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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Evan on August 30, 2005, 01:44:45 am

Title: Hippopotomoose
Post by: Evan on August 30, 2005, 01:44:45 am
Flaber and I decided to do a collab. He did the lines, and I did the coloring.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/StairwaytoEvan/Hippopotomoose.gif)

It is supposed to be a hippo crossed with a moose.

I'm pretty happy with it, hopefully you can drop some critique on me.
Title: Re: Hippopotomoose
Post by: Negative Gravity on August 30, 2005, 02:17:46 am
The hippo part isn't implemented too well. But I see where you're going.
The legs, especially the toes, look deformed and distorted. Maybe you can work on that.
And just to save you the trouble:  :D
(http://www.cs.princeton.edu/gfx/proj/sugcon/models/hippo.png)

I know that you are going for a cartoonish style/look, and it's great - let me tell you. But still, I think that if you work on the legs to make them look more real it would show more as a Hippopotomoose.
Great job, great consept, great idea, great style!  8)
Title: Re: Hippopotomoose
Post by: flaber on August 30, 2005, 02:20:58 am
heh nice job on the colouring.
Im pretty pleased with how you coloured!

The transition between the 2 is better.

Fun collab. Was a challenge to come up with those lines. just that back leg bothers me.
Title: Re: Hippopotomoose
Post by: lief on August 30, 2005, 05:29:53 am
good idea, very creative.  nice work from both of you.  expressive eyes and face.

maybe the top of the nose should be different color to front?  lighter?
have a look at the top of the back too, you have shaded it darker than the side of the belly.  Just makes the lighting direction look a bit strange.

With the legs that are behind, try making them a silhoette and shading them darker than front legs.

The belly curve at the back end of him seems to curl back towards head, is this too far?
Title: Re: Hippopotomoose
Post by: Peppermint Pig on August 31, 2005, 11:49:56 am
Decent work on the horns. Bare hippo side is too green and saturated. Get a light source on the fur. AA and clean up the eye area. I think this could be twice as detailed/refined. The lineart is great, though...