Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 12:19:07 am

Title: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 12:19:07 am

I'm workin on this portrait but i can't decide whether to keep this ambient light or not.  Let me know what you think and c+c is welcome. =)
with: (http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5912/por3rk2.gif)
without: (http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5009/por4lc3.gif)

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Larwick on August 16, 2006, 12:32:05 am

Looks great so far. I'd say keep the ambient lighting, as for the moment it helps give the piece more depth.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Terley on August 16, 2006, 01:06:34 am

love it  :D.. yeah keep the ambient lighting..

Im tryin to get hair similar to that, atm I've just got a wog..  :-[ , it helps to wear a hat  8)

keep it up, just don't let the neck make it look as if he'd bending to the right..

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 01:34:47 am

thanks larwick and terley =)

and thanks for the heads up about the neck, ill make sure not to do that.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Andy Tran on August 16, 2006, 03:40:04 am

 The ambient really did make a cool effect. Looks like a WIP.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 05:24:02 am

thanks =) yea its most definitely a wip :F, i just needed to get opinions on the ambience before i went further.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Ryuria on August 16, 2006, 06:30:49 am

Looks too sexy. Something seems weird with the face though, near the mouth area.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: baccaman21 on August 16, 2006, 04:18:56 pm

i'd say keep the rim lighting... But then I would wouldn't I ?

(see avatar)

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 05:23:19 pm

@ryuria
thanks, but your comment isnt too helpful :/
@baccaman21
=P ok

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Fool on August 16, 2006, 05:58:49 pm

It looks good to me either with or without light - if it's stand alone portrait.
But I would definetly kill that shiness on his hose it looks like zit a bit.=)

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Ryumaru on August 16, 2006, 06:20:17 pm

i like how this portrait is the same, maybe even better quality than your avatar. but its in your own style. nice!

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Skull on August 16, 2006, 08:24:24 pm

Amazing work so far. I like it with the lighting.. it adds to the piece.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: ndchristie on August 16, 2006, 09:00:27 pm

it sorta looks like he got socked in the mouth and everything just stayed pushed over to the left side of his face.  still though its quite good, kudos.  i like the lighting better but maybe make it a less stereotypical color?  i mean seriously, how often is there _actually_ a royal blue ambient outside Seiken Densetsu and everyone that has copied it?

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 09:33:03 pm

@skull - thanks man =)

@adarias - well im not sure how to fix the 'socked jaw', mainly because i don't really see it.  Any tips?  As for the ambient lighting, i was not thinking of seiken densetsu but just wanted a highly contrasted colour :/

EDIT: hmm i tried moving some features over to fix that look, yea i think you're right.  And changed the hair a bit, although im not really happy with it.  I'll add the ambience back at the end.
(http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3531/pornewuc0.gif)

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Fool on August 16, 2006, 10:01:30 pm

Mouth looks fine, it just a deep shadow of nose on the front creates twisting.
Rough edit, if it helps=)
(http://www.foolstown.com/misc/Image2.gif)

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 10:15:30 pm

thanks fool that helps a lot =)

update: smoothed hair, changed around the nose
(http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/4271/pornewho6.gif)
EDIT: the palette was a little too washed out for my tastes (http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2523/pornewpalettein4.gif)
but im not sure which palette do you guys like better?

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: Larwick on August 16, 2006, 10:33:31 pm

Great updates JWW. The most recent one looks very good, and i think you should do the non-2ndlighting one now (although i realise you are)  :D Like Adarias said, it's a tad cliched methinks now. I'd like to see that neck area done up a little bit more next, 'cus the thick lines are distracting me atm... heheh.  :P

EDIT// Woah, the new palette is quite striking. Not sure what i think of it, because when i first looked it was a little overpowering, but it's growing on me i think, the hair looks good in it. But i think the face is a tad too contrasted atm.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on August 16, 2006, 10:36:42 pm

thanks larwick, ill tone down the contrast a bit and get the neck done.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: alkaline on August 17, 2006, 04:00:34 am

i agree about the pallette, kind of over contrasted and tiny bit too much red, looks weird with your darkest color when put together.

looks good jww, but i still kinda find the mouth to be mushed to the left, try moving the bottom lip shading over to the right of his face more, maybe even the lip highlight as well.

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: CrumbBread on August 17, 2006, 01:12:11 pm

it is Sean Bean!

Title: Re: portrait
Post by: JWW on September 03, 2006, 09:32:26 pm

well after a long while, i finished it.  Started it up again over the past few days.
Final versions:
(http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/1276/punajigangsta2on4.gif)