Finished image:


I'll still take critique in mind for future works, though I don't know if I'll end up editing this any more.  I went ahead and submitted to Pixel Joint's gallery.

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This was going to be for the Bandimals challenge on Pixeljoint, but then I realized that it needed to be an entire band, and I wasn't willing to think of more than two instruments for this, but I still wanted to do this anyway so I went ahead and just made it a standard piece.

Reference #1
Future reference


I spent a decent amount of time getting the pose passable, and I imagine more time will be spent after critique.  Yeah, these are just guidelines, but it's probably the most important part, so I need to get this right.  Colors used for the guideline are temporary and mostly to separate limbs and the fiddle from the base for easier viewing.

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Got some critique from a friend.  Fixed the legs, and made the ears smaller (though probably too small, will make them slightly bigger in the next update.)

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Another quick update.

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Returning to the first WIP, but giving it the fix to the legs I had in WIP 2.

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Began blocking out colors using greyscale.  Forgot to begin adding a fancy jacket and shirt, but having cleaned up lines will make this easier anyway.  This isn't going to be how the he will be lit, just getting a 3D object.

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Alright, now the jacket & shirt come on, identifying him as a gentleman.

Fat isn't necessarily bad if it's appropriate (since this is such a large piece).  The problem with banding is that it blurs your image in a very bad way, while you can still have a crisp image with thickened outlines.

That picture should be archived for future reference.  I has a ton of good info that can apply to many other pieces, such as the warning about dithering, blocking out colors, folds, and metalwork.

Better?