Some random stuff needing some c&c

[Faerith]

Since I'm currently thinking about getting a new avatar(but maybe I'll just use the old one for the autumn-season),
I've made the last few days some little pictures (not yet quite finished- mostly lacking the background); but for some reasons I'm not entirely happy with either of them- maybe there are some blatant errors I just cannot see?

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I. The (broken) marionette
This one is based on an old sketch of mine from 2001(I think), sketched, at a time when I was rather depressed- though I'm not sure if the pic(s colouring) really conveyes that mood ( playing to much ShinyakuSKD on my gba currently^^" ), during some lecture ( to keep me from falling asleep =P).
If I remember correctly it has 17 colours.
without background:                   with a (wip)bg:

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II. Going Julia,n-Style
I really like the female clothdesign for Julia,n (Growlanser, psx), so, I made a pixel-me (with weird hair ^^") wearing those cloths ( they might differ a bit from the original design... ).
I'm not sure though if I like this one or not =/
with a Non-transparent "skirt" it was 28 colours.
The lazy-use-a-transparent-layer-method results in 68. *_*
Oh, and it took me roughly 1 1/2 hours.

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III. Ehr, me myself and I ?

The pic I'm having the most trouble with >_<
And which is not really my likeness ( lack of the "I'm not friendly"-look T_T, paleness, eyebrows... and so on).
Aaaanywaysy.
first two are 18 colours, with(out) glasses variations. ( I def. cannot pixel glasses ... ~_~ ) .
Third one is 20 colours. (and I'm just seeing that I forgot to make the bg transparent... me bad).

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Well, tia for the c&c . =)
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*xth preview later* (oh, and what was the tag for resizing the pics again? ^^")

[TwistidChimp]

wow, these are awsome, I've been trying to find stuff to improve on em but am am finding it tough.

Cant find a d**n thing need improving on the first pic (I) Colours, proportions composition and shading all wicked.

On the second pic (II) It looks a little to me like the shoe on the left hand side (her right) is a touch bigger than the left. Could just be me. Other than this its great, totally pro lookin.

The 3rd pic is also great (the glasses are better than u think) only thing i'd say is that the aa on the ear could be improved slightly i think.

All in all, excelent

[methinks]

Sooooooo, methinks hole-in-whole finder :]

I.:
1. Wood would need alotta more texturing to look decent. (talking bout da floor)
2. I would expose more the spotlight, so it would look like a totally dark stage with only one spotlight light.
Yoiu know, contrast :]
3. Yeas somehow ALL your images lack a bit contrast :]
4. perspective issue: shoes n front and in back are almost the same size and difference should be big. The one closer too s is as close as possible and the one in back seems rather far. So make it smaller and the one in front bigger. It would add a nice feel to the pix.
II.
1. Lacks contrast.
2. transparent thing looks strange. It is very hard to read this image.
III.
Very nice. To make glasses look better add some diagonal blue or between blue and brown. You know. SO we could see that there is something :]

[eghost]

I think they all look great...Excellent colors and composition overall. I'm not as sure about the second one but it still looks good...The left leg (her left) seems kinda weird with the shading you've got...=)

[Dogmeat]

on the bottom one harry potter or whatever, I think the nose looks a little off, but then again that could be part of the realism factor, other then that, good job

[TwistidChimp]

Cant believe this work got bumped off the first page with only 4 replies.

[Jason]

Hey, I'd like to talk to you on AIM about your work, I may have some suggestions and some things to say that might interest you.

AIM: PSKFry

Thanks! =)

[Faerith]

Well, I haven't continued yet on finishing them, but anyway...

First of all, thanks for the C&c there is.
Now...
@twisted:
Taken note of the "ear-need-aa"-prob. ... Actually, I think I kinda forgot to properly shade it while debating with myself the "how to change the skin-shading while keeping the colourcount low problem". ^^"

methinks:
on I: note the "wip bg"(work in progress background).
And if you think THESE pics have low contrast- you have seen nothing from me *evil laughter* .
*cough* Anyway, expose the spotlight- hm, I'll see what I can do, probably should use the black to strengthen it... ... .
on II: I know, but the the originals' skirt is transparent.. ;_;
--> not-transparent-viewhelpversion?: vs reference for cloth

on III: You mean on the glasses themselves and not on the frame?

Dogmeat: actually, it IS in the middle. I just lightened the dark line because otherwise the nose seemed too straight... .

@jason: I'm not using aim.

[Jason]

YIM: pskfryxd
MSN: [e-mail]

If those work better.. that'd be cool. =)

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