Alien character WIP

[JimmyShelter]

This time I'm starting with the outlines before moving on to the next steps.





This is a slug like alien. I tried changing his lower body a few times, but it keeps looking strange to me. Anyway got any suggestions?

[Arboris]

     

I found that the weird part on the lower body mostly comes from the way you put one the 'stomache plate'. I made it go all the way down curving along with the body itself.

Also, The character looks more like a snake then a snail, so i did a quick edit on the head to make it more snail like.

[fred]

I like the design. Since it's an alien, it's a bit hard to critique the anatomy, but maybe make the upper arm a bit longer, define the eyes more (I think Arboris' idea is good), and use shading instead of the black line to make the lower body round and slug-like. Right now it looks a bit blocky in both versions.

[JimmyShelter]

Thanks for your comments and edit!

Based on your suggestions, I made the following changes:





I missed your comment while working on it, fred. You're probably right about the arm length. Either his lower body needs to be less high, or he needs a longer arm. For the next edit.

About the shadows: I'm trying out to first be as satisfied about the outlines as possible before moving on to colouring and shadows.

[rbaleksandar]

  It looks nice.
  I hope that I'm not the only one here, but this alien (with the eyes on the top of the antennas) reminds me of the one in Men In Black 1 at the very beginning, when they caugth a guy, who was transporting people (in a non-legal way ) into the USA. If so, you can get some tips from there.

[JimmyShelter]

I made his lower slightly shorter, and starting with some very basic colouring.





Time for shadows! (Unless someone notices something very wrong  )

[Matti]

Hm, with some more shading this could be a character of The Hatmakers Tale.  It's cute and snail-like 

Looking good. I'd use a little more contrast and shading though.

[JimmyShelter]

With shading:






I'm not to sure about the shading of the tail. I have the feeling I could shade him simpler while still making him feel roundish, but I can't seem to find the right way.
Another thing is animation. Is this shading too complicated to animate, or is it doable?

Any other comments, remarks are welcome ofcourse!

[Evil]

Shading looks good, but there's something about the angles and pose that doesn't look right. His shirt is pointed to his right a bit, but the buttons should line up with the underside of his abdomen. I've tried a few paintovers, but I can't seem to figure out what's misplaced. Angle of the tail? Depth issues?

[cat]

I think the shading of the head looks great, very smooth and natural. However, I think the shirt looks flat. Maybe you could use an additional brighter color for highlights?

[Anteater]

I have to say it looks like Jar Jar with a slug body.   

Seriously, though, it looks great, although as previously mentioned the shirt is a little flat. The perspective seems to be a tiny bit off. Noticed how the buttons look off-center.

[Kangourou pas sympa]

Hello,
I have an idea wich could improve the pose.
I think your alien is a little rigid because of his spine wich could be more curved.
Maybe this way he'll look better.



Paint is not really good, but that is the idea I think.

[JimmyShelter]

Pff. shading the body is hard.

I hope his pose is more natural now, but I can't get it to be as good as I want.


Humans are easier, that's for sure.