'Tis a shame that you had to use NPA tools. :\ This is really cool.
Oh sadness. I added those at the end, might be printed on 11x17
This will very likely not get approved because you used dirty tools.
However, it's well done - they clearly are pixeled characters - and if you submitted a version without all the lighting effects/solar flares, it'd get approved no problem.
Also, the gradient background might need to be simplified.
yes... contrast and anatomy issues. also cheated on some of the glows (for the sake of printing) but i'll fix those for the animated portions when the assets are reused.
Great piece! Altough maybe you should make the two small figures in the middle stand out a bit more against the profiles in the background...
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