[fin] Tavern Scene: The Laughing L...
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Topic: [fin] Tavern Scene: The Laughing L...
Posted By: 0xDB
Subject: [fin] Tavern Scene: The Laughing L...
Date Posted: 02 April 2008 at 12:53pm
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Title: The Laughing LongEar (implicit sub-title: no dwarves allowed) current status (update #19): finished for now(my eyes don't want to look at it any more) (refresh your cache, in case you can't see the updated version) (above line will get edited/updated as I progress) current image: (I will edit this post later to always show the latest version)  progress gif (colors):  progress gif (lines):  ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 1:57pm
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outlines look good but, I think it's time to throw some colour action in there. It's really hard to comment without seeing a sense of form being developed. It looks interesting so far though
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Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 2:27pm
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Very nice feel to this. You should impliment a GUI even if it is only a single line typing area. ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/"> 
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Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 2:32pm
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pixelblink I am sorry, there will be no color for some more time, still working on the line-art.  Pixel_Outlaw Mmm, originally this was not planned as a game mock-up, but I must say, I like your idea of adding a GUI in MI2 or STS style to make it look like a screen from a classic adventure game. I haven't yet decided whether I'll do that or not (leaning more towards not doing that, as I think it would add unnecessary empty areas to the piece (the canvas won't stay as big as it is now, it will probably get cut below the dwarfs feet)). ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 6:05pm
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Ah my mistake, I just assumed that it was a game screen since I've been looking at dungeon crawlers and point and clicks for a while now. ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/">
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Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 9:55pm
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Hi Dennis, Looking good so far! What would be nice is if you could make the dwarf sad. Maybe bent his head? Curle up the arms. Try to avoid mirror image (=left and right side of the figure are the same!) Looking forward to your updates! Best regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:14am
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Pixel_Outlaw It is a nice idea, I'm still discussing with myself whether I'll do it. M.E. Thanks for your thoughts. I did change the dwarf, so that it is not simply mirrored anymore (rotated his left arm a bit, slightly tilted the head and changed the legs and feet). I will not make him appear sad though (he is of course sad but...) as the dominant feeling he currently has is that he is angry and pissed that he is not allowed to go into this tavern to have a(who are we kidding here, it's a dwarf, he would have quite a few) beer(s) and he's giving an angry/pissed glare at the gnome that is laughing at him. (The gnome isn't yet in there, so his glare is currently going into the void.) ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:33am
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Ah Dennis, At least you gave him a propper expression now. The angry is dripping of his face! Good job! Its comming along nicely, the details are funny! Is it water that is near the sidewalk? It looks a bit like it where the lines go towards the fence where a scared somebody is watching. *Watches eagerly for updates* Best regards from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 06 April 2008 at 4:14am
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Thank you M.E. for all your nice words. The lines near the sewer gate are not meant to define water, they're supposed to be a reminder for myself that the road must have a gentle little "valley/dent"(is that even the right word here) there, because otherwise it would not be possible to see that much of the gate (it would be covered by sand). The line-art is finished now. I'll let it rest for a few days and then I'll revisit it to make some adjustments (will change whatever I'll see that looks odd to me when I'm reviewing it with fresh eyes). Meanwhile, I'll plan the colors. edit: Almost forgot: Originally I planned to have the gnome point at the dwarf and laugh but I thought to myself that gnomes are more evil than that, so I made him give the dwarf the finger.  (The gnome is a little drunk too, so he's even more likely to be evil and courageous enough to do that gesture in front of an already pissed dwarf.) ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 14 April 2008 at 1:35pm
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I know I'm slow, just wanted to apologize to everyone who is waiting (I can tell by the number of views that some people are interested in seeing this finished :P) that it will still take some time (I estimate about two to three weeks)... feel free to share your thoughts on what is there so far.
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Posted By: M.E.
Date Posted: 14 April 2008 at 10:23pm
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Hi Dennis, This is comming along nicely! Watch out for the helmet of the dwarf it blends into the background! The grey of the stones and the grey on the helmet make the helmet look like a rock. *watches as the rest unfolds* Best regars from M.E. ------------- http://www.kunststukken.nl - KunstStukken.nl M.E. Art |
Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 12:08pm
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Thank you for pointing that out M.E., I have for now separated the dwarf more from the background by giving an outline to parts of the helmet. I hope I'll find a way later though that will not involve any outlines. ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 11:37pm
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Even though your image does not imply an early era restricted palette, I still love the use of gray in the image.
Very unique feel to this-keep going! ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/">
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Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 12:59pm
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Thank you for the encouragement, Pixel_Outlaw. Not sure, what you mean by "image does not imply an early era restricted palette". ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 1:07pm
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What color depth are you using? I had assumed 256 color or greater.
If you have 256 colors you can usually get away with not using gray but in very low color depths you become forced to use gray sometimes.
I was just saying it is nice to see gray as a midtone color sometimes, even in high color depths. ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/">
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Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 11:54am
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I'm using 16 distinct colors picked from a 24bit color-space (8 bits per each component of Red, Green and Blue). My reason to use gray tones is that with a limited color count like that, gray fits nicely in so many places. ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |
Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 12:10pm
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Any last thoughts, kicks in the butt, critique before I go and pollute my gallery with it? (I won't have time to work on it for the next few days... which is good, because my eyes need a break from this.) edit: Submitted to gallery already. ------------- http://www.dennisbusch.de/index.php - 0xDB | https://twitter.com/dennisbusch_de - twitter |