SPQR Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Over the last couple months I've churned out some static mugs of varying quality with numerous issues. If anyone can give a novice like me some pointers I would be grateful. Aerona - Thief Andela - Halberdier Baldwin - Mercenary. Barclay - Knight Ceridwen - Hero Corinna - Cavalier Cyrus - Warrior Domhnall - Paladin Elpis - Cleric As of now I just refer to this guy as Emperor no-name. Hristo - Shaman Iason - General Kallistos - Great Knight Kenneth - Archer Kristoff - Fighter Moreen - Cavalier Petya - Mage Richard - Lord Simona - Knight Zoe - Lord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I'll be calling them by numbers and order. 2- her left eye needs to be moved down one pixel 6- needs a slightly thicker neck and the angle of her eyes are weird. mayve moving her left eye up a pixel would help 9- i think you should move her head and neck a pixel to the left. Her left eye would probably look better if it was moved to the right. well so far those were what I spotted. generally speaking, they need more clean-ups shading-wise. Some of them are really nice. I like most of them design-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 A lot of these have potential. Barclay and Iason have amazing faces, I just wish you would play a little bit more with the bodies. They're not bad, but not great... yet! A reoccurring theme with these mugs, they all seem to have sloppy necks for the most part. Also, some of the face angles don't totally match the head proportions. Keep at it though, you have a general understanding of what to do, and plus, you're better than most people who start out. If you want me to pick out some specific flaws, I'd be happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPQR Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 If you want me to pick out some specific flaws, I'd be happy to help. All around I noticed many problems with my splices: either I don't use enough pieces to differentiate them from the bases, I don't align them properly, the colors are uninspired or don't clash well, I'm not using good parts, or there's little details that despite my best efforts to fix pixel by pixel, I end up making them worse. Honestly, it's best if you just lay it on me because while I can sorta pick up on what is wrong, I can't always work out how to go about fixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teapot Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 To start with, you should probably just focus on one mug at a time. Honestly, there are far too many mugs and far too many things to address. Pick a mug you'd like thorough critique on, and we'll try to deliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Yeah, what she said. The one's that I think are currently the strongest are, Aerona, Barclay, Iason, Kallistos, kenneth and Moreen, if you want to start with one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPQR Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Decided I should at least work on one of the mugs before I bother you guys/gals again. First off I managed to change those few stray pixels in his eyes that were left over from the original pallet, made the ear a pixel bigger so that it is more in-line with the eyebrow and added a little shading to the parts where the collar and skin meet on the neck. I also felt his body was too big for his head so I brought the pauldrons in 2 pixels from the left and three from the right. I then adjusted the strap on his left side since it wouldn't seem symmetrical with the other one when it ran across the body, but something about the shoulder is bothering me still - I'm not sure if I'm over-analyzing but it seems like the pauldron is slightly rotating outward towards the front of his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The biggest problem with this guy is his face angle. It also looks like you didn't try to change Guy's face at all, and Guy and Franz have 2 different head angles. It's not the best reference in the world, but I think it shows more accuracy to what the face angle should be. Now he actually has a chin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPQR Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Yeah, that's a significant improvement. I should probably go look over some of the better mugs and consider scrapping some of the lower-quality splices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Nah, don't scrap anything. That's why we revamp and make it better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 no, don't scrap anything. Just gradually work your way through all of them. your stuff has a lot of potential. They just need to be improved. Good job on fixing the proportions on the first one. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaSaint Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Aerona - Thief Holy crap, it's Four (Zeta Gundam) with a ponytail! I really like some of these, the faces and expressions are a lot more diverse and characterful than a lot of splices I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPQR Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 My SC85 entry. The eyepatch is a a little messy, the strap is too big and runs at an odd angle, the cloak's angle is off, the shoulder pad is... yeah... and the pallet is boring. Still, I figured it would be a good chance to take Yoshi's advice and work with a limited selection of parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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