Badniks & Bosses Art

<!--quoteo(post=215528:date=Aug 11 2008, 07:23 PM:name=Overlord)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Overlord @ Aug 11 2008, 07:23 PM)

 

That looks way too much like plastic, in contrast to the faded metal you'd expect it to be. I don't really like it. :\

 

Is it worth improving on? Perhaps I could upload the PSD and have someone improve it.

 

<!--quoteo(post=215536:date=Aug 11 2008, 07:34 PM:name=Woot)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Woot @ Aug 11 2008, 07:34 PM)
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It's a great effor but it relies too heavily on gradients, which are discouraged in this project in favour of maual shading, as to fit with the rest of the character 'cel shading' style art.

 

Yup. Please read the contribution guidelines - thank you for the effort though.

 

I like your "Egg Mobile (?)" but the front part needs work, also, I LOVED the seat (and it seems to be very comfortable xD)!

Thanks for your effort.

 

That's a great start. And it almost looks CG! I'd personally love to see it finished with this style since it's, well, an inanimate object.

Also, you might want to have a try with some background objects as well.

 

Thank you all for your constructive critisism. Is this any closer to what you wanted? Sorry if it isn't, I've never done this cell shading style before.

 

The design is great, but I'd try to make it look a little more metallic. Something of a mix between that and the previous one, with less gradient and more 'shine'.

Also, man, those waterfalls look beautiful.

 

I agree that some of the outlines are a little too thick, and that the face lines should be straightened.

It is coming along great however.

 

<!--quoteo(post=215698:date=Aug 12 2008, 08:02 AM:name=ICEknight)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ICEknight @ Aug 12 2008, 08:02 AM)

I thought I could get away with my old Sonic 3 boss. But the palette was reduced.


<!--quoteo(post=215754:date=Aug 12 2008, 01:09 PM:name=Woot)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Woot @ Aug 12 2008, 01:09 PM) [/quote]
In order to make the ship more metallic, you need to add the dark reflections as well. You can see the dark color just below the front glass in the s2_boss.png above.

 

Here it is with Eggman edited out. I'll ask Sanik to replace the one on the database with this

 

I'm sorry, I was clearly in a rush. Perhaps it's because I should've been working but I just can't stop playing around with this thing haha. I've added more detail and tried to make it look a bit grittier to have that metal look.

 

You should first replicate the colours of the original sprite.

For example, you have replaced the white shine on the original sprite with light grey. And then you replaced black semi-sphere at the bottom with dark grey.

Keep exactly the same colours. Then just add in-between shades to bring out the shiny apperance of the metal.

The shape of this is also different to the original in many places. Probably the best way to preserve the shape of the original is to have the original sprite as a layer in Photoshop. Then reduce the opacity of that layer to about 70% or so. Then simply trace over it. And then add in the colours as they are in the original sprite, then adding in between shades.

 

The lack of shadows in there is caused in part by the edited "original" sprite LOst provided (note how some of them are missing in both).


Please verify that the original sprites you're using as reference aren't wrong before starting to work on them, and never submit edited sprites as the "original content to follow" (unless specified in the description). Now Woot has to change the tones and add another shade, we don't want any contributors to waste their precious time because of stuff like this.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'm now working from the new image.

 

<!--quoteo(post=215838:date=Aug 12 2008, 02:32 PM:name=Woot)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Woot @ Aug 12 2008, 02:32 PM) [/quote]


Nice one Woot, but I just see something weird in the front of the eggmobile, it looks like it's twisted or something, maybe it's just me but you may want to check it out, you might want to add more shine to it too.