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Good/bad updates to character designs
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Night_Trekker
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Tyrone Slothrop said:
One head and one spine too many. The whiny asshole needs to be vaporized.
First, to answer your question: nope.StarEye said:
Second, I thought he was a soldier in training, not a trend setter. I guess you're right, though. I hadn't noticed the extra (and way loose) waist belts that would be more hindering in battle than helpful. Maybe Leon is a retired model in KH.
Rorschach said:
He was a soldier in training, but those were his regular civil clothes. His uniform was different, and as with most cases in Final Fantasy games, the uniform was simple and unhindering.
Either way, at least you acknowledged that not everything you wear has to be of any use, especially not in a fantasy game.
SiegfriedFM
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Normal design + at least 10 belts/buckles/straps = normal Nomura design
See: Lulu, everyone in KH, etc...
See: Lulu, everyone in KH, etc...
Is it just me or does the second one remind anyone else of a Raving Rabbid?PantherLotus said:he's been a little light in his loafers recently if you ask me...
http://img.tfd.com/wiki/2/23/Luigi.jpg
viciouskillersquirrel
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There you go, I fixed up the positioning of some of your punctuation. Next time, don't type so fast.Seiken said:
That's how he look like (and that's bad; ass)
I'm so sorry. I don't actually mean this. I saw the arrangement of words in your post and the joke pretty much wrote itself.
I can't imagine he'd be very comfortable in those leather pants though. And that leather jacket for that matter. I'd hate to be him on laundry day.
I can't imagine he'd be very comfortable in those leather pants though. And that leather jacket for that matter. I'd hate to be him on laundry day.
My point is it's the same design, fanart or no. The look is one thing, but I'm talking 'tude and general baby-facery as well. I know it's a prequel, so he's meant to be younger, but in terms of character design it was bad IMO.Seiken said:
That's how he look like and that's bad ass
Not the most flattering of screens, but yuck! It annoys me just to look at him.
JoshuaJSlone
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Sorry PL, but considering how many images went into that post it's a bit of an epic fail. Amano wasn't the character designer for FF IX, so none of those are examples of the process of going from concept to render. FF IX's character designs were from Toshiyuki Itahana, Shukou Murase, and Shin Nagasawa. Those Amano versions are still quite cool, but they're as much after-the-fact reinterpretations as, say, his image of Cloud and Aeris.PantherLotus said:
stephendedalus
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I like that Lara Croft's breasts have gradually become smaller. Nothing is more annoying than seeing some big boobed female wearing heels jumping all over the place. Taki from Soul Calibur especially. It is stupid and frankly sort of sexist. Good move Lara, you are becoming a real woman.
PIMPBYBLUD
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GoldandBlue said:
Amazing how a shirt makes all the difference.
I hear you new design FTW
funny that this should come up just now ... gamesradar is incidentally doing a feature on this very topic.Elbrain said:Here is and evolution of Ken fro SF from shit to awesome!
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/street-fighter-week-the-evolution-of-ken-and-ryu/a-2008031383931724090
haven't read it yet myself, but i know the guy who wrote it and he's solid, and it definitely looks exhaustive.
I thought 3 was the worst design of Dante by far, they made him look like some crappy Jpop band member then Kick Ass Super hot Devil Hunter. Its still Dante though...So hes hot:lol But the design just felt lacking. Glad they fix it up with 4 ^_^B-Genius said:My point is it's the same design, fanart or no. The look is one thing, but I'm talking 'tude and general baby-facery as well. I know it's a prequel, so he's meant to be younger, but in terms of character design it was bad IMO.
Not the most flattering of screens, but yuck! It annoys me just to look at him.
I'll be damned if I didn't think the 'Megaman/Rockman Zero' art design on the GBA games wasn't fucking amazing looking. It seriously stands as one of the only art styles that I felt were perfect looking...loved the use of color and the painted look to the art itself.Death_Born said:
Holy fuck...talk about an abomination...Maximo's design in 1 and 2 were superb--wait...MAXIMO 3??????LRB1983 said:Maximo 1 & 2
Maximo 3
edit: game was cancelled eh? On one hand, I desperately would like a third...on the other...if the early character art looked that bad, then I wouldn't want to see how they would butcher the gameplay
Zoramon089
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Rorschach said:
Lol, you're asking why a Nomura design has random straps/buckles? Like anyone knows!
Game was cancelled but artworks appeared with others from Final Fight Streetwise.Gattsu25 said:
Edit: All Maximo 3 artworks:
http://i26.tinypic.com/4udzyp.gif
C- Warrior
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Awesome:
To not so awesome:
The biggest thing I have to say in regards of character design progression is that 'adding more' doesn't mean 'making better.'
Awesome:
To not so awesome:
The biggest thing I have to say in regards of character design progression is that 'adding more' doesn't mean 'making better.'
C- Warrior
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YES!
YES!
YES!
NO!
YES!
YES!
NO!
Hero of Legend
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I can't believe these haven't been posted yet!
I was under the impression that Amano was the original character concept artist and general concept artist. I seem to remember the talk at the time that FF9 was the return of Amano to FF, his first PS FF where his character concepts would be used instead of Suckmura. Moby credits him as "Graphics / Artwork", Wiki credits Amano as the original character designer.JoshuaJSlone said:Sorry PL, but considering how many images went into that post it's a bit of an epic fail. Amano wasn't the character designer for FF IX, so none of those are examples of the process of going from concept to render. FF IX's character designs were from Toshiyuki Itahana, Shukou Murase, and Shin Nagasawa. Those Amano versions are still quite cool, but they're as much after-the-fact reinterpretations as, say, his image of Cloud and Aeris.
EphemeralDream
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While I'm not sure I could say I loved the look from the start, I think you're right that they nailed the Zero series look. I always thought that X4+ suffered in that it's overall look wasn't cohesive (background elements compared to foreground). It distanced itself from X1-3 in that regard. Zero had an altogether excellent artistic vision and I felt it was one of the few series to push 2D platforming aesthetically over the past decade. And they were GBA games to boot.Gattsu25 said:
Death_Born
Banned
Yes, I usually put on 10 mini-arm-belts before going out, because you never know when someone might try to slash your arm with a claymore.StarEye said:
disappeared
Banned
Aeris and Yuffie have had the two best updates out of the FF crew:
JoshuaJSlone
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Amano's credits in post-VI FFsEl Papa said:
VII: Image Illustrator
VIII: Image Illustration
IX: Graphics / Artwork
X: Image Illustrator
XII: Image Illustration
It does seem like his role in IX was somewhat different than the others, but if he was really the origin of the characters, there's no reason to leave him out of the actual credit for it. IX was widely seen as more stylistically similar to the pre-VII games, so it's not hard to see why people might think it returned to the people actually responsible for the earlier ones.
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