Yeaaa I hope this fits the category lol anything with 1 eye is a cyclops right...?

I revised my entry a bit.


What do you think?

use less dithering, and pay attention to the anatomy of that arm, at some pint feels like an elbow and a few bones are mssing there.

oh, and about mr.tsuyoshi, i'd take that tear away from the image... for my taste it looks better w/o it.


Edited by Metaru - 13 March 2009 at 12:22am

Hehe Ricki, exactly my thoughts, so I decided to be the first :P And thank you!

DaMehMan, keep it up, your piece has potential, just build upon it!

Mr. Tsuyoshi, loving yours!

As I'm a pervert, LadyHazy's piece is also interesting in my opinion ;)

Tomic's is just plain awesomness so I won't even try discussing it.

x-death, sorry mate, a bit too simple, feels unfinished (you posted it already for the competition I think?)

BuBu, nice start, work on it!

PixelKiwi and RobbiE, LOVING your cycs too.

A.B.Lazer, good idea, but needs more effort.

Shawn keep going, looking good.

Karzahnii and Keeper-of-Styx, keep on going, like where you're heading at.

MFlanga, yours might be one of my favs :3

Tunc, nice, but good elaborate it a bit.

Dr D, nice start, hopefully you'll add something to the background.

JthmNny, looking nice, but not sure what they'll say about char's that have lost their 2nd eye :o

Skamocore's one is teh awesomeness!

(sorry if I missed anyone)

And here, next wip (sorry editing quite slow, but I'll try to speed up today):

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Edited by smk - 13 March 2009 at 3:14am

Heh, I'm pretty new at this too, but I'll try to say something.

Firstly read the comments on your picture, they already give the general idea of what's wrong: http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/40920.htm

That said, my first impression was some kind of blob jumping above a platform. I guess the biggest problem here is that it's not understandable what is what. If, for example, that's a waterline there, it should affect the monster's coloring/shading/shape atleast a bit, so that we can see that it's submerged in something. The picture just gives out a feeling that either your monster is floating in the air, or it's just posted on top of everything else.

Hope I helped. :)


Edited by smk - 13 March 2009 at 4:42am

Current WIP:
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(not ready yet, but can't edit it for some hours...)
(I think I might remove the shading from the hair)

x-death:
I would advise applying a bit more dithering atleast to the character, darger from bottom to the part where he breaks the surface. Also, more realistic waves to the water, maybe like a ripple from the point where the monster breaks the surface :)


Edited by smk - 13 March 2009 at 6:13am

Tomic

Man Diferent monitors makes it look different, damnit.

I just work on it while im at work, and im no longer at work so I cant finish it, I'd add a tad bit more but i get to busy once im home, so its finished for now, maybe next contest I can put in a bit more work, but it was fun, also that zombie one was unfinished but its all I could do @ work (tech support ftw)

and I wasnt sure how to draw a female cyclops, so I gave her eyelash's, I coulda done hair but I was running out of time :P

and the shadow behind him could use work, but thats a pain in teh ass pallete, I shoulda gone with the one everyone else has been using, that dark grey woulda been really handy, but this showed me yellow/purple sky is wonderful :D

yeah try adding a background to it. and on the wrist band on left arm towards the bottom there is a pixel that sticks out. looks really pink.

also just a possibility but you might be able to do something with the hair and pants.

yay for animu/internets fanarts

Quickly! I need feedback! The challenge is almost over! :D

I threw this together today, after finally getting my computer working...

looks great to me, i'd rather work on a non-checkboard dithering. and put an eye on the teeth's lines, they're not really following the perspective of the image.

Actually, the background /is/ a flat shaded thing - the thing i was drawing doesn't have a face, it's just a floating eye and mouth. I'll fix the teeth later though. Thanks!

edit: Eh, might as well submit it as it is. I have stuff to do today and can't be bothered to finish it properly.

Edited by Cesque - 15 March 2009 at 8:44am

Click, click, click? :o

Aah...

Sorry I wasn't meaning to be an ass, I guess I just didn't understand the question :) Nice one there Metaru.