Novus
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Character Hair Question
🕑 Added 2019-03-09 02:38:40 +0000 UTCAlright, I don't normally make public polls. Nor do I offer art sneak peaks publicly very often (which is mostly because like 70-80% of them are NSFW). However, while creating Alice's remake, I ran into a question that I'd like to put to as many people as possible. So...an art sneak peak and a poll.
So, first...take a look at the attached image! I can't make a post both an image post AND a poll, so I had to settle for attaching the a .png with the sample set. My apologies for it's res being a bit low, but I wanted to get all four images into one reasonably sized PNG, so I crunched them down to about 30%. It's enough to get the issue across, at least.
Now, what this poll is actually about:
There are two components to this question. First, back when I originally starting making the art for Cosplay Cafe, I was a total digital art newbie and I hadn't figured out how to making shading work with hair very well. This is actually why both Alice and Serena are blondes, as I knew how to make shading work with that color. I was never completely happy with not making the hair colors more varied, but it was what I could do at the time. Onto the actual point, while Serena is always going to be blonde, I have the opportunity right now, while I'm redoing Alice's art, to change her hair color. So the main part of the poll is what color people would most like to see for her. Be aware that the hair won't 100% match the colors in question, as the hair hasn't been shaded yet in any version and that process changes the color somewhat.
HOWEVER. Now we have the other thing this poll is about. Any of you out there who are actually familiar with cosplay know that it's fairly routine to dye hair (or use a wig) to match the costume. Also to change the style, of course, to that of whatever character is being cosplayed. When I first started making the art, I chose not to do this. My style at the time (such as it was) was simply two simplistic to be confident that people would be able to tell one character from another at a glance without key characteristics like hair/eyes being consistent across all outfits. Now, however, I think I have hit the point where I'm able to make the characters look different enough that I'm willing to make the COLOR match the cosplay. I probably still won't change the hair style across the cosplay outfits, but the color at least,I think would probably be fine. As such, one of the options in the poll is for if you, the players, would like to see hair color CHANGE with each outfit, to reflect the cosplay.
In example, Alice's cosplay outfit in this little sample set is based on Samus Aran's Zero Suit. It's not an exact copy for several reasons (including the fact that copyrights are scary), but that's fairly obviously what it's based on. So, for this outfit, Alice's hair would be similar in color to Samus' usual blonde. But, in her day-to-day outfit, she'd default to...whatever her default is (If this option wins the poll, I'll run another later to determine her default, when I redo her casual clothes image).
*Edited the above content since I apparently forgot how to English, despite it being the only language I know.*
So...
Which What Hair Would You Like to See for Alice:
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Novus
Thanks for the feedback! And for the welcome back too! As for the specifics, I'll take the easy ones first: Curves: This is actually the pose's fault, not the basic design. Front-on poses like this don't show curves very well, which is part of the reason I hate drawing them. Unfortunately, since this is a basic 'talk' pose that needs to fit in a wide set of situations, it has to be pretty basic >_<. :-="" _="" a="" able="" accurate="" actually="" adult="" and="" annnnnddd="" answer="" are.="" arrggg="" as="" base="" based="" be="" because="" being="" better="" bit="" blunt...you="" but="" can="" change="" chin="" chin:="" chose="" color="" color.="" completely="" correct="" cosplay="" counter="" darnit.="" definitively="" depth="" depth:="" didn="" do="" don="" down="" easy="" end="" enough="" entire="" essentially="" even="" face="" facial="" fall="" figure="" figuring="" fix="" fixed="" flat="" for="" from="" fully="" giraffe="" go="" had="" hair="" hair:="" hairstyle="" has="" have="" haven="" her="" here.="" hers="" hope="" hoped="" how="" i="" if="" image="" in="" into="" is="" issue="" it="" it.="" just="" kinda="" leave="" left="" less="" lighter="" like="" lines="" little="" look="" looking="" looks="" low="" make="" may="" model="" narrow="" neck.="" neck:="" no="" not="" odd="" of="" off="" on="" once="" one="" ones:="" only="" original="" out="" outfits="" part="" particular="" people.="" perception="" personal="" poll="" poses="" priority.="" problem.="" properly...and="" ran="" real-life="" really="" reference="" resulting="" right="" right.="" room="" rough="" screws="" seeing="" shade="" shaded="" shading="" shadowing="" she="" shoulders="" show="" skin="" skintone="" so="" so...though="" someday="" state="" still="" structure="" style="" taste.="" tend="" that="" the="" thick.="" think="" this="" to="" tone.="" toned="" tones="" too="" trouble="" try="" tweak="" up="" use="" variant="" was="" way="" weird="" well="" what="" when="" where="" with="" would="" yet.="" you="" your="">_<. again="" and="" as="" both="" feedback="" for="" had="" i="" is.="" it="" settle="" thanks="" the="" to="" tried="" ultimately="">
Nicolas
Hi, I have some things I want to mention regarding the face that it kind of bothers me a bit. First of all, the neck is a little too thick to be a female and the chin doesn't really help with that since it kind of feels like a male chins (a little too wide on my opinion). Also the head doesn't really give the sense of a real head instead it feels flat. Second, the hair looks a bit odd especially with the line that supposed to divide the hair. Third, this is a nitpick for me, but I think suits like that should show a bit more of her curves. I'm not saying all this in ill intention or making you upset instead I'm doing this to help you improve in your art quality since I've seen you been working hard on your art. Also, this is a bit late, but welcome back mate
