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Trash day

on: November 06, 2006, 12:00:43 pm
like, pawige, i too found a piece of art that needed some major C+C.  I focused on the following major areas; anatomy, texturing, and colour unification.  12 colours + trans.  5 of those colours, surprisingly enough are used in both the green and brown colour ramps.  A lot of time was spent on the colours for this, and special thanks to Ptoing for critiquing it heavily in that area.

new  -->  old


and just for kicks, I combined some of my early
wips with along with my new edits to create a
nifty animated progress gif:


thanks to all those who helped me so far.

my goal was to create a piece that showed what my current abilities are with pixelling.  Its kind of funny because the old version of this represented my max abilities 3 years ago.  C+C is highly appreciated for this.  Help me meet my goal.  :)

-Dan
« Last Edit: November 10, 2006, 07:19:07 am by Indigo »

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Re: Trash day

Reply #1 on: November 06, 2006, 12:11:39 pm
I must say, that really reminds me of the koopa guys off of the old Super Mario movie.

Anyways, it's excellent. Though one thing I must say is the green of the skin and brown of the club really stands together.

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Re: Trash day

Reply #2 on: November 06, 2006, 12:25:15 pm
Awesome revamp.  This is an excellent piece of work.  Though, I think the right leg's (our right) calves shading is off.  It just doesn't fit with the rest. 
Back from hiatus, just remembered how excellent this community is at forming technique in a fledgeling artist of any kind.

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Re: Trash day

Reply #3 on: November 06, 2006, 12:45:39 pm
Lol...would you mind dieing for me please?  Excellent work on it though.  :y:

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Re: Trash day

Reply #4 on: November 06, 2006, 12:59:37 pm
Waaaaw...excellent. The colours are beautiful.

Now that I think of it, it's all perfect =)

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Re: Trash day

Reply #5 on: November 06, 2006, 03:51:15 pm
I was gunna say "WTF, old one looks better", but then realized I had them confused...
Wow, big improvement, especially on the loincloth and the club thing, and how so much better the palette looks.
Definitely a pic for my collection of "Inspirational" pics. ;D

I think the legs are fine, the shading gives off depth, and a nifty perspective.
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Re: Trash day

Reply #6 on: November 06, 2006, 03:52:54 pm
I think the update is wonderful. I'd give the loincloth a different texture than the one on his own flesh, old crit I know, but still odd. Otherwise great improvement.

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Re: Trash day

Reply #7 on: November 06, 2006, 06:35:49 pm
Lovely! It's got a lot of depth and the colors are a huge improvement. That left (our left) bicep still bugs me though.  :P The club could probably also be improved if you added some knots, the texture right now makes me think of soft-serve ice cream.

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Re: Trash day

Reply #8 on: November 06, 2006, 06:46:03 pm
Great job. I loved the original way back when, but the changes are terrific. I think the arm being more or less straight instead of bent was a really good change, and of course the unique wood grain is awesome.

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Re: Trash day

Reply #9 on: November 06, 2006, 07:00:44 pm
Damn. and i thoght the first one was good (still is..) but wow..  :o