Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Arachne on July 30, 2008, 12:39:49 am

Title: [WIP] Hive queen
Post by: Arachne on July 30, 2008, 12:39:49 am

(http://www.retinaleclipse.com/hivequeen2.gif)

Yes, more eyeballs. Based on an old drawing (http://www.retinaleclipse.com/cgart032.jpg) of mine.

I need to make the palette a bit more interesting, and I'm struggling a bit with the anatomy and volumetrics. What do you think about it so far?

Title: Re: [WIP] Hive queen
Post by: Helm on July 30, 2008, 01:10:38 am

Where is the lightsource? How wet is the skin of the girl and the tentacles? These matter for the rendering and for the speculars. Right now you've got super-wet going on, and a sorta leftwards bright source in otherwise darkness. Is this what you want?

I like it so far otherwise, it'll be interesting to see you work it to your usual level of polish.

I don't know how much emotion you can pull off from a woman without any arms though!

Title: Re: [WIP] Hive queen
Post by: Sherman Gill on July 30, 2008, 01:38:48 am

The tentacle eyes seem kinda weird as they are now; too flimsy. It works in the, uh, original because there's machine parts put in, but when it's just organic it seems odd. I think you should either include machine bits like in the original or bulk up and/or compact the eyes. See:
(http://lorne.lastchancemedia.com/Images/two/Tricksandcrits/4.png)