A little step to KNIGHTHOOD
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Category: Pixel Art
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Topic: A little step to KNIGHTHOOD
Posted By: MadMage
Subject: A little step to KNIGHTHOOD
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 1:50pm
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This will be my first work after reading tutorials seriously. So, throw stones at me now! It's a big headed knight... Nothing more to it. For Now. Any suggestions on: - Color choice - Redrawing - Shading ....are welcome! Here goes our fatboy (inspired by a LEATH'S HARRY POTTER character which is infinitely better than that)  ------------- This is not a signature. |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 1:57pm
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Since you asked - Color choice - POOR - Redrawing - Yes, Please - Shading – waaaaaaa........ ------------- |
Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 2:34pm
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Originally posted by jalonso
Since you asked - Color choice - POOR - Redrawing - Yes, Please - Shading – waaaaaaa........ for a start ther are hardly any colors so i dont see how u can comment on that. as for redrawing, i think its not bad, maybe a bigger sword. But what is the point in a wip if you are gonan redraw it. one lesson i have learnt is the crappest lineart will look good if the pallette and shading is right. shading, please do more so we can comment.  ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: MadMage
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 2:47pm
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I was just thinking about a suggestion on color-use. But maybe it's not the moment for that yet, since I'm mostly working on the lineart. Jalonso's "YES, REDRAW IT PLEASE" was too vague for me to work on anything. But I'll try to improve it in some way... Tomorrow I'll submit a more complete work! ------------- This is not a signature. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 27 January 2006 at 12:18am
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I'll try again, this time the longer version. Hassh you seem to be into pixelart and your desire to learn and read tutorials seriously will pay off for you. Confidence may be you stumbling block. Work on developing your art, your style at your own pace. Someday you will be calling people n00bs too. Do you think Shark has always been a hunter? Oh, no he too was a n00b. - Color choice - This is very difficult and only you will know what is best. If you are attempting to have a mean and nasty knight, perhars rusty colors are best. If he is your knight in shining armor then bright shiny blue grays will work. If its total fantasy and goofy why not plaid or polka dots. See where I'm going? - Redrawing - Hassh, I did not mean to be vague. Usually when an artist says anything relating to redrawing, it usually means there is some aspect that YOU are not happy with but can't determine. By saying "yes please" I was merely encouraging your creative juices to find that which will please you. Your art only needs to please you, pleasing others is a bonus. These two items only you can determine, look around the web or books, for inspiration then try them out in different ways, something WILL come up. Once you get to those two down and you are pleased try to shade it... - Shading - experiment on developing your shading techniques and when stuck post them here for help, and you will be helped. The problem here is that you are at the step before WIP. Now I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to subtly call Shark a n00b without stirring the waters  ------------- |
Posted By: MadMage
Date Posted: 27 January 2006 at 6:15am
Thanks for the comments, everyone... So, here's how our fat knight is turning: I'm not sure about the colors in his armor. The shield looks OK. So does the sword (I tried to make a FROSTBRAND of some sort). I still have to work a little on the outline colors and *MAYBE* I''ll add a blue flame to the sword. That's all about it. Note that I made his head look like a trash can on purpose! ------------- This is not a signature. |
Posted By: MurrMan
Date Posted: 27 January 2006 at 9:36am
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Reminds me of Ned Kelly with the bucket helm. (for all of you that aren't of Austrailian decent, he was an outlaw who made himself a suit of armor to protect himself from bullets shot by the law. he had a helmet just like that. it worked pretty well until he was shot in the knee caps. that stoped him very quickly.) Back on topic: he doesn't seem to have much of a torso there... I would have angled the shield a little more and fixed his stance to a more low to the ground, like with his knees bent, so that he would be more protected by his shield and more ready for an attack. But that is just me... Love the sword. yeah... keep it up |
Posted By: Leath
Date Posted: 27 January 2006 at 10:24am
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I jut think some of the lines are misleading: -The dark line below the helmet, the one that touches the shoulder pad, makes it looks as though that the shoulder pad is lying below, if not inside, the helmet. But that could be due to the irregular shape of the shoulder pad. -The position of his shield looks unconfortable, because we can only see one side of the trim. I know, he is supposed to be protecting his front, but something doesnt seem right, maybe we are supposed to see hit elbow, or a bit of the curvature from the shield on top (since its slightly top view). -The sword is not symmetric. The handler protector has a 45° inclination, so everything from one side of the blade should be reflected in that same inclination. -The shape of the shoulder pad is a bit weird. Maybe there should be a concavity where the arm meets it, or maybe a trim to better defined the curves and perspective. The color choices are a bit tricky, because it totally up to you. As Jalonso said, it depends on what you want your final piece to look like. If you want something cartony, what you did is great. If you want more realism, youd have to recheck your shadow, highlights, refractions, and light source(s). Also could pick more desaturated colors for some parts like the sword and shield. Right now, I think the whole soldier works very nicely with these colors. The bottom line is that only you will have the ultimate ninja power to tell if that is what you were planning or not. =) Overall, you did a very nice job. I love how his mask turnt out haha, funny eyes! |
Posted By: MadMage
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 5:39am
Some changes I made to it.... A) The original drawing, as seen above. B) Original Drawing with black outline, minus funky eyes. C) With no colors, pretty obvious... D) Less "round'n'goofy" looking shield. I also changed his sword, making it bigger (although I don't really think it's symetrical! ), brand new shoulder pad, a torso, a belt and a curved leg. E) And the sword said "AGHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M ON FIRE!!!" F) Different stance. He's fencing! I definetly like that one but I don't know if I'll pick it. G) Broad sword with a cape. New shoulder pads. his helmet is more proportional, so are his boots. H) Made a morning star instead of a sword and revealed his Identity! It's my old pal TUTU in shiny armor!!! ... Just goofing around on that one... had no more Ideas for today! ------------- This is not a signature. |
Posted By: Leath
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 9:20am
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I thik D. is the one that turnt out the best overall. H is hilarious haha. |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 9:51am
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I think E is the best. The flame effect is great. My only crit--the shield looks like belly armor. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
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Posted By: MadMage
Date Posted: 29 January 2006 at 6:04am
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It was like this..... It became this:  I changed the whole pallette. I'm going to finish his sword, shield and fix his shoulder pad (looks crooked). Also, I'll work on some minor outline detail. It's my first work in which I tried to make this "CAPCOM-LIKE OUTLINE", so I hope I didn't make that many mistakes.....  ------------- This is not a signature. |