Badniks & Bosses Art

Wow, my work is approved, this is cool! Thanks you all, guys

So here I corrected Grounder, according to Vincent's suggestions:



Now, for the wheel, I think I will make something based on this official art:



Also, does my Grounder need more work on the shadings?

 

Regarding the grounder:

I love the shading on the tracks - you did an amazing job really.
But - I think you should go onto the other frames.
Do a base version of all of them - then update them all bit by bit.

 

Ok my second crack at MetalSonic.

I tried to address what everyone mentioned

judging by the front shot of the orginal sprite, these are more blade like, than cone like like sonics quils so I didnt round out the shading too much, but I did round sharpen the edges and match the top blade to the contour of his head as well as shorten out the bottom

shrunk all the screws, except for the ones on the chest and head.

done, I also brought out his brow more as he does have an over lapping brow and a more evil look.

I removed any extra black that I may have added and only kept the black that was in the original sprite, I can take more black away but Im afraid he will end up having a softer less metallic look.

shoes and muzzle fix, and the muzzle is also aligned to the nose

I removed the caution sticker and added a bolt to give it a more plate feel, also the unconnected tube seems to actually a spring after looking at the other angles he does have springlike shock absorbers visible.

added the triangle shadow and removed the secondary lighsource so as to remove the roundy look his head was getting

lol fingers are back

 

<!--quoteo(post=232575:date=Oct 6 2008, 07:19 PM:name=Mindchamber)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mindchamber @ Oct 6 2008, 07:19 PM) [/quote]

Almost perfect, you just need to clean off that gray part in the front, it's bulging, and possibly the shine right behind it, you need to blend in the rest of the shape with that circle

 

Other than that it looks amazing! However, the first spike coming out of his head... shouldnt it be more smooth? It looks a bit jagged in the middle.

 

Very nice improvements MindChamber. Here's my thoughts:

-The highlight you had on the eye in the previous version was a nice touch, can you restore that?
-The dividing mark (indent?) between the two plate areas on the forehead should also be more defined as it approaches the eye - as it is right now it virtually disappears in comparison to the original.
-Nothing has been done to add more shading to the wheels yet. We've got the colors to play with, so feel free to get creative with them!

My only other suggestion is a minor one - I'd care to see some more shading behind the highlight on the side of the head where the lighter grey gives way to the darker contrast.

 

rounded the top blade,

returned the dividing line back to the eye.
removed the brow, and highlight

flattened out the right shoulder,
he does have 3 fingers on his left hand its covered in shadow but I can try to make it more obvious

sorry I didnt highlight the eye before because victor said not to.

Thats cause no one had anything to say about them till now :D

thats usually what gets me in trouble :-p

in any case rim highlighted and added treads

also added an eerie red glow for Growler

 

That is *fantastic* work there, you're doing brilliantly!

Maybe you could try seeing what the glow looks like just a little bit redder? - perhaps to show its evilness more, mwahahaaa

 

Your art is now approved Mindchamber. Thanks again for the amazing work you've done on Mecha Sonic! Approval shouldn't be taken as 'completion' however. Every piece we consider to be official we still encourage and look for updates to. That said, if you come up with anything else you'd like to experiment with, you have a green light from myself and the staff members. Just please remember to post all updates for critique.

 

Yay, *does the girlieclap* sweet I will be posting another one with cleaner lines before moving on to the next frame

 

Fantastic work Mindchamber, I love the subtle details you've added, such as the tracks on the tires.

 

<!--quoteo(post=232589:date=Oct 7 2008, 04:16 AM:name=Mindchamber)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mindchamber @ Oct 7 2008, 04:16 AM) [/quote]

Crazy scary glow on the eye now. I love it! Nothing to complain about. Just awesome!

 

<!--quoteo(post=232589:date=Oct 6 2008, 07:16 PM:name=Mindchamber)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mindchamber @ Oct 6 2008, 07:16 PM) [/quote]

I know it has been approved, but I just need to get it out there. The shading on the nose makes his nose look blocky. I had to get my face up extremely close to the screen in order to see that the nose is rounded.

Looked sexy otherwise, though

 

Truly awesome, but really, it looks like it's missing a finger.

 

just to make sure, the mechaSonic I was linked from this site, was it already set to x4 scale? because thats the scale I have been working in

I only add blur and dodge from photoshop onto the sprite, all the shading and artwork is done in flash, as long as the shading in vector is done exactly the same, the blurring shouldnt cause any inconsistancies. Unless you simply just want the shading done in vector only, personally though, that might end up making it to gradient-y

so make the right arm and shoulder darker? I simply give it darker outline?

are you refering to the blackoutline by the right shoulder? I definitely will be thinning that out

 

By the way, are you making the spikes as a separate sprite, or are they integrated with the head and body?

This might be something relevant to be taken into account, depending on how is the engine going to load the graphics for it.

 

separate basically it will be overlaid onto the original sprite sheet exactly unless otherwise stated

 

Mindchamber, when I talked with Vincent about the highlighting around the eye, he is fine with it so long as it's not a filter being used to create it.

The version you were using from the database is 4x, so yours should be correctly scaled.