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Hard one to explain, but I'll try:

1) the chin-line isn't exactly perfect (should be a little less horizontal and also with a little curve)
2) the upper part of the head really looks gigantic, although I don't know why I have this feeling much more with the side view than with the front view
3) the upper part of the nose is too much to the back

Let me know what you think!

Devilly:

Thank you. I agree, what side view should be reworked. Also I don't like the front Ivan's image above side view - figure looks too fat.

Hey everyone. I am banor. For now I will be contributing to the Morevna Project. I have watched the project loosely for a while now, and I am wanting to contribute.

I am an artist, writer, musician, etc. God has given me many talents, all to His praise. You can find some of my various links:

http://minosafilms.wordpress.com/
http://artislight.deviantART.com/
http://forestquest.org/

As for graphic art, I draw, do some 3D modeling (experimenting with Blender,) use GIMP, and Inkscape, and like innovative, crazy ideas.

That's just a piece of me, and now to get working on this project.
Best wishes and glad to be on the team.

-b

Hi, this is an RFC for a soldiers' uniform and general looks.
Please share your thoughts.



PS. This is my first post. Nice to meet you.

Some nice work there, wall[e]! They look punkish, though. Even though these are soldiers are the bad guys (excuse my simplistic terminology) they look quite bedraggled. I like the work though.

An idea: what about having an older soldier, say around 50, who has rugged features, worn face (as though from pain, drugs, very hard and serious life,) and has a prominant scar on his face (that's been done before, I know.) He is the oldest and most hardened by years and command, so he stands out as their leader. That's an idea.

If you want I can sketch up some suggestions.

These look great to me. A suitably motley bunch. What's next, a character-layout sheet for each, like the one for Ivan?

When it's time for the character design sheet we should refer to the soldier's outfit that has been designed.

@wall[e] - do you want me to draw up some ideas as well?

Sure, let's show them to Zelgadis and he will tell me what to do
since he hired me to do all these with some pr0ns.

wall[e] - alright. I drew up a facial design for the scarred commander, but it didn't turn out the way I imagined it. I will likely post it anyway. Will have to do all that tomorrow.

Earlier when I was considering contributing to the Morevna Project, Zelgadis told me that making six soldier designs was something that could be done. My indecisiveness, etc., caused delay so I was unable to work on that. Oh well, your work is quite good. I like the ones with the sunglasses and glasses (especially the one with glasses.) I also really like how your facial designs show quality, as though you've drawn and worked with manga before (which you probably have,) and even though your drawings (of the six soldiers) are not in the manga style that the Morevna Project seems to be in, I like them. The smaller eyes and greater realism highly appeal to me over the exaggerated styles of some popular anime (huge eyes, whacky expressions...) I prefer Miyazaki.

But those are just my thoughts. Later!

banor, I like Miyazaki too. And for the style .. I don't know if I can really do everything in
'Moe' way... for female characters it won't be much trouble. I practiced drawing female
characters from manga and male characters from comics, and try to blend them all
to some point to get my own style.. now you can see my problem. So I think I need
more time to do experiments with it (and hope I won't be with it too long or it may
affect my current stlye which is required for my own manga) I think one way is to
start from current Ivan design.. hmmm. Let me think about it!




I am still not sure about the boots, today I went to see a movie so I tried to flush some
ideas down the paper during my waiting.. well.. I don't know if I really like it yet..

Alright, good. ;D

"Moe"? Like the over-exaggerated anime/manga style?

Alright, that's fine. I think I will submit some sketches of my ideas. (sometime soon...) Yes, that's the main thing I've been using... besides a manga tut I've used a some...

Best wishes!

-b

hmmm... did someone just say Motoko?




trying to be inspiring.

I've summarized the task here:
http://morevnaproject.org/wiki/index.ph ... e=Soldiers
Feel free to edit.


It's OK to have bad guys drawn in little different style. You could find a lot of such examples in anime.

wall[e]:
Generally I satisfied with a style you demonstrated on the image above (second image didn't show up though).
Here's my thoughts on soldiers:

(Same on http://morevnaproject.org/wiki/index.ph ... rs#Uniform)

Hey wall[e]! you know human body proportions and language!
Is it my brain or do you tend to incline your drawings to the left side? Are you left-handed?

-G

@wall[e] - wow, you're artwork (head and figure drawing and understanding of the body (including proportions)) is better than I knew! I really like your colored representation of Morevna! Beautiful work.

About the soldier's design: the boots look good, but perhaps too futuristic? This story is set in the future, but perhaps the boots are too robotic. Does the government have large funding for the armed forces in this film or are they low on money? If they are being economical (or stingy) with their soldier's equipment, perhaps it would be more realistic to have the boots be made of a flexible mater (like rubber or leather) instead of the metal plates, etc.

Having the "generic" soldier's eye's covered in shadow is not (in my opinion) the best option. Keeping by-stander's generic is one method and a logical one at that, however, the eye's are the main communication of the thoughts (the emotions are through the mouth/lips,) and so we would be taking away from the interest of the soldiers. Besides that, making all the soldiers a generic Stormtrooper clone can quickly become dull, whereas individual soldiers with individual looks, feelings, and actions heightens the interest and creates greater realism to the audience.

I will endeavor to submit some of my drawings soon... perhaps to the wiki.

Best wishes, and God bless!

-b