Character For World War II Adventure

[ScottDoom]

My friend made this tonight in MS Paint for our upcoming game. What do you guys think?

[Darth Mandarb]

This is pretty good!

What resolution is your game going to be at 'cause this is gonna be huge in the game!
EDIT - Read the Games In Production thread about the resolution!

I like the black outline ... the only spot the black outline looks 'off' is the nose/mouth area.  I would use a darker skin tone to do those areas but that's just me! Also ... there's some doubling of the black lines in the lower pants/boots area and the lapels of his coat.  Is that shading?

This looks cool!

Now animate it

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[ScottDoom]

We're going for the 800x600 resolution. Heh heh. So... I think it will fit. Otherwise, we could go for the 640x480 and possibly scale the character down, or use all scrolling backgrounds. At the moment, we currently lack a background artist.
Edit: Heh heh. Ok.

The black outline on the nose does look a little
strange...

Oh, and our artist will have an animation tomorrow hopefully. He's sleeping right now.

[Darth Mandarb]

Oh, and our artist will have an animation tomorrow hopefully. He's sleeping right now.

Sleep is for the weak  

I think big characters would look cool in a game.  I think most people avoid bigger characters because it requires more detail to pull it off.  Especially in animations!

I wish I had more time on my hands to help out!  I love making backgrounds and WWII is my favorite History Study (I've studied it for over a decade!) ... I just have too much on my plate

Keep up the good work and I look forward to the animation (tomorrow!!)

cheers,
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[Interference]

Wow, absolutely mental. The eyes are perhaps a little square, though. Do you think you could round them up a little to suit the general style?

[ScottDoom]

Interference, I made the eyes a little more round (I think). I also slightly adjusted the nose, and erased few stray pixels from his left arm. I also colored his white undershirt to a grey.

Darth Mandarb, I tried changing the nose outline color to a dark skin color, but it didn't look right.

[Privateer Puddin']

so so excellent

[earlwood]

That is the funniest looking nazi ever! There isn't anything to complain about, I hope you finish your game.

[LGM]

He looks kinda scrunched.. Like a midget.

Or maybe you scaled it weird? I dunno, it doesn't look natural. Like his shins were blown off by the Japs!!

[ScottDoom]

He looks kinda scrunched.. Like a midget.

That's what we were going for. The characters Rolf and Joachim were inspired by the characters Sam and Max. Rolf, who will be drawn next week, is a very tall and pale older man with a blonde mustache. Joachim (this character) is a very short man (who still maintains an average width).

[Crash]

It might be just me, but the head looks a little flat compared to the rest of the drawing. I think it's the way you've varied the line widths on the body, and the head is only single pixel thickness. Still, it's a hell of a lot better than what I could do..