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    Posted: 07 June 2011 at 4:47pm
Hi there !

I'm trying to make a little something for this week's challenge, and since I'm not a very original girl, I decided to make a robot :p

So here it is (not finished at all), but I wanted to get some advices about it (if anatomy and lighting was correct in particular) :



(oh and please forgive me for my bad english, I'm french ><)
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Quote jalonso Replybullet Posted: 07 June 2011 at 5:39pm
Its looking well overall but the blue color palette has almost no contrast at all. The yellow palette looks better balanced.
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Quote Nim Replybullet Posted: 07 June 2011 at 6:02pm
I edited it but... doesn't it look quite strange now it's more contrasted ? >.<

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Quote |||| Replybullet Posted: 07 June 2011 at 6:40pm
It's beautiful Nim. I think it looks better now actually. I like the low contrast but feel it was too light in the 1st post.
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Quote tanuki Replybullet Posted: 07 June 2011 at 6:50pm
it looks good, but I think you're still being too conservative about the contrast. When you compare the original with a quick adjustment I made, the original looks very washed out.



Contrast is basically having a larger range of variations and comes in multiple forms, such as light/dark or between different colors or textures. Since so far it's mostly just light/dark variations of the same color with the same texture, it needs that light/dark range to be expanded. Either that or the types of colors used (reds, yellows, etc.) could be expanded.
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Quote jeremy Replybullet Posted: 07 June 2011 at 9:28pm
Looks very nice so far, except for the contrast thingy others have mentioned. What sort of animation are you going to do? :o
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Quote CELS Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 1:21am
Looks awesome. Reminds me of Ghost in the Shell and Björgs music video "All is full of love".

I'm not quite sure about the nose though.
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Quote Pickleninja Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:03am
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Looks awesome. Reminds me of Ghost in the Shell and Björgs music video "All is full of love".

I'm not quite sure about the nose though.
 
Think you mean Björks :)
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Quote Nim Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:08am
Oh, it's really better with more contrast ! Even if I liked the matt texture...

I'm not fond of the nose also, and I didn't like her eyebrows... (maybe I'll try to put them back latter)



I change the nose in a more "inhumain" way, what do you think about it ?
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Quote ChrisButton Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:11am
Colour is the most important thing in art!
Asthetically anyways.
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Quote Nim Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:16am
Originally posted by Jeremy

Looks very nice so far, except for the contrast thingy others have mentioned. What sort of animation are you going to do? :o


I think I'll try to make wheels moving instead of her heart ^^(and maybe 3 or 4 wheels turning behind her as a background)

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Quote Nim Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 8:21am
I forgot a little about the 16 colors restriction =u=°

So here it is, edited, with the heart shaped hole instead of a rectangle...

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Quote onek Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 10:39am
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Colour is the most important thing in art!


thats probably why so many people still stick to b/w photography.....
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Quote jalonso Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 3:02pm
The contrast is much better but I think you are still being timid about that. Also, if some green/brown bits were added in it would totally transform the 'plastic' look into a more metal based covering.

Hate the heart, its size, its failure to conform to the breast form, the outline...if you will be adding gears inside that it will look even uglier.

The open eyed version loses the mystery the closed eye version has. Its gone into the doll side of the line and left the cool bot realm. If you are thinking of animating the eyes then a side to side almost closed lid could keep its mystery.
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Quote cure Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2011 at 4:02pm
the center of the chest seems the likely place to put it, as it would fit perfectly. The heart is more centrally-located anyway, and robot anatomy has some wiggle room even if the human heart is sliiiightly to the left in humans' chests. seconding the contrast crit, it's better, but could be pushed further.

not commenting on the 'most important thing in art' bit ;)
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Quote Nim Replybullet Posted: 09 June 2011 at 5:51am
Jalonso : I personnaly like the heart shaped hole, so I'll keep it, and YES I still intend to put gears in ^^ Yet you're right for the eyes, I'll try to animate them with a half-opened version.

Cure : Oh, I didn't think about placing the heart in the center, but it's a good idea ! I'll try

[after some test, the heart in center is ugly -__-]

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Quote CELS Replybullet Posted: 10 June 2011 at 1:02pm
Originally posted by Pickleninja

Think you mean Björks :)

A simple typo. The g and k are next to each other on my keyboard....

Originally posted by Nim

I'm not fond of the nose also, and I didn't like her eyebrows... (maybe I'll try to put them back latter)



I change the nose in a more "inhumain" way, what do you think about it ?

I think it's better, but there's still something wrong with the bridge of the nose. Too broad, perhaps. Actually, it might have something to do with something cure pointed out in another thread. There should be a recession above the nose and between the eyes, which isn't really clear in this picture.

I understand the discussion about whether to keep the eyes open or closed. She seems very human with the latest set of eyes, losing some of the doll quality she had with closed eyes. I guess one alternative would be to draw blank eyes, without an iris or pupil. A bit cliché perhaps.


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Quote Nim Replybullet Posted: 10 June 2011 at 1:27pm
I "mitigated" the nose on the last version, and also kept the eyes half-opened to preserve mystery (but I like the idea she's half human)

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