It's been about two weeks since I made a piece of pixel art.

Anyway, overall, I could only really attempt to copy the hairstyle of the movie portrayal instead of giving the character the comic book bowl hairstyle, but I think it's difficult to get that across in 8-bit, so I feel it's worth saying that.

The movie version wears a more sleek leather coat, but I thought that the dark colors would look horrible on the sprite, so I changed the color to a light brown, which made me to make the decision to draw a duster jacket, like the DC character Constantine. It's unfortunate because I really wanted to stick to the design 100% cuz I've often been making slight alterations to suit my own desires, which always end up biting me.

So, the pose is meant to be a dynamic attacking pose. Doc is leaning backwards just a little and pointing at the enemy, sending his metal arm to attack. His other arm is just kinda...there. I had a hard time thinking of an interesting pose for the right arm, and I was sick of the 'slightly bent, preparing for a follow-up punch' position. It's meant to be obscured by the jacket and behind him, which is why it's a little shorter in width and length. He's using the bottom metal arms to suspend himself in the air, so the arms are supposed to be supporting him by 'standing' on the ground. I'll post an image to show an example.

I've been casually observing cartoon characters and their use of color, which is why I opted for grey shoes - the least used color in the character. I chose to not give Ock's head a black outline. That was always the plan from the start. I couldn't find a way to implement the movie-type arms in a good way, so I'm assuming that this is the way they're supposed to look in 8-bit. I didn't have the room to implement the black gaps between the metal arms, even though I really wanted to.

Sprite:


Reference:


Constantine Jacket:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjddgbM40V7O-oDfetndbnWJkRMD54ADWZJvzAKLzs8wEs__zd

Doc Ock in the air:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYtulW60_UHkvfyBHKIp2uWC4MdZTyy7yMxiLh_f1wuYf3lzqJ7A

I'm glad someone brought up the art style that I chose. Super deformed is also known as 'chibi', which is a Japanese anime art syle.

Here's a link or two:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_(slang)

https://www.giantbomb.com/super-deformation/3015-1196/

Thanks Ryu. I always look forward to your views and advice.

As the title says, and I based the character structure off the Mighty Final Fight design. Sorry for the long read.

See, I say 'structure' because I still wanted the freedom to not make the character into a full-blown anime art style.
I wanted to keep the western art style origins, but still incorporate the exaggerated amount of muscles.

The way I went about this is that, using the Hagaar sprite for example, instead of making patterns with two pixels, I used three in some areas. Because of Johnny's design, I refused to use any kind of 'optical illusions' and made sure to make it clear that his legs are stick thin.

The character doesn't 'fit' in a violent video game. He'd definitely be a comedic choice, being a great contrast to the genre and the other characters, thus the pose.

I always envisioned Johnny as a tall person IRL, so I made sure to make it clear that his legs have more pixels in them. If you could make it out, his legs would be 8 pixels tall if his arms weren't in the way.

I based his pose on an Arnold Schwarzenegger pose. I chose it because, to me, it speaks to his character - Johnny's more interested in his muscles than he is beating up other people that are going to hurt him, which is within his character, I feel.

I used my own sketch and Arnold's pic for reference, a Johnny Bravo picture, and I mainly used the Hagaar sprite for general guidance in terms of the height of the character.

This sprite proved more difficult than I thought, but problem-solving the shapes was easier than expected.

Please give me any critiques you can find/think of.

I'm taking a break for a little while now. Gonna be playin' Spider-Man PS4! (Please, no spoilers for ANYTHING!)

Johnny Bravo sprite:


Johnny Bravo pic:
http://hindimecartoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/johnny-bravo.jpg

Arnold's pic:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81T-pmhNYFL._SY679_.jpg

Hagaar sprite used: