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Trying some more PA practice

on: October 27, 2008, 02:32:46 am


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?
« Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 01:20:36 am by Destiny »

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Re: You'd better pay attention now, cause I'm the Boogie man~

Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 04:55:51 pm
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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Re: You'd better pay attention now, cause I'm the Boogie man~

Reply #2 on: October 27, 2008, 11:45:13 pm
Would a pose like this be more menacing?



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
« Last Edit: October 27, 2008, 11:47:50 pm by Destiny »

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Re: You'd better pay attention now, cause I'm the Boogie man~

Reply #3 on: October 29, 2008, 01:50:57 am
The sound of rolling dice to make music in the air~
Cause I'm a gamblin boogie man, although I dont play fair~



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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Re: You'd better pay attention now, cause I'm the Boogie man~

Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 12:19:47 am


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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Re: Trying some more PA practice

Reply #5 on: November 04, 2008, 01:22:07 am
This was my last update on the boogie man,

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.



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.
« Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 03:06:41 am by Destiny »

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Re: Trying some more PA practice

Reply #6 on: November 04, 2008, 02:51:54 am
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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Re: Trying some more PA practice

Reply #7 on: November 05, 2008, 10:07:31 pm
Does this fix the problem?



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:


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?
« Last Edit: November 06, 2008, 12:10:37 am by Destiny »

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Re: Trying some more PA practice

Reply #8 on: November 07, 2008, 12:09:50 am


Which pallete do you think I should use?

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Re: Trying some more PA practice

Reply #9 on: November 07, 2008, 12:24:56 am
I say #3 with scarf 6