Medusa
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 06 September 2025 at 6:03am
Topic: Medusa
Posted By: MashPotato
Subject: Medusa
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 8:22pm
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Hello, I've started working on a picture of Medusa (the snake-haired person from Greek mythology) I know it might be a little too early to get much crit on it, but I would like to hear anything you've got  . Btw, I plan on making a lot of shadows so many of the snakes in the background won't be very visible (the background will fade to pure black). Thanks! ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 8:30pm
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You have such a knack for ending up with beautiful and elegant art that I just know this will turn out amazing. I will only make a comment that may not be your style or thing...The eye is too beautiful, serene and even sweet looking. As you work on this remember that Medusa is evil at heart and the way to the soul is in the eyes. Be yourself but let her be her too.
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Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 8:40pm
You're too nice...  I know what you mean about the eye, though--I actually drew that several times, trying to give her a more "cold" expression that still remained feminine... I'm hoping that once I add some shadow around her eyes it will make a slightly more depraved look. I will still try to do some small edits in the shape, though. Thanks Jalonso ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 17 June 2007 at 1:17am
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maybe a more snake-ish eye, with the aid of some AA, will give her a more "predator" look. also, i was about to suggest you to use some CLAMP references for some hyper-streamlined eyes that maigth be a good reference. specially those from X ilustrations. slaudos! ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 17 June 2007 at 6:08pm
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This is beautiful. :D
Maybe giving her more of a snake eye would make her look more... venomous. :P ------------- |
Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 17 June 2007 at 6:51pm
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Thanks Metaru and Alejav, CLAMP-y snake eyes are actually just what I had in mind! The snaky pupils aren't really apparent at the moment, though Here is an update, with a possible palette underneath. I made the eyes a little thinner, with a slightly thicker outlining, and a more downturned eyebrow. I will definitely be tweaking the palette, but this is the general colour scheme I think I'm aiming for, with coppery yellows shifting to reds. Ignore the shading for now, it was mostly just me testing things out a bit  ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 4:01pm
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the pupil should be a bit (and just a bit)thicker.
may it sound obvius but, are you focusing the image to the eye rigth? ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 7:07pm
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In some ways... it's the centre of interest in the picture, but I'm not necessarily aiming for it to pop out at the viewer right away. I'm hoping that by texturing all the snakes, the face (and eye) will be given extra emphasis by contrast . Here is an update. I'm trying some new things and attempting to dither a little... we'll see how it goes  . Oh, and I changed some of the colours from the palette below, so that's not up-to-date. Suggestions welcome; thanks! ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: tuti
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 11:45pm
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YES! this style is... very good! :P the eye and the dithering xD realy good! :P bye! B_p edit: don't post the same image that's right above your post. Especially not without quoting - people might think it's yours. ------------- |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 4:25am
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it's coming together very nicely, keep it up! :)
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 10:09am
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Damn, this is going to be awesome. Excellent work so far. I love the texture of the snakes. :) And she looks more sinister now. ------------- |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 4:39pm
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i could suggest you an small animation of the eye. but not now. please keep up the good work. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: cassiechihuahua
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 2:46pm
| This is looking really nice, the colors are also really nice. |
Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 7:52am
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Thanks for the kind words, everyone Here's an update; need to finish off the snakes, then deepen the shadows (some of the snakes are too shiny) and tweak the aa. Also planning on adding a bluish tone to the shadows. 9 colours  ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 11:52am
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this really looks beatiful. maybe it's a bit late but.. is posible to move the eye a bit lower? i feel it's looking upward rather than looking foward ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 2:04pm
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I almost want to see her mouth and a big, long pointed snakey tongue. :D:D ------------- |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 8:20am
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the snake head near the eye has a nasty tangent with the eyebrow, and with the snake body to the right of it.. moving the head down a bit would fix both i think. ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 10:40am
Thanks--I had noticed the tangent before, but as an example of one-track thinking I tried to fix it with shading and didn't even think of changing the position  . I'm fixing that now, and have also altered the eye slightly. Alejav, sorry, but no snake tongue in this one EDIT: forgot to post the update! This was done before changing the head position:  ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 12:10pm
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yummy
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 2:29pm
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well okay. The snakeys are so cuuute. :D ------------- |
Posted By: Kfuchoin
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 4:14pm
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omg such a beautifull piece ToT ------------- may the pixels be with you.. ~Kfuchoin eMo looking for people for an RPG info: http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4903 |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 6:40pm
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Wow, had missed some progress on this. I just knew you'd make it look awesome. I am however surprised with the color choices. I did not see dingy browns happening on this. I envisioned blue/greens for some reason. On a design note the perfectly vertical head of the snake head by the eye actually distracts from the eye a bit too much. ------------- |
Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 25 June 2007 at 6:00am
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Ah, I see what you mean about the snake head... it causes the eye to continue to go up instead of curling back toward the eye. I will make some adjustments to angle it a bit :)
As for the colours, I didn't want to go with green snakes as that seemed a little too "usual", plus I wanted to give somewhat of the feeling of a Greek bronze statue... I didn't think the browns were dingy, though! ^_~ I am a fan of saturated colours myself, but I've yet to learn how to use them well in pixel art. ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 June 2007 at 6:25am
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hehe, makes sense. I see 'you' as more marble than stone tho.
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Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 25 June 2007 at 10:08am
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For you-----> +50 niceness points Thanks for the help, everyone! I've uploaded the image: http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/22167.htm - http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/22167.htm ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |