Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Rydin on March 12, 2008, 12:21:22 am

Title: [wip] Evil thing
Post by: Rydin on March 12, 2008, 12:21:22 am
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9017/evilthing4xd9.png)

wanted to do something with just the ms paint colors. mostly an irish elk i suppose.

right now my major concerns are the volumes--how am i doing on them? 
also, am i banding?

otherwise i'd call this done  :P

no seriously, this is a major work in progress. c+c please?
Title: Re: [wip] Evil thing
Post by: Elk on March 12, 2008, 04:19:43 pm
i like it....lol
i think the forelegs need some work :0
if it is meant to be like that then that elk has a weird figure ^^
Title: Re: [wip] Evil thing
Post by: Doppleganger on March 13, 2008, 04:22:14 pm
To me it looks like he's slanting away from the viewer. He looks rather flat as well. I think that the main reason he looks like he's so thin is because the back legs are too close to the front legs. The 2-3 pixel gap would suggest that he is in fact 2-3 pixels thick. moving the back legs further up might also address some of the slanting issues.

The head suggests a different angle than the antlers do too. I believe that elk antlers grow outward from the head and not directly behind it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Timpac/C%20and%20C/mooseedit.png)

Uhm...I thought it'd be quicker to just do an edit in the end. I may have butchered the head a little bit, because I didn't reference any elk images, but I have a fond visualization of an elk head that resides in my great uncle's living room.

Anyways, I hope this fragmented C and C helps.
Title: Re: [wip] Evil thing
Post by: sharprm on March 14, 2008, 11:52:04 am
I would recommend you find some good references.

http://www.bowhunting.net/NAspecies/elk2.html

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Irish_Elk_Side.jpg

Looks like his right arm would have to be back more judgin by wiki skeleton. Also bigger neck might be in order.

Hue shifting to a bright blue and green on bottom is unrealistic.