Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Zwoosh_bosh on June 27, 2018, 04:21:09 am

Title: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on June 27, 2018, 04:21:09 am
(https://i.imgur.com/703mv1D.gif)
Ok, I realy love this! But i want some criticism. Is it appealing? 
The character can put on mask's and can change into a certain person or entente with a mask.
so when he changes mask's his body is a projection of the mask's person or entente. so when he changes mask's
there soul goes back to the mask,
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: MysteryMeat on June 28, 2018, 05:07:00 am
yeah I'd say that sells the idea fairly well. I'd maybe try to make it a bit clearer though, colorwise. Maybe have it start glowing a solid color, a-la a pokeball effect? Would make them shrinking up and growing out of the mask more of a clear thing, imo
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on June 30, 2018, 03:14:59 am
(https://i.imgur.com/73NJtVG.gif)
Ok, How is this I Think I need to do a better transition with the color but what do you think
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on June 30, 2018, 06:13:37 am
(https://i.imgur.com/6Eezs9E.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/T47QLLL.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/gK5M5Vp.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/2WO2WJ5.gif)(https://i.imgur.com/MhPQf3l.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/2OEhu3w.gif) x4 
All mask transformation's are done. Do you guy's like them?
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: MysteryMeat on June 30, 2018, 07:21:43 am
the arms change length and the pose for changing the mask is honestly too static for it to read well. try having him lean into the new mask so there's more movement topside perhaps?

and try that color transition thing, the shrinking body isn't quite working
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 01, 2018, 08:40:11 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/oMQbM4g.gif) New 53 frames (https://i.imgur.com/2OEhu3w.gif)Old 41 frames
I love the new one so much  ;D but what do you guy's think before i do the other's. I tried the transition to light but it made the animation to flashy for a dark theme.
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: MysteryMeat on July 03, 2018, 12:10:31 pm
looking a lot more Dynamic, for sure. it feels like they are doing it from behind though since that outfit shifts so dramatically before popping up into the mask
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 05, 2018, 06:39:20 am
(https://i.imgur.com/l8w8MmN.gif) Tah dah and an ending total of 60 frame's and 9 frames per second.
I Love how this one look's best one out of all off them.
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 09, 2018, 06:48:15 am
(https://i.imgur.com/qjVEWMj.png)
This is a map [wip]. I like where it's going but i'm not to sure about the fog like shading. I would like it to be creepy and onimus. but i'm just not getting that vibe. I'm really in a in a rut here and i don't know how to move forward.  It's in a little wagon for reference.
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: eishiya on July 09, 2018, 01:26:48 pm
Try making it darker, with the candle providing the only light that can't reach all parts of the wagon, selectively lighting up only the interesting parts. Having a solid dark-coloured background around the wagon and having the darkest shadows merge into it might help.

Also, there's nothing "little" about that wagon. Perhaps making it smaller might help you create a sense of unease via claustrophobia?
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 10, 2018, 01:24:21 am
(https://i.imgur.com/Mw7A8n1.png)
I added wood texture to the wall's and counter, but I think I need to look it over again
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: eishiya on July 10, 2018, 01:48:10 pm
Better! Looking much more atmospheric and mysterious/creepy now. But why is the candle only illuminating in one direction, why does the white-clad person cast a shadow lighter than the surroundings, and why does the candle light illuminate the entire back wall evenly (the far parts/corners should probably be in shadow)?
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 11, 2018, 05:20:24 am
Thank's eishiya,  :) but I'm putting off The Kasha and His Wagon. I don't know where i want to go with that character yet, so he is on hold. But here is another character. she is from 1834. I'm trying to get a portrait of sort's for her. so here is where I stopped.
(https://i.imgur.com/UYhiMtm.png)
But i'm having trouble with her dress, her portrait will stop at her waist. But the dresses at that point in time had 80's shoulder pads's to the extreme.
(https://i.imgur.com/85iC4rT.jpg)
so I'm having trouble with her shoulder's. because the shoulder's stop where the arm need's to go, but the addition of the extra shoulder's is kinda messing me up. any help would be appreciated
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: eishiya on July 11, 2018, 02:33:58 pm
Draw the body underneath the clothing first to sort out the anatomy, then add the clothing.

I recommend finding photo reference instead of drawings, as drawings often misrepresent the structure/function of clothing for the sake of a better visual or due to misunderstandings by the artist. Photos make it easier to make out how the clothing is put together, so that you can draw it more easily. There are also patterns available online for many period dresses that can help you understand how they're put together.

The shoulder poofs of the 1830s were basically big pockets created by gathering and sewing together the fabric at the arm-holes and at the collar or shoulder. To help them keep their shape, one could wear "armbands" with stuffing attached, like this (https://thequintessentialclothespen.com/2018/01/05/1830s-sleeve-puff-tutorial/).
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 14, 2018, 10:48:31 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/xSlhfeA.png)
Love how she look's. can't wait to here feedback
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: MysteryMeat on July 15, 2018, 11:11:24 am
Don't use the mirror tool, you'll almost always make something too wide or too thin, as is the case here with her face.

There's also the matter of humans not usually being symmetrical, it sounds like a small thing but believe me when I say people pick up on it. use this as a sketch layer and go over it again without the mirror tool, try and be loose with it so she has a more natural pose.
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on July 23, 2018, 04:34:24 am
(https://i.imgur.com/q1QBItl.png)
Okay i fixed it and made it less mirrorie. but i love how her dress shading look's like a skull.
Title: Re: [wip] A Tragic home for a doll
Post by: Zwoosh_bosh on August 01, 2018, 07:14:49 pm
okay, I made her blue. and finished the smaller detail's I overall like the blue it made it better, overall
(https://i.imgur.com/pQXliy0.png)
also with her royal blue. i fixed some of the masks.
(https://i.imgur.com/uBSoQjU.png)
any and all criticism is welcome