Badniks & Bosses Art

This stuff is coming along nicely.

 

<!--quoteo(post=202847:date=Jun 25 2008, 07:14 PM:name=Drex)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Drex @ Jun 25 2008, 07:14 PM)

1. The snout shouldn't be so square
2.. I attempted to ad some in betweens to this shadow
3. The shadow was fixed. Since this is a sphere the shadow should follow the same shape as the rest of the light source. (see 5)
4. The highlight is too small . make it more prominent
5. I love that you're color picking from the original sprite and staying true to it's color, but there are times to recognize when the colour choice is due to hardware limitation. This was such a case, so I replaced the two dark browns with two darker shades of the Rexon's purple body colour.
(6) I also think the back of the head should be rounder, but every time I touch it looks worse. =/

Great work so far though .[/quote]
Ok, I will fix this now!

 

Ok, Made the changes, and blended a few colours, hope you like it.

YAY!!!! A good badnick! Oh, and I'm going to be making some EmraldHill Zone blocks.

 

<!--quoteo(post=202971:date=Jun 27 2008, 04:29 AM:name=Vincent)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Vincent @ Jun 27 2008, 04:29 AM)

1)Added some inbetweens to the lower shade of the ball
2)changed the head shape like the original frame is
3)The shade on his nose was incorrect
4)Moved the eye to the left, to match the exact position of the sprite, and the bolt as well
5)Added some more volume to the mouth and changed the shape a little
6)The angle of the light shade was wrong[/quote]
Ok, I'll fix this right now.

 

I'm just about to upload a new badnick.

 

Finally, fixed all 'errors'. And did a bit of my own shading.

Ok? (There will most likley be more things I need to fix).

 

My new Coconuts that I'm also working on.

 

<!--quoteo(post=203075:date=Jun 28 2008, 02:57 AM:name=Sonica)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sonica @ Jun 28 2008, 02:57 AM)
My new Coconuts that I'm also working on.[/quote]

Awesome work! Looks like a great start. Everyone's stuff is looking beautiful.

I'll still upload my vector of coconuts just for the heck of it, maybe it'll help somebody. Sorry I've been swamped with work, thankfully I'm all done and will be returning. Sorry for leaving you all hanging. I'll upload my updated Asteron vector and some improvements sometime later today. :D

 

<!--quoteo(post=203077:date=Jun 28 2008, 02:37 AM:name=LimeiBook86)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LimeiBook86 @ Jun 28 2008, 02:37 AM)
My new Coconuts that I'm also working on.[/quote]

Awesome work! Looks like a great start. Everyone's stuff is looking beautiful.

I'll still upload my vector of coconuts just for the heck of it, maybe it'll help somebody. Sorry I've been swamped with work, thankfully I'm all done and will be returning. Sorry for leaving you all hanging. I'll upload my updated Asteron vector and some improvements sometime later today. :D
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Sweet!

 

Brilliant work Sonica! Please upload to the database (with the source files) when you are ready.

 

Ok, I'm not ready yet, with the Rexon either, but neally.

 

<!--quoteo(post=203075:date=Jun 28 2008, 06:57 AM:name=Sonica)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sonica @ Jun 28 2008, 06:57 AM)
My new Coconuts that I'm also working on.[/quote]

I'd like to point out a few things that need improvement.

1.) The crevice on the gray earpiece is overly curved. It should be straighter.
2.) The entire earpiece is a bit too large. It is also slightly too low.
3.) The shine on his head is about 10-15 pixels too low.
4.) The part between the eyes should be moved to the left.
5.) There is an unnecessary bulge above his left eye.

 

I agree with most points above but it's a great start nevertheless.

 

<!--quoteo(post=203333:date=Jun 30 2008, 12:12 AM:name=Videogamer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Videogamer @ Jun 30 2008, 12:12 AM)
My new Coconuts that I'm also working on.[/quote]

I'd like to point out a few things that need improvement.

1.) The crevice on the gray earpiece is overly curved. It should be straighter.
2.) The entire earpiece is a bit too large. It is also slightly too low.
3.) The shine on his head is about 10-15 pixels too low.
4.) The part between the eyes should be moved to the left.
5.) There is an unnecessary bulge above his left eye.
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Ok, I'll fix that

 

A while back, someone brought up the idea of modifying the character-badnick art in raster form to make them look nicer, and if I'm not mistaken, the idea was shelved for future discussion.
So I put together a really quick example of how these touchups might look, if the idea isn't rejected in the end.
View attachment 2315
I know, it's not really fancy, but I think we should discuss the possibility of smoothing out the shading before the final version. This effect isn't hard to achieve, and it would look much nicer if a person was to take any signaficant amout of time doing it.

 

No, I think the current style is absolutely spot on. Don't rely on gradients to do all the work for you.

 

I mean absolutelo no disrespect whatsoever, and I'm also not trying to push the idea, but I'm not sure you completely understood my post. The idea was not to use gradients excessively when drawing, but to use existing artwork after it has been completed and add more shades to make it look smoother. I was saying this would be really easy to do in photoshop or something. I don't know if you realised that or not, I'm not psychic. And I definately wasn't trying to imply that there is something wrong with the current style. just mentioning the possibility of touching it up. I'm not really attached to the idea, and if it's a bad one I say let it die. -Just trying to save some face here...