Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Sawtooth on September 26, 2005, 05:34:57 am

Title: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Sawtooth on September 26, 2005, 05:34:57 am
(http://user.7host.com/sawtooth/images/pixelart/me.png)
A small self-portrait I started during the summer and finished up just now(with a trackpad, no less, and it sucks using trackpads), based on some other ones that I did during school last year (some of you have seen them already), although not entirely in the same style.

(http://free.7host06.com/sawtooth/images/pixelart/breathman.gif)  (http://free.7host06.com/sawtooth/images/pixelart/runningman.gif)  (http://free.7host06.com/sawtooth/images/pixelart/standingjumpman.gif)
A couple animations I did in my free time during my senior year in high school.  I spent most of my time in independent art class doing things that I would never turn in.  I could have spent the entire class time picking my nose and I still would have gotten an A.  Damn, I'm so glad I'm out of there.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Andy Tran on September 26, 2005, 06:10:06 am
 I must say it's wonderful! The shading is smooth and well shaded. Good work Sawtooh. The character reminds me of a doom character STF I made a long time ago.

 
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Dusty on September 26, 2005, 08:06:36 am
Hmm, the running kind of looks like he's leaning backwards. Great animations for such small sizes!
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: ejay on September 26, 2005, 08:27:51 am
Cool stuff, i really like the portrait.
The animation are indeed very well done but both the running animation and to a lesser extent the jumping animation need to sharpen the sense of weight- the running figure should probably lean forward a bit as Dusty said , with more exeggerated up/down motion as each leg in turn touches the ground and receives the body's weight.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: David on September 27, 2005, 02:45:25 am
Oh no, you mirrored. What a terrible person you are now. Really though, I love your self-portrait and not just because I have a slight man crush on you. Only things that bother me are how straight your eyebrows are and the strength or the highlight on the bumps between your nose and lips. What are those things called?

I can't really comment on animation as I don't know animation. I do agree his run is a bit wonky though.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Alex on September 27, 2005, 03:04:06 am
i love the animation personally, it adds flare to it. Very quirky and different. His coat is far too stationary though for him to be running like that, i would at least expect it to wave or bob around a bit more. the portrait is also some great shit, do you mind bringing back those flaming lips ones for a bit, i just wanna see them again lol.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: dtek on September 27, 2005, 03:08:58 am
Hey
From your potrait you must be a serious mothaf#$  ;)
your animation looks great, but I could crticize the run, is the acting correct? It looks like he's running on the spot, maybe he could put some feeling into it?
peace!

Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Helm on September 27, 2005, 08:13:13 pm
I really have no crits, sawtooth. You know what you doing. For great justice. I could bother you with style choices and 'how I would do it' stuff but it's nonsense. What I'd like you to do if you feel up to it is, post a truckload of your old art, whatever you think is good or interesting to look at because you were and remain one of my favourite pixelation artists and I'd like to get to see that stuff again. I'm sure all the new people will appreciate the awesomeness too.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Zach on September 28, 2005, 01:01:49 am
what's a trackpad? your self-portrait kinda looks like me :D
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: lief on September 28, 2005, 01:48:52 am
if a trackpad is what i think it is (like on the front of my laptop?) you are not skilled, you are a psychotic masochist.
portrait is great, i think the hair may look a little flat (compared to face)... needs some sort of depth added.

the animation :

1.  The top pixel of head should not disappear and appear like that i dont think
2.  If the one pixel of hair moves (nice touch), why not make the whole fringe bounce slightly?)
3.  Ditto.  Also, watch the arm upswing timing, you will find this is almost one of the first things to happen when jumping, it is part of the moving of energy causing your body to lift.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Sawtooth on September 28, 2005, 06:01:26 am
Portrait:
I actually started my portrait on my family's ancient imac, with a sweet 5-button mouse at my disposal.  I was photoshopping with power!  The laptop I'm renting from my college is hundreds of times sweeter, but I have no mouse any more.  All I did was touch up some details and colors on the laptop (because the imac's monitor is so broken no amount of calibration could save it).  And speaking of calibration: I hate using lcd monitors.  Colors..... shifting.... RRGGH!

I don't know what to do with the hair:  It's always been one of my weakest areas.

Running/ jumping/ breathing animation:
If I get around changing the running animation, I might change the leaning position, and the bobbing of his pompadour if it looks good.  The running in the same place is intentional: I really hate it in videogames when my character stops running and he snaps into an entirely different area of the 32x32 / 64x64 rectangle to which he's assigned.  I might exaggerate the up/down motion as well.

Thanks for the jumping advice, lief.  I knew something was wrong with it, I didn't know exactly what.

The top pixels of the head in the breathing animation are also supposed to be that way.  I was trying... for lack of a better term, antialiased movement.


Helm: If I post all my old stuff, will you post your old flashback critique? eh?
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: lief on September 28, 2005, 06:24:24 am
antialiased movement? hmmm .  like subpixel movement?
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Helm on September 28, 2005, 02:57:01 pm
I'm afraid that's lost in the bowels of internet infinity. But please please do and say I did as well.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Sawtooth on September 29, 2005, 12:42:53 am
aaaagh what happened to my hosting?

Once I find some hosting that doesn't suck, I'll post some stuff.

edit:
Oh, look, they're back.

all free hosting services suck.  It's a fact.  it's entirely understandable, though.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Zolthorg on September 29, 2005, 01:05:11 am
http://www.photobucket.com
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Rox on September 29, 2005, 04:54:41 pm
www.imageshack.us
Good for one-time links. Like... posting on a forum or gallery.

[edit] Oh, hey, wait.. my avatar's hosted there. Neat. [/edit]
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Mercury Rising on September 29, 2005, 08:01:25 pm
Almost everything I host is through ImageShack because I hate logging into things.  Including my avatar, sig, and everything else I do.
Title: Re: New(er) stuff!
Post by: Rox on September 29, 2005, 09:41:57 pm
Imageshack = really really good!
But, there's also Gazler.
www.gazler.com

It's back up, if you didn't know. And it's still awesome. You have to let a mod validate your images now, so that's a bit of a bummer for us "I made something and want to show it off nooow!!" people, but, there's plenty of mods around, me included. You'll never have to wait more than an hour or two. If you're lucky, it'll be a minute.