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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #450 on: April 11, 2010, 07:12:51 pm »
Here's the nature boss fight, like Alphasoldier suggested (and thanks for the idea!).



Naturally, here's the part when Naija have to sing - one step before energy form does the trick...

Graphite pencil work, but contrast adjusted to be darker than original - I think it fits the mood better. Hard to say where's the limit of using that feature, when it goes too far and when the original version looks better. Just my taste, though.
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #451 on: April 11, 2010, 08:46:52 pm »
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« Reply #452 on: April 11, 2010, 09:26:54 pm »
Nice job on finally getting it done, Vete! In particular, i think the vines in the background to the left of Naija look very cool  :)
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« Reply #453 on: April 12, 2010, 01:05:45 am »
Very well done. I like the increased contrast.  :)

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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #454 on: April 12, 2010, 03:56:31 am »
I hate that battle. xD But its a good picture.  :-*
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #455 on: April 12, 2010, 08:25:04 am »
Wow, I love your drawings

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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #456 on: April 12, 2010, 11:27:22 am »
Exactly how I imagined it!

Amazing though.
Really nice.
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #457 on: April 12, 2010, 12:25:09 pm »
I hate that battle. xD
Really? I thought it was one of the cooler battles in the game...
But it is a really nice drawing.  :)
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #458 on: April 15, 2010, 06:28:03 pm »
Wow.

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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #459 on: April 17, 2010, 04:20:29 am »
@Vetehinen: Nice drawing, ever considered doing digital art? That way you could get rid of the roughness that comes with graphite drawings which might add to your work.

I also did "something" which i originally wanted to do right after my anglerfish picture but i had other things to do, it's a 3D sculpture made in ZBrush. If anyone thinks the lack of clothing is problematic or if anyone is personally offended i'll remove the picture right away and replace it with a link and a warning but i think it's quite innocuous, just some sober 3D work without any artistic merit, really. Click the picture to get to its respective submission page on deviantArt where there is a bit more info as well.

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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #460 on: April 17, 2010, 04:49:05 am »
Amazing art, though the only two things that I think  could be better is (not to sound like a perv) that her breasts are too small/shapeless or she looks too mature. Either of the two.
Also her face looks a bit ogre-ish. Head too wide and nose and mouth are a bit meh, probably also wide.

That's my two cents though, besides that it's amazing!
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #461 on: April 17, 2010, 07:53:12 am »
Amazing art, though the only two things that I think  could be better is (not to sound like a perv) that her breasts are too small/shapeless or she looks too mature. Either of the two.

Yeah, Alpha's the expert on Naija's breasts here, what with that nude mod of his  :P

I do agree with the bit about her face, though.
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #462 on: April 17, 2010, 03:42:57 pm »
Amazing art, though the only two things that I think  could be better is (not to sound like a perv) that her breasts are too small/shapeless or she looks too mature. Either of the two.
Also her face looks a bit ogre-ish. Head too wide and nose and mouth are a bit meh, probably also wide.

That's my two cents though, besides that it's amazing!

The word "better" is quite ambiguous, i can think of three possible meanings, the first one is in the sense that it would be more appealing either subjectively or if that is possible objectively, the second is in terms of anatomy errors that need to be avoided in any case and the third meaning would be that it could more closely resemble the original design since this is fanart. I assume that you use it in the third sense, that still is ambiguous though because there are the concept artworks that can be seen in the wallpapers and the in-game sprites which look a lot different.
Either way, there's something i should have noted before and that is that i did not try to stay true to the original designs (as seen in the wallpaper) because quite frankly i don't like them very much and there is not very much 3D information to be extracted from the sprites. So what you said is true and i am aware of it. It's also quite hard to have a face with glowing eyes not look ogre-ish actually; at some point she looked like an authentic alien.

Besides that, thanks for the compliments (read your comment on dA, Zoko).

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Did some adjustments on the base model just for fun, tried to modify some of the aspects mentioned, so tell me if this would have been better:
WARNING: There be nipple indications this time.
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(This link is temporary, i will remove the file again.)
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #463 on: April 17, 2010, 09:52:00 pm »
Wow, all this fanart activity makes me think that maybe I should work on that BitBlot comic strip I said I would do. I would have done it by now if I hadn't been so busy in the past month-and-a-half. I'm also working on a Gamemaker game for a friend of mine, so hopefully if I do decide to make a comic I'll be able to do it and the game at the same time.

Activity on this forum seems to be slowly dying... maybe a comic would make it a bit more interesting?
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Re: Aquaria fanart [spoilers]
« Reply #464 on: April 17, 2010, 10:15:19 pm »
The word "better" is quite ambiguous, i can think of three possible meanings...

When you post stuff on the forums, be prepared for any and all opinions. I'm pretty sure Derek and Alec know all about taking criticism in stride with 2+ years of effort on display with this site. That said, I thought this thread was more for sharing fan art with the community, and less about having people critique it.

Going through this thread is really inspirational, no matter the level of expertise exhibited or the medium used. Keep it coming people!