Weapons help, Harpoon gun
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Topic: Weapons help, Harpoon gun
Posted By: thebombsauce
Subject: Weapons help, Harpoon gun
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 5:04am
So I tried to take what I learned here last time I posted about color and shading and made this harpoon gun, I would love to hear some good advice from people on composition
edit: not scaled up version 
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 6:04am
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Composition is how different subjects work together on a larger canvas, or possibly how a single subject works together with the edges of a canvas. However, on a single object such as this harpoon it is completely irrelevant. ------------- |
Posted By: thebombsauce
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 6:19am
| I used the wrong word in this case then, I just need suggestions and criticism on the piece in general. |
Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 6:33am
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What is the gold glitter on the left side? whatever it is representing, I can not read it and that is a problem. Personally I don't like black outlines on such small icons, you should consider if it is really necessary. Only add it if it needs it in order to be readable on a strange background later. As for the harpoon itself, while this should be the most important part of the gun (it is what distinguishes it from a normal gun), I can hardly see it! Forget realism, and make that harpoon a bit thicker ------------- |
Posted By: thebombsauce
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 7:43am
| The gold glitter is meant to be the band thats pulled back to create the tension for the harpoon to launch, I agree that it comes across poorly but I couldn't figure out a better way to display it. |
Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 8:18am
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Unimportant detail at this size. Also: How is that supposed to work? It is not a crossbow or a slingshot right? Look up some refs! http://https://www.google.com/search?q=harpoon+gun&client=firefox-a&hs=DMd&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=XR4KU4rIC6LO0wWLj4HIDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=796 - googling harpoon gun resulted in nothing that looks like your sprite! Of course a harpoon gun is not a single handed gun, which is what yours looks like! In the few game images that it shows you'll see that all of them feature very visible harpoons! ------------- |
Posted By: thebombsauce
Date Posted: 23 February 2014 at 4:11pm
I used this  as a reference, notice the band running across the top except in mine I thought it'd be cooler to have most of it inside the gun with only a bit poking out. I agree through that it looks very short like a hand gun instead of a rifle and I should probably lengthen it.
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Posted By: thebombsauce
Date Posted: 01 March 2014 at 11:39am
Alright I took what you said and completely redid it, I think it looks nicer and the firing mechanism is more clearly defined tell me what you think
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 01 March 2014 at 1:13pm
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Yes, there is improvement! I can now read the rubber band as you described. However I can not believe that a harpoon gun with this mechanism on top will ever be practical! I edited your gun a little bit. First I cleaned up the design. If you really need to have a black outline at this size it is going to be very hard to read (for example the harpoon's width is now 66% black and only 33% dark grey. That will not look like metal!) so I made the harpoon even thicker. From the reference you had, I liked how the gun was underneath the harpoon, so I changed the sprite to match that. Without putting the rubber band on top as you did the rubber band will be unreadable so I omitted it. It is not important enough. Lastly I removed the inner black outlines and added some color.  I hope this helps! ------------- |