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Creative Production => Critics' Lounge => Topic started by: Darius Poyer on Sat 24/10/2009 19:17:48

Title: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: Darius Poyer on Sat 24/10/2009 19:17:48
Hello Everybody,

I've been working on this Verb Coin for a while and just recently picked it up again. Ive got a problem with posing the hand. As it is now is 'ok' i guess, but i cant figure out how to pose it when its 'open'.
I'd also be interested in any kind of paint overs or suggestions regarding either palette or shading.

The odd skin colour is intended, its the same one i'm using for characters in this project so id ask you not to mess with that too much.

100%
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/otomosc/VerbCoin.png)(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/otomosc/VerbCoin2.png)

200%
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/otomosc/VerbCoin2002.png)(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/otomosc/VerbCoin200.png)

any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Not to confuse you, but here's an early draft of the same idea, i left this one because there where to many shades involved and i moved on to simpler two-tone shading for the current version.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/otomosc/VerbCoinOLD.png)
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: Anian on Sat 24/10/2009 21:27:33
What kind of game is it (genere/theme and what style it is in)?
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: Darius Poyer on Sun 25/10/2009 08:28:41
I don't want to give anything away at this point but it will fall into the genre of Sci-Fi Horror.
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: ThreeOhFour on Sun 25/10/2009 08:51:57
My attempt is pretty bad but might give you an idea:

(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6721/handy.png)
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: NsMn on Sun 25/10/2009 09:03:26
I'd actually say the closed hand's position is already wrong. The inside of the hand should face towards the camera, no matter if it's closed or open.
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: Darius Poyer on Sun 25/10/2009 09:39:54
Thanks Ben that's a great thing to work from. i found it very hard to make the fingers stand out at all, i like what you did.

@MsMn
I'm not sure what you mean by that, you mean that the wrist should be coming in from the right or something?
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: Chicky on Sun 25/10/2009 10:11:43
It looks like it would fit into a John Carpenter adventure game. Maybe add a single pixel outline to the key icons that changes tone when highlighted.
Title: Re: Looking for suggestions regarding a Verb Coin Design
Post by: Anian on Sun 25/10/2009 13:26:08
Quote from: Darius Poyer on Sun 25/10/2009 09:39:54@MsMn
I'm not sure what you mean by that, you mean that the wrist should be coming in from the right or something?
Open your hand, then look at your palm (LINK (http://chocolateword.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/fig6_palm_of_hand.jpg)). He meant that it didn't really look like hand (it's not the usual depiction of it at least).

The open/closed might be open fist (palm facing the camera) turns to a closed fist, like you'd grab a staff or a pipe in your hand.