Does this sprite have "man-boobs"? My wife thinks so...

[poc301]

Hi everyone,

We're working on a new project, and I've run into a bit of an issue with the main character sprite.  Over the past few days as I've worked on it, my wife keeps making "man-boob" references to it, and I wanted to get some outside perspective.

The character is dressed in period garb (think medieval peasant), which is a bit baggy on him.  He is a bit large, but somewhat muscular at the same time.  Just a generally big guy all around...  For detail on his chest I put a bit of shade-mark to denote his pecs.  My wife keeps saying he has man-boobs...  What do you think?

The art style for this game is black-outlined with minimal shading, or mostly solid colors.  Just so you don't say to add a bunch of shading or things like that.  I was thinking maybe some hair or something?



Thanks!

Bill

[NickyNyce]

Yes, your wife is right, there does appear to be some man boob going on. I'm guessing the line going up his chest is also adding to this effect, perhaps if you raised the V neck a bit.

[poc301]

The more I look at it, the more I think so too...

How about this edit?  I've changed the 'pec-mark' to be up come and inverted to an over the top of the muscle accent instead of under the pec (or in this case, inside the shirt):



Thanks,

Bill

[NickyNyce]

It's a bit better, maybe the vest needs to be a bit tighter  ... or perhaps it's something around the waist area

The face looks really good poc301, very cool. His face looks so good that it makes the rest of him look a bit neglected.

EDIT: Sorry so half ass, but here's a little different look for the hands too, still a bit messy though. Waist turned, crotch raised.




Super quick little edit, just squished him up a bit. Excuse the misplaced pixels. His shoulders might have been a bit too far apart. His (left shoulder) ..your right...needs some fixings, I rushed it. At least the boobs are gone but he is a bit slimmer though

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

You may want to look at where his crotch line is in relation to his belt and his face.  His body seems to be twisting off to the left.

[poc301]

Very nice, thanks for the suggestions / workover... I am going to retool it a bit and see what I can come up with

-Bill

[Ghost]

Chest hair wouldn't be out of place, and would solve the "boob issue" nicely.

[Chicky]

He looks like Jonah Hill 

Might i suggest using a coloured outline if you're avoiding shading?

[poc301]

He looks like Jonah Hill 

Might i suggest using a coloured outline if you're avoiding shading?

LOL I never thought of that

I am actually using black outline on everything.  It is kind of the 'art style' of this game.  I am deviating from the norm on this one

-Bill