This is probably one of the challenges with the most awesome entries - certainly difficult to vote.

What do you think of this ? I'm not satisfied by the leather on the right side. Tell me if you think it's ok... or not. Any remark would be welcome !

asukicco that is amazingly good!

Pffffff...

Everyone is innocent until proven otherwise... or not, Elk?



Edited by Jarlaxe - 09 July 2009 at 12:22am

I have trouble to make the shirt, tell me what you think about this.

This is quite good ! Maybe the hand and the pelvis look a little weird.

Well, scroll down for my WIP shots, as well as the final without the transparency. 

I have a question, though: 
The contest calls for 180 x 240 pixel dimensions, but the submission page needs a version that is 100x100 or smaller.  Do I just crop some part of the image?









Edited by dsilber - 09 July 2009 at 11:23am

Thanks skamocore!

I think that I submitted a final copy but didn't get any screen saying 'post submitted' or anything like that.  Hope it went through.

Watch for the strobing pixel you have blinking on his right (our left) ear.  Cute though.


"Thank you for aiding me in my quest to find the princess as well as the car keys that I lost." *turds out a glowing blue eyeball gift reward*

->Jeremy : it is sweat ! Personnaly, I don't feel shocked by the lightest colour, the process seems to work since you've remarked it was sweat. I'll try to change my grey shades, but I don't understand why you find them "boring".
Nobody touches to my hat-texture >.< If someone wants to remove it, it'll be over my dead body !

Colour?  The crystal must be near - and the end of my quest, too!



Here's an update with some chroma added.

@Jeremy: Thanks for the advice!  (That'll teach me to not skip the Plasticine lighting model just cos I'm in a hurry)  As for the light on the hands, I picture them being straight up and down, so the light is spilling over their top edge like pouring water down on a blade.  I admit that it's all in my mind's eye, though, not based on hard observation (well, I used the mirror in my loo for some of it - especially the muscles ;>).  If there's still a problem, I'll be glad to hear about it.
How's my palette this time?  Trying to keep some yellow in the highlights, and a redder, more violety colour in some of the shadows.
I designed the picture to have a dark costume, and the shading values look pretty good just as they are - but I have a few bonus colours (I'm using 28) if I need them.
Thanks!

A watch for the time missing, gold for the thakings, an empty pocket with a hole for the stolen crystal...
I don't see what I could add :


Please feel free to tell me if something is : -not correct
                                                                   -missing
                                                                   -extraordinarily amazing



Edited by Manjaman - 10 July 2009 at 2:12pm

@Jeremy: Holy smoke!  You've anticipated the dark line I wanted to add to the skin shadows, and the 'redder' colour of the katana handle, and the worry that the harness straps were too shiny.  I would have been content with anime shading, but the way you made the muscles and facial features look so realistic - they just pop (along with my eyes).  Again, anime lighting good enough for me at this level of ninja training, but you even textured the hair.  Unbelievable!

There can be only one drawback to such amazing, kind help and tuition: there's very little I would dare to change!  How do I post something I didn't fully pixel myself - how do you feel about this?

@Ninja Crow: Well at the very most have it next to your copy and use it as a reference (It sure as hell isn't perfect ;D). Also, I quickly changed those colours in the edit by raising saturation- That means don't use 'em as they weren't chosen by hand and are therefore NPA blah-de-blah.

One thing to note, and this applies to all the different parts of the image, is that I didn't keep that lightest skin tone at the edge of the arm. You have a big flat area on the abs and pecs- light wouldn't just strike the edge! I also eliminated an entire ramp- did you need that other grey ramp? Those other two hair colours? You'll find that not every ramp needs 5 colours. That yellow can really tie the piece together if you use it as an extreme highlight where it fits; on the belt buckle and other metal areas, perhaps? Other than that, just antialias any interior jaggies when done, then take a step back and evaluate critically. Or post here. This piece is already far superior to your avatar, keep it up :)

 

@Manjaman: Totally adore those gold colours!

Itty bitty nitpicks: Maybe outline a seam under the pockets? And that antialiasing between shirt and belly seems to be accentuating jaggies too.

What the heck is wrong I submitted mine entry in friday and still it havent been approved...