Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: niceidiot on August 25, 2006, 05:34:10 am
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(http://www.myronmcmillin.com/cyberape.gif)
Practicing weathered metal. I dunno where to go with this.
What are your thoughts?
-n.i.
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pretty good start, although you need to realize that Ape's don't exactly have the anatomy of a dog. They have really long arms with shorter legs, and don't stand like that, but rather more hunched over.
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Looks good, i would finnish it the way your going ;)
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pretty good start, although you need to realize that Ape's don't exactly have the anatomy of a dog. They have really long arms with shorter legs, and don't stand like that, but rather more hunched over.
However, this is a mechanical ape, and is therefore not quite so restricted to the anatomical limitations of the regular fleshy breeds...I think :-\
I'm hoping the section that connects the torso of the Ape to its haunches isn't going to be so perfectly shapen. It is, as you said, 'weathered'.
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Looking at a reference pic of a gorilla (not that hard to find) the anatomy looks just fine, but there are a couple points that might want attention. For example, if he stood on his back two feet, what would happen to his head? Without a neck, that might be a bit awkward. Might not be a huge issue though. Also, he does look a bit dog-like, but I think this is just because his back dosen't curve inwards. I would experiment and try to get a curve in it. If you sit up straight with good posture, your back curves inwards lower down, and on gorillas this is very pronounced. Your guy's pretty straight.
I think the limb length is okay, personally. I really love the scratched metal look, especially on the front arm. Nice colour use, too.
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I love it. The effect has been pulled off beautifully. I think the arm would look better with an elbow ball/joint connecting the upper arm to the lower arm. The shading on the lower arm looks like it's coming from a different lightsource(behind-left, instead of front-right). some areas like the face are getting a bit messy and cramped with all the sshading and reflection. You might want to simplify it a bit in these parts and have some parts like the upper lip reflecting only red light and the bottom lip reflecting the browns and metallic colours.
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looking at some reference pics it's better than I thought--and it is, like you said, a mechanical ape. I like how you've achieved the weathered look and texture of the metal, and can't wait to see an updated version.
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I like it, nice textures.
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So far I can see your on the right truck, so nothing I can Comment on at the moment!
great avater your having btw
good luck!