Dronal-D Art Dump

[Dronal-d]

Hello, UMC creators,

Not sure how long I'm going to have with this computer, so I thought I'd dump some of my art.
Some of this stuff is recognisably alterations and frankenteining of others' work. I'm not looking for any credit.

If you have any feedback or critique on anything here. More than welcome. I've still got time to make changes.

Orignal and frankensteined portraits:

Spoiler:

lowered eyes to natural position. He's quite a looker.

swordsman-2.png (210.64 KiB) Viewed 6659 times

undead-heavy-infantry.png (171.8 KiB) Viewed 6659 times

Nothing original in the unit code, just a mashup of skeleton and HI, but here it is anyway:

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[unit_type]
    [base_unit]
	id=Heavy Infantryman
    [/base_unit]
    id=Undead Infantryman
    name= _ "Undead Infantryman"

### your image path needed:
    profile="portraits/transparent/undead-heavy-infantry.png"
    small_profile="portraits/transparent/undead-heavy-infantry.png~SCALE(205,205)"

    race=undead
    {TRAIT_FEARLESS}
    hitpoints=38
    alignment=chaotic
    advances_to=null
    description= _ "Skeletons are warriors who have been slain in battle and brought back by dark magics. Nearly mindless, and unwavering in their purpose, they fear neither pain, nor death, and their mere presence will often frighten away any who would challenge their master."+{SPECIAL_NOTES}+{SPECIAL_NOTES_SUBMERGE}
    die_sound={SOUND_LIST:SKELETON_DIE}
[/unit_type]

based on 'wench taken from brent 1.8.4'. Corresponding sprite uploaded soon.

peasant-farmgirl.png (131.25 KiB) Viewed 6659 times

From my own campaigns:
Main characters of The Failing Line campaign.

A general without the helm

bazil.png (205.68 KiB) Viewed 6659 times

alternative red mage

emma-happy.png (154.41 KiB) Viewed 6659 times

More coming soon...

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More original portraits from my own campaigns:

Spoiler:

emma-killingtime.png (154.59 KiB) Viewed 6657 times

emma-unhappy.png (154.81 KiB) Viewed 6657 times

These following two still need a lot of work (and, therefore, critique):

Based on Kitty's thief portrait, I remember. Needs work on the clothes, but I was going for a sort of threadbare monk's robe (maybe not).

segner.png (96.5 KiB) Viewed 6657 times

Lost hope with this one. Following LordBob's awesome armour tut.

jokyll.png (96.05 KiB) Viewed 6657 times

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More portraits:

Spoiler:

older general

bazil.png (205.73 KiB) Viewed 6654 times

These next two portraits I'll put in a 'Twilight Mage pack' in a subsequent post; fully animated mage unit, based on the shadow mage (but differing quite a bit)

segger.png (191.9 KiB) Viewed 6654 times

spy_master.png (135.06 KiB) Viewed 6654 times

mage-twilight.png (147.92 KiB) Viewed 6654 times

You'll find the last unit in the attached zip file. The zip file contains our mustacheoed, golden-locked hero (LordBob's mainline loyalist fencer) in a variety of roles. Should be perfect for RPG creators! (ehm, like me).

Mages:
Mage, Red Mage, Arch mage, White Mage, Mage of Light, Siver Mage, Arch Mage, Necromancer, *Wild Mage, *Twilight Mage

Soldier:
bowman,longbowman,master bowman
spearman, swordsman,pikeman

Outlaw:
Outlaw,Thief,Thug

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Some units:

peasant+female.png (2.39 KiB) Viewed 6650 times

female_peasant.zip

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undead-horseman.png (3 KiB) Viewed 6650 times

The unit code if interested.

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[unit_type]
    # based off of UTBS
    #find replace asterisks (*) with your image path
    id=Undead Horseman
    name= _ "Undead Horseman"
    race=undead
    image="*units/undead-horseman.png"
    hitpoints=59
    movement_type=mounted
    movement=7
    [resistance]
        blade=80
        pierce=70
        impact=110
        fire=120
        cold=40
        arcane=150
    [/resistance]
    experience=250
    level=3
    alignment=chaotic
    advances_to=null
    {AMLA_DEFAULT}
    cost=59
    usage=scout
    description= _ "Screaming out of the night on their decaying steeds, these monstrous abominations are nightmares made real.

Masters of mounted combat in life and unlife, they have thrown away any pretence of caution. For what have beings such as this left to fear?"+{SPECIAL_NOTES}+{SPECIAL_NOTES_SUBMERGE}+{SPECIAL_NOTES_CHARGE}
    die_sound={SOUND_LIST:SKELETON_DIE}
    [abilities]
        {ABILITY_SUBMERGE}
    [/abilities]


    [movement_anim]
        [frame]
            begin=0
            end=150
            image="*units/undead-horseman-attack1.png"
        [/frame]
    [/movement_anim]
    {DEFENSE_ANIM "*units/undead-horseman-defend.png" *units/undead-horseman.png {SOUND_LIST:SKELETON_HIT} }


    [attack]
        name=lance
        description=_"lance"
        type=pierce
        [specials]
            {WEAPON_SPECIAL_CHARGE}
        [/specials]
        range=melee
        damage=18
        number=2
    [/attack]
    [attack_anim]
        [filter_attack]
            name=lance
        [/filter_attack]

        start_time=0
        [frame]
            begin=-150
            end=-100
                image="*units/undead-horseman-attack1.png"
            sound=horse-canter.wav
        [/frame]
        [if]
            hits=no
            [frame]
                begin=-100
                end=100
                image="*units/undead-horseman-attack2.png"
                sound={SOUND_LIST:MISS}
            [/frame]
        [/if]
        [else]
            hits=yes
            [frame]
                begin=-100
                end=100
                image="*units/undead-horseman-attack2.png"
                sound=spear.ogg
            [/frame]
        [/else]
        [frame]
            begin=100
            end=100
                     image="*units/undead-horseman-attack3.png"
            sound=horse-canter.wav
        [/frame]


    [/attack_anim]
[/unit_type]

skeletal_horseman.zip

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Here's my baby. Treat him well.

Level 1:

segger-stand-01.png (1.68 KiB) Viewed 6647 times

Level2:

white_knife_anim.gif (29.3 KiB) Viewed 6638 times

Level3:

spymaster.gif (5.07 KiB) Viewed 6638 times

Images and unit files.

Twilight_Mage.zip

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(Remember all image paths need to be changed for your UMC.)

[DeCoolest_Cat]

Great job with the portraits! my only complaint is with the undead HI, even though its minor. I feel it looks too much like you spray painted dirt all over his shield and armor. I suggest that you keep it on the large, flat surfaces, but try and paint it into the grooves of where the armor plates meet (on the shoulder and under the arm).

Again, the sprites are of very high quality. The helmet on the undead horseman looks a little to big for his head, but it might be just me. Maybe you should try shrinking it down. Also, the legs on the spymaster are too skinny, and he reminds me of a moth . But hey, I don't know what you're going for, so it may be perfect the way it is. Definitely keep on with the art.

[Dronal-d]

I feel it looks too much like you spray painted dirt all over his shield and armor. I suggest that you keep it on the large, flat surfaces, but try and paint it into the grooves of where the armor plates meet (on the shoulder and under the arm)

That's exactly what I did. You'e absolutely right, the method looks obvious. I think it's because the mud is the same colour/shade all over, even in shadows. I'll have another go.

Thanks for the encouragement!

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I think I'm at the limit of my knowledge here. Tweaked bits and pieces to make the muck on his shiny armour seem a bit more random:

Spoiler:

undead-heavy-infantry.png (176.77 KiB) Viewed 6548 times

[DeCoolest_Cat]

Looks much better. The dirt definitely looks more real. And if I am seeing correctly, you added scuff marks as well. If that's what those are, nice touch. Some chinks or dents in the armor might look nice. You could possibly add a death blow, maybe a deep cut or break in the armor. This is a good improvement.

[Elvish_King]

That Twilight Mage is incredibly good. It looks amazing and the movement looks also pretty good to me. Keep on drawing, I want to see more

[Dronal-d]

Some chinks or dents in the armor might look nice. You could possibly add a death blow, maybe a deep cut or break in the armor.

Death blow sounds awesome. I think if I was using the unit more (he appears only once in the massive rpg I'm making), I would definitely spend more time on him. However, if someone else was making say... an undead campaign where you needed one unit that was awesomely powerful against other skeletons and had a bit of story.... yup.

That Twilight Mage is incredibly good. It looks amazing and the movement looks also pretty good to me. Keep on drawing, I want to see more

You have absolutely made my day.




I hope Elvish never leaves the building.

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Various items.

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Some recolours. Some original. Some of these appear to be just flips/rotations of others' work (from the umc creators pack?) - they are - but the shadows have been completely redone.

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pickaxendrope.png (5.84 KiB) Viewed 6373 times

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Some story art.

It's slightly infuriating to look at the orc picture, because the spearman is holding the shield all wrong. The peasant's left hand is odd, too.

I think I might have a go at fixing it right now, but let's just say here is version 1.

Spoiler:

Yeah, there's quite a lot to fix in all of these, contrast, etc.... They are about 4 years old.

[ForestDragon]

man,... your art is AMAZING!!! , my personal favourites amongst these are:
1.braziers
2.spymaster
3.hero (aka, fencer variations)
4.undead HI

[Midnight_Carnival]

My favorites are the female Peasant and the Spymaster.

A tip with your portraits:
don't frankenstein them. There are a lot of things people could point out regarding the technical side of your portraits and I will leave that to them but it is my feeling that however much you could improve your technical ability (already far beyond my own!), you are evolving your own style. For your UMC this is a great thing and I think that your portraits look really good. The problem comes in when you mix your own style with mainline style.
I love frankenportraits but in your case I'd suggest you practice drawing more portraits.
If I had the time to work on my UMCs instead of all those other things I'm too busy with, I'd definately consider trying to persuade, coerce or blackmail you into doing the portraits for me.