Raven's OOTS Gallery

[Dread Angel]

Hey folks. Decided to upload the avatars I've done so far. Comments and criticism and pointers plz...did the first bunch in GIMP before moving to Inkscape.

Dante
http://i43.tinypic.com/30jlenk.png

Battlemage
http://i43.tinypic.com/2n0pj13.png

Fire Ninja
http://i43.tinypic.com/1iz9dw.png

Ranger
http://i42.tinypic.com/2wdd4dd.jpg

Shadowmage
http://i56.tinypic.com/11qn0hz.png

Then/Now (Probably still my favorite)
http://i56.tinypic.com/xwcy.png

Dark Mage
http://i55.tinypic.com/r856iw.png

Dread Angel
http://i54.tinypic.com/14mq1s4.png

[flumphy]

This only applies if you are actually going for an accurate OoTS style, but if you're not, well, you're drawing stick figures. Can you really give pointers for that?


Your lines need to be slightly thicker, with a few exceptions. (The limbs in your later stuff are mostly okay.)
Your line thickness needs to be more uniform.
Most of your lines should have round caps.
The only place where limbs should bend in a straight line is the ankles, and occasionally the wrist.
It may be different in the books (I've never read them), but Rich pretty much never makes hair that detailed in the webcomic.
Your yellow-orange fiery auras look good on white, but they're just going to fade into the tan background should they actually be used as avatars.

[Savannah]

Biggest thing is line thickness and consistency. You want your final lines to all be about 2 pixels thick (I routinely use 1-1.5 px for detail work, but the majority should be about 2 px). Beyond that, there's something off about body proportions, but I couldn't say what it is without overlaying yours on a comic...possibly heads too small?


It may be different in the books (I've never read them), but Rich pretty much never makes hair that detailed in the webcomic.

The books are the webcomic plus some bonus material in the exact same style. So, no, no difference.

[flumphy]

Beyond that, there's something off about body proportions, but I couldn't say what it is without overlaying yours on a comic...possibly heads too small?


That too. The body should be about as long as the head which should be about as long as the legs. Although, again, your later stuff has improved on this.

[Dread Angel]

Thanks for the pointers folks - Hi Savannah! :D Savannah pointed out line consistency as an issue, which is why it's better in the later stuff. I'll overlay some of them on an actual webcomic and see what the issue is, thanks, I hadn't caught the proportion problem. :) But it likely is the heads, yeah.