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flaber
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Topic: Furturistic Space Turtle
Posted: 09 May 2005 at 7:15am

There it is. Tell me what ya think

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Brian the Great
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Posted: 09 May 2005 at 7:27am

Wow! Must be one of the coolest turtles I've seen. I like the skin and background most. Good job on those!

Though I think the metal looks a bit too much like stone at the moment. Try increasing the contrast on that. Maybe make his shield of metal too?
Uber-cool! Keep it up!

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sedgemonkey
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Posted: 09 May 2005 at 1:32pm

It's definitely a sweet character design and I like the color interaction with the bg.

Heh, looks like the turtle is doing "the robot"

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Monkey_man
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Posted: 09 May 2005 at 4:07pm

holy crud thats sweet couldnt even tell it was pixel art

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Blick
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Posted: 09 May 2005 at 8:05pm

Monkey_man, I'm sure it's CG with pixel tactics taken into mind, sort of like how DayDream works. If you don't know who DayDream is, he's the artist for the fairly popular HeliAttack series, by SquareCircleCo.

It looks pretty good, Flaber, but awfully flat and distorted in places. The knees especially look distorted. The leg farther from the viewer doesn't appear to have a knee and the one closer to the viewer looks distorted just from its position. Bringing the leg in a little should help. Lowering the boots so the knee area looks less like an ankle area might help too. The boot on the closer foot seems to push outwards on the sole, I'd bring that in a bit and puff up the top to match the other boot more accurately.

Then the metallic thing on his hard doesn't have much depth to it. It looks like it should be metal, if so then give it a lot more contrast. You seem to hug those midtones and never let go, you'll have to get past that with shiny metal and dare to put dark shadows directly next to highlights. Also, the reflected light would change the metal in places as far as color is concerned. The yellow from his belly would show especially well on the metal.

Speaking of the belly, I have two problems with it. It doesn't have a shadow cast on it from his arm or head. The next problem is how his normal arm emerges. It cuts into the belly, I think the shoulder should be covered more, since it looks like it's cut straight into the underside of the shell right now, in a copy+paste sort of way.

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flaber
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Posted: 10 May 2005 at 10:26pm

Ehh?? whats this???

wasnt there a section where you could post CG stuff. I coulda sworn...

But uh yes, it is CG. sorry if its wrong to be here, but i coulda sworn i put it in a CG section. Sorry.

Thanks for the comments. Havent quite decided if im done with him or not. But if not ill show the update. Other wise ill keep those points in mind for my next piece.

Much appreciated.

heh, Sorry again for the CG thing..... maby theres rocks in me head....

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sedgemonkey
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Posted: 10 May 2005 at 10:52pm

flaber: "Other Art" section was removed and all topics moved to WIP just a couple of hours ago. You had the very last topic before it was removed. Sorry about the confusion.

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Bisque
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Posted: 11 May 2005 at 10:07am

The metal parts of this pic deffinitely need some work. Although it doesnt look BAD right now, it looks more like its made out of stone.

I couldnt find anything that looks very much like the helmet in the pic but i foudn some normal metal helmet for you to look at for exampels of contrast/highlights haha

=> http://www.brucegray.com/images/helmet2.jpg
=> http://www.edwards-enterprises.com/images/S36201.jpg
=> http://www.edwards-enterprises.com/images/S28064.jpg

Another thing i noticed is the glass (?) visor. It doesnt look tinted at all so shouldnt it be transparent? Even if it was fogged glass we would still see something of the eyes behind it. Fogged glass would be kind of stupid for a visor though haha =o he'd walk into things!

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sedgemonkey
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Posted: 11 May 2005 at 9:07pm

The first helmet you picked out there looks really sweet. Perfect for the turtle.

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Monkey_man
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Posted: 12 May 2005 at 7:06pm

ooo sry i didnt know it wasnt pixel art and i didnt know they took away the otehr art section sorry

www.engedientertainment.com/phpbb is my forum POST YOUR PIXELS

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flaber
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Posted: 14 May 2005 at 10:18pm

thanks for the comments again

Ill keep those in mind if i ever feel to fix it... I currently have a few other pieces on their way so ill keep these in mind for them.

thanks again,

corey

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flaber Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Topic: Furturistic Space Turtle Posted: 09 May 2005 at 7:15am
	There it is. Tell me what ya think
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Brian the Great Commander RED! Joined: 03 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2221	Posted: 09 May 2005 at 7:27am
	Wow! Must be one of the coolest turtles I've seen. I like the skin and background most. Good job on those! Though I think the metal looks a bit too much like stone at the moment. Try increasing the contrast on that. Maybe make his shield of metal too? Uber-cool! Keep it up!

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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 09 May 2005 at 1:32pm
	It's definitely a sweet character design and I like the color interaction with the bg. Heh, looks like the turtle is doing "the robot"
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Monkey_man Commander Joined: 02 March 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 09 May 2005 at 4:07pm
	holy crud thats sweet couldnt even tell it was pixel art
	www.engedientertainment.com/phpbb is my forum POST YOUR PIXELS
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Blick Commander Joined: 21 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 389	Posted: 09 May 2005 at 8:05pm
	Monkey_man, I'm sure it's CG with pixel tactics taken into mind, sort of like how DayDream works. If you don't know who DayDream is, he's the artist for the fairly popular HeliAttack series, by SquareCircleCo. It looks pretty good, Flaber, but awfully flat and distorted in places. The knees especially look distorted. The leg farther from the viewer doesn't appear to have a knee and the one closer to the viewer looks distorted just from its position. Bringing the leg in a little should help. Lowering the boots so the knee area looks less like an ankle area might help too. The boot on the closer foot seems to push outwards on the sole, I'd bring that in a bit and puff up the top to match the other boot more accurately. Then the metallic thing on his hard doesn't have much depth to it. It looks like it should be metal, if so then give it a lot more contrast. You seem to hug those midtones and never let go, you'll have to get past that with shiny metal and dare to put dark shadows directly next to highlights. Also, the reflected light would change the metal in places as far as color is concerned. The yellow from his belly would show especially well on the metal. Speaking of the belly, I have two problems with it. It doesn't have a shadow cast on it from his arm or head. The next problem is how his normal arm emerges. It cuts into the belly, I think the shoulder should be covered more, since it looks like it's cut straight into the underside of the shell right now, in a copy+paste sort of way.

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flaber Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Posted: 10 May 2005 at 10:26pm
	Ehh?? whats this??? wasnt there a section where you could post CG stuff. I coulda sworn... But uh yes, it is CG. sorry if its wrong to be here, but i coulda sworn i put it in a CG section. Sorry. Thanks for the comments. Havent quite decided if im done with him or not. But if not ill show the update. Other wise ill keep those points in mind for my next piece. Much appreciated. heh, Sorry again for the CG thing..... maby theres rocks in me head....
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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 10 May 2005 at 10:52pm
	flaber: "Other Art" section was removed and all topics moved to WIP just a couple of hours ago. You had the very last topic before it was removed. Sorry about the confusion.
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Bisque Commander Joined: 11 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 149	Posted: 11 May 2005 at 10:07am
	The metal parts of this pic deffinitely need some work. Although it doesnt look BAD right now, it looks more like its made out of stone. I couldnt find anything that looks very much like the helmet in the pic but i foudn some normal metal helmet for you to look at for exampels of contrast/highlights haha => http://www.brucegray.com/images/helmet2.jpg => http://www.edwards-enterprises.com/images/S36201.jpg => http://www.edwards-enterprises.com/images/S28064.jpg Another thing i noticed is the glass (?) visor. It doesnt look tinted at all so shouldnt it be transparent? Even if it was fogged glass we would still see something of the eyes behind it. Fogged glass would be kind of stupid for a visor though haha =o he'd walk into things!
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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 11 May 2005 at 9:07pm
	The first helmet you picked out there looks really sweet. Perfect for the turtle.
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Monkey_man Commander Joined: 02 March 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 12 May 2005 at 7:06pm
	ooo sry i didnt know it wasnt pixel art and i didnt know they took away the otehr art section sorry
	www.engedientertainment.com/phpbb is my forum POST YOUR PIXELS
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flaber Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Posted: 14 May 2005 at 10:18pm
	thanks for the comments again Ill keep those in mind if i ever feel to fix it... I currently have a few other pieces on their way so ill keep these in mind for them. thanks again, corey
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