*UPDATED* Main Character (damn this board is repetitive)

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sun 20/04/2003 18:28:45

Ok, you know the drill. He's an office worker, he's my main character, he's low res, he's only the second character sprite I've ever drawn (and, for that matter, only the second full body person I've ever drawn), so a lot of criticism please

I would especially like to know how it would be possible to make him more... attractive? After all, he's got to fall in love and stuff.

This image is 5x normal size

remixor · Sun 20/04/2003 18:38:06

Hope you don't mind me doing that, it made it a bit easier to inspect

I think it's great! He seems very natural. If you don't mind me asking, how did you do this? From a scanned image, just on the PC?

EDIT: ok, looks like you got the same idea to post the image 1x size too

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sun 20/04/2003 18:38:58

If you had linked to the png instead of the jpg then it would have worked fine

edit: and yes it was 100% pure computer pixel-pushing

remixor · Sun 20/04/2003 18:40:52

lol, sorry about that. Ok, forget what I said, all fixed now!

Hollister Man · Sun 20/04/2003 18:50:03

I would make his eyes dark, possibly black. If you have ever seen Indy:FOA you would seewhat I mean. He looks posessed right now.

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sun 20/04/2003 18:58:19

Black looked even more posessed, so I settled for the compromise you can see above. What do you think?

Evil · Sun 20/04/2003 19:19:59

more relaxed... why is it i can edit pictures but i cant draw them... hm...

Jimi · Sun 20/04/2003 19:22:57

I prefer evil's version, because his trousers no longer cling to his ankles.

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sun 20/04/2003 20:01:58

Bloody double post and no delete button >_<

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sun 20/04/2003 20:02:44

Thanks evil - I edited what you did slightly and re-uploaded it. My original legs were a bit of a rush job anyway *^_^*

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sun 20/04/2003 22:55:42

Heh somehow managed to get the other three views done in record time; open to crit!

Hollister Man · Sun 20/04/2003 23:03:50

Top notch! The sides look good to me, but maybe he could use a little more shading, or something. I think the compromise is good, kinda halfway like the old sierra games, where the characters didn't have eyes at all, just shading to look darker.

Snake · Mon 21/04/2003 06:29:57

I figured I'd give it a go:

Now your character's got a bit of the Snake-style in him!

HOOHAR!

--Snake

Scummbuddy · Mon 21/04/2003 08:10:21

On the side views, his chest, to me, seems a bit pushed out... if anything it should be the gut, but he seems like a trimmed guy, so id keep it a little flatter.

But, really nice though.

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Mon 21/04/2003 16:13:09

Pulled the chest back one pixel, took away the macho chin, added some highlights to the back of his shoulders:

golan trevize x · Tue 22/04/2003 00:36:16

(man it's been ages since I've posted on this forum, but I have been lurking!)

I actually really like this, archangel. It's a different look and I think it'll work well in an adventure game. The only thing that bugs me is the thin neck and fat head that you see in the front view. Maybe you could bring the collar up one pixel to limit that effect.

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Tue 22/04/2003 01:12:07

Thickened the neck, it looked wierd at first but it fits a lot better; also the shading now gives the impression of a chin.