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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: miscdude on May 30, 2009, 06:25:13 am

Title: Dracula
Post by: miscdude on May 30, 2009, 06:25:13 am

hum...
been gone a while
back to pixel art for a bit.
working on a dracula portrait
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7793/dracula.png)
as you can probably see, its no where near finished...teeth arent shaded, hair is slopped on
but for now, Im looking for help with the facial structure, pallete, and anything else you see not related to the teeth or hair. any C&c would be great :]

edit:
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3518/draculad.png)
worked on the teeth, shading and shaping in general. Still need help if anyone has crit
edit2:
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7793/dracula.png)
edit3:
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7793/dracula.png)
edit4:
(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7793/dracula.png)

Title: Re: Dracula
Post by: fil_razorback on May 31, 2009, 07:55:21 pm

Great improvement between first and latest version, it's good you got rid of the dithering. The ambient lighting works very well here I think.
Crits :
-it seems to me that his right eye is smaller than the left one.
-The blobs on his neck are really awkward. They almost evoke scales like one would draw on a dragon's neck (like this : http://home.att.net/~albino-rhino/S14RedDragonHitDoc.jpg , yellow bits).

EDIT : agree with below about the eyes. And teeth were sharper in #1 too.

Title: Re: Dracula
Post by: Dr D on May 31, 2009, 09:27:46 pm

I much preferred the whited out eyes. Something very evil and creepy about them, if you're going to add pupils, maybe do something that isn't similar to human eyes. It just seems boring.

Well to be honest, I love the first, dirty, rough, unfinished version the best. It might just be me, but I think the roughness add some kind of charm to the piece. Or maybe it's just the fact that it doesn't contain the 2 elements recently added that I dislike; (pupils/lighting).

But I think you need to further emphasize that "I'm gonna eat your face right now!" look, and the first version seems to capture it best.

Title: Re: Dracula
Post by: miscdude on June 01, 2009, 01:16:53 am

Alright, so I brought back the dithering, albeit much less sloppy. I agree fully about the lack of pupils, they suit the look much more when the eye is totally white. With the pupils gone it helps the eyes look more even, as well. In an attempt to somewhat regain that eatyourface look, I also gaped his mouth a bit. Tried to smooth out the issue with the neck, but I can only go so far without totally losing its shape.
picture at top post

Title: Re: Dracula
Post by: Gil on June 01, 2009, 01:28:51 am

I'd fix the banding on the ear and chin. Other than that it's looking pretty slick right now. :y:

Title: Re: Dracula
Post by: miscdude on June 01, 2009, 02:16:47 am

fixed the banding that I saw, and thanks  :D