Kevin - the blue cat man (and now recolor!)

SpacePaw · Wed 08/04/2009 05:04:31

Okay - for some of you it's probably silly as hell but here he is - Kevin the furry cat man from another dimension.
Tried to keep the style from the first character (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=36861.msg484438#msg484438).
Any help how to make him better? Crtitique? I tried my best ^^" It's still not enough - I know.
As for the colors - he has to be blue/blonde mix as he's my friends character

EDIT: look for reshade below

bog · Wed 08/04/2009 05:42:16

I think it would look better if you show more of the tail to his side rather than behind. Check out some swat kats maybe

SpacePaw · Wed 08/04/2009 05:44:31

yea I thought about it too but I want to see it animated first. You know, with idle and walk animations tail could look good even when behind

SpacePaw · Thu 09/04/2009 19:55:30

Um..anyone else?

I won't belive that it's perfect

I know that pixelart gurus here can point out probably 100 anatomy errors and 1000 lighting issues

I have to admit that I see that I made some progress and it looks much better compared with the first character before modifications proposed by SpacePirateCaine

Kaio · Thu 09/04/2009 21:59:39

Somehow the yellow beard and hair doesn't fit the rest of the character. It's too much contrast in his face, I guess. But maybe it's just me

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SpacePaw · Thu 09/04/2009 22:04:19

Quote from: kaioshin on Thu 09/04/2009 21:59:39
Somehow the yellow beard and hair doesn't fit the rest of the character. It's too much contrast in his face, I guess. But maybe it's just me .

Hmm..Now when you mention it..He does seem to be unbalanced. The face yellow colors are much brighter than any other part of the body..Maybe I should add something in the same tones lower...no idea what could it be though

Dualnames · Thu 09/04/2009 22:20:04

Blue and blonde is really a weird combination..
Unless you try and take that blonde from yellow like to golden like,

Moresco · Fri 10/04/2009 00:28:28

I like the color choices, I think it looks pretty cool honestly. Kind of alien and maybe a little 80s cartoon.

SpacePaw · Fri 10/04/2009 01:37:08

Quote from: theRedPress on Fri 10/04/2009 00:28:28
I like the color choices, I think it looks pretty cool honestly. Kind of alien and maybe a little 80s cartoon.

Hey, thanks

I like 80's cartoons

SpacePaw · Fri 10/04/2009 04:55:02

Reshade:

Compare:

Total reshade. (orginal on the left, reshade on the right)
SpacePirateCaine told me to try to achive top-down lighting as the first version looked too much pillow shaded. I reshaded whole character then

What do you think about it now? Any better?

LRH · Fri 10/04/2009 05:50:21

Unfortunately I cannot give any criticism because me criticizing pixel art is like a 600 pound man giving dieting advice to the general public. All I can really do for you is stare blankly with my mouth open and say that is AWESOME!
So...

That IS Awesome! :o

SpacePaw · Fri 10/04/2009 06:02:51

Quote from: Domithan on Fri 10/04/2009 05:50:21
Unfortunately I cannot give any criticism because me criticizing pixel art is like a 600 pound man giving dieting advice to the general public. All I can really do for you is stare blankly with my mouth open and say that is AWESOME!
So...

That IS Awesome! :o

Heheh thank you ^^" Now I'm feeling quite embarased ^^"

You just need to practice, post stuff, listen to the critique and advice people give you. Learn from it and never go emo or berseker because someone tells you there's something wrong with the artwork you posted

Besides, you're overreacting

I'm not even close to great artists myself because I don't draw too often

LRH · Fri 10/04/2009 06:14:58

Nahhh, it's good! Clearly took time. Pixel art is something I may get into in the future, but not now, I've just recently learned how to draw depth and keep things in proportion, which is actually a huge step for me.
Anyways keep it up!

Trent R · Fri 10/04/2009 06:22:37

The outfit and clothes look good, but I'm not really getting 'cat' from it.

And I'm with those above about the face-colors. Blue and Yellow do go together well, but not all in his face like it is. The contrast is too much and it's hard to pick out facial features.

~Trent

SpacePaw · Fri 10/04/2009 06:33:55

Quote from: Trent R on Fri 10/04/2009 06:22:37
And I'm with those above about the face-colors. Blue and Yellow do go together well, but not all in his face like it is. The contrast is too much and it's hard to pick out facial features.

Yeah this is the main thing that keeps bothering me right now. Any ideas to the tones I should pick? maybe a quick paint over?

EDIT:

came up only with this desaturated version lol:

Kaio · Fri 10/04/2009 09:21:05

I tried to do a quick color-edit. I made his snout white, to make it sticking out a bit. I also made the blonde a bit darker, more gold-like.

I hope it helps

. If not, well, nevermind.

Kastchey · Fri 10/04/2009 11:54:50

I made a few minor edits to your last (pre-desaturation) version, nothing really important since you already did a very good job

I applied more detailed shading to the head and the tail, increased contrast in a few spots (particularly his shirt) and added some highlights.

More importantly though, how about making his tail yellow instead of blue? Blue tail blends with his pants, so the tail is sorta hard to make out when looking at the picture.

SpacePaw · Fri 10/04/2009 12:01:49

Quote from: Kastchey on Fri 10/04/2009 11:54:50
More importantly though, how about making his tail yellow instead of blue? Blue tail blends with his pants, so the tail is sorta hard to make out when looking at the picture.

Heheh

It looks better I admit. I will either make it blonde or delete it completely

I see that you made the light come more from our left

Any reason to that?

SpacePaw · Fri 10/04/2009 13:49:03

Reedit

Changed the jacket color - now it's more military like. I kind of like it this way. Also added one shadow tone to the pants. I didnt want to highlight the jacket as I dont want it to look too shiny.

Kastchey · Fri 10/04/2009 17:10:40

QuoteI see that you made the light come more from our left Any reason to that?

Well, no, no reason at all. I just, you know, pick some random spot for a light source and let it go wild. Next time I think I'll make it go from under his feet. Or from the tip of his tail, maybe.

...and seriously speaking, it's just a shadowing style which places the main light source in the upper left side of the image. I use it because as far as I can observe, the main light rarely comes directly from above so I find it more natural to always use some side shading. But as I said it's just a style, so you can ignore all my edits and your sprite will surely look very nice

My main point was the tail.