Mage Portraits

Post by **Jormungandr** » September 14th, 2005, 5:24 pm

I've made a couple new unit portraits: male and female versions of the Mage.

Thoughts/opinions?

EDIT: Looking back at the female mage, I realized her head was a bit too asymmetrical. Fixed that.

Tomsik · Post by **Tomsik** » September 14th, 2005, 5:41 pm

both looks nice, but(there is alwaves "but") female face looks bit odd IHMO and shouldnt they have stuffs?

Post by **Zebulon** » September 14th, 2005, 5:52 pm

They look good.

Post by **Jormungandr** » September 14th, 2005, 6:09 pm

tomsik wrote:both looks nice, but(there is alwaves "but") female face looks bit odd IHMO and shouldnt they have stuffs?

"Stuffs"? Sorry, can you be a bit more specific?

scott · Post by **scott** » September 14th, 2005, 6:12 pm

Maybe he meant staves?

The female mage's hairline is a little iffy in my opinion.

Post by **Darth Fool** » September 14th, 2005, 6:17 pm

Cool!

Lugo Moll · Post by **Lugo Moll** » September 14th, 2005, 6:18 pm

They look to wussy! A mage should give more respect. Not be smiling like that. Perhaps some more shade froom their hoods over the face and the male could have some beard. The female should also have the same hairstyle as the in-game image...

Otherwise good.

Tomsik · Post by **Tomsik** » September 14th, 2005, 6:25 pm

Jormungandr wrote:"Stuffs"? Sorry, can you be a bit more specific?

err... i mean staff(or what name that thing have, long made from wood, mages have them)

Lugo Moll · Post by **Lugo Moll** » September 14th, 2005, 6:36 pm

I don't know, somthing like this.

ILikeProgramming · September 14th, 2005, 7:10 pm

Look great.

Website · Post by **Xan** » September 14th, 2005, 8:03 pm

tomsik wrote:female face looks bit odd IHMO

It looks odd because of the flat shading.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » September 14th, 2005, 10:53 pm

I go with female mage here, it actually projects respect to it. Male mage has a more tender expression, so for a skirmish game (if only one portrait is gonna be added) i'll go with the female mage.

Post by **turin** » September 15th, 2005, 12:18 am

Well, the female mage has a very vacant, slightly happy expression that doesn't look very magelike, as well as having a strange hairline, which others have mentioned. The male mage on the whole is worse, I think because of the different color you chose for the skin.

On the whole, these are not among the best portraits you've done. I think your skills are better suited to inhuman creatures, like mermen, nagas and saurians... perhaps you want to try some drakes?

Post by **Zebulon** » September 15th, 2005, 2:10 am

Lugo Moll wrote:They look to wussy! A mage should give more respect. Not be smiling like that. Perhaps some more shade froom their hoods over the face and the male could have some beard.

Having a happy expression is good.
The skin should be less corpse-like, though.

turin wrote:On the whole, these are not among the best portraits you've done. I think your skills are better suited to inhuman creatures, like mermen, nagas and saurians... perhaps you want to try some drakes?

Maybe they are not the best, but I find the male mage very good.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » September 15th, 2005, 4:06 am

turin wrote:Well, the female mage has a very vacant, slightly happy expression that doesn't look very magelike, as well as having a strange hairline, which others have mentioned. The male mage on the whole is worse, I think because of the different color you chose for the skin.

On the whole, these are not among the best portraits you've done. I think your skills are better suited to inhuman creatures, like mermen, nagas and saurians... perhaps you want to try some drakes?

Medieval fashion tip: it was considered attractive to have a large forehead, just as any preference, it wasn't common. It was so regarded this way that women actually came to cut some of their hair in the front, just to show some more forehead.

Same thing can be said for lily white skin.

But yeah, i know, may be a bad example

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