Beard of pirate captain

[ElectricMonk]

I like #3, but it is a little to symetrical and sparkly. It would look a lot more realisitic if there were little tufts of hair sticking out of the sides of the beard (this really goes for all examples).

Then again, this is a cartoon character, and I like the "streamlined" design. Too many little details might make it look uneven and muddled.

[Ali]

I say use all of them at different stages of the game. Though that would mean a lot of extra views.

[Penguinx]

I'd like to challenge the assertion that in order for something to look 'cartoony' it must lack in detail. Adding a few curly hairs shouldn't make things muddled.

I've done a little redraw of half of the Pirate's #3 beard.



I'd say that you can have detail and a cartoony style without any contradictions.

[Mats Berglinn]

Hmmm... Well, maybe I will do something like that with the beard but not the mustasches, I like them the way they originally look.

[Penguinx]

Honestly, it is fine as it is and I was in no way saying that it should be changed. I just wanted to point out that adding some curly beard hairs was feasible.

[Yellow is a Flavor]

#3 is by far the best. Both PenguinX's idea and the original (well, I guess it's been redone, but you know what I mean) are good. Either one would work well.

[ElectricMonk]

I'd say that you can have detail and a cartoony style without any contradictions.

Of course you can. I still like the more streamlined version better though.  

[spoofer4ever]

But be warned :o, the more detail you put tnto your char the more detail you have to put into everything else.

[Mats Berglinn]

Ok, I have decided which beard I'm going to use.

And the winner is...

(very looooooooooooong drum-roll)

BEARD NUMBER THREE!!!  

[Haddas]

No... Not THAT one!

j/k

#3 is very good. Interesting and all. I shalt probably play your game

[ElectricMonk]

Hooray for Beard the Third!

[..]

I noticed how the beard kind of makes the letter M... I think it would be funny if as a kind of running gag you changed th letter in each scene he's in... Or if you are really good at animating you could have him kind of force it to change like lechuck does in Mi4...

You could even have them spelling out a message through the entire game...

Just a suggestion...

[Nhazgul]

I like #1 most, but #3 (the first) is also cool if you try to erase the pacmanishness.

This gives me an interesting idea for a new addon to adventuregames:

"Create your character"-Adventure Game Style
1. Choose hat:     ^-   __l¯|__
2. Pick a beard:    V  W  U
3. Select shirt
4. Haircut
5. and so on...

Ok it'll be tough to draw all these characters... but couldn't there be a way to program this?

[RastaJew]

I like the original one best but I think the moustache should be the other way around.

I don't think 3 looks much like a beard at all.

This is my beard. I last shaved 3 years ago and I have never trimmed it.
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[Andail]

I like #1 most, but #3 (the first) is also cool if you try to erase the pacmanishness.

This gives me an interesting idea for a new addon to adventuregames:

"Create your character"-Adventure Game Style
1. Choose hat:     ^-   __l¯|__
2. Pick a beard:    V  W  U
3. Select shirt
4. Haircut
5. and so on...

Ok it'll be tough to draw all these characters... but couldn't there be a way to program this?

Interestingly, Captain Mostly's "Richard Longhurst and the box that ate time" had an intro where you could select the length of the character's beard.

This had no effect on the character's appearence in the very game, sadly.

And as far as I know, there is no short-cut around drawing sprites for each and every combination possible.
The only case where it would be feasible would be in a game with a first-person perspective, and where the character's physical appearence is just drawn in some portrait on a panel somewhere.