Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Destiny on October 27, 2008, 02:32:46 am
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(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1440/boogiegy1.png)
For once, I decided to do something related to the upcoming holidays. I decided to sprite my own version of the boogie man. Before I do anything serious with the background, I'd like to know what I did wrong on the sprite first. Any c+c please?
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I have a bit trouble makings sense of what it is. The stomach area especially. The pants are sort of paper and they fold into the ribcage? The face too, is it a robotic face? What's going on with the shoulders? Even though it's a pretty warped character, you should hit the books and check out how things attach in a humanoid body. There's definitely some good ideas behind this, but it's having a struggle trying to make others understand :) I like how you did the clothing. There's loose cloth and there's tight cloth, which makes it more interesting to look at. Give a thought or two for posing this character. It's a menacing one, so what makes a pose scary? Just doodle some stick figures and try and make it relay information with the pose alone, then come back to this character and add whatever you learned. Oh and, just for the sake of practice, do show his feet, or at least plan how he is standing.
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Would a pose like this be more menacing?
(http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3318/boogie2vs2.png)
I didnt add everything to it because I just want the pose to be focused on. I didn't add both arms though, because in all honesty, I dont know how to place them :X. Any suggestions?
Also, I'm taking everything you said and am going to use it huZba, I just thought I would tackle one thing at a time. The face wasn't meant to be robotic, and the shoulders were supposed to look like they were shrugging. Ill add the shoes as soon as the pose has been decided on.
Thank you
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The sound of rolling dice to make music in the air~
Cause I'm a gamblin boogie man, although I dont play fair~
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2884/boogie2wm1.png)
I have an update. I dont want to do too much with it until i get any feedback on the newest pose.
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(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6879/boogie3sc5.png)
I have more of a final draft now before I add a background and start shading.
Any suggestions before I continue?
For a background, should I just have darkness emanating from him?
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This was my last update on the boogie man,
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6312/boogie3jd1.png)
But:
I'm going to remake the boogie man pa, seeing as convincing myself that I couldn't shade something that big, didn't really help me make any progress in it.
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8279/elegypawipfs5.png)
Im going to remake the boogie PA scene thing as soon as I do another one of these.
C+C so far? Im going to add the other hand holding a gun soon. The pose is supposed to look like hes already shot the gun.
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Move the near arm forward a bit, it looks too far back for where the leg is, but that might just be my opinion, see if anyone else thinks this before you change anything.
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Does this fix the problem?
(http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/1930/elegypawiptr4.png)
I made two versions, one with out the dithering, and one with a lot less dithering, but still a bit in it. Should I continue the new one, or scrap it and continue the old one?
EDIT:
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2315/elegypawipta5.png)
Should I do something similar to the third ones leg position? I think its more readable now.
Its really rough, I can see a few flaws with it, but something similiar to that?
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(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/1716/elegypawipvy0.png)
Which pallete do you think I should use?
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I say #3 with scarf 6
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I decided to go with number 2
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8850/elegypawiphg3.png)
The one outside the box clear up all of the problems?
Any other C+C?
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The arm, man, the arm. It's just lying there stiff, flat! The whole composition is pretty boring, to be honest, because if he had just shot a gun, he'd be recoiling back, not standing there looking bored as you have him. I'm not going to tell you to redo the pose, because you've done a good amount of work, but rethink the position of the arm.
I also think the scarf is a little unnatural, but that might just be me. Oh, and I proffered the darker, more steam-punk-ish colors, but that's a personal preference.
I do however like the pants and how you shaded them, and the gun is done very well. You've basically got the pixeling down, now just work on the pose. ;)
Keep it up! -Dex
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I never said he shot the gun, or that he was going to shoot the gun. Hes just there, holding a gun :P
Thanks though, I will work on the position of the arm
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C+C so far? Im going to add the other hand holding a gun soon. The pose is supposed to look like hes already shot the gun.
You did. It's fine though, just work on what I said and you're good. :U
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Oh woops
My mistake