not a fad-atar a JAD-atar

[balls01]

heyall,

well ive been always wanting to do a "jad/alkaline" styled avatar, so i decided why not?

(x2)

i did a square, i heavily referenced of sir jad
right now not animated but i do wish to do so, and for reference for the style

jad's avatar

[EyeCraft]

Yeah I always loved these avatars. Very tricky :S. I think you need to convery the translucency more by showing the (normally) obscured faces of the cube. I tried to:



Sort of use the contents of the cube like aerial perspective. So as the contents of the cube recedes from the eye, it reduces in contrast and increases in saturation. I think? This is hard 

[balls01]

i was planning on just making it square but a cude is a sweeto mosquito idea


heres my animation, its abit fasr i may slow downinate

i think if it was a cube from perspective woudnt it be like: 
i dunoo if thats understandable

[EyeCraft]

i think if it was a cube from perspective woudnt it be like: 
i dunoo if thats understandable

Oh man, you jpeg'd! 

Yeah that's what I was trying to do with my edit. It's ambiguous, though.

[balls01]

well here's how im going, please do keep in mind i am x2-ing the end result



i thought, the base of the cube would be visible, i also thought the top should be more 'polygon'

[Dusty]

Notice how Jad's outline doesn't change at all. Might be hard to portray with a square, but you should focus on very, very subtle animation. It is the whole charm of her(or his...) avatar. Also, her outline has a bit of weight to them.

[balls01]

naww i didnt wanna change the outline.

here the non moving outline, i think i needa 'exaggerate' the black

woops transparency again

[HughSpectrum]

I think it's better not to anti-alias on the outer edges (much like how Jad's only uses AA on the inside of the sprite) because your anti-aliasing was meant for a white background, and not taking transparency into account.

[balls01]

yeah i just like things smooth and i accidentaly did trans that time


non anti aliased

[Dr D]

The right eye looks kind of funny being the only thing not animated. Perhaps you could benefit from a little subpixel animation. (And if you don't know it, learning it.)

The heart is also moving a little wildly.

I feel like you should have chosen a more unique shape for this, such as a cylinder or a cone, but oh well. And you didn't have to use a heart either.

It would be interesting to see a little collection of these.