Valiant Vincent
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Topic: Valiant Vincent
Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Subject: Valiant Vincent
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 9:50pm
This is Valiant Vincent, but he's not quite satisfied with his shading and he'd love to get creative suggestions and criticism from other pixelartists since the guy that created Vincent is currently braindead or something.
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Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 11:19pm
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I'd throw in another highlight color to break up the larger highlight areas, but then again I ruin a lot of my pieces that way. Try making the highlight in top conform to the shape of the mask a little more, add very slight flanges on the sides. If you overdo it then it'll make the sides look too round. As is you could get a good bulgy cartoon look in there if you pull it off right. |
Posted By: Ricki
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 1:17am
| when I saw this topic's title I though It will be about that pigeon. post pigeon, like in movie Valiant...but this is also nice and is simple. And how Evilagram said, try to add some another lightsource. :) |
Posted By: TMH
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 4:25am
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that looks a charactr in a nitrome game. did you get your insperation from it
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Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 4:47am
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Thanks! Ok, so I should add one more colour to it and make the shading a bit clearer? I dont wanna get it too messy though.. Originally posted by TMH that looks a charactr in a nitrome game. did you get your insperation from it Yes it is him, but I'll change both colours, the shape of his head, the cape, the "mask" and add other cool details to him. I just couldn't resist, he's too damn cute. |
Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 8:37am
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Me and Val struggled to get his costume glossy without adding any colours to it, and this is what we came up with. And yeah, we're changing the colour palette since he's looking like a http://www.Nitrome.com - Nitrome creation, so if ya got any suggestions about what colours it should be in please tell me abot your thoughts! Thanks! 
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Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 9:08am
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looks much better, much better defintion. Try smoothing out the sharp parts of the highlights.
Since someone else backed me up, I'm going to suggest throwing in a brighter highlight color for specular highlights in the larger regions.
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Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 10:12am
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Thanks The sharp highlight edges makes his costume get the glossy kinda   glossy look I'm after, so I'll leave that?And another colour.. what colour should that be, bright purple or white? |
Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 12:14pm
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Other colours. Will make an animation as fast as I'm finished with these 
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Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 12:50pm
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Originally posted by Slemsvamp. And another colour.. what colour should that be, bright purple or white? As a personal rule of thumb I shy away from pure white or pure black. |
Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 2:35pm
I have some reflex when I'm stuck at things like these, I start dithering. And almost always overdo it. Stick with the previous glossy style? |
Posted By: TMH
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 2:40pm
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I kinda likes it without the dithering. but it looks good like that to. i think you should finish both and post them, together. very good work. and i agree that pure black dosent look the best.
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Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 3:11pm
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Argh, I'm torn. I love the cel-shaded look, but I love the dithered look too. Really nice dithering by the way. I'm leaning on the dithered look though. |
Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 5:06pm
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Not completely finished but.. yeah. Ill add a cool BG later on too 
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Posted By: TMH
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 5:33pm
they are both great but im being dragged toward the cell... ahhh they are both so good. the feet do look kinda weird though.edit. also i dont really like way that the face is shaded ether... i dont really know what would look good sorry ------------- |
Posted By: Bundt
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 11:04pm
| If you're animating this then I'd suggest the cel-shaded style. It works a bit better with animation than dithering because it's a lot easier to make it look smooth. Although personally I think both look good! :D |
Posted By: skooba-dude
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 5:25am
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Yeh, that's the guy off 'headcase' from Nitrome, now with bombermanish eyes =), without the dither his head looks glossy because of the straight line as a shadow, try as with the stomach and shade to try and suggest a shape.
I like the dithered more, but the cell shaded has a nice simplistic feel, Also I very much reccommend changing the feet, I think you could even cut off the green parts so he just has short stubby legs, then colour a portion of those legs green to match the gloves.
and thats just about my 2cents worth. =) ------------- 
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Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 10:45am
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I think the dithered guy looks odd because of not having enough visible shading on his head. I tried to fix it by doing just that, and I'll post it as fast it is fairly decent.
Thanks again guys for staying committed!
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Posted By: Slemsvamp.
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 9:37am
 If It still looks wierd, tell me what does look.. wierd |
Posted By: TMH
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 5:46pm
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kool but i still dont like the feet shading
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