Sleepy The Zombie Kid

[Takyon]

Hi guys, here's a NPC that helps quite a lot in the second location of my game. Before I have the sprite made I really want to give him some eyes as he just looks too scary and a bit too undead here when in fact he's a helpful young boy that wishes in vain to be a hero lol.






I've tried myself but really don't know what to do as they look out of place when I try. Any suggestions and paintovers are welcome

This is just a very rough sketch btw for the sprite artist to get a feel for what he should look like.

[Matti]

I really like that guy. But looks like a lunatic rather than a helpful guy. Whatever, I made him some eyes, perhaps you like it. He's looking a bit friendlier now, at least less undead.



By the way, you'r always writing "to" instead of "too" (undead, scary..) 

[Takyon]

These are the same kind of eyes I gave him and I think it looks weird lol. Kinda looks like he's been drinking coffee all night, thanks though. Yeah the fact he looks a little odd will be part of the joke lol.

[Dualnames]

He's cool. I say stick with your eyes. Just saying. Overall i like it.

[Matti]

Then what about something like that:



And if he should look really nice, just add a line  :

[Takyon]

Thanks that's more the direction I was thinking, appreciated Mr. Matti.

[Anian]

I liked the first sketch Mr. Matti did. You could make that sprite so his (its?  ) eyes fall out every so often (while he stands in place or something) and then he pushes them back into his head.

[Takyon]

Lool that's a great idea actually anian I might use it.

[S]

I prefer the first sketch. If he is actually a zombie, that is.

[Mad]

I also prefer your first one, it really has a lot of character!

If you want to have some kind of eyes, you could take the DEATH (read with an intonation as if each letter is a falling tombstone) approach:

       

Like this you can even convey some emotion.

[Hudders]

Is he wearing a mask or something? Is that why his face is a different colour to his hands and neck?

[Anian]

Hmm, Mad, then you might go with something a bit more glowy, almost cyan colour, that'll make it really creppy. I stand by my original comment those eyes (and with no mouth) Matti first did remind me of burtonesque undead and in my book that's good thing.

But yeah I think it's mask cause it's not same colour. Also as the "undead", a bit more dust and scraps on the clothes would add to the character. Btw I like the shading.

[rbaleksandar]

I like Mr Matti's second edit (with the big eyes). It looks zombie enough and it's kind of cute in a strange zombie-way. You can always add a mouth that's like sewed up to the face.

[Hudders]

I'm confused as to whether he's supposed to be a zombie or not.

You said:

he just looks too scary and a bit too undead here when in fact he's a helpful young boy that wishes in vain to be a hero

Which makes me think that he's not supposed to be a zombie?

[twentyfour]

Well Huds, he DID say he was cool with having one of the eyes fall out from time to time, and the subject of this thread is 'Sleepy Zombie Kid'. 

I think the "too undead" comment was more of a comment on how creepy and rotten he looks.

I kinda like the glowing eye effect Mad did, I would have used a glowy red, or maybe a yellow since red is kind of evil(no offense to anyone who's mother is a red crayola crayon).

[Takyon]

Thanks Mad I really like that idea actually works really well.

And yeah he is a zombie he's just a zombie with a twist lol.

[Hudders]

Well... OK then.

[Mouth for war]

I also think it looks like a mask. Looks a little like a babyversion of Jason Voorhees I really like it though

[Takyon]

You're right it kind of does lol