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I don't know if I'm flying a kite here or what, but I think that the tunnel thingie might look better with more support. Thicker "floor" and some supporting stuff, like construction site erm... Those jungle gym climbamathings... Ach, you know what I mean. I just think that anything docking to a ship should seem secured enough.
Anyways, it's an atmospheric image with great potential.

With the heraldic backpiece and so... I would suggest using "noble" colours. Such as royal blue, wine red and gold. Also a deep emerald green can do the trick. Those colours are very relaxing for the eye and automatically brings a sense of class to the thing.... Thinks I.
Just a suggestion.

Anyways, listen to ManicMatt and 2ma2. 

"Oh my God! Someone is talking loud and dogearing books in the reference sektion! Aah, the humanity! Quickly, head librarian, rescue the books from the horror of the folds!" or something?

Hmmm... A book on occult matters eh? If supernatural thingies are meant to be used in the game, couldn't there perhaps be a spell in that particular book that would be useful? Summoning up a demon frog in the archive room, or turning the head librarian into a jellyfish? Or a potion perhaps? The potion of Xallaballahubbabubba which will turn the drinker into a hideous norwegian soccer fanatic!
I don't know...

Wow!
I just can't believe how nice you all are! Or might it be that it for once was I who did good? Tough one.
Either way, this has been really awesome for my poor halfdead ego.
I'll see into those remaining glitches (a-side/b-side size, barcode fuzziness ect), slowly craft this here thingamajig to perfection- or as close to it as I can.

I thought of flipping it the seamless way, but I'm really not sure if it'd do the trick. I'll print it a couple of times and experiment. It's a good idea atleast=)

And I might not be willing to kill 'em all, but atleast I'm willing to beat the living buhjeebus out of them in a friendly, well organized pillowfight.

Thanks all! I'll get back to you with music samples and such when it's ready.

It is a gorgeous picture. Good work. Keep it up. Etcetera. No, really, I like it.
However, I have a small suggestion:
In order to give it a wee bit of more depth, you could try to curve the oceanline a little. When you stand on the beach and look out over the ocean, your eyes will most often translate the imagery as rounded. The same with the sky. Look around and you often get the impression that it's a dome.

rough drawover:



again, it's a great picture!

According to babelfish, "mort aux vaches" means "died with the cows". It's the usage of the term I'm curious about=)

Changed the wording according to suggestion. Better?



Oh... The musical style... That's a tough one! It's like... Some sorta... Piratey inspired polka... With biblical overtones... No really, it's quite odd. Sometimes it's accordeon, mandolin and organ working together in a dancepaced hymn like feel, other times it's just shouting and banging on stuff. It differs very much, yet it still follows some vague red line. I'll probably post a sound sample or two once I'm done with the recording.
Also, I sing like some unholy combination of Papa Smurf and Marianne Faithful.

Just looked up the word "eclectic". Seems about right=)

Thank you for all your kind words! It's always a boost of self-esteem.

I also made a backside... Any suggestions?

So, Steven Axis & the Scrap Urethra is a band, and no, it is not in any way connected to nazi/fascism stuff. As a matter of fact, it is just this one poor fella sitting in his homemade studio, with his homemade crap instruments, desperately trying to get the tunes of his mind into reality.
Right, you guessed it. It's me.
So anyway, it's about time to get my visual style down. I've been trying for quite a while with a sackful of different approaches (including 20's vamp icons, b/w homo erotica and farfetched references to Clockwork orange), but this is the firstÃ,  that I'm really getting attached to, and also the first that doesn't strike me as a ripoff of someone else's ideas.
I'm a sucker for pop-culture mythology, and that is what I try to express here.
The non-showing of the face is meant to be mystifying, intriguing. "Who is that odd retard anyways? Too ugly to show himself?"
I've tried to emulate a visual style that takes elements from both the 50's, 60's and 70's, in order to give it an obviousely old, but also undefinable and "timeless" attitude.
I've tried to make it look like a photo of an actual old and tattered LP (duh) in order to... erm... bad english here... bring forth the illusion that this is allready an established thing, not something still in the cradle. Also, I work against the need of bling bling and flash. Stuff isn't bad just because it doesn't shine. Therefore I dress like a hobo and play my music on crap.
The sticker is also just another tool to bring it an air of mystery. It's lying of course. There is no hit single. The song "wooden kimono" isn't even recorded yet.
So, in summary, I try to be mysterious and interesting. I try to give it all an old,Ã,  almost mythical feel, as if you would stumble upon an ancient tale you hadn't heard.
Sorry this got very long...
btw, this project is non-profitable.


So what do you think?Ã, 





also, if anyone skilled in the french language is here, I would very VERY much enjoy an explanation of the phrase "mort aux vaches". =)

My god, no... The tapes are cursed!



Next: The great escape!

How about something like a this?
Rough and simple.
It's standard, but klichées are useful in the way that they efficiently tell the player what exactly they're up against. I tried to work in as much "life" as possible, since water to me seems rather lively and untameable.



Good linework by the way.

I agree with Lo_res_man that the cartoony guy should have a turban. Mostly because he gets too much of an Aladdin feel with the fez.
Other than that, they both look good. There's alot of reasons to use A, but equally many to use B.
I think you should go with the cartoony one, cause the cartoony style is alittle easier on the eye. He also looks like a guy I'd have an easier time identifying with.

It is not only fat your lady lacks from the side, but also internal organs and muscles. Good face.
Quick google on "woman side":



This girl is perhaps not skinny but she has little to no excess flab. She looks healthy.

The one thing that I react one is that the big bandname is supposed to look handdrawn/written. As such, it looks a little weird when exactly the same letters come to use several times. I think you should redraw the bandname by hand to give it that final touch.

Thank you everybody for excellent feedback. I shall take it all into consideration for version 2.0.
Especially grateful for the edit.
Whoa, this project might take a few years more than expected. Ah well, anything worth doing etc.
I'll keep posting updates.




Oh, and if anyone's interested- I made this short improvisation film during the weekend. I originally wrote the music for a game idea, but what the hey...

www.planetmidian.com/46/46.wmv

This is my smalltime crook and (not very heroic nor noble) hero:
Jimmy Slicks
He's supposed to be a stereotypic small criminal with a big mouth (complete with brooklyn accent). You know- cocky bragging sorta guy that spends every nickle he cheats himself to on the tracks. Heavy drinker, wannabe gangster and intellectual. Believes in the outdated principles of hot wheels, rock n' roll and treating women like trash.

I am rather pleased with the outcome, but I figured that someone might have a dot for the top, so to speak. Bonus points if you figure out whom I looked at drawing him.





I based the cycle on the one from the tutorial at:
http://kafkaskoffee.com

Well, whatcha think? Being my first walkcycle ever

I assume that you want a perky GANBARI NO GANBARI style, eh?
It looks good-- but:
I react on that the far off arm moves alot more than the close one. Both the elbow poke backwards and the fist thrust forward goes further, which makes the whole thing seem weird. I suggest you measure how far from the bodylines the close arm move, and adjust the far arm according.

Can't listen to the tribal thingy...

Crumbs- it's a sweet little tune and I can imagine it great as bg-music in a forest or such... Anyhow, if you want my opinion- the lead sounds are perhaps a tad bit high from time to time. It might just be my hangover talking, but I think it would sound better with a subtler lead... Like that being played on a guitar-ish instrument aswell. Ah well. It's good!

It looks great and it's just soooo atmospheric. Keep 'em! Snuggle 'em!

What mood are they suggesting? I'm not sure...

The legs are more or less perfect. His head a bit too static though. How about allowing his head some bobbing?

Hi all!
After a little time of lurking, I thought a presentation was in order.

The name is Stefan. I'm an unemployed, uneducated and unmotivated Swede (swarm of 83) of male brand, with nothing better to do than slack and wallow in the infamous nordic angst.
To make it easy:
I draw, I write, I write music and build scrap instruments, I sculpt, I like cheese, I am genderly confused, I make up too many plans, I drink my whisky lukewarm, I like movies ( Tarkovskijs STALKER to mention one of the favourites) and will hopefully work with them in the not-too-far-away future. I would like to be a juggler, I think magpies are adorable, I suffer from t3h mighty fear of spiders, I am an excellent cook, I enjoy drinking games- especially in the green and sun, I have no understanding whatsoever of programming, I have trouble sleeping at night, I have steady company (a girl) and I consider Tom Waits to be Lord of All Creation.

I've had ideas for years concerning new games made in old style. The last six years I've actually been searching for someone able to programme my ideas. Then I stumbled upon AGS and my creative flow got a new direction. AGS is the best (within related topics) that's happened to me since I discovered photoshop. Hail mighty CJ!

So uhm... 

Hope I'll become your all time favourite princess!

I personally like this better. I find the idea of jelly sprouting hair somewhat... vulgar.
Also more logical, if logic is to be applied when thinking of little dudes made out of jelly... I think.