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/hammard1.png)

Current Hammard:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/hammard2.png)

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: ndchristie on March 19, 2007, 04:21:24 pm

hah, i love this, although it is like, a little pig to me instead of a bird.  the hands and feet look fine to me, but i don't see any wings, perhaps you could give a sketch fo the character so that we could see what you were trying to achieve?

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: abzdragon on March 19, 2007, 07:02:56 pm

I want to cuddle it.
I'm with Adarias though, it looks more like a sugar glider or something than a bird to me. Are the arms essential? Perhaps you could have those be wings or have the wings appear when he raises his little arms much like a sugar glider. I would love to see some character art if you have any ^^

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: huZba on March 19, 2007, 08:23:05 pm

Well, he doesn't necessarily need to be bird. Here's a sketch... I'll post his pals in the OT creativity thread.
You gave me some nice ideas, i'ma make even more friends for him.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/batfird.jpg)

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: Bugguy on March 19, 2007, 09:26:41 pm

Use 2 sets of color, yellow and this purple... then it will be nice =D

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: Saokymo on March 19, 2007, 10:45:20 pm

I once had a hamster that looked kind of like this guy, at least when his hair started to grow back in...

With the character sketch I can see what you mean about the wings now--at first I thought they were fists and you wanted to add a pair of wings to his back. I made a tiny edit to make them look more wingy; all I did was lighten the darkest shade and adjust highlights to fit:
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/8499/batfirdeditzw4.png)

If pokemon looked as good as this guy, I'd almost feel bad for beating up on them. I'm looking forward to seeing more critters like this from you, huZba!

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: abzdragon on March 20, 2007, 12:14:58 am

Ohh I see how you were trying to do the wings now. I guess it threw me off of it being a bird because his beak isn't a different color. I really  can't get over how cute he is. <3 Can't wait to see what you decide to do with him!
I looked at your other post too... and I want to see Hammard

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: Souly on March 20, 2007, 02:30:18 am

I'd say make the beak a different color.

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: Fool on March 20, 2007, 09:06:04 am

Maybe something like that might work?

(http://www.foolstown.com/misc/brd.gif)

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: huZba on March 21, 2007, 08:36:14 am

Thanks everyone. Added one color like fools edit suggested, making it a nice full 8 colors including transparency.
Tried keeping the lightsource and the big feathers and made clearer differences between materials.

Real nice Fool, your edit was very educational and i tried studying what you did....btw, it might be pixels playing with my head, but i swear your edit looked different yesterday.

I'm working on this during breaks at work so it's a bit slow, but i'll start doing hammard as well.

(http://ungroup.net/jjntemp/batfird_02.png)

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: Fool on March 22, 2007, 04:30:50 am

Quote from: huZba on March 21, 2007, 08:36:14 am

Thanks everyone. Added one color like fools edit suggested, making it a nice full 8 colors including transparency.
Tried keeping the lightsource and the big feathers and made clearer differences between materials.

Real nice Fool, your edit was very educational and i tried studying what you did....btw, it might be pixels playing with my head, but i swear your edit looked different yesterday.

I'm working on this during breaks at work so it's a bit slow, but i'll start doing hammard as well.

(http://ungroup.net/jjntemp/batfird_02.png)

No, you're ok, :) that's me - just hard to stop on something that cute.=)

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: huZba on March 29, 2007, 11:21:27 am

Another boid (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/hammard1.png)

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: AdamAtomic on March 29, 2007, 02:26:37 pm

Great!  I'm trying to find something to crit and having difficulty...his left (our right) wing seems a little bit anemic compared to the beefy other one gripping the hammer, and the angle of the lines on the side of the hat may be *slightly* extreme - that's all I can see.  Fun character!

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: abzdragon on March 29, 2007, 04:34:49 pm

Yay for Hammard!
I agree about beefing up his left arm... just a few more pixels :D Your birds make me happy!

Title: Re: Batfird the bird
Post by: huZba on March 30, 2007, 11:12:51 am

Hammard went to the gym, yay. Also changed the helmet a bit.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/huzba/hammard2.png)