Portrait Discussion

[Rage]

The area near her nose is off-color. Might want to fix that

The area near her nose is off-color. Might want to fix that

Thanx check it now its fixed.

[Oil Man]

Very nice portraits, Rage! 

[Manic]

Thanx

I approve, you're doing great with these, Rage

[ExeLord]

Me thinks Guts Man needs a bit less egg-shaped helm and smaller gem and Rush don't have his tongue split in two on the end Other then that - perfect, especially Quick Man
And Roll of course is better with nose then without, she needs to breathe somehow

[Rage]

I approve, you're doing great with these, Rage

Very nice portraits, Rage! 

Thanx Guys. Ill do a (Oil man one unless your doing it) Once you made it a little farther along with him.

Me thinks Guts Man needs a bit less egg-shaped helm and smaller gem and Rush don't have his tongue split in two on the end Other then that - perfect, especially Quick Man
And Roll of course is better with nose then without, she needs to breathe somehow

Rush - The tongue isnt spit but it looked boring round so i split it. Im not changing it back. Your more then welcome to change it.

Guts - Same thing as rush i fallowed the official art for him. Do a shadow comparison its spot on. Thats the size and shape of everything except the gem.  So sorry but guts is an egg head. Im not changing it. Your more then welcome to change it. Thanx for the observations nothing against you. I dont want to spend more time one these.

[Oil Man]

Thanx Guys. Ill do a (Oil man one unless your doing it) Once you made it a little farther along with him.

I'm not good for portraits, and you have talent: I don't see a problem with that 
Is there a precise date for the release of the game? I can work fast and good, but I know nothing about code.

[Rage]

I'm not good for portraits, and you have talent: I don't see a problem with that 
Is there a precise date for the release of the game? I can work fast and good, but I know nothing about code.

DONT RUSH!!!! take your time. The Quality of your character will be better. there is no release date yet. also there are going to be multiple releases and maybe dlc. ( tho all of mugen is dlc.) So even if your not in the first release you'll be featured in time. Also a certain number and certain characters are in the first release. i believe for story purposes. Dont quote me on that.  So tho my Axl is still being coded he wouldn't be in the first release if he as completed.

These are the characters that need protraits:

Helmetless Megaman ( i thought there was one out there somewhere)
Pharaoh man (Needs reworking) (is he even being worked anymore?)
Burst man
Tengu man
Tron
Mettonger Z
Oil man
Search Man

[ExeLord]

Sorry for being pain in behind
I didn't mean him to be not egghead, he really is just bit less egghead
Went fixing his head and that's what happened:

Hope you don't mind. Edited helm shape, gem size and speck on it, made ears face-colored as on other arts, searched for his eye color and found out that it's black(yet it's blue on most arts) so made eyes bit bluish black and added speck. Also added speck on chest gem so it's not flat round, but spherical and changed a bit tone of his helm and shoulders.

P.S. behold of combined efforts of Rage and ExeLord!!!
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And Rush:

It's far superior to mine, but tongue needed to be fixed that's just not how tongues are
Also edited eyes and messed with colors.
Hope I didn't offend you, Rage You still drawing much better then me those are just small details.

[A New Challenger]

The new ones look great but oddly high-res in shading. You're tracing at high-resolution then shrinking and cleaning the outer contours, I think... So either you'd have to update al of the old ones to this shading, or actually sprite over the new ones to make them have the right feel.

They're pretty cool though. Guts is perfect. Quickman doesn't look very good, kind of has derpface. It's the position of his pupils and nose.

[Acey]

Sorry for being pain in behind

Those are great, you're hired!

[HyperVoiceActing]

That Guts port is MILES better than the last port (no offense to whoever made it)

[Rage]

Those are great, you're hired!

That Guts port is MILES better than the last port (no offense to whoever made it)

thanx i think.....

The new ones look great but oddly high-res in shading. You're tracing at high-resolution then shrinking and cleaning the outer contours, I think... So either you'd have to update al of the old ones to this shading, or actually sprite over the new ones to make them have the right feel.

They're pretty cool though. Guts is perfect. Quickman doesn't look very good, kind of has derpface. It's the position of his pupils and nose.

Maybe I should try that way...

The Shading is high res. I no this. All of these looked ok with the old except Quick man. Its because he's red. Which would require more work to set it on the same level. Rush and Guts i used off shads of there normal colors from the ORIGINAL art to tone done the High res look and leaving them looking extra clean. But that concept was thrown out when the contrasts was dump.....

Sorry for being pain in behind
I didn't mean him to be not egghead, he really is just bit less egghead
Went fixing his head and that's what happened:

Hope you don't mind. Edited helm shape, gem size and speck on it, made ears face-colored as on other arts, searched for his eye color and found out that it's black(yet it's blue on most arts) so made eyes bit bluish black and added speck. Also added speck on chest gem so it's not flat round, but spherical and changed a bit tone of his helm and shoulders.

P.S. behold of combined efforts of Rage and ExeLord!!!
---
And Rush:

It's far superior to mine, but tongue needed to be fixed that's just not how tongues are
Also edited eyes and messed with colors.
Hope I didn't offend you, Rage You still drawing much better then me those are just small details.

Guts great jog on the eyes, nice resizing of the gem. The highlights you you replace on the gems i dont really see the point. they were fine. Same with they light on his head. The arms i understand the reason for changing. The color was chosen for a reason tho. To try and tone down the contrast between Guts and the other pics that are low res. IDK i that red vs red orange look.

Rush. The only thing i care for is the Eyes and tongue. The tongue you did the split from the base. where as i did it from the tip on the rounded one which is probably why i didnt like it. wish i thought of that. As for the color. As said all colors for everything i didnt was draw from the concept art of these characters. The color of rush i say is ruined. Ill splice to edit with the original in the future sometime.

Well these 4 i did in high res how to people feel when they are set side by side with the originals? personal with the contrast changes made above all to well except Quick man.



if there is too much contrast ill find a different way of making these.

[Afterthought]

Well these 4 i did in high res how to people feel when they are set side by side with the originals? personal with the contrast changes made above all to well except Quick man.




if there is too much contrast ill find a different way of making these.

I think these can work. Honestly, the way I see it, no one else is working on MvC style Megaman portraits. You, Fou, and ExeLord are the only ones I've seen make an effort. As long as they look good, and you are all working on them, they will work.

[Rage]

Sorry about to other message.  I was in a hurry. What I was saying is basically....I think they look good with mega man.  After looking at gutz in a different screen it looks awesome. The only thing I'll do is change the highlights on his gem and Helmut. 

I think these can work. Honestly, the way I see it, no one else is working on MvC style Megaman portraits. You, Fou, and ExeLord are the only ones I've seen make an effort. As long as they look good, and you are all working on them, they will work.

yeah but there got to be a unified look....

[Afterthought]

yeah but there got to be a unified look....

That's true. I mean, as long as they look good, if no one else is doing it, I think they work. They have a sort of unified look as it is. And even if they didn't, no one can complain. Perfection doesn't exist.

[Rage]

That's true. I mean, as long as they look good, if no one else is doing it, I think they work. They have a sort of unified look as it is. And even if they didn't, no one can complain. Perfection doesn't exist.

that's what I'm always preaching. Perfection is the enemy of excellence. There no such thing as perfection. Thanks for bring that thought to my mind. Let them hate. If they don't like it they can get off there butts and do it them self.

[Afterthought]

that's what I'm always preaching. Perfection is the enemy of excellence. There no such thing as perfection. Thanks for bring that thought to my mind. Let them hate. If they don't like it they can get off there butts and do it them self.

Thank you! Someone who understands me so perfectly! 
If I didn't know better, I'd say you're a version of me from an alternate universe...

[A New Challenger]

Glad you two hugged it out, all the same doesn't solve the problem. The art style is fine, but Rock on the right there is clearly sprited, while the ports on the left are clearly vector drawn. At 1:1, it'll look okay. Blown up fullscreen in the final game, it'll be noticeable.

You want to say "nothing can be perfect" then that's fine, but having a disparity like that is far from 'excellence' either. Now, since you're going with the hi-res screenpack stuff in mugen 1.0, you should probably just update the other portraits. Wouldn't take long for you to draw over them like you did these, and I'm sure the results would look just as nice.

[Rage]

Glad you two hugged it out, all the same doesn't solve the problem. The art style is fine, but Rock on the right there is clearly sprited, while the ports on the left are clearly vector drawn. At 1:1, it'll look okay. Blown up fullscreen in the final game, it'll be noticeable.

You want to say "nothing can be perfect" then that's fine, but having a disparity like that is far from 'excellence' either. Now, since you're going with the hi-res screenpack stuff in mugen 1.0, you should probably just update the other portraits. Wouldn't take long for you to draw over them like you did these, and I'm sure the results would look just as nice.

well im not doing that cause it would require changing more then just megaman.


maybe i dont know what im doing but here  it is at 32x25 with hd pixel ratio. i think megs holds up pretty well. I can see the difference but its not a eye sore. Thats way bigger then any of the computer monitors. thats close to my tv is size.


Well if the general consensus doenst like them ill stop. Other wise this is what you will get.  Someone else can update the others. its a lot of them too. This is my current style. Its a lot  quicker and precise to draw but a pain in the rear.  Or convert these to sprites if you want. But if that occurs finish the rest of the characters cause im done then. there are still some to be done and other wip in the works that may make it to the stage where there inclusion in the game is certain so be prepared to make those too.

 

[laspacho]

I like what your doing with the portraits rage. I think that they look like the same style as the Capcom Megaman and Roll ones to me.
If anything Megaman and Roll are the only Capcom made ones, if there is something that is that different about it them that I'm not seeing maybe the 2 capcom ones would be the ones to modify / update to mach everything else Rage has done.

[Rage]

The debate is pixel vs vector. everything but the 4 or 5 recent ones are pixel. Its said everything should be the same. I do agree with that notion but Im not turning these 5 or 4 to pixel. nor am i updating the other twenty to vector. I switched to vector cause its quick and more precise. I like pixel better but its too time consuming for me. I got too many projects and rl so im doing the quick and pretty way. I only took up DOING ALL OF THE REMAINING AND FUTURE portraits cause i felt that we worked hard on them and it be a shame not to use them. Also i was REALLY pushing hard for there inclusion. So i felt it was my responsibility to see these finished. If someone want to volunteer to update the other 20+ to vector cool beans. ill keep doing what I do. Also I have no problem with someone editing these to pixel. If they feel that strongly tho then they need to finish the project. I done if that happens cause im not doing pixels. It'll lighten my load so i can focus on wip more. 

[Xfields]

i was about to come here and say im tired of MVC half face styled portraits but, after seeing this topic, damn, and how roll is cute...please keep the good work!

[Rage]

i was about to come here and say im tired of MVC half face styled portraits but, after seeing this topic, damn, and how roll is cute...please keep the good work!

Thanx

This guy was fun to do

[Rage]

Yeah i know i double posted. Add that to the list of things i say or do that off put people 


Anyways Did crapcom make a portrait for Tron? Well any way I FINALLY made it to a point where im happy with this. It was one of the easiest to draw just TOOK 6 hours to do. I couldnt decide on a face. I used the picture that laspacho posted as a template. the face however was unusable. so i sent 4 hour + tying to find one i liked. In the end i  did this shocked face.  I do have this with a blank face if some else wants to change here expression. 

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heres the skull n her chest too. apply after you copy the right side to make the left side.

3 Pics left;

Helmetless Megaman
Burst man
Mettonger Z


Pharaoh man (Needs reworking) (is he even being worked anymore?)
Oil man (Waiting to see major updates)
Search Man (Waiting to see major updates)

[laspacho]

This lok really cool.