Some characters to Criticize

Mage · Sat 31/01/2004 03:23:02

I was really bored today so i drew a few cartoonish characters ( took me about 30 minutes ) I liked the outcome and i want to know what others think.

[Cameron] · Sat 31/01/2004 04:20:28

:o Wow!
Its so.... Wow!

evilspacefart · Sat 31/01/2004 04:48:13

30 mins! holy crap, it would take me that long just to draw one character, if even that. nice work.

timh_009 · Sat 31/01/2004 05:11:51

Those characters are sweet
love the shading!

earlwood · Sat 31/01/2004 06:09:20

Gumby really let himself go..

Pretty Awesome, love your style,but I think the explore's shoulders are a bit too hefty and his hands too small (same with that really sexy guy with the chest hair.

On another note, The eyes on your character's make them look like wax figures.

Nothing more to comment on, awesome drawings.

Mr Jake · Sat 31/01/2004 08:26:58

these are great :o

Really nice character, I couldnt make one of em in 30 days, never mind 30 minutes!

Das Plans · Sat 31/01/2004 09:05:35

I guess all has been said. Great drawing, superb shading, wow. What else could one add? Maybe one thing: 30 minutes? Come ooon.

Oh, thereÂ´s one thing: the blue coloured eyes of the doo seem a bit odd to me. I think cartoon characters are better off white-eyed.

Great work. IÂ´m jealous.

TheYak · Sat 31/01/2004 09:44:39

Excellent stuff. If you can whip out this quality quickly then the animations should be pretty impressive. The only thing that bugs me are some of the colors. The skin of the muscled guy is a bit too hi-saturation and tends to make his torso a rather bright blob at first glance. As for the eyes, I think you're just not making them emotive enough. Let them hide a bit under eyelids or look shiftily to the side and they'll be a lot more convincing. It's also nice to see that you've got imagination so that the character types are very varied.

Mage · Sat 31/01/2004 13:12:45

thx all..
all of these were supposed to be aliens of diffrent races ( the explorer being human ) so thats where some strange colours ( skin 'n eyes ) come from.
earlwood : yeah i dont really like the hands of these characters, if i'm going to make a game with them i'm gonna correct them, also i think that the explorer type guys arms are to short. ( but i don't see anything wrong with his shoulders ).
Another thing that caught my attention were the teeth of the purple-slug-type-guy(?)... they seem kinnda flat to me.
Now i wonder how i'll be able to animate them

perhaps i'll do it today if i have some time. (animations could really give them some character)
thx for all the replies and keep them comming.

Oh.. and Herr Stein it really was something about thirty minutes.

Eggie · Sat 31/01/2004 13:17:26

Beutiful!
That green alien looks like Jab

My favourite is the second guy along. Everything about him just seems to..sit really well.

Mage · Sat 31/01/2004 17:08:59

here's another image

the main thing that i was trying out here was the gui ( is it good ? ) and how it looks all together. ( note : the background is just for testing purpose hence it's crappy quality )

Dorcan · Sat 31/01/2004 18:48:40

This GUI seems quite simple to use, but maybe a menu button would be handy.
The green lines and black background reminds me somehow of the Space Quest 6 GUI.
Nice and futuristic

If this background's just a quick-made, then I'm expecting to see some beautiful backgrounds comming from you in the future

Ytterbium · Sun 01/02/2004 02:37:08

Can you make me some characters?

[Cameron] · Sun 01/02/2004 02:47:47

Could you make me a character?

Ytterbium · Sun 01/02/2004 02:49:12

Quote from: AlecW on Sun 01/02/2004 02:47:47
Could you make me a character?

NO! I asked first!

[Cameron] · Sun 01/02/2004 02:51:12

I only want one. So ill be first

HillBilly · Sun 01/02/2004 10:23:27

...Or make one yourself, wich should be easier in the length, since it's gonna be animated too.

Mage · Sun 01/02/2004 14:53:50

hey.. no problem

but i won't animate them for you, sorry but i'm not to good at animating. so if you guys want some characters just write what you want in more detail

Mage · Sun 01/02/2004 20:25:41

here's another one... it is supposed to be the main bad character of the game... i was trying to make him look like a mafia boss toad alien.

oh... by the way... anyone can give me tips on animating them ?

ScottDoom · Sun 01/02/2004 21:18:20

That's another really nice looking character. He has a lot of... ummm... character to him.

My character artist draws in a similar style ( example ) and he also has trouble animating...

Try reading this: Tutorial

I hope that helps. Otherwise, you could make your entire game, show off all the details, and hope someone would be kind enough to animate all of your characters. :o