Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Carl Winslow on December 27, 2009, 06:17:31 pm
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I guess to some extent I'm new here. I mostly just watched this place, but was scared to post because I'm not very good at all this stuff. Recently though, I've been needing some proper direction, so here I am.
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/grenaderifle/vespa-7.gif)
based on this (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/grenaderifle/Vespa-new.jpg) sketch (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/grenaderifle/Vespa-port.jpg). I made the first frame in like 30 minutes talking with my friends, then spent the past two days trying to figure out adding new frames and getting depth right.
I think I did it depth-wise, but at the same time I think I've fouled up in a lot of places. I'm not even sure if the animation is weighted right for me to add more frames to it or not. Duly noted though, this is my second attempt at seriously animating something. Take that as you will.
Any critique would be greatly appreciated. ;D
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I see a lot of potential with this robot character, hell, refined enough and it could be a video game character, reminds me of something Treasure would make.
I made a edit of the little guy (or gal?):
(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/manlygaming/robot_edit.png?t=1261942433)
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Did I do thaaaaat?!
Anyhow, I really like this character but I really think it needs more colors. You have all these details and you just cant see them because they all blend in together. I'll try to squeeze in an edit.
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@ Bengoshia
While I do like that you managed to totally kill the outlines, the overall pop and definition seems to have suffered a bit in the transition. (the eye in particular is really obscured, and the focus on the head is lost a bit.) On the other hand, the arms look vastly better in the edit than what I was doing, especially the hands (I really shouldn't have tried to add finger definition the way I did. nobody's gonna really notice looking at it now.)
As for gender, it's female. it's not terribly important, but I guess it does explain the cute factor that it has.
@ CrazyMLC
I'm really awful at color schemes in general. I can definitely get a palette going if I can get some basic colors that compliment each other, but usually I just end up grey-scaling until I finally get something that fits. if you have something in mind, I'd like to see.
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Awww, its easy.
Pick random hue.
Choose shades.
Apply liberally.
(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k42/crazyMLC/vespa-7mlcedit.png)
Grey + any color looks great, to be honest. If you want you can pick a color to tint the grey and choose a complementary color, I did an edit of Ben's edit, which had a redish tint, so I chose blue, because they complement each other.
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/grenaderifle/vespa-5.gif)
Haven't changed too terribly much yet. testing the waters with a green eye and changing around shading on a few areas. I'll probably get to the rest of it tomorrow, but I figured this was a good point to see if I'm handling what I have any better.
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its hard to notice the green. it blends in VERY well
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/grenaderifle/vespacolorfixing-1.gif)
After messing around a bit, I ended up with red as the secondary and blue hues on the gray (with a little purple in the 2 lightest shades.) The legs seem to have taken the most benefit from this, the arms not so much. I'm still thinking that the head needs something, but if anything the 'jaw' area needs to be brighter than the surrounding head area, and the jaw lining could stand to be darker around it.
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The red is a lot better than the green. Good job :)
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Very good job on the red one! I like it very much.
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im hoping those are just keyframes because the anim definitely needs smoothing out. i love this so far though
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I'd say that they were, but I'm really not good with animation. I've been having a hard time deciding how to set up the mid frames to fit with the concept of just swaying arms around and weight of the arms etc. (and yet somehow I can make fat on a 90s TV show character jiggle wildly with no problem) I'm sure eventually I'll get it, but it's gonna be awhile I think.