Unit portrait pipeline

[Mythos_Ruler]

I would figure, the head is where detail needs to be the most compacted. Perhaps I could pull out the value contrast a bit but that could go either way

This pose looks great. I used the AutoContrast in Photoshop and it looks much better.

[LordGood]

a correct horsey makes for a tough crop

I'll throw more light on the faces and bring out the lights a bit

[Mythos_Ruler]

a correct horsey makes for a tough crop

I'll throw more light on the faces and bring out the lights a bit

Is this the Numidian cavalry or?

[LordGood]

yes that is the Numidian cavalry

[Mythos_Ruler]

Pretty good. Maybe try to get the corn-rows in the hair.

[LordGood]

oh sun, why must you come up before I sleep?

It's a coffee day for sure

threw in the cornrows

I played around in the windows picture viewer contrast doohicky and got this

it's a lot brighter and contrasty and stuff

Edited April 22, 2013 by LordGood

[zaphzaph]

wow very cool

[Mythos_Ruler]

Looking at the Hellenes unit icons... I am wondering if we couldn't use more interesting colored background for each unit portrait, which the same background for each type of unit (all female citizens use the blue background that the Greek female portrait has, etc.).

[idanwin]

That would help to differenciate military/civilian at a glance, (and it would look beautiful ^^)

[Lion.Kanzen]

Very nice. Very nice. Lordgood.

In last weeks I'm try to mix pics and illustration. And I was using my tablet(iPad) to improves my illustration skills. I want help to contributing with Romans.

http://imgur.com/fYFthrk

Edited April 30, 2013 by Lion.Kanzen

[LordGood]

Thanks! I'll see what I can do. I'll take a run at the Romans once Carthage is finished and usable

Edited May 9, 2013 by LordGood

[Dread_Boy]

These icons are awesome, I love how people are doing something not just standing there and watching you like in passport picture. However 2nd warrior doesn't fit with others because main colour of his cloth is grey and others' is white. In think in game this won't be noticable but here it stick out

[LordGood]

Thanks man

The second warrior is wearing chainmail mate, there are a few other carthaginian units that use it as well, though it does stand out in this lineup.

[LordGood]

These boats are gonna be the death of me

[Shield Bearer]

Really good stuff This ship looks really good! But notice how the background and the color of the boat are almost the same. That's not good for visibility

[LordGood]

Thanks!

The boat is sitting in water, and the reflection is bound to be a similar color. Can't have it float because that would look silly. I'm assuming you're talking about the lower half of the background

[Ludo38]

Great great work Lordgood, it seems your improving along this tough icon exercise !

I like your boat very much, very good work on the wood.

One comment about the camel icon : your camel head is bothering me... Something is wrong about it, maybe the ears, or the eyes. That's probably not much to fix.

Here's a picture from the web to compare...

What do you think ?

[LordGood]

I think our reference images are of different breeds and gender, but I do agree.

he looks a bit like a llama

[LordGood]

Ballista

[Ludo38]

Ballista

Waow! That's an epic point of view! The thing now is to have the picture clearer, because for now we hardly distinguish what it is..

One worry with the yellos background is that it's too close to the color of the rest. Can you try a version with much less saturation in the background color ?

As always, Lordgood, put your icon in a very small size and check if it looks clear. This one doesn't. But sure there is something to get out this excellent sight. I suggest you simplify the surfaces, put out the metal plates in the up part and for the moment try it without the woo fibers lines, to see how it works in a more "skecthy" form. It also could be interesting to rotate the ballista just a little, so we get to see it's "tail" and have a better sense of the perspective and it's ball would appear clearer, ejected in a slight diagonal toward the up right corner. Just a suggestion.

About the camel head : mmm, I think the nose and the top and back of the nose is a bit tood different from what we can see in photo, and same for the eyes, which should look a bit more round than like thin lines... Well, that's how I feel it.

[Shield Bearer]

Thanks!

The boat is sitting in water, and the reflection is bound to be a similar color. Can't have it float because that would look silly. I'm assuming you're talking about the lower half of the background

Nope, I was talking about the upper part, same with the ballista. Try giving it a blue background, see if it stands out more? To fix the water, you could give a blue tint.

[LordGood]

Right now blue marks civilian status, I can try different warm tints, that seems to be the recurring theme on the Greek unit portraits, which is what Mythos had in mind. Maybe red?

I like the exaggerated perspective of the ballista but I might have to abandon it for a three quarter, or overhead view of it

[Shield Bearer]

Maybe red

[LordGood]

well that is shocking

not as shocking as pure magenta though

that just hurt to look at

probably should use red with wood based units

[Mythos_Ruler]

maybe the backgrounds could be slightly less busy? I was also thinking a different color for each unit type (slinger, spearman, cavalry swordsman, etc.).