CHALLENGE 8/11/2014: Shark Week
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Topic: CHALLENGE 8/11/2014: Shark Week
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Subject: CHALLENGE 8/11/2014: Shark Week
Date Posted: 11 August 2014 at 12:02am
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Posted By: Kaishido
Date Posted: 11 August 2014 at 6:07pm
Just getting some ideas popping. Small WIP.
Little update on sharks: 
As for the fisherman and all the eventual additional details, I thought about going the monochrome way. Maybe it'll be easier to add more fine details. More AA and color adjusting: 
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Posted By: Eggy
Date Posted: 12 August 2014 at 6:00am
It's... just a shark. A shark with unpolished shading and line jaggies that I'll finish last (it's not too difficult me thinks). I may or may not finish this. Anyways, any suggestions/tips on polishing the shading to make it look nicer? |
Posted By: Kaishido
Date Posted: 12 August 2014 at 9:23am
| Maybe less contrast? I dunno, it feels like he's made of metal. Adjusting shapes would help as well, I think. |
Posted By: Eggy
Date Posted: 12 August 2014 at 9:49am
Is this better? I'm not sure what to do with shapes though (as in, I dunno how would I adjust them). Any tips on that as well? |
Posted By: felchqueen
Date Posted: 12 August 2014 at 1:09pm
Slowly coming together, really having problems with the shading, I thought the more you do the easier it becomes.... Not sure if I should do a background, I think it'll look a bit odd without one as it really isn't a sprite. perhaps I'll try some illuminated water. In all the references I've looked at the tail looks a bit odd, which I'm assuming is due to movement, should I keep it like this or go how out brains think it should be drawn? |
Posted By: Kaishido
Date Posted: 12 August 2014 at 5:57pm
| Maybe redrawing the upper part of the tail in a more "curvy" shape? |
Posted By: jtfjtfjtf
Date Posted: 12 August 2014 at 7:53pm
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Originally posted by Eggy
Is this better? I'm not sure what to do with shapes though (as in, I dunno how would I adjust them). Any tips on that as well? The tail fin should be vertical. Sharks have vertical tail fins while dolphins and whales have horizontal tail fins. |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 13 August 2014 at 12:17am
Here's a brainfart of mine:
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Posted By: eruditespirit
Date Posted: 13 August 2014 at 12:50am
A few pudgy sharks I started on:  I haven't done any AA or shading, but I'm not quite sure where to start. |
Posted By: felchqueen
Date Posted: 13 August 2014 at 7:03am
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@eruditespirit - Depends on what you want to do. Are you doing a game mock up, sprite or caricature? If you are doing a bigger scene you should probably lay that out first, then choose your base colours and do highlights and shadows then when the colour is sorted you can work on AA I like the top one most of all and judging by the emphasis you've placed on that one you like it too. :) |
Posted By: Dont
Date Posted: 13 August 2014 at 10:50am
steve can't deal with costumes edit 
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Posted By: Khao
Date Posted: 13 August 2014 at 10:25pm
I'm doing this thing: The shading around the nose kinda bothers me, dunno what to do to fix it. Gonna add color and a background later. |
Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 13 August 2014 at 10:33pm
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@Khao: if this a great white shark, it may help to remember that his nose points quite a bit, and it would change the form of the side of his snout to be a little more pointed. Take a look this side view of a great white:  |
Posted By: andrae
Date Posted: 15 August 2014 at 3:29am
I don't know what I'm doing Is this even acceptable? |
Posted By: Kaishido
Date Posted: 15 August 2014 at 3:41am
| @andrae: All the rules are respected in your piece, so it should be acceptable, I think. |
Posted By: pavanz
Date Posted: 15 August 2014 at 7:57pm
I never did a proper mockup before, so
but at the end those guys didn't ended up looking very shark-ish ): |
Posted By: skeddles
Date Posted: 17 August 2014 at 8:06am
really a shame that almost every one did great white, not that i'm any different ------------- |
Posted By: sizzlinbetta
Date Posted: 17 August 2014 at 11:57pm
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http://gitsumm.com/live/mobile/the-last-megalodon/
not sure if this ok to post here but it kinda does fit |