Gypsy Forest...again

[Ymedron]

Well, maybe Im biased because he chose a pose I drew for it but...

I don't think every enemy has to be like all "RAR IM GONNA EET UU" I mean, sometimes you just get a situation where the enemy isn't all KUNG FU ATTACK GO at you. For example, if the enemy is super confident or if their fighting style doesn't depend on physical attacks. I could imagine a wizard standing around looking calm while preparing their deathly strong magic. That's why the frogman would probably need to show it clearer that he's going to cast something at you.

Or you surprised them. The problem is that in most games you fight random animals and creatures of the forest, and it's a bit ambiguous whether they deserve it or not. How many crows and tigermen are you entitled to kill before you are committing genocide?

HRM. It's a more guarded pose, as well as shows off the frogginess of the character (as most of the time we see frogs back-on.) Hm hm hmm.

[TheInquisitor]

I opted for this pose because of the relaxed nature. My thought process on this is "Magi = calm" To perform magic in a battle you need a cool head, which this frogman has.

I've added some magical sparkles.  I don't think the other arm needs to be shown. It would just be an unnatural position and wouldn't add any more to what I think is an already solid pose.

[Cyangmou]

the warm/cold contrast of the frogs staff and the sunn is now to strong and destroys the whole color balance of the piece.
I am also not too confident about showing the frogs backside (and the new frog design is imho boring as hell) - it repulses the view and destroys the whole composition. The new position of the staff underlines the clutter even more.
All the changes you made within your last 3 posts seems to make it worse instead adding something interesting to the piece.

[Corinthian Baby]

My only gripe with it is that the frog is very wise-looking and sage like instead of menacing/opposing. Why would our hero want to hurt such a creature?

[TheInquisitor]

Unexpected criticism of the changes there, Cyang. But I'm nothing if not open and versatile.

I much prefer the new layout of the frogman and was in complete agreement with the other posters. However, to address some of your views, I've moved the frogman further to the left in order to move his staff away from the sunset. I've also changed the colour of his staff back to the greenish tones from the original so that it's all less severe. I dropped the stars - they weren't working.



I've also changed the colours of the frogman back do a darker, greener tone again. Somewhere in between the two versions I had before.

For all of you who're clammering for the frogman to be more aggressive, I won't be changing the pose, but I've changed his eyes to make him look a little moodier. 'appy?  Wise, sage and friendly he is not.

Obviously it's impossible to satisfy everyone, but I'm content with how it looks now. I'm happy to call this one done.