Dancin'

[lostpencil]

Hi Folks, any input on improving anything (especially the painting aspect) would be much appreciated. There are a couple of things I've noticed after a nights sleep (like the headphones aren't over the ear area, one of the hip rings is quite a bit smaller than the other...).

[ScaryPotato]

Heh! I kind of like this! It sounds like you've already addressed things on your own. One thing that I'd suggest is when you do a sketch, think of how its outline looks. if I look at your dancing robot's outline, he's standing on one leg, but it's hard to tell what his hands are doing. If it's not too late, maybe try bringing his hands out from hiding within the rest of the form. The cord from his little radio player has a tangent line with his calf 'muscle' too, change the curve a little to avoid that. Nice overall!

[toole]

Oh man I dig this !

Smooth it out and make it reeeeeal shiny ;)

[lostpencil]

Thanks for the feedback! Ack... I should know all about silhouette... it's so ingrained in me when animating I totally forgot about it when creating a painting/drawing for painting/drawing's sake! Thanks again!

[Seedling]

You already know what you need to know. Just pay attention to that inner voice, and do what it tells you!

Very fun pose, btw.

[lostpencil]

Thanks Seedling!

Here is a bit tighter version. I opened him up a bit by moving his arm up and out so he hopefully reads a bit better. I also fixed his headphones and hip discs.

[ScaryPotato]

Hah! Man, I can't help but smile when I see this, the snapping fingers is a great touch. I think if you gave him some crisper highlights and darker shadows it would really make him come alive, especially in his shoulder area. His raised foot and pelvic ball look a little burry, is that meant for motion, or is it just unfinished? Either way, I still really like it.

[Ive]

His face expression and whole idea are great! I totally dig this!
You should define edges some more and pronounce the cast shadows more intensively.

[Ive]

I decided to do a quick paintover, to explain how to paint metal. It's so smooth that highlights tend to "gather" in tight formations and that's why it looks like a line. Depends on the smoothnes of the material that line will be thighter or more spread out. Color values next to highlights are darker and the more you go to the end of the object it gets lighter , depending on ambient light and reflections.
Next to dark values color is also slightly more saturated.
Hope you dig this,

Ive

[smoke3006]

The headphones still kind of blend into the head.
If it wasn't for the title and music symbols I'd think it was a cartoony tip-toeing walk and not dancing.
The snapping fingers do help.

[lostpencil]

Awesome feedback! Thanks a bunch! Thanks Ive, for the paint over, that helps a lot. I'm so used to the computer doing all the thinking for me in regard to shading. As for the headphones, I have an idea how to fix that - we'll see how well it works out. Thanks again!

[Chrisbro]

it would be awsome if the feet and hands were more robotic but its still awsome.

[Ive]

those were headphones? OMG how stupid I was, i tought it was part of his head.
doh!

[lostpencil]

Ok, one last kick at the robot. Hopefully the headphones are working a bit better and I tried a more robotic feet. Thanks everyone for the feedback!

[Jason Rainville]

For some reason, being back lit makes him seem much more sinister :pirate:

[RobHughes]

Yup .... good work but...

the colourings a bit cold.

In fact it's far too cold.

The image is nice and quite humerous but I'd prefer to see it in warm shades.

Rob

[lostpencil]

Yeah, he does look a bit creepy - which is something I was hoping for... the lighting definitely helps. The coloring was meant to be cold, but I thought I'd try a quick change and see what it looks like... here it is.

[Zynic]

Ooooh man! :D
I love the pose, it really delivers the action to me, and the snapping fingers just tops it off ;D
Anyway, I like the older, colder version better.
The new one looks weird for some reason, it might be the choice of colours or just that it doesn't fit his character.
Make him sinister again xD