Unit portrait pipeline

[LordGood]

bleep bloop

Thanks Ludo!

nothing shiny to exploit here, and hey, a face! woot!

I added the darks later, to keep more of the true colors

I have a feeling that the true colors are not very saturated themselves, like the light brown fabric of the shirt, or the woven hat and shield

[Ludo38]

again a hidden face !! Well, I understand you if you prefer hiding parts that you don't draw best, but that would be really an improvement if we could have at least one of these icons with a full and clear face. That would give some life, wouldn't it ?.. Out of that, that character is very well drawn. Just a bit too dark. Turn up the contrast and it should be fine.

[Shield Bearer]

I don't think faces are actually that necessary. I think what you have is quite good, but perhaps a closer shot would be better? Your rim lighting is getting better, but I don't think it should be a pure white color. I believe a lighter shade of whatever colour would look better. Maybe try and overlay of white?

[zaphzaph]

It's very beautiful LordGood

[idanwin]

That archer truly looks amazing!

[Lion.Kanzen]

Epic Archer.

[tribalbeat]

It is important when making these icons to make sure to communicate what the unit actually is rather than what looks coolest. That said, the archer hits the sweet spot of both. Great job!

[LordGood]

Thanks guys

Given the nature of this unit, I don't think I can help but keep the string in his face xP

A closer crop might be a bit difficult too, since we should see the bow and his side, at least that's what I think

Close crops are going to be a real pain for the cavalry units >.<

So I should dilute the white rim light and add a more sand colored one, but the colors I would be using are already dominant on the light side. The white almost seems like a welcome cool chroma

I dunno, I'll throw blue at rim and 'trim the fat' on the image I suppose. See what works

[LordGood]

Lion i really think the Italian cavalry spearman should hold his spear below his shoulder, above and he could be confused for a cavalry skirmisher

the pose would be great for the Numidian cavalry though

Edited March 25, 2013 by LordGood

[LordGood]

Numidian cavalry sketch?

Despite my constant drawing of ponies, my ability to draw equestrians is still sub-par

Edited March 26, 2013 by LordGood

[Shield Bearer]

Looks pretty good actually, just get rid of the horse's funny look eyes and your good to go And the soldier's hand could use some better molding. Besides that, the thumb should come over the fingers, probably somewhere in between and above the middle two fingers

[ribez]

yeah... only the eyes are a little ponies like... but otherwise it's a great sketch

[Thorfinn the Shallow Minded]

I like the sketch, but the fellow should probably hold a couple more javelins in his left hand in order to identify his skirmisher class.

[LordGood]

Thanks guys, I fixed it!

lol

i still need to give him a few more javelins but apart from that I think I fixed his face and the horse's head, maybe his hand

so how is this one looking?

Edited March 26, 2013 by LordGood

[Shield Bearer]

Lol, the eye has come out too big and is rotated at an angle Maybe try looking at some real horse pictures to get an idea of where the eye's sposed to be?

Here are just a few quick corrections I made. The hand shows where the thumb's is supposed to be (try hold something like that in your hand and you'll see). And I made some changes to the mouth. Looks kinda weird with it open like that Also I tried to place the eye in the right place...but I'm far from it it would seem

Here's a good reference for the face(of the horse), just flip it and its good I think

http://3.bp.blogspot.../horses_003.jpg

[zoot]

Or this:

[LordGood]

Right-o

think I got it, the rim lighting has a yellow tint now and isn't as strong of an overlay

[Lion.Kanzen]

great

[idanwin]

The horse nose is a bit too square, but it's making great progress!

It's a bit like the trunk of an elephant, but really short.

EDIT:

It reminds me of this:

Edited March 27, 2013 by idanwin

[zaphzaph]

i am your fan and of your hand work pretty magnifical !!

Edited March 27, 2013 by zaphzaph

[LordGood]

Thanks guys, I think all I really need is to rub out that little light bridge at the end of the muzzle that defines the square, should be ok after that i think

[alpha123]

The horse looks a little tired or something to me. Perhaps the head should be a little higher. Otherwise, wow, that's fantastic.

Also, I smell an easter egg with that unicorn.

[LordGood]

Perhaps a unicorn cheat code ahaha

after all, those cheat codes in AOE never made any sense xP

Here's another sketch and a possible crop

[idanwin]

That looks amazing!

I'll add the unicorn to the eyecandy list.

[LordGood]

Hey thanks!

I'll add the unicorn to the eyecandy list.

haha that'd be great!

Should I make the crop? leave it how it is, or let it out some more?