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Published: 2015-09-04 20:07:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 5748; Favourites: 338; Downloads: 10
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A random critter. I was recording the process but I had to pause the video and later I forgot to unpause it... So no YouTube video this time. Painted in GIMP.Related content
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I really like this guy, but if I can bring up one point of feedback in this wonderful design, could I suggest having the "pupil" on the winds follow the line of the feather? I just can't picture a pigmentation in feathers forming asymmetrically in that way. Is there asymmetry in nature, yes, but I don't feel it would be that unreasonable for it to from along the middle ridge of a feather.
Forgive me, it is just a line... so it's hardly anything to detract from the over all design, but instead of "l l" I'm suggesting "/ \" at least for the position the wings are in.
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Nature has its own strange ways and who we are to explain it? We merely trying to understand it.
The feather itself often isn't symetrical either and marks and patterns on it are sometimes even less symetrical, exagerating the effect. Althrough, overally they DO appear symmetrical, especially stripes, and they can be viewed as that. While certainly more symmetrical marks and patterns are more common, I will not exlude a possibility of such an askew mark, as seen here, to exist in real life. That's about my thoughts of real life.
Now about the artwork itself. IfΒ the creature weren't stylised, the wings would look differently of course. And I did indeed had similar issues as you when designing it. But this is a cartoony creature, more or less stylised, with artistic licence and freedom applied (to this point that at one time during the painting I wasn't even sure if it has feathers or some kind of plates). YouΒ correctly noticed the "pupils" Β are "l l" shaped, and I did that on purpose. Once, I wanted to be truthful to the sketch (I did it several days earlier), second, I decided to go to a fully developed eye pattern and screw all the "rules" that could be applied into it, if it would be a real life - or more fleshed - creature. And even if it IS a cartoony animal I did indeed try to apply some real life physics to exuse those marks - the birdo must really need a life-like eye patterns on its wings, and any assymetrical trait enchancing the pattern would have an advantage and therefore would be favourised by natural selection - if needed nature does wonders (look at turtles!).
Also, as a side note, I should point that the black mark around the "eye" itself is asymetrical as well and therefore should not be made in that way, if the critter wasn't a imaginative fantasy animal; part of the black mark crosses through one feather similarly to the red "pupil".
This is why I'm opted for such "pupils" in this particular work and this is why I won't change them.
That said, you do have a point, and actually it is valid for living beings. I'm glad that you decided to criticize my work and share your thoughts and opinion. I replied to you with explanation what I think about the red marks and my thought process on this particular creature. I hope it is more explained now why I chose to make the pupils "l l" instead of "/ \".
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Oh yeah. When you brought up the fact that it;s stylized, I was sold.
I really do appreciate the fact that you put so much thought into your designs, and figured you'd rather receive a question than non-constructive praise. But I love the design. It almost seems like it's throat could expand. Is that just my imagination?
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What do you mean that you were sold
Thanks, in this one throat can't expand, or at least I didn't thought about that - the head and neck are just one curved shape and that's the only reason for such "hanging" throat, but if you wish so, you can imagine it like that.
If you like the design then I can share with you more trivia about it. You may find interesting that the creature has a heart shaped yellow pattern on its chest, where the yellow underside of the neck enters the trunk. It also has no tail for two reasons - 1. my laziness and 2. it would ruin the overal silhouette (I sketched few tails during the painting but I just abandoned the idea). As for the general art creating process, I quickly sketched the creature so I could have a video of something more cartoony and goofy in my YouTube playlist (but I failed to deliver the video anyways), so that's the only reason the birdo "came to life". As many of my creatures this one is also effect of random shapes that came together. But also the sketch could be influenced by the fact, I'm re-reading/continue reading The Unfeathered Bird - hence the overal bird theme. I painted it few/several days later after I did the sketch, and by then, thanks to the mentioned book, I learned about Sunbitterns (when I read the book I often search Google Images to see if I can recognise the birds, as their English names are often enigma to me, and not all latin names are recognisable by me). Even if the design/shape was already sketched out earlier, I had those birds in mind while painting this (which even further boosted my confidence with the eye-like patterns).
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Ah ok, that all makes sense. and by "sold" it's a phrase in english meaning "The idea has been sold" as in you're selling an idea and I've bought it. Say there are two people arguing, and one may concede and say "I'm sold" when the other guy makes a really good point.
(The Unfeathered Bird? What is that?)
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Aah, I see. So it's similar to "the point is taken". Thank you for explaining.
( www.unfeatheredbird.com/theunf⦠, www.google.pl/search?q=unfeath⦠)
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Yep... but I'd say it's more supportive. A lot of times "point taken" used in a specific context can seem almost... dismissive or curt, but saying you're "sold" on the idea I feel shows a bit more enthusiasm.
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this critter looks like a gen 4 or 5 pokemon. should be in the game
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Well, seeing as one fakemon group requested it to their gallery you might indeed have a point
It does have kinda pokemon-y feeling, althrough that wasn't intentional.
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hahaha accidental pokemon design. good work buddy
eeeeey, maybe you should start as designer at nintendo. your art is great and the colors fit in the colorful world of nintendo
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I can't believe it's not the Mario character
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No, no, the name is just a coincidence. I'm not into Mario games.
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Really? I never knew that
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OMG that's what I thought at first, too!
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He means this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdo
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Ahh, I didn't get it at the first time. I'm not into Mario, in fact I don't like Mario games, so the name is just a coincidence.
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It's not the most well known character anyway. I rather enjoy the games myself, they have a certain simplicity that's refreshing, and they focus on gameplay.
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If you like them then that's good!
Personaly I find the physics in original Mario lacking, later games are too fantasy and out of world to me and Toads are creepy little fellas. Also my negativity may be explained by that I never liked people in video games. I prefered to play as dragons, robots, monsters, skeletons and... bandicoots.
The only humanoid Mario character I do somewhat enjoy and like is Luigi. That's because he isn't overused, he is forever damned with "Green Mario Guy" sticker, I think he has a better personality than Mario, and Luigi Mansion on 3DS is hella of fun.
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To be honest I don't care much about the characters either. It's mostly just gameplay and musics.
The characters are pretty one-note anyway, except in the RPG spin-offs.
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