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Akira
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Quote Akira Replybullet Topic: 800x600 beast of a wip UPDATE!
    Posted: 09 December 2005 at 4:00pm
click to enlarge

...i'm not going smaller :P

need c&c on grass badly but crit everything if you wish (cept the lines, they are by another artist which the guy i'm doing this for wouldn't give me the contact info of :-\)

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Quote Aleiav Replybullet Posted: 10 December 2005 at 12:22am
I think what you've got so far, the little bit by his foot, is very good and you should continue it throughout, maybe using less bright colors as you get further away from the lightsource.

Excellent so far! I like the hair the most. I'm envious of your skills. :)
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Quote Akira Replybullet Posted: 14 December 2005 at 3:57pm
an update:

might need to click twice for those on 800x600.

Thanks Aleiav. I'll handle lighting after the sky i think.
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Quote pixelblink Replybullet Posted: 14 December 2005 at 3:59pm
very nice updates indeed... can't really comment farther than that at the moment until I see it closer to the end. Go go go!
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Quote Shark Replybullet Posted: 14 December 2005 at 11:27pm
oo i cant wait till you shade that dragon thing, i love dragons, yet
they are pretty hard to get right :D.
the tree is coming along nicely, however the grass seems a bit
repetitive.
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Quote PixelSnader Replybullet Posted: 15 December 2005 at 6:46am

i think the grass should be quite a bit longer, or is he standing on a freshly mown grass? because it looks as if he is standing on e cliss in the middle of nowhere

allso the tree and branches could squiggle a lot more, it all seems a bit mechanical right now, too stiff


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Quote Akira Replybullet Posted: 15 December 2005 at 3:56pm
Feel free to do an edit of the grass (the whole thing) and you'll realise why i don't want longer grass :P.

I know what you mean about the tree thing, i'm just following the lines so i can do it quick. might make an edit when i get further along.

Will post another update after I do some christmas gifts for people (11 + 1 for secret santa ).
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Quote PixelSnader Replybullet Posted: 15 December 2005 at 5:11pm

ooh.. you are soo gonna regret letting me do an edit =Pi'll work on it tomorrow after school, for now i feel (2:11 am) i need my sleepses =3


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Quote yuko511 Replybullet Posted: 17 December 2005 at 4:57pm
wow I love huge pixel works! I hope you finish it it's such a huge task, you better finish it! Haha if you do maybe it will inspire me to finish mine.

The only thing I think you should change is his face should be looking up towards the dragon. Now it looks as if he is looking straight ahead to me. Move the eyes up and add some pixels to his chin... i think...

anyway i really like this keep it up cant wait to see more progress
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Quote Akira Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 6:02pm
Wee! here we go. nearly done!


C&C would be wicked fun
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Quote alkaline Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 6:11pm
All I can say is...woah.
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Quote Monkey 'o Doom Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 6:12pm
I can't even get that much out. :p

RPG is numberwang.
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Quote PixelSnader Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 7:03pm
Originally posted by snader

ooh.. you are soo gonna regret letting me do an edit =Pi'll work on it tomorrow after school, for now i feel (2:11 am) i need my sleepses =3

i so f**king hate my memory


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Quote Akira Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 7:15pm
hehehe feel free to edit now ;)
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Quote Aleiav Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 7:17pm
I think the ocean should blend better with the sky. But other than that, I think it's good! :)
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Quote alkaline Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 7:22pm
yeah, make the reflection more round. like how the sun is.
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Quote Blick Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 7:28pm
The lighting on the dragon contradicts everything. The blue lighting coming from the side, the fact that there are fairly strong highlights on its body at all doesn't seem right. If something is that close to overlapping a lightsource as strong as the sun, it usually gets very dark on the shadow side and light that peaks through the edges makes a bit of a halo effect in places.

Also, I imagine the wings skin to be a bit more transparent, like boat sails, not transparent enough to see any clear image through, but enough to see strong light through. In other words, I think the skin of the wings is too dark, or at least doesn't have enough light spots or even somewhat contrasting mid tones, so they also look flat in addition to looking too dark.

The outer edge of the dragon's shape also looks very jagged and blocky, you may want to smooth it out some.
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Quote iSTVAN Replybullet Posted: 01 February 2006 at 7:43pm

I agree with what Blick said.

I'm impressed by the scale of this work. I like the texturing on the sky and water and trees. Although I think the darkest tone trees in the bottom right hand corner need to be darker. Also consider the sun's affect on these trees.

I don't likt the character design of the man. His hair looks very messily shaded and the fringe that extends from his head is inconsistently coloured. His right arm also looks somewhat deformed and lopsided. It's too short. Arms reach to just above where the knee starts. It also looks quite detatched from the rest of the body.

You've got the beginnings of a very atmospheric piece, but theres still a lot of work to be done.

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