Naruto Challenge | poopinmymouth | Naruto

[poopinmymouth]

Naruto Challenge | poopinmymouth | Naruto
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poopinmymouth has entered the competition!

Oh yeah. Time to rock some cocks!

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[newman3d]

Poop is combining this contest with the last contest.
Its a Extreme Makover/ Naruto Challenge.

[FredH]

poop has a way with intros:lol: Looking forward to seeing a new naruto take form here. I am positive this one will be 10x cooler! Good Luck.

[kessler]

Thats awesome!

[poopinmymouth]

I've been concepting in my head, and will soon put it down on paper. I have a feeling people are gonna either love or hate this Naruto redesign, but it's gonna be different! Muahahahahahah

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[BiG ToE]

I figured you would be done by now.

For your concept, do you have a set idea in mind, or are you up for suggestions?

[poopinmymouth]

I've got a pretty solid idea in my mind. Here's a rough sketch. I'm not sure if I'll keep refining with a few more sketches, or head into the model and adjust there. This gives everyone an idea of where I'm going with it.

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/net/ga/naruto/naruto_concept_01.jpg

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[SupRore]

I dunno, tall/lanky just reads as boring to me, and doesn't really retain any of Naruto's style.

Plus, it looks just like your domwar entry/mr mint, with the thin limbs.

[izuka]

looking forward to it :)

[Marcus Dublin]

Man you weren't kidding about the love hate redesign:p. The style is very reminiscent of Aeon Flux, with the long exaggerated features. I'll be watching to see how this comes along.

I've been concepting in my head, and will soon put it down on paper. I have a feeling people are gonna either love or hate this Naruto redesign, but it's gonna be different! Muahahahahahah

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[Vahl]

I like it dude, as I told you, the style is very close to Remy from Capcom's Street Fighter 3 or Iori from SNK's King of fighters

[Ged]

hehe makes me think of dalis elephants, Im sure it will look great in 3D cause its gonna be made by you poop but Im not a fan of the lanky style so far.

[Miguelito]

Not sure if I'm going to like it. For me the "stylized" proportions just look way too off for me...

[dfacto]

hmm... Yeah, I hate it. :P

I think the major problem is that you're going for a certain style, but overshooting by way too much in some respects, and not enough in others. The face is round and squat compared to the lanky body, and the outrageously long legs are too over the top for the rest of the concept. Lengthen the face and shorten the legs and you will be able to pull off the style much better. As it is it looks like an emaciated guy on stilts, which doesn't cut it even for Aeon Flux.

[Chasarsis]

I don't love it now, but I'm betting I will come the 3d version, so I can't wait for that :)

[Alix]

Maybe try pushing the lanky even more...with a style close to this I would like to see even MORE exaggeration...think maybe The Incredibles perhaps? Try and tie some of those gestures and forms together through the style your leaning toward. Perhaps doing a few silhouette sketches might help...

Can't wait to see some updates!

[ALW-DaSilva]

wow nice looki'n new style of naruto...
i like ur concept...

[Josh Singh]

Wow.
I don't think your drawing is properly conveying what your thinking.
I bet it looked a lot cooler in your head. :)
Just Say'n.

[poopinmymouth]

Wow.
I don't think your drawing is properly conveying what your thinking.
I bet it looked a lot cooler in your head. :)
Just Say'n.

Hahaha, isn't it always cooler in our heads?

This is just a rough. I've taken it into photoshop, sized it up, and I'm working on fixing all the wobbliness and getting some more dynamic changes. Bird hooked me up with some good feedback over email that I'm working in to.

Patience! It will all work out in the end. I'll be happy with it anyway.

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[izuka]

i think its pretty cool, a very interesting style. But i think you should work on the face a bit so it looks allitle more like Naruto, because right now you cant tell that its him..

Anyway, hope we can see any updates soon :D

[poopinmymouth]

Little more noodling. Tomorrow I want to jump between working on his face, and doing some orthos so I can concentrate more on the proportions instead of fighting with perspective, haha.

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[SupRore]

My issue with this is that as a redesign it totally fails to capture naruto's character, or any visual elements from his original design. In a world full of freaky tall people this guy wouldn't look like naruto, and surrounded by normal naruto characters he definitely wouldn't. This doesn't strike me as a redesign or reimagining or even an homage. It's just a guy in an orange coat.

[poopinmymouth]

It sounds like I'm going in a direction you're not enjoying, so you can feel free not to read the thread in the future. This is the art direction I've chosen, and while I still have a lot to resolve (one aspect is to bring more of the Naruto design in), I'm not going to change the overall style because you, or anyone else, doesn't like it. I get art directed all day long when I'm working for someone else, this is my personal project, which makes me the boss.

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[SupRore]

I get art directed all day long when I'm working for someone else, this is my personal project, which makes me the boss.


And you're posting it in a public forum, which makes it fairly open for critique. The point of these threads is for us to give input and critique, not endless praise. It's not that I don't like it -- I'm a big fan of the very similar stylization you used on mr mint ages ago, and I told you in your polycount. I just really don't think it's working for naruto, and you'll want to make major changes instead of minor tweaks if you want to sell it better.

Being a grown up, professional artist who gets art directed all day long, I figured you could handle that without getting offended. Sorry, though, man. :(

[poopinmymouth]

There is a difference between a critique, and someone trying to project their personal aesthetics on a piece regardless of whether it fits or not. You're doing the latter. I know how to take critiques. I also know when someone falls outside of the realm of what I'm concerned with in my piece's intention, and it sounds like you fit that criteria right now. Which means I'm not going to follow the advice of everyone who has an opinion. Especially when it differs wildly with my personal intentions.

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[SupRore]

There is a difference between a critique, and someone trying to project their personal aesthetics on a piece regardless of whether it fits or not. You're doing the latter. I know how to take critiques. I also know when someone falls outside of the realm of what I'm concerned with in my piece's intention, and it sounds like you fit that criteria right now. Which means I'm not going to follow the advice of everyone who has an opinion. Especially when it differs wildly with my personal intentions.



I'm simply saying that there isn't a single aspect that makes me think 'naruto', in either personality of physical appearance, left in your design. If your intention is to make a good game art character and enter a contest it has nothing to do with, I guess it could work, but this isn't really me forcing my opinion on you. The headband's different, the hair is different, the face is different, the arms/legs/hands/feet/torso/neck are different, and none of it reads as naruto's personality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki#Personality) to me. I'm not saying your personal style is wrong, I'm just saying this specific design says absolutely nothing about the character it's supposed to be.

[poopinmymouth]

Then I'll just suggest you wait till I get into the 3d aspect, where all of that will be more resolved.

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[SupRore]

Then I'll just suggest you wait till I get into the 3d aspect, where all of that will be more resolved.


Okay. Still, you posted up a WIP concept, it doesn't seem out of line for me to offer critiques. :s

Anyway, good luck. You doing this up with next gen stuff, or just plain diffuse?

[izuka]

The rules says that it can be based of a Naruto character, it doesnt rly have to look like the character. But it also says that the judging is based of "Does your recreation look like the character you chose to recreate?". But thats just one of many things.

But anyway, i can see several things that has to do with Naruto and i think the style is pretty cool. Besides im pretty sure he can pull it of when he starts working his magic in 3d.

But what is the thing on his left arm?

[kakashisma]

tbh... this is a pretty cool idea and I can see naruto all over it... some people just need to get an open mind... and the thing on his left arm looks like some sorta kunia dispenser... anyway keep it up ben...

[poopinmymouth]

kakashisma nailed it. It's a forearm holster for kunai and "other" things. :-)

One of my planned areas to really refine at the concept stage is both his leg holster and arm holster. They're the only two areas of heavy detail and they have to be spot on awesome.


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[GH33DA]

Dear Ben,

Ignore the haters.

-GH33DA

[Jackablade]

Just give him some cat's whiskers and he'll be all the Naruto that you need.

[SuperOstrich]

Lanky, skinny dudes are your thing and you tend to rock at modeling them. I know this will be fleshed out at the 3d stage, like your stuff usually is. Since I'm not much of a Naruto follower, I don't even care if it looks like him or not. :)

[Jido]

Aeon Flux and the animated Alexander weren't my cup of tea. The elongated style in those just pushed me away. But I am a fan of the elongated style because of Ernie Barnes (Most famous for The Sugar Shack), whose artwork I study every now and then.

I have no real crit cause I assume the final with have more energy and strength provided he's given a better line of action. Right he just look feeble since he's so thin and just standing plain. The flip-flops...... makes me think of when I get groceries in the morning and some people still have slippers or bedroom shoes still on. I'll keep my eye out for the next iteration.

[EVIL]

c'mon man :D where is the 3d candy your promising us!