Sky Hair- WIP
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Category: Pixel Art
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Topic: Sky Hair- WIP
Posted By: l3m0n5
Subject: Sky Hair- WIP
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 9:38pm
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For once i decide to be bold in the contrast and colors i used and incorporate it into a guys hair...
i was going for the cartoony look
still just barely began the kimono/robe thing....
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 10:40pm
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The hair actually doesn't have much contrast, the colors are just very very bright and saturated. I'd further darken and desaturate the darker colors.
Also, it looks very flat and it's pretty messy. Think about giving it some form and structure. It might help to think of it as a bunch of distinct spikes rather than a messy mat of hair; seems like you can get away with that with anime hair. (The body and face are pretty weird too, but lets just take things one at a time  )------------- |
Posted By: l3m0n5
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 11:47am
i tried to fix the saturation of hair and fix up the texture/look of each "spike" or most of them at least...
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 12:01pm
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Definitely better! A big problem, though, is that your light source is inconsistent. It seems to mostly be coming from our right, but then you've got all those strong speculars on the left side, especially on his cheek. Remember that speculars are reflections of your light source. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specular_reflection - Link .
EDIT: It just occurred to me that the light on the left cheek could be a secondary light source, but still, you've got a lot of speculars on that side in the hair. ------------- |
Posted By: l3m0n5
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 2:01pm
ur right, i haven't really defined my light source properly, hows this...
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 2:16pm
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The thing is, each of the spikes should be originating from his scalp. The way you have it now it's almost like he has some oddly-shaped... thing draped across his head. You may also consider using your dark outline color for shading. It will give it more depth.
Keep it up. If any of this is unclear I'd be happy to do an edit. ------------- |
Posted By: l3m0n5
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 7:36pm
| actually id really appreciate an edit, doing proper hair has always been one of my "grey"-"iffy" areas...this could be a chance to learn them properly once and for all |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 8:15pm
Here you go:
(I edited your older one because I preferred the face) Anyhow, note the use of dark colors to increase depth and how each spike has its origin at the scalp (for the most part anyway; I fudged a few) ------------- |
Posted By: l3m0n5
Date Posted: 18 November 2007 at 8:19am
wow, that actually DOES give more depth, thanx for that edit Hatch, i tried to give my version as much volume as your's did but this was all i got, and i realized even as a cartoony body, the structure of the shoulders was waaaaay off so i tried to fix it up a bit too :D
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 18 November 2007 at 10:55am
Looking way better! You have a serious preoblem with the proportions of the face, though:
The brow should roughly mark the midline of the face as indicated by the horizontal line. The upper cranium outline is where it should be (more or less), the lower is where I invision yours. ------------- |
Posted By: l3m0n5
Date Posted: 18 November 2007 at 7:36pm
im not sure if this fixes the problem but i enlarged his face a bit and made different eyes...
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Posted By: herbert_west
Date Posted: 18 November 2007 at 7:45pm
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Nice! You're character's gone from using Johnson's Baby Oil to Vidal Sassoon! (you've added volume, is what I'm trying to get at ). Just a note on your original image, the hair reminds me of ice or a glacier. I think it looks cool (no pun intended). If you don't use that palette for hair, some icy background would look nice with that palette when you've completed your character. Edit: Oh, hey, you just posted again. Nice start on the shirt! |