Sprite comp #157, Ptooie

Awesome Work Jazz!
you got my vote :D

Jazz that is just awesome!

This post has been edited by Jlhgomez on Feb 21 2009, 12:52 AM

UPDATE!

wip


EDIT: whoup



This post has been edited by Project_MK on Feb 21 2009, 02:29 AM

that's awesome!
can't wait to see it finished!
btw....

UPDATE!

Idle/Dancing pose.

Hey, that's coming alon really well!
btw another UPDATE!
C+C Please.

This I gotta say this has come along real nicely.

I made mine Megaman-ish... I don't really know what you would call it:

Doesn't resemble anything megaman-ish to me.

To be quite honest, had you not created it for this competition, I wouldn't even be able to tell it's a ptooie (or a pirahna plant, for that matter).

The shape of it's head could use some work, and the spitting direction is off. It should be pointing upwards.

Your shading is minimal, and it's placed in such a way, the light source is inconsistent.

I'd work on it a bit more.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Feb 21 2009, 09:11 AM

It was kinda based off the TV show, they ran and spat in that one. The head, I just liked how it looked. I know they don't have eyes, but in the TV shows, piranha plants had eyes, so it's a cross-breed, I guess. But thanks for the help, I'm still learning!

This post has been edited by Buggo on Feb 21 2009, 09:14 AM

There was like 6 TV Shows, according to Wikipedia. Which one are you basing off of? And can I get an image of your reference, if possible?

Here's what Mario Wiki tells me about Ptooie:

http://www.mariowiki.com/Ptooie

As you can see, even in one of the television shows, it still bears a resemblence.

You're right, it was the TV show, bottom left on Mariowiki, but I liked how it looked and wanted to make him kind of humanoid. I fixed up the light source I think though!

In that case:

1) Make the head rounder. It's a bit too oval.
2) The spitting direction is still off. Unless they really spit out spike balls like they're vomiting on the floor, I suggest fixing where the mouth goes.
3) Light source is fixed, but the shading needs more contrast.

Keep working hard.

What if I wanted to keep the oval-shaped head? Then what do I do?
I'll fix the spitting, I can see what you're talking about now.
I'll try to do more shading.

- Then I can't necessarily help you. You can keep it, but it'd just look strange. To me, anyways.
- Contrast means the difference between different shades. A high contrast would be a very dark shade next to a very light shade (Black and White being the highest contrast). A low contrast would be one shade, with either a very slightly darker or lighter shade.

You never want a contrast that's too high or low. You want it so the shades should be distinguishable enough to not have to magnify in paint, but also blend together so that the shades aren't too vastly different.

In your case, you have a low contrast going, so it's a bit had to see the different shades. Make one shade of each color slightly darker.

So yeah, you could also add an extra color. At most though, just one extra for each color.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Feb 21 2009, 09:38 AM

Is that what you're talking about (the one with the arrow)?
I fixed the mouth up btw.
-Also, should I PM you instead of talking here?

I swear I did this from scratch.



I'll try to improve on it if I have the time. If I don't, this is to be considered my final entry.

Hm.

Attached Image

your dots are inconsistent, try making them stay the same size.
Very smooth animation, though!

This post has been edited by Project_MK on Feb 21 2009, 03:40 PM

hello people FLAMEDRAGON has a virus and can only log in on the site and asked me to post this as his NEW sprite compo entry..Even though he can log in, he can't post in any threads but he can still view threads. SO THIS IS HIS NEW ENTRY