Slime Salad

Bahahahahhahahahahahaha! Apology accepted.

But seriously, any suggestions, critique, etc...

Master K wrote:Sorry I just had to.

Now look what you've gone and done. It was so funny that it has now become a reality.

I love this enemy sprite. It doesn't look like anything real, but it does have a good feeling of shape to it. Although I cannot recognize most of its features, those features look like they belong there. They don't seem to be random lines.

I imagine that its exterior is made of chitin like a crab's shell, but that on the inside, in addition to muscle and sinew and fluids, there are also pipes and wires and motors.

Bio-mechanical.

Bob the Hamster wrote:I love this enemy sprite. It doesn't look like anything real, but it does have a good feeling of shape to it. Although I cannot recognize most of its features, those features look like they belong there. They don't seem to be random lines.

I imagine that its exterior is made of chitin like a crab's shell, but that on the inside, in addition to muscle and sinew and fluids, there are also pipes and wires and motors.

Bio-mechanical.

Thanks. Bio-mechanical is definitely what I'm going for on this one. The mention of chitin is definitely inspiring some other ideas now too, maybe a grasshopper type machine.
I was already intending for the first boss to be a spider/crab-robot. Spiders are known to have chitin fangs and like you said crab shells are formed of chitin, kind of a neat coincidence. It's a good theme, I'll run with it.

My intention with the harsh details on the left is to contrast the smooth frontal surface of the enemy thus drawing the players eyes to its face. The detailing was originally a bunch of garbage but with a bit of effort I was able to structure it in to something that looks more ordered. These details are completely up to the viewers imagination. Up in the top-left there are 3 S-curve exhaust pipes leading from the enemy, I hope those are distinguishable.

I may do a simplified (weaker) version of this enemy that is more prone to appear in groups. This one looks pretty tough all on its own.

Yeah, not sure if I'll be using all of these. Still, was good practice making these. Any comments, critique, insults, etc... will be most appreciated.

BMR, away!



EDIT:

Ah, blast, just realized I forgot to add the data cable thingy to two of the guys. Ah well, easy enough to fix I suppose.

Oh! oh! make the one for the guy with green hair be hidden in his mane!

Those are awesome! I am really liking the style of these.

Are the two on the left in the bottom row supposed to be brothers? I notice they have identical noses.

Do you plan to do any female faces in this style?

Do you plan to do any faces with asian or african features in this style?

I forget if you said already, but to these faces represent specific characters in the game, or is this a game where you pick whatever face you want for your own character?

If those faces are from the future, shouldn't their technology be wireless? I can't imagine why they would need a fiber optic cable. Just throwing that out there...

They look great though!

Willy Elektrix wrote:If those faces are from the future, shouldn't their technology be wireless? I can't imagine why they would need a fiber optic cable. Just throwing that out there...

They look great though!

The people with the cords are currently charging their EyePods.

Project Merciful Mungbeans Spoils

test version 2 is nearing readiness.

Bob the Hamster wrote:Are the two on the left in the bottom row supposed to be brothers? I notice they have identical noses.

Well, most are working off the same base I drew, so a few would have identical parts. I shall remedy this!

Bob the Hamster wrote:Do you plan to do any female faces in this style?

Yup, I'll be doing those soon.

Bob the Hamster wrote:Do you plan to do any faces with asian or african features in this style?

Also yup, but perhaps after the female ones.

Bob the Hamster wrote:I forget if you said already, but to these faces represent specific characters in the game, or is this a game where you pick whatever face you want for your own character?

Well, not really specific characters, but more the different people you can recruit and place into your squad. You don't really have a main character as it's squad-based tactical combat.

Willy Elektrix wrote:If those faces are from the future, shouldn't their technology be wireless? I can't imagine why they would need a fiber optic cable. Just throwing that out there...

Well, that's because wireless would be no fun to draw, and having all sorts of wires everywhere (imo) looks cooler, heh. Like with most cyberpunk stuff, you see guys with all sorts of wires and stuff hanging out of their heads and stuff or cybernetic parts that (while hi-tech) look like they were cobbled together out of spare junk lying about.



Thanks for the feedback!



And now I must find a way to incorporate EyePods, hehe

BMR wrote:

Willy Elektrix wrote:If those faces are from the future, shouldn't their technology be wireless? I can't imagine why they would need a fiber optic cable. Just throwing that out there...

Well, that's because wireless would be no fun to draw, and having all sorts of wires everywhere (imo) looks cooler, heh. Like with most cyberpunk stuff, you see guys with all sorts of wires and stuff hanging out of their heads and stuff or cybernetic parts that (while hi-tech) look like they were cobbled together out of spare junk lying about.

If it was wireless, then someone with a good directional antennae tuned to the right wavelength could hack their cybernetic hardware from a distance.

Bob the Hamster wrote:

BMR wrote:

Willy Elektrix wrote:If those faces are from the future, shouldn't their technology be wireless? I can't imagine why they would need a fiber optic cable. Just throwing that out there...

Well, that's because wireless would be no fun to draw, and having all sorts of wires everywhere (imo) looks cooler, heh. Like with most cyberpunk stuff, you see guys with all sorts of wires and stuff hanging out of their heads and stuff or cybernetic parts that (while hi-tech) look like they were cobbled together out of spare junk lying about.

If it was wireless, then someone with a good directional antennae tuned to the right wavelength could hack their cybernetic hardware from a distance.

Precisely, fibre optics can not so easily be hacked!

sheamkennedy wrote:

Bob the Hamster wrote:

BMR wrote: Well, that's because wireless would be no fun to draw, and having all sorts of wires everywhere (imo) looks cooler, heh. Like with most cyberpunk stuff, you see guys with all sorts of wires and stuff hanging out of their heads and stuff or cybernetic parts that (while hi-tech) look like they were cobbled together out of spare junk lying about.

If it was wireless, then someone with a good directional antennae tuned to the right wavelength could hack their cybernetic hardware from a distance.

Precisely, fibre optics can not so easily be hacked!

Ooh, that's a much better reason than the rule of cool. I retract my previous statement and instead go with this much better explanation, hehe.

Bob the Hamster wrote:If it was wireless, then someone with a good directional antennae tuned to the right wavelength could hack their cybernetic hardware from a distance.

This actually happens in the Shadowrun tabletop roleplaying game. It is possible to hack peoples PANs (personal networks) and then manipulate their cyberwear, nano-hives, etc.

But hey, what's a gritty future without a little risk?