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About the ramp I'd like to see an "middle ver" between El and Sonica's :D

 

Different perspective idealizations:


Due to the direction of the stripes in the original, I now think that Gamma might be totally off.

So it's prolly Alpha/Beta

And if we look at the 'collapsed' version:


We can see that the stripes stay the same, therefore, Gamma is TOTALLY out of the question then.

It's def. Alpha/Beta regarding the perspective

 

I don't really like the mountain. It looks too PhotoShop cutout filter/Scale 2x... It really wouldn't hurt to add some extra detail, would it? =\

 

<!--quoteo(post=203899:date=Jul 3 2008, 01:02 PM:name=Athelstone)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Athelstone @ Jul 3 2008, 01:02 PM)
Coming along very nicely!

About the water - I don't think the mountain should be casting a shadow on it.

In the original, the water is sparkling because of the sun's reflection. I think it also might disturb the aesthetic if there's a symmetrical outline of the mountain right underneath it.

I might be wrong about this though, it could be a nice new addition - feel free to experiment a bit.[/quote]

Could we have another mockup of this (or the one with the sparkles) that includes the most recent Sonic 2 logo [and place it into the relevent thread]; I tried doing that before myself, but I can't get the size of the logo accurate.

ps. I definitely agree with what PC2 said - and I prefer the sparkles too, it doesn't look the same without them; it looks a little bland without them, anyway.

 

This is my attempt to remaster the Sonic Font.

Finished Letters: C-F, H-R, T, U, W, Z.

For me, the remastered letters don't stand out in contrast with the original. They seem to blend right in. Do you agree?

 

....er...I don't think you are going in the right direction. For one, you made the letter itself oddly shaped compared to the original. The shadow looks weird and it seems like you didnt make it large enough. I think you should try a different style, because that isn't a start in the right direction, in my honest opinion.

 

dzmetcalf, you can skip drawing the sparkling water on the title screen background by the way. We intend to reproduce it using a special method.

About remastering that font, here is some advice from one of our staff:



"In order to succeed, you need to use your imagination. An example to do this font right is to draw it on paper as if you were to create a totally new font. Like this when the designer's brain has to fill in the missing spots (I am using my tablet instead of a paper)":

 

<!--quoteo(post=203962:date=Jul 3 2008, 03:56 PM:name=The Growler)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Growler @ Jul 3 2008, 03:56 PM)

(I had to size up Vincent's sonic to match the resolution of the background)

For refrence here's the same scene in the original game at 4x

 

<!--quoteo(post=204029:date=Jul 4 2008, 04:59 AM:name=Sazpaimon)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sazpaimon @ Jul 4 2008, 04:59 AM) [/quote]
That looks awesome. I can't wait for this project to come to completion.

 

Actually, given context, that island in the back looks pretty awful. I think it needs some sort of proper CG or otherwise recreation, because making fancy curves over the original art doesn't seem to be cutting it.

 

In my opinion, the green parts of the island look okay; it's the tan and brown-colored parts that look ugly.

 

Yea, specifically the area to the right of "2" and under/to the right of "HD". You can't really tell what it's supposed to be, so it just looks like smooshed paint. How funny that it looks weird now with the logo...

 

<!--quoteo(post=203950:date=Jul 3 2008, 05:10 PM:name=Vincent)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Vincent @ Jul 3 2008, 05:10 PM)

About the ramp I'd like to see an "middle ver" between El and Sonica's :D[/quote]

Yeah, me too xD


<!--quoteo(post=203951:date=Jul 3 2008, 05:11 PM:name=SANiK)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SANiK @ Jul 3 2008, 05:11 PM)

Due to the direction of the stripes in the original, I now think that Gamma might be totally off.

So it's prolly Alpha/Beta

And if we look at the 'collapsed' version:


We can see that the stripes stay the same, therefore, Gamma is TOTALLY out of the question then.

It's def. Alpha/Beta regarding the perspective[/quote]



So? xD

 

yea, I haven't got to the tan/brown area yet, and yes more detail is coming, I need to have a base though in order to have direction of where to go, this is simply taking what was there, now I'm looking at many study photos to determine what the original piece was intended to be, expect updates in the near future.

 

<!--quoteo(post=204146:date=Jul 4 2008, 08:53 PM:name=Elratauru)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Elratauru @ Jul 4 2008, 08:53 PM)
We can see that the stripes stay the same, therefore, Gamma is TOTALLY out of the question then.[/quote]
So? xD[/quote]I doubt they'd be using just one single black line of pixels for its side... which disappears in the "collapsed" sprite.

I think it's just being seen from its side without any perspective put into it, just like every other object.

 

This was also my thinking, although I'd like to add that I experimented on the green sections in GIMP a bit and I think applying a mild selective Gaussian blur would look really nice (the radius=5, delta=50 defaults looked pretty good to me, better than other parameters I tried anyway). The reason I argue doing this is because the island is supposed to be distant and we should not be able to see a clear line between low-contrast (I.e. similar) colors on a distant object, but rather a slight blurring of those colors. I may get around to posting a sample of what I was thinking later. I don't think that we should try to apply this to the brown areas, at least not yet.

 

<!--quoteo(post=204195:date=Jul 5 2008, 11:26 AM:name=ICEknight)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ICEknight @ Jul 5 2008, 11:26 AM)
We can see that the stripes stay the same, therefore, Gamma is TOTALLY out of the question then.[/quote]
So? xD[/quote]I doubt they'd be using just one single black line of pixels for its side... which disappears in the "collapsed" sprite.

I think it's just being seen from its side without any perspective put into it, just like every other object.
[/quote]

Yeah I doubt it too...But dunno, without any perspective looks...strange... I use to think it was like a table like the ones from pools, but with a spring... I mean, I know it can't be one line its side... but remember almost all "3D-CG" objects in the game... the "S tunnel", and a lot objects used perspectives 'cause they were "cool to see" ... why this doesn't to be like them?

 

<!--quoteo(post=204146:date=Jul 4 2008, 09:53 PM:name=Elratauru)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Elratauru @ Jul 4 2008, 09:53 PM)

So? xD[/quote]

 

So I just saw that shot taken out of the game I am guessing and that island is different from the source I found. May need to do some tweeks to the shape itself also.