New shadow and nightaunt

tigrezno · Post by **tigrezno** » September 22nd, 2004, 2:33 pm

Neorice have done this artwork (some of them edited by me), do you think they are good enough to change current shadow and nightaunt?

I think we need also another a new ghost to fit those graphics.

(png format, with transp.)

Fortify · Post by **Fortify** » September 22nd, 2004, 2:39 pm

I like them.

The 3rd/attack image in both look like he just sneezed!

Just Kidding I get it, he just grabbed at you.

Very nice.

tigrezno · Post by **tigrezno** » September 22nd, 2004, 2:54 pm

Are you saying defend pose? it's not an attack

Plasticgod · Post by **Plasticgod** » September 22nd, 2004, 3:09 pm

The new nightaunt is really oustanding, pretty cool indeed, but looks like... less ethereal than the original idea (IMHO).

The shadow... Mmh... I dont know... Maybe its the grin on his face, it seems a bully from the otherworld O_o

Fortify · Post by **Fortify** » September 22nd, 2004, 3:13 pm

tigrezno wrote:Are you saying defend pose? it's not an attack

Whoops,

correct I meant that the defend pose looks like he is clutching at you or sneezing. Cool art though.

tigrezno · Post by **tigrezno** » September 22nd, 2004, 3:24 pm

mmm a darker version may be?

Plasticgod · Post by **Plasticgod** » September 22nd, 2004, 3:29 pm

tigrezno wrote:mmm a darker version may be?

I dont know, it's pretty good, but it looks like he is wearing a dress.
In any way it's better than the original, because that looks too similar to the Faceless spirit from the Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi anime.

I just made up two version for the Nightgaunt, with "ethereal" body, and "consistent" mask.
Let me know if you like them.
It took me up 5 minutes, so it's only a basic idea.

It need some refinement, but so you can see what i'm intending.

Post by **Darth Fool** » September 22nd, 2004, 5:21 pm

I think all these differences in coloring/etherealness are going to be hard to judge without seeing them on a variety of terrains. As for the defense frames, perhaps both (or all four) arms should move into a defensive pose.

Plasticgod · Post by **Plasticgod** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:08 pm

Here's some screen.

I only placed the graphic of the second one over the one of the Drake Slave, just to test.
They are really big in game O_o

tigrezno · Post by **tigrezno** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:08 pm

Here is a composite with 3 versions, one of them at 70% transparency.
I like specially 2nd version (darker) with no transperency.

Post by **Jetrel** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:15 pm

Yup. I rest my case: Transparency can't make them less hulking. They are good, but not for the unit they were intended for.

Heck, besides the point, francisco had kinda meant to make a unit that looked like "Faceless". It's the only plug from another work that I liked, mostly because it wasn't from final fantasy.

Post by **Darth Fool** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:17 pm

I agree. The darker opaque one is better. If we had to have transparency, I would say the mask should be opaque.

Plasticgod · Post by **Plasticgod** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:28 pm

Darth Fool wrote:I agree. The darker opaque one is better. If we had to have transparency, I would say the mask should be opaque.

That was what I intended about that.
So I leave the mask with 100% opacity, and the rest of the body with 65%.

The only thing I dont understand is why they looks larger than trigezno's nightgaunts

lilepo2023 · Post by **lilepo2023** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:31 pm

they're amazing, infact they are easily the best thing that happened to the undead artwork wise...

Drake Pillager · Post by **Drake Pillager** » September 22nd, 2004, 6:34 pm

Hi.

Plasticgod you probably entered values smaller than 72x72 for the image wich would have caused it to stretch out to 72x72 size; mistakes can happen =)