Well it's summer now and I decided to make a sig, as I haven't made one in quite some time. I drew the characters on paper and I wanted to try block silhouetting the characters because I think it forces me to use more detail and give shading more attention. As for the animation, this is only my second sig with animation, so it's still a bit rough.

 

 

 

Continuing to work on characters and blah blah, but the bigger canvas added an extra challenge having always worked with 300*150 sized sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rate...hate...constructively criticate. O_o

 

 

 

UPDATE 6-6-06

 

Still thinking of how I'm going to do the armor for the orange guy. Made the dragonhide armor for the ranger. I will be fixing the collar so it looks like he has a neck.

 

 

 

vary nice so far, would like to see it finished.....

//i think you should use the completed ice blast thingy but take away the animation because it doesn't look at good with animation :? But overall I love what you have so far, hope you finish it :)

Yea, I understand, Dark. I've been getting mixed opinons on the animation; some people said it was amazing/excellent while others said it was too choppy and slow. I'll decide when the sig is finish whether or not I want to keep the animation.

 

 

 

Anyway, thanks for the comments you two :)

mm i like the animation but i am afriad i agree with dark... still finish the image and then decide what YOU like... our opinions don't really matter :D

Wow you've improved alot! Thats beautiful Jab, very nice for a WIP. It be nice to see you loose the tacky oversised sword, just IMO.

 

 

 

Drop me a line on Yahoo?

Wow you've improved alot! Thats beautiful Jab, very nice for a WIP. It be nice to see you loose the tacky oversised sword, just IMO.

 

 

 

Drop me a line on Yahoo?

 

 

 

Yeah, I was talking on MSN with some guy and he suggested I try one of the Huge Kingdom of Hearts swords. I had no idea what he was talking about because I don't play the game, but I looked it up anyway and decided to give it a shot. Looks really blocky and square though, you're right. It will probably end up looking very crooked and evil with some animated fire radiating from it.

I really like the idea, I'm going to watch this thread. Just a few things I noticed:

 

 

 

1. The animation is a little jerky but not too bad. Mostly it's just that the beam part is kinda boring. The guy freezing over is awesome but needs intermediate frames :wink: .

 

 

 

2. The woman's dress looks odd at the bottom. I feel like I'm looking at a bent piece of cardboard :? . There are two things that you can do IMO; make the bottom curve out instead of in or add more definition around the sides to give her legs.

 

 

 

lol I love the massive sword but the transition between the arm and the sword isn't quite realistic, it looks like the sword disappears into the guy's arm for a bit :shock: .

 

 

 

I'd love to see this finished.

:shock: its not even done yet and i want it :shock: ..you have amazing talent..I love the shaidng on the ice, I cannot wait for the finished product. My raitng as of now..10/10..when you finsish prob 10000/10..love ur work

I really like the idea, I'm going to watch this thread. Just a few things I noticed:

 

 

 

1. The animation is a little jerky but not too bad. Mostly it's just that the beam part is kinda boring. The guy freezing over is awesome but needs intermediate frames :wink: .

 

 

 

2. The woman's dress looks odd at the bottom. I feel like I'm looking at a bent piece of cardboard :? . There are two things that you can do IMO; make the bottom curve out instead of in or add more definition around the sides to give her legs.

 

 

 

lol I love the massive sword but the transition between the arm and the sword isn't quite realistic, it looks like the sword disappears into the guy's arm for a bit :shock: .

 

 

 

I'd love to see this finished.

 

 

 

To start off, great CC. I have a lot of respect for you for taking time to give me some good, helpful, and specific suggestions.

 

 

 

1. I started off thinking the beam was going to be alright, but I think what I'll add is either some icicles on the beam or a crooked spiraling white something-or-other ice type thing...

 

 

 

2. Now that I look at it, you couldn't have been more right. I'll curve it ;)

 

 

 

3. Yeah, I'm still trying to make the sword look right. On paper, I had just drawn in a straight line to represent what would become the sword. My initial intent was the have the guy casually resting the sword behind his head, however, with such a large sword, it has proved to be very difficult. I'll see what I can do. If you have some suggestions for me in realtion to the sword or the pose, please don't be afraid to post :)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks guys. I'm really enjoying seeing some positive feedback, and, at the same time, some helpful hints to improving the sig :P

The ice effect looks awsome, very realistic. Only thing would be to maybe add some more neck to the people, specially to the right guy. Will comment more on final piece.

Nice sice pic! Glad to see someone in tip.it who isn't posting their "my first sig" which makes you feel depressed =S. Tip.it used to be pixel home... now it's nothing like that... everyones at rsc...seen toens of people from ti.it there. Keep up the good work! Should look great!

awesome work jab. the animation could be faster and smoother though, its a bit jerky.

 

 

 

lol here's a pick of cloud form kingdom hearts with his funky sword: it would weigh a ton!

 

 

 

 

looking forward to the final peice

awesome work jab. the animation could be faster and smoother though, its a bit jerky.

 

 

 

lol here's a pick of cloud form kingdom hearts with his funky sword: it would weigh a ton!

 

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8273 ... oud1fy.jpg

 

 

 

looking forward to the final peice

 

 

 

Haha, that's actually the sword the guy sent me. It looked good with this guy, but in the sig, I think it looks strange and out of place. I'll be fixing that. :)

 

 

 

Thanks for the comments everyone. Mxm, I'll work on the necks.

I personally think it looks good :!: The ice looks very cool and overall 8/10!

UPDATE 6-6-06:

 

Still thinking of how I'm going to do the armor for the orange guy. Made the dragonhide armor for the ranger. I will be fixing the collar so it looks like he has a neck.

 

 

 

looking good

 

would make the beam go faster tough ;)

 

i'm kinda confused with the shading tough when i look at the gals top and the rangers legs the main light source coming from diferent position ( ould be me! lol)

 

 

 

 

 

i like the syle and the texture of dragonhide give him a neck tough ;)

 

i don't realy have any ideas for the ornage guy armor ....

 

i like what u have done so far looks good :wink:

Ah Ha!! He's back!

 

 

 

Looking really good now. The animation looks a bit smoother and the dress is fixed. I absolutly love the shading on the dragonhide, it looks awesome :shock: . Pretty much all I can suggest now is for the orange guy:

 

 

 

I see you got rid of his sword but haven't really decided what to have him wield instead (yay for stumpy arms!!!!!!). I was thinking of having him lean on some wicked halberd or spear/pike. I love the armour you've done for him so far and I'd suggest some form of chainmail for the body though I can't really think of anything for the legs.

 

 

 

In both the dragonhide and the orange guy it looks like you need to add a little neck.

 

 

 

My other suggestion would be to AA (anti-alias) some areas, the most noticable one being the magic staff.

 

 

 

Keep up the awesome progress.

Save the antialiasing for when you're finished Jab, you dont know what kinda colors your'll be using in the final version, if you decide to change the AA you make will be ruined.