Sal collects eyeballs
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Topic: Sal collects eyeballs
Posted By: Arachne
Subject: Sal collects eyeballs
Date Posted: 02 July 2008 at 4:26pm
This piece turned out to be a bit more challenging than I'd planned, so I thought I'd finally take advantage of this forum.  I was trying to put together something using C64 restrictions and didn't really have any ideas for it, so I just doodled something. Then I wanted to draw a more detailed drawing of the main character.  The original sprites.  This is Sal, some kind of tiny creature summoned by magic or some such. I ended up using the C64 palette for the big piece too. I'm having a bit of trouble with the dress, getting the folds and shading right, and perspective, so any input on either of those would be great.  The http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=6566.0 - Pixelation thread has a few more details about previous steps, if you're interested. |
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Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 03 July 2008 at 6:10pm
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This looks great so far Looking for things to critique, the cloth looks a little stiff in some areas (though it depends on what type of material you're going for if that's a "bad" thing), and perhaps the chest area is a little hard to read with the arm being the same colour. I did a really quick edit, but I don't really know if it's an improvement, it's just to give an indication of what I mean (my edit on right):  The main things is that the robe flows out a little more gradually at the back, and that part of the chest is defined in front of the back arm. Looking forward to seeing this finished! ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: Arachne
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 3:47pm
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Thanks! I was actually surprised by how stiff cloth actually is. And Sal's dress is meant to be smaller than the cloth I sketched for reference, so if anything, it would be even stiffer, I think. The arm casts a shadow on the chest. Maybe that's not clear enough since I'm refraining from using black to shade the dress? Changing it would be a bit difficult without changing the direction of that light source, I think. Unless there was more ambient light that could illuminate that part, but I'm having trouble enough with these two light sources.  I changed the shadow cast by the sleeve like you suggested. I also changed the back a bit, but I'm not sure if it's an improvement. I want a bit of shadow there to suggest that there's an edge. I imagined Sally as a very skinny creature with a prominent ribcage. I hope I'm not making excuses, because I really appreciate the help.  Edit: Trying to add some more interest to the background.  |
Posted By: eyeball
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 3:15am
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Omg I'm an eyeball will he eat me!??! ------------- Cheers, eyeball. |
Posted By: Luca
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:32pm
| of course!!muuahahahaha!!!! |
Posted By: eyeball
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:46pm
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Dude your like Doctor Evil from Austin Powers.. You scare me. ------------- Cheers, eyeball. |