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[WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

on: June 10, 2016, 11:31:09 am
First of all, hi to all the great pixel artists from this site. I just joined and I'm very excited to enrich my skills and help others enrich their's, too.

I started to make some Cave Story fan art a few days ago. I obviously want c+c on this.



Here it is in it's latest form.
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #1 on: June 10, 2016, 07:00:10 pm
how does his arm work, that's the first question coming to mind. Reminds me of all those silly 90s comics robot arms.
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #2 on: June 11, 2016, 02:03:25 am
how does his arm work, that's the first question coming to mind. Reminds me of all those silly 90s comics robot arms.

That's exactly what I was trying to imitate. Those of the like of Colossus (x-men) and Bucky/Winter Soldier (captain america) are who I was trying to imitate.

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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #3 on: June 11, 2016, 02:28:02 am
Fair enough! You did a good job replicating that then, it's a matter of personal taste that I find it goofy haha

I would say to try cleaning it up a bit more though, there seems to be a lot of darker pixels that make it look kind of off.
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #4 on: June 12, 2016, 12:53:51 am
Fair enough! You did a good job replicating that then, it's a matter of personal taste that I find it goofy haha

I would say to try cleaning it up a bit more though, there seems to be a lot of darker pixels that make it look kind of off.

Do you mean the scratch and bruise marks? Those were intentional, as Quote is a robot built for combat and fighting.

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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #5 on: June 12, 2016, 02:49:46 am
Yeah, I'm saying try to highlight them instead. As it is they just kinda look like you messed up while drawing it and didn't clean it up.
Dents and nicks are good but you used the same color as the lines for some of them and it looks off
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #6 on: June 12, 2016, 04:07:08 am
I actually disagree Re: the scratches, I think they look fine how they are, with one exception. The vertical scratch near his elbow really stands out, it should be made less obvious or removed entirely I think.

Main issue I see is that Quote's face is kind of wide. I know the original sprite is quite wide, but the chubby face in your version doesn't look like it belongs on the athletic body he has.

His expression is also a bit off. He looks sort of... amused but uncomfortable? I'm struggling to describe it, but it definitely creeps me out.
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #7 on: June 12, 2016, 07:01:58 am


more wip

@MysteryMeat I've decided to just give him a clean, spiffy look. I also changed the arms to a more "artificial joint" kind.

@Pizza Tom I, myself, am really not satisfied with how the face looks. I've been thinking of ways to make him look more robotic, but am stuck, if you have any ideas, I'll be glad to hear them. And, yes, I'll try to slim his face down.
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #8 on: June 12, 2016, 07:02:26 am
@pizza tom That's the specific part I mean, yeah, the elbow bit

@drain. Nah, the arm looked fine as it was apart from that scratch mentioned. If you're going for the dolljoints look now though you should add a line in the shoulder.

As for making the face more robotic, try removing/simplifying the nose or making the mouth not have lips
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Re: [WIP][C+C] Doukutsu fan art

Reply #9 on: June 20, 2016, 12:54:18 pm
This is beautiful and really funny, but give that boy some shoulders!
It feels like his shoulders slant a bit too much, leaning towards a tentacle rather than an arm