Levels & Items Art

<!--quoteo(post=192605:date=May 1 2008, 09:59 PM:name=rika_chou)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rika_chou @ May 1 2008, 09:59 PM) [/quote]
I don't like those clouds. They are way to fuzzy/blurry. It's easy to tell that they are just the original clouds that have been blurred.

Though I do like the water part.
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I agree with rika_chou on this one. Scaling up plus blurring is not what we're looking for. That said, what you did with the reflection was great!

 

Thought I'd try making the blur I added to mine a little less severe:




Thoughts?

 

<!--quoteo(post=192611:date=May 1 2008, 10:36 PM:name=ICEknight)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ICEknight @ May 1 2008, 10:36 PM) [/quote]

Agreed.

 

Well... the original animation was a bit more like this:

EDIT: Smoother version (will play too slowly in old browsers):

 

<!--quoteo(post=192605:date=May 2 2008, 01:59 AM:name=rika_chou)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rika_chou @ May 2 2008, 01:59 AM) [/quote]
I don't like those clouds. They are way to fuzzy/blurry. It's easy to tell that they are just the original clouds that have been blurred.

Though I do like the water part.
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I like the water part as well.

 

<!--quoteo(post=192624:date=May 1 2008, 10:59 PM:name=ICEknight)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ICEknight @ May 1 2008, 10:59 PM)
EDIT: Smoother version (will play too slowly in old browsers):
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Colors: 1567

 

Huh? I thought GIFs only allowed 256...

 

My fault, I quoted the GIF, but I used the original image. It's still >200 colors though, which seems to me a lot considering the amount of other level art there is. Perhaps less of a gradient on the stem?

 

Oh, sure... But anyway, that was just an example in case Hitaxas wanted to improve on it.

I made that at the laptop, so I literally painted it with my fingers (not the most professional way to do it). =|

 

No comments on my fish? Okay, what about this fish?



It was made so I could show Tank what he was doing wrong, and I think we all won in this case. Clearly it's just the flats, but I'm proud of myself, I used the pen tool for the whole thing.

 

I really like them, you have done a fine job on it. I thought about making some of those myself.

 

Looking nice. Here's how I'd alter some of the shapes to make it more faithful (ignore the "broken" teeth):

 

Sorry if this isn't the best place to ask this, but how would one go about ripping the background tile sets? I've been trying to figure it out, and I'd like to experiment a little with them as far as the project goes.

 

I'm pretty damn proud of this one.

 

That looks incredible, like it's actually made of metal and everything!


Also, I liked your Masher WIP. The one thing that I think you really need to do for that one is to make the tail look more like an angled razor blade.

 

Update to my Masher WIP, now with a first try at shading (although I could use some help with this):




I change the tail to match the sprite's, and it was a quick job that still needs work. However, the fins
are still based more on the artwork. I based the shading on the sprite, which worked pretty well for the
orange half, but the red half....not so much. Any tips?

 

<!--quoteo(post=192640:date=May 2 2008, 12:41 AM:name=Trunks)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trunks @ May 2 2008, 12:41 AM)

I'm pretty damn proud of this one.[/quote]

can't really argue with that, the bottom middle one is bang on - Right amount of shading, and the exhaust/jet/port thing looks great. The only different I note at the jaw opening of the mouth it's really dark and shaded on the original sprite, but I'm arguing semantics now :P

Kudos for the original colours too

Also, reguards to the Masher, the tail fin's much better now. It'd be good to see some of the darker shading on the original around the Tailfin connection and along its body, just to give it that high-contrast, chrome kinda look

 

<!--quoteo(post=192640:date=May 2 2008, 06:41 AM:name=Trunks)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trunks @ May 2 2008, 06:41 AM)

I'm pretty damn proud of this one.[/quote]

You win, sir. These are awesome; no lazy gradients, and less 'sterile' than some of the examples seen as yet.

 

Here fishy fishy fishy! *bites off arm*

It's coming along great, excellent work. With Vincent's suggestions added it can be eventually be perfect.