Everyone's Favorite Turtle
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
Forum Discription: Get crits and comments on your pixel WIPs and other art too!
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Printed Date: 06 September 2025 at 8:57pm
Topic: Everyone's Favorite Turtle
Posted By: pyrometal
Subject: Everyone's Favorite Turtle
Date Posted: 07 September 2016 at 9:32am
 So this time around I'm trying to pixel my own version of Bowser! As you can see, I am setting up the layout. All of the body segments are on their own layer so I can move them around and rescale them freely (hence the high number of jaggies). Warning, I don't intend for the final result to be so "cutesy"  . You should expect this to look more like gigabowser once finished (or at least I hope).Crits and comments are always welcome. |
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Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 07 September 2016 at 8:21pm
 Quick update  |
Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 08 September 2016 at 8:53am
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Good improvement on the face. The front arm blends/tangents with the leg. This would be an issue even if there were clearer shadows. I would move the arm forward a little so that there is a clear overlap. Here is a rubbish edit:  My "fix" creates some tangents with the shell, but I think you could avoid these issues. Play around with your layers, you can probably figure something out. |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 09 September 2016 at 12:39pm
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Thanks again eishiya, you rock Took your suggestions into account. Here's another progress update!  General points I am looking for feedback on:
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Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 10 September 2016 at 4:03pm
 Further improvements. This is turning out to be really time consuming... |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 10 September 2016 at 9:14pm
 Maybe just a few more shading adjustments and then I will work on cleanup + texturing. |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 11 September 2016 at 2:56pm
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Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 11 September 2016 at 8:33pm
 I'm thinking AA is the next step here. Thoughts anyone? |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 12 September 2016 at 11:26pm
 I think its just about done. I'll wait a day or two before submitting to the gallery. If you have any feedback or crits, now is the perfect time!!! |
Posted By: GameBoy
Date Posted: 13 September 2016 at 1:37am
| I don't like the light pattern on floor, it's too similiar to skin texture. |
Posted By: dyluck
Date Posted: 13 September 2016 at 5:58am
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It's very nice overall. But. Better make the sin pattern more like scales, and the shell of Bowser doesn't read like a propper shell, I read it furry, at least. The lines of the belly look a little weird to me, i would change the curves to make more perspective consistent. And the division snout-"face" doesn't look like the canonic Bowser. |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 13 September 2016 at 5:28pm
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GameBoy, Dyluck, Thank you for the feedback , I will attempt to fix the problems you have identified in the next few days.Reference the snout and shell, the differences are due to me using Gigabowser as a reference instead of just plain old Bowser. Consequently, I ended up somewhere in between the two by accident due to lack of skill. See ref below.  |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 13 September 2016 at 8:54pm
 Upgraded floor texture, it should clash slightly less now I hope. Made the cracks more prominent to break up the pattern and gave depth to the bumpy dither. |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 13 September 2016 at 10:15pm
 Tweaked the scale textures and stomach lines a bit. Not sure about any shell modifications yet... |
Posted By: pyrometal
Date Posted: 14 September 2016 at 6:29pm
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I've posted the final version to the gallery for those who even remotely care to know. |
Posted By: Palocles
Date Posted: 15 September 2016 at 11:16pm
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Looks good!
I think you should GIF it so the creation process becomes animated! |