I've been trying to make a sprite of the "Tar Man" zombie from Return Of The Living Dead. But, I'm having a little trouble. I've been working on his head for about 2 hours now, and I can't quite seem to get it to look right (at least to me, anyway). It's a little difficult to get it to look right because the sprite, so far, is very small.
So, I thought I'd ask for some of your help...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bodyart/TarManHeads.png)
These are the heads.
Here's a little blow-up for you:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bodyart/TarManHeads.png)
...And here is my reference image:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bodyart/brains.jpg)
EDIT: Sorry about that...
Any suggestions? Do I already have a head that looks just fine? I know it's a dumb question, but it's really bugging the crap out of me.
Yes. Change image hosting for starters. About the actual sprite. I think it is great, but as long as i can't see the referrence image I won't tell you if it looks like him or not.
I think it already looks pretty good. Maybe make the colour on top of his head a little bit darker because it looks kind of like he has a cat on his head or something. :p
And if possible make the eyes a little larger and put the pupil in the middle like in the reference pic. I know it would be hard because of the size.
EDIT: I did a quick paintover. I changed the colour of the top of the head a bit.
(http://www.geocities.com/mozza_26/pics/crits/TarManHeadspo.PNG)
(http://www.geocities.com/mozza_26/pics/crits/TarManHeadspo.PNG)
I like mozza's paintover, but I think the spots on the head should be an even darker shade of orangish than he did even, because in the picture, it appears that the orange on the head is just th elighting, and in your sprites (and mozza's too a little) it looks like he's wearing a bald cap that's the wrong color for his face or something weird like that. So, maybe darken the top colors a few shades more, maybe like, -10 luminance would do it.
Actually, that orange on the top of his head is supposed to be like that. It's like that in the movie:
(http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v150/krakoa/livdead2.jpg)
Here's a model someone did:
(http://www.danperezstudios.com/images/tarmanfinal.jpg)
I do like Mozza's paint over. Although, I will try to reduce the luminance some.
Cool beans, boys.
Ahh, I did not know about the orange, (never even heard of Tar Man 'till now), sorry :-X
I haven't actually seen the movie so :-\
But in that pic you have in your second post it looks as if it is a scald or burn of some sort to the skin. I tried changing the eyes without changing the size of the sprite but I couldn't get it to work. I am starting to think Ã, that the eyes are actually what makes it look different. In all of the pictures of the movie etc. his eyes are wide open as if he has no eyelids.
Best of luck.
I fixed it a little.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bodyart/TarManHeads2.png)
1. I mixed some new orange-ish browns for the top of the head.
2. I tried widening the eyes.
In the first row is the original.
The second row shows the eyes wider, but with that dopey, almost sad-looking thing he's got going on with his eyebrows in the first reference photo.
The third row shows his eyes full open.
I think it looks like the recognizable him now! Good job!
I love Return of the Living Dead 1 and 2, and Tarman is one of the most visually interesting zombies of all time so I decided to do a little paintover.
Things I did:
1. The reason why Tarman's head looks brown at the top is because the layer of black 'tar' is thinnest up there, showing more of the skull and flesh which helps to create a brownish tinge. Lower down I changed the values to black and the highlights to white (like one of the photos).
2. Added some ears, made the sockets curved more like eyebrows (as in the photo).
It could still use some lighting improvement around the jaw and such but it may give you some ideas. Hope you like it.
(http://members.cox.net/progzmax/tarman.gif)
(http://members.cox.net/progzmax/tarman.gif)
haha! I love Tar Man. Such a great piece in that movie.
I don't know man. I think progzmax won. He got the mix perfectly. Before the orange top looked like hair or a hat of some sorts.
Yeah, ProgZMax nailed it right on the nuts. But I appreciate all of the help Akumayo, Mozza, and everyone else gave. :)
I'm still working on mine. Maybe I'll repost with it when I'm finished. Awesome Piece, ProgZ. I wish I had the patience to put that kind of detail into something so small. :P
I'm bored to dead here because everyone is gone and every 5 or 10 sec theres a pang of firework driving me crazy.
So I thought I could make a fast dawning of his head too. anway, here it is.
(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7181/head2xn.png)
And yet another paintover :D
(http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/9570/clipboard013kw.gif)
Quote from: Corey on Sat 31/12/2005 15:40:56
(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7181/head2xn.png)
Resizing an image and removing the background isn't "drawing". It also isn't a "sprite" as it is usually meant around here.
why does he look so damn happy?
surely he should be in pain!
Here's my paint over, that's the fourth one now :)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/tarman2000.png)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/tarman2000.png)
EDIT:
The same with the newer colors:
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/tarman20005.png)