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It took me a while to make this song because the MIDI program I use is to basic and is quite annoying to work with. Anyway here's the song:

www.xtreem.nu/jonas/FUT-TC.mid [1:11] 

And btw, that background looks fantastic!

Haha, thanks! I feel so silly not finding that place 
I went west there before but I must have encountered a non-walkablearea because he wouldn't go west at all.

Thanks AGA! But...

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...I don't seem to have a pen. Where can I find it?

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I am at the same place InCreator is(/was) and it seams like I have tried everything and nothing happens. Could someone please help me?

Barcik, that may be true but however it's not known who composed the song, for example: Dave mustaine made the song Mechanix, but on the record "Kill 'em all" Metallica plays the same song only it's called "The Four Horsemen". Also in an interview on behind the music VH-1 Dave tells all about Metallica stealing his material for their first record and how pissed off Dave was. Why couldn't it be the same about "Call of the Ktulu"? I still belive Dave was involved in it more than anybody else for some reason. On Megadeth's newest album "The World Needs a Hero" there is a song that reminds very very much of the main riff in "Call of the Ktulu".

Barcik, it's actually not Metallica that has made the song, it's Megadeth's Dave Mustaine who was Metallicas first guitarist. Metallica took almost all songs Dave did after he was kicked out of the band for drinking to much.

I think Megadeth is one of the greatest band I have ever heard so that's why I had to point it out 

If you want to learn how to make the planets more realistic using photoshop, you can always go here:
http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_planet.html

Also, try making circular-shaped layer as the same shape as the current sun (only smaller) and make the layer more bright.

Other than that and maybe the lighting, it looks very good, cartoonish good! 

Hehe, thanks for the pics! 

I thought that the maincharacter shouldn't have big sideburns, I thought that they should be quite small (see the character pics), like he just started letting them grow. It's also very hard to make them look the same on all views because they are so close to the hair that they almost float together.

In your first pic (the colored one) the sideburns almost look like the sideburns on my character, the only thing that differs is that it is formed like a hockey-stick or a leg, while mine is more like a bent line (sideviews). If I make the sideburns any longer, they will form a beard because there's just one or two pixels in the sideview away from the center of the chin. And by the way, the sideburns goes infront of the ears now. I think the sideburns looks (at least a little bit) realistic. 

Anyway, thanks for the pics and advice!

You mean like this?


I have tried to make the hand more detailed but it may be to much blur (anti-aliased). I needed to follow the measurements of the sideviews hand with the measurements of the frontviews hands so it doesn't get all wrong. Acording to your drawing (which was really helpful) the hand would get much higher up than in the frontview (or in any other view).

Well, I hope it gets finished quite soon, this is my best shot so far.

Thanks for all the help you gave me!

Hey there InCreator!

1) Have you seen the movie "From Hell"? The characters in that movie isn't shabby at all, only nice and clean clothes.

2) Yes, he's going to have a hat but these views is intended for when he's indoors. Walking stick is a good idea but the risk is that he may look either old(er) or like a snob.

3) I will probarbly make the suit brighter and/or more contrast but only a little, the suit should really be quite dark gray.

4) I will try making it a little slack, but as I said, the guy should be quite tense and not so relaxed. I still know it's as stiff as can be, but I haven't finished all of the body, some details remains.

That really helped, thanks vey much!

Hi Steve!

I admit that he looks very stiff but as I only have been working on the head(s) I haven't put any energy down to the body, just the shape.

I will however add a little more detail in the rear views so you can see the ear or something like that.

Thanks!

He looks like he's wearing a light stocking over his head.

What do you mean about the stocking? 

the face is a bit blurred.

Since he is going to be a bit small in the game, i think it will look just right with the little blury face.

From the side, he looks like he has a pig's nose.

The nose can't be in any other way because if I add any pixel at all he either look really wierd or his nose becomes very pointy.

The shine on the shoes for the far left and far right are nice, only the rest look to be in the wrong place.
He has stains where his buttons should be.

The shine I will fix and the buttons to, I just wanted to hear about his face because it doesn't look the same as the other views + I haven't completed the views.

Sideburns go in front of the ears.

If you look again the sideburns goes from the chin up behind the ears, it's just a pixel missing that indicates that the sideburns connected with the hair.

Thanks for the tips, looks like i've got some job to fix.

Ok I made the hair much less, added more shading to the ear and fixed the sideburns so they don't cross with the hair to much. EDITS (see first post)

If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to ask.

Uhm.. what?

I mean that there are many people that is sitting at home looking through the forums, see some mistakes on one sprite/background and don't care to reply about it. I am like that to.Ã, 

Whoa! Didn't even had time to finish the first reply. 

I did know it was the hair though, but I didn't know how to fix it. Now i think I know, thanks very much for the help, appreciate it very much!

But he DOES have a beard, or at least sideburns. And yes, the ears may be to hard to make out, but why would he have a ponytail? He's supposed to be a straight up, quite obedient kind of guy. The ponytail does not go with his image.

Thanks for the tip anyway! 

Hi!

Im making a new game and it takes place in the 1880's-1890's London. I have a little trouble with the maincharacters view, he doesn't look the same on the sideview as he does on the front- and diagonal-views. If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to ask.



Any help would very appriciative!

EDIT: Added sideburns infront of the ears
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, Fixed his nose
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, Fixed the collar
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, Changed the hair color on the views with the back turned and filled some gray hair
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, Added more contrast in both face and hands
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, Fixed hands shadows and colors
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, Fixed buttons and outlines
         Fixed sideviews arms and the arms shading

(I meant that the sideburns were infront of the ears, just that I wrote the opposite )

Okey, sure thing.

http://www.xtreem.nu/jonas/theme.mid

Thanks for the tip Andail! The tune is meant to be in the intro when it's showing the name of the game (title screen) and playing the intro movie.

Hi Haddas!

Yeah I admit that it ends pretty sudden but its also part of the intro (I haven't made it yet but I know how it should look). Thanks for the comments, really appriciate it!

Thanks very much! That's exactly the style that I was going for but is there anything at all that I can change, it feels a little flat. Maybe add some instrument or something?