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JBinc84
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posted 04-03-2003 12:17 AM     Profile for JBinc84   Author's Homepage   Email JBinc84     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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Hi, 'tis for the MVGC... I haven't played Silent Hill 2, but I remember seeing the trailer and thinking this girl (called Maria I've found out) looked cool This is just a rough doodle to get an idea of the picture... is SH2 fanart ok for the comp, or is it just meant to be Silent Hill 1 stuff? Um... any glaring errors? And I need to do some sort of freaky background, obviously. Any CnC welcome!

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posted 04-03-2003 02:12 AM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
- You can draw anyone/thing from Silent hill one or two, or three!

I have yet to play the 2nd game too, but it's a nice 'lil doodle! She looks a little off balance- is it just me or does it look like she's leaning too much to the right? If her feet were positioned slightly more to the right, she might not looks as tilted. Or is it just l8 and I'm tired?

If ya can clean up the lines a little more, that'll help out too?

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JBinc84
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posted 04-03-2003 10:07 AM     Profile for JBinc84   Author's Homepage   Email JBinc84     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
hehe, yeah it came out wonky on the paper so I tried to tilt it a bit in Photoshop but glad you like it and thanks for the crits!

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posted 04-03-2003 07:05 PM     Profile for Angelo   Author's Homepage   Email Angelo     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I agree with Bomu on the cleanup. U should also add more detail to her hair and clothing folds and stuff. Also, move the mouth up a bit more, so it comes about 1/2 way between the nose and the chin, a bit nearer the nose.
Aside from that, u pretty much got the colour scheme down pat, and i like the little effect you done with the skirt. Thing is, she is kind of a dark character, so I would have made her eyes slightly narrower, to convey this. However, this is only a suggestion and I'm sure the eyes u chose may work just as well. Looking 4ward to seeing this in the MVGC. As for me... well, i'm no good with Silent Hill, i was never really into it (i prefer action games like DMC - shows how cerebral I am!), so u may be waiting a bit to see any of my stuff going up...

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posted 04-03-2003 07:58 PM     Profile for JBinc84   Author's Homepage   Email JBinc84     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
oh hell, I've never played any of the silent hills, or the resis, or any other scary game, just watched other people play 'em... put a controller in my hand and I freeze up at the 'this game contains scenes of strong violence and gore and nasty scary things' screen at the start I'm more of a DMC player myself actually. Thanks for the crits, hope to see your entry soon! Oh, and one other thing... if anyones got any decent full body pics of maria, could I have em? I'm working from dodgy screenshots here...

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posted 09-03-2003 10:29 AM     Profile for JBinc84   Author's Homepage   Email JBinc84     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote

how am I doing now? Any background ideas? (Since I have no clue whatsoever, and this one is pretty boring!)

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posted 09-03-2003 12:47 PM     Profile for Angelo   Author's Homepage   Email Angelo     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Yeh, ur CGing is looking good. She doesn't have any eyebrows though, and u should include eyelashes, to indicate her feminine aspect (just make the lines on the top and bottom of both eyes thicker). The hair needs a little more detail (ie lines to show strands and stuff), but all u need to do is just put in more highlights and make it look as if there are strands. I like the smoothness of the skirt.
About the background: What u could do is take a street and make it quite dark. You would need to have the camera angle such that it is at about 45 degrees above her, so that it fits with the pose. Aside from all that, it's good CGing, and you pretty much have the colourn scheme down pat. All that's needed is what I've said and the pic should be fine. If you want better advice, my suggestion is to ask Bomu, G.I.A.m, Bugsy, or any of the (more) experienced members of the board.
Later

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posted 09-03-2003 03:48 PM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
- for the BG what about trying to recreate some of that rusty scratchy brown effect that appears all over the walls in the 'hell reality' of Silent Hill. Bugsy has an example of this in the Misc creations forum

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posted 10-03-2003 09:45 PM     Profile for JBinc84   Author's Homepage   Email JBinc84     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote

last incarnation? I hope so... any more crits to give? (I'm a bit of a perfectionist)

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posted 10-03-2003 09:52 PM     Profile for Angelo   Author's Homepage   Email Angelo     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
hey, this is looking excellent! Your shading is top notch! trying to think, anything else u could do...
IF U CAN (AND WANT), add lines in her hair to show strands - however, if u feel it would look crap, don't bother - it looks quite good (tho, next time, just add some lines to show strands - it kinda looks a bit flat atm).
Did u go for a frontal angle with the face? If so, my suggestion on that (which I should have mentioned b4 - stupid me ) is to indent the forehead slightly and move the right eye down. If you went for a 45 degree camera, then it looks fine.
Overall, it's very cool - I'm glad my advice was of some help . Looking forward to this in the competition.

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hi Angelo, yeah I like the 45 degree angle for some reason tends to come up a lot in my drawing, I should do something about that... anyway, Bomu is the photo manip in the background ok? I used a photo I found on google of a small town square which I then made a bit more evil and silent hill-esque, as you suggested. If you rather I put in a drawn background, I will.
(PS the URL for the photo I used: http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/berezhany.jpg)

PPS Angelo do you mean draw the strands in by hand next time, or put them in with shading?

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posted 11-03-2003 08:47 AM     Profile for Angelo   Author's Homepage   Email Angelo     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Draw strands in by hand, is what I meant.

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posted 11-03-2003 08:52 AM     Profile for Southern   Author's Homepage   Email Southern     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
dude. cool pic.

Not so sure about the mist though...looks a bit...fluffy, not at all like real mist that's quite light and whispy. You could ignore me, but that's just a suggestion.

(or maybe I'm being a bit picky)

I like the angle of the figure, the boots have given me some inspiration.


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posted 11-03-2003 10:11 AM     Profile for JBinc84   Author's Homepage   Email JBinc84     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
thanks Southern, I'll lower the opacity of the fog a bit, that should help. Glad you got inspiration from her footwear; looking forward to seeing that! Bomu (or anyone!) Anything to say about the background... is it gonna be a problem?

OK, I changed the mist... better or worse?

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posted 11-03-2003 08:07 PM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
- background's fine and the less mist looks better

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in that case, I think I'm done! Thanks for all your help guys!

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