Badniks & Bosses Art

http://sanik.hacking-cult.org/inker/inking...4&version=0

I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but which is better thicker lines or the thinner?

 

I say thinner. It looks more drill-like that way.

 

It certainly looks good, but I'd like it better if you put them at an angle so they look like more like a drill, rather than some kind of terraced cone. Just my two cents.

 

This

and this.

Good to have you back around, incidentally.

 

I never left. I'm just a lazy lurker.

Adjusting the lines to be a spiral fasshion is gonna suck. Every step in the shading is an individual shape. Let me fihish adjusting the lines on the thicker one and adjust my first hornet looking frame before I decided if I'm up to it.

 

Again, could we please have a comparison of your WIP animation and the original sprite's one - animated - too?

It would be seriously helpful to get an idea of how it looks compared to the original (I'm sure the 2nd frame of the original was posted a long while back, we could do with it again here)


I didn't know spikes were meant to be used as a propeller? I'm sure that will be improved upon in due course? (perhaps adding a hinge to it or something)

 

It needs a frame inbetween for the sake of being fluid. Also, you're fixing fin on the back, I presume?

 

Jolly Good. my 2nd trial post.

The Masher's tail needs reworked shading. Maybe make it darker- in the original sprites, the tails looks like it changes angle, in yours it seems to just change size. at least to me.

Though it would differ from the original, I'dd say remove the movement from his fins. It's metal, not organic. It seems to be built as just a body+jaw+tail.

And I'm sure this is just a test, but add more frames both to this and coconut for the sake of fluidity.

 

I'd make it so the fins just flapped a little, like some mechanical toys do. I'm sure that's the effect they were looking for.

 

<!--quoteo(post=280791:date=Feb 18 2009, 03:55 PM:name=Vincent)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Vincent @ Feb 18 2009, 03:55 PM) [/quote]
Here's the correct rips of the Chopper's graphics, along with some filtered versions (Kega's TV mode and NTSC, respectively).



Note how the teeth in his jaw look much more defined when using the NTSC filter. We should be checking this kind of stuff in all the graphics before remastering them, it would help a lot when interpreting them.

EDIT:
And here's the animated PNGs.

 

It looks to me like the dorsal fin is supposed to be wiggling side to side, rather than... deforming.

E: Was Vincent using a bad reference? It's different than ICEknight's

 

Yes. I got these straight from the game, no idea where the other sprites came from.


It's the second time something like this happens, to my knowledge.

 

<!--quoteo(post=285656:date=Mar 3 2009, 09:40 AM:name=Vincent)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Vincent @ Mar 3 2009, 09:40 AM)

Because most of the rips we use are on the Database, and we're too busy on working to re-rips, please do check / add all the entries of the database to avoid eventual problems! [/quote]
Looking at the sprite rips above I think you need to get rid of the inner set of teeth
also I think the fin needs to look more mechanical, e.g not bending half way up the fin.
Other than that, I think it looks awesome. Great job, I love how the tail moves.

 

<!--quoteo(post=286596:date=Mar 4 2009, 10:06 PM:name=KuriKai)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KuriKai @ Mar 4 2009, 10:06 PM)

Because most of the rips we use are on the Database, and we're too busy on working to re-rips, please do check / add all the entries of the database to avoid eventual problems! [/quote]
Looking at the sprite rips above I think you need to get rid of the inner set of teeth
also I think the fin needs to look more mechanical, e.g not bending half way up the fin.
Other than that, I think it looks awesome. Great job, I love how the tail moves.
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Also, note that the screw jaw just pivots rather than extends. At some point that should be cleaned up as well. Nice work though Vincent - it looks great!

 

I have started working on the grabber. Am I on the right track? How much should I make it look like the drawing compared with the sprite? e.g. the part on his forehead is gradient shaded in the drawing but not in the sprite.

 

That's a pretty good start, but what about this? It was pretty neat imo.