I feel "done" with this, as I've left it and come back to it a few times, but I'm sure there's something here I need to work on. Color is my main concern, as I have a hell of a time picking a pallette.
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i111/imthamouth/WICK_01.png)
I also had a little trouble with the eyes. I could be imagining it.
Nice to see a unique and interesting character design.
Here's a few little changes you could consider. I did this ultra quick so it's a bit sloppy:
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/JesusCL.PNG)
- Gave him more of a forehead, his face looked too long to me. All I did was drag the eyes and eyebrows down a bit.
- Changed skin from earthworm pink to a more tanned look. Used only 3 shades because I'm short on time ;).
- Adjusted lighting from side on to top down.
Hopefully this might help you out a bit :).
First, I laughed my head off when I saw the file name. Everyone to walk in the room while I was working on this had to ask if it was Jesus. =]
More to the point, I tried to match your colors instead of just using them from yours, and I'm fairly pleased with my results. Thanks, cause I have a lot of problems with that.
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i111/imthamouth/wickforags.png)
Taking into account everything, except the lighting (which I did change, just not quite like yours), I have this.
You should lower the eyes quite a bit still. They're usually close to the middle of the face. I think that's the most important change in Ben's paintover. You can also bring the hairline down a bit if the resulting high forehead bothers you.
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i111/imthamouth/Wicker.png)
I lowered the eys more. I tried taking them even lower, but he began to look like sloth from the goonies. When I adjusted his other features to match, he started looking more like Ben's image, which kind of lost the hippie look I needed.
EDIT : To tube, I didn't wanna push it too far with the hippie thing. The guy's supposed to be very hippie-like. I'm overall pretty happy with it. Thanks guys.
Don't know about hippies, but at least he looks much more human now. :)
If you want to make him look like a hippie, think beads in his hair/beard, maybe even a bandana. You might also want to go for a more unruly look. Now he looks like a shepherd from a children's sunday school book. Or, indeed, the J-man himself.