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I generally like the others too but for some reason the hand-drawn ones seem more life-like... More detail? Or maybe smoother shading on the faces? I am not sure, there is a reason I cannot draw people. But you know what? I think that given a bit of time to re-caliber my attachment sensors I am gonna like this style.
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I think partly it's that they're
less smooth - skin is not actually a smooth sheet in one shade. Also, the shadows aren't as pronounced on the digital versions, as evidenced by the Brothers Feanorion here:
What I can do is enhance the contrast on the skin only - deeper shadows, so that they look like features rather than ripples:
I'm not sure about that; I think it makes the flaws in my art too obvious, while keeping it softer just looks stylised.
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And, as promised - Feanorian part of Hate. I feel like... I don't love it, but it does channel hate and anger and all those lovely things fairly reasonably. To be honest, I feel like Heart was probably the most mature and refined piece I've done musically so far, and I don't know if that's gonna be beat. I hope so, but I feel like the final songs might be doing it with force rather than skill or subtlety. |
I like it! It sings well, and bounces along about right. It's not like this one was every going to be particularly subtle... ^_^
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I totally missed this update before, just saw it as I was writing my post. You know, you're absolutely right. It does look more cohesive. And I don't think that whatever was catching my eye before is nearly as noticeable with the backdrops. Chalk it up to my reluctance to change. I like it. I'm in.
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Yay!
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As a side note, I thought the visuals between videos transitioned very well, and the music was not terrible either. As I recall, concert versions aside, most performances had some kind of musical "background noise" to aid the transitions between songs. Do you feel that we need something like this? Might be a bit early to tell, but something to keep in mind if the songs refuse to stick together.
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It might be useful, though as I recall most of the songs start pretty nicely from silence. Once I've finished the digital portraits I want to do a complete Act 1 run, so we can see how they transition then.
EDIT: Throwing in the final characters from Act One, just for funsies:
Thingol and Melian are very close to the hand-drawn versions, I'm happy with them (and Melian's dress has a nice glow to it). Galadriel... her face is a
mess, I need to revisit. But otherwise I quite like her? Her costume is simple, but it's meant to be.
(I've also done the Faithful trio, but haven't touched Sauron or his Minions yet.)
hS