At 4/4/07 10:48 PM, atomic-noodle wrote: Looks great :D

You better like it.

At 4/5/07 12:33 AM, Vengeance wrote: I really like the use of the dodge and burn tool on the character, it gives it a really good shading effect.

For sure. Thanks.

At 4/5/07 09:29 AM, Zhacross wrote: It's alright, but I don't like the handle bending awkwardly.
Might think about fixing that.

Yah, i'll have to do something about it. Not to sure what though...

Woocha!

Yah, i'll have to do something about it. Not to sure what though...

Maybe make the whole handle straight? ;)
Then maybe you have to fiddle a bit with the hand, but it can't be that difficult.

:Woocha!

Cool. :) I like the color scheme and I really like the background.
It might had looked an itty bitty bit better with the sun in the left corner instead of the right, but that might just be a personal preference. Good job nonetheless.

At 4/5/07 10:47 AM, Zhacross wrote: Cool. :) I like the color scheme and I really like the background.
It might had looked an itty bitty bit better with the sun in the left corner instead of the right, but that might just be a personal preference. Good job nonetheless.

Thank you sir...drew it on flash from a sketch i did a long time ago. I actually shaded him first so if i put the sun behind him it may not have looked right.

Yes of course the shading would not look right, you would have to change them.
I just think the sun distracts a bit when it's located exactly over his head.
But I understand it's strenuous to change that now, so don't worry about it.
It's just a small trifle.

A screen from the menu of an upcoming movie of mine.

At 4/5/07 10:47 AM, Zhacross wrote:

Yah, i'll have to do something about it. Not to sure what though...

Maybe make the whole handle straight? ;)
Then maybe you have to fiddle a bit with the hand, but it can't be that difficult.

Its just really annoying going through all the color layers trying to get it straight and such. And it is difficult because i drew it in flash and imported it back in. Would take some work.

At 4/5/07 10:24 AM, chillyphilly wrote: Woocha!

The character is a little to basic for my taste, but it looks amazing. Well done.

At 4/6/07 05:24 AM, 23450 wrote:
The character is a little to basic for my taste, but it looks amazing. Well done.

Yo..thanks man, haha and yeah i know its a little basic but that pretty much because im thinking about animating something with him.

Made this explosion today and I really like it. Buttt, when I was exporting from PS, I didn't really take into consideration file size. Instead, I just PNG24 (and transparacy'd) them, and now the relatively short SWF is 2mb.. not ideal for a game.

So what can I do to cut it down? What other export for web settings would be good? Could I change the Publish settings in flash to cope with PNGs?

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Explosion[>]

At 4/6/07 02:14 PM, Mogly wrote:

Nice, but yeah it is a bit of a problem. Maybe export each image a s a transparent gif and have fewer colours?

Animating using ps, wow :P

At 4/6/07 02:37 PM, fuzz wrote: Nice, but yeah it is a bit of a problem. Maybe export each image a s a transparent gif and have fewer colours?

Animating using ps, wow :P

Naaaaahh, would rather not GIF it, but that will do as a last resort :). It was quite easy to animate in PS then bring it over to flash btw, you should all give it a go.

At 4/6/07 02:57 PM, HCproductionz wrote:

At 4/6/07 02:37 PM, fuzz wrote: Nice, but yeah it is a bit of a problem. Maybe export each image a s a transparent gif and have fewer colours?

Animating using ps, wow :P

Naaaaahh, would rather not GIF it, but that will do as a last resort :). It was quite easy to animate in PS then bring it over to flash btw, you should all give it a go.

Haha, whooops. That happened last time I tried to anage an alt, lasted all of two days before I forgot to logout. OH WELL.

At 4/6/07 02:57 PM, HCproductionz wrote: Naaaaahh, would rather not GIF it, but that will do as a last resort :). It was quite easy to animate in PS then bring it over to flash btw, you should all give it a go.

rofl nice alt.

I might try it one day when i have the time :)

Trace it (by hand). Seriously.

Show me what you got ;).

At 4/6/07 02:14 PM, Mogly wrote: Explosion[>]

Nice explosion :). I'd try lowering the image export quality, it'd lower the size and improve the performance. Although then it won't look as good :(.

Heres an old pic i found that was just too terrible that i never submited it for one of the old art thread contests..i tryed coloring in photoshop and failed..lol
(its a harvest moon a la undead fyi)

At 4/6/07 07:44 PM, Pako wrote: Heres an old pic i found that was just too terrible that i never submited it for one of the old art thread contests..i tryed coloring in photoshop and failed..lol
(its a harvest moon a la undead fyi)

I guess great minds think alike. I was thinking about doing a HM zombie back in october too.

Looks good !P

Alright, reverse order:

Pako: I love the style you have, and I think that's actually very good (and the first thing resembling a human I've seen of yours :P). I like the fact that he killed one of those damn gnomes. I hate them.

Depredation: Very clean looking design, but I don't like the fact that in the full image, it's just in the corner and the rest is blank (I like pictures that have lots going on :P).

Mogly: Different approuch to an explosion, and it looks good. What I don't like is that at one point near the end, when it goes mostly smoke, it looks weird, and too wavy. Also, like you said, it's a big filesize for just that.

Penboy: Interesting, but I can't quite tell: Would the white part be the canyon part, and the rest be rockage? Or vice versa? Or is it just a design and has nothing to do with the actual 'canyon' as it were?

chillyphilly: I love the shading on the cape. It looks very nice. My one problem with it is that it seems that the guys torso is a bit too short (or perhaps his pants are just high) and that it sucks in a bit too much in the middle. Otherwise, very nice.

Radioactive24: Looks alright. It looks like a Gameboy advance, at least :P If I wanted to be really picky, I could say the left trigger button on top is a bit too rounded, but that's being very picky.

23450: I like the detail along the wall (the snow). I also like the shading and the bit of glow on the hammer. However, what is it that that gnome (?) smashed? Also, I personally am not a big fan of plain white eyes, but they look alright.

fuzz: Love the shading on it, and the hands (right more than the left). His left leg looks a bit awkward, and in general it's hard to determine which leg is which (unless you base it off of the arm positions), but otherwise, nice pic. Background is a bit plain though. Is it from a game or a movie?

And I'm spent. Lots of good stuff on this page.

fuzz: Love the shading on it, and the hands (right more than the left). His left leg looks a bit awkward, and in general it's hard to determine which leg is which (unless you base it off of the arm positions), but otherwise, nice pic. Background is a bit plain though. Is it from a game or a movie?

Thanks for the feedback, its actually a screenshot of a runcycle i was working on. Ill finish it and post it

Its just really annoying going through all the color layers trying to get it straight and such. And it is difficult because i drew it in flash and imported it back in. Would take some work.

Don't worry then. Just remember it until the next time you're going to draw something similar.

At 4/8/07 12:02 PM, ArthurGhostly wrote: Hi

The darker areas of the grass look a bit rushed, but other than that; sweet!

Alright, well, today I sat down and did a bunch of stuff using Flash and Photoshop. They're inspired by the one and only Pascal Campion, www.pascalcampion.com

Anyways, here they are:
Far.
Inhale.
Memory
Dying
and finally, Escape.

All of them took me under 30 minutes, but I did try, so yeah, gimme some comments :P

At 4/10/07 04:34 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote: Speaking of backgrounds...
I need to work out a way to texture the rocks properly... :\

Looking very good. Has a cartoony yet realistic look to it, i love those kinds of backgrounds.

As far as a texture, im not to sure. Have alot of virtical cracks i guess...besides that i cant really help.

Just doing the background for Pico day game, and had a little mess about with pretending 3d. What do you think? Is this how you would go about pulling it off? Basically have a foreground layer tweened back on itself, the background move quicker, and the mid ground just keep moving.

Btw, just did it quick for a test, but if I was putting it together properly would add smoothing and whatever else.

http://denvish.net/ulf/100407/74124_level02.p hp

I don't like the part with the corner.

At 4/10/07 03:44 PM, Mogly wrote:
http://denvish.net/ulf/100407/74124_level02.p hp

Thats awsome! Really nice idea and the background is really good looking.

At 4/10/07 04:34 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote: Speaking of backgrounds...
I need to work out a way to texture the rocks properly... :\

I love it :) Great style

At 4/10/07 03:44 PM, Mogly wrote: Just doing the background for Pico day game, and had a little mess about with pretending 3d. What do you think? Is this how you would go about pulling it off? Basically have a foreground layer tweened back on itself, the background move quicker, and the mid ground just keep moving.

Btw, just did it quick for a test, but if I was putting it together properly would add smoothing and whatever else.

http://denvish.net/ulf/100407/74124_level02.p hp

The turn is AWESOME it really looks 3d, dont listen to the others, its cool, but it could be sped up a little.

i started this flash a while back but am finally gonna try to finish it. can i get some feed back.
the offsprings-all i want