posted January 15, 2006 02:40 AM              

Her personality emerges... Although I'd have to asphyxiate her if I spent more than 5 minutes in her company (LIKE OMG!), she'd definately be a fun character to play.

Now where, oh where, is Professor Gazebo? It's like you're holding the picture just out of reach... surely there are many pictures of him and you can just show one right now?... I lie awake at night wondering "When is he going to show Gazebo?" "Why hasn't he shown Gazebo yet?" "Where is Gazebo?". My purpose in life has been expanded with the objective "To see a picture of Gazebo Boobowski".

posted January 15, 2006 04:10 AM              

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Originally posted by Adamis:
Tiara the Rocket Knight?

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I thought the same thing! It's just that chestplate. But yes, it just looks to be your basic (royal) armor of POWOR.

posted January 16, 2006 09:08 PM              

Those sketches are amazing. I've always like sketches better than finished line drawings. Always seemed more organic.

posted January 17, 2006 10:25 AM              

In the following storyboard, this person was called "Professor". Geez, do some lookin' around. XD

posted January 17, 2006 02:25 PM              

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But what is that other one. It looks kinda like she's sneezing, but also kinda like she's sticking her tongue out at someone.
XD

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Looks quite clearly like a razz to me.

(EDIT: But upon looking at it again, I can see how it could be mistaken for a sneeze. ;P )

posted January 18, 2006 11:08 AM              

I'm just posting this again, in case it's missed.

Also, Chris, if it's alright with you, would it be alright if Tiara makes a chameo appearance in a sonic fan comic that I make called tete-a-tete? In short, it's a sonic fan comic that pokes fun at all the little things that a lot of sonic fan comics don't usually touch on. A lot of time, it's almost insulting the fanbase, but it's all just tough love.
you can see what i got so far by clicking here

posted January 19, 2006 12:25 AM            

H Hog - Good guesses... Booby makin' armored suits... I can totally see the halberd! Cool! She needs a banner... I'm glad you like the sketches - and good to see her personality shows through in them. Here's a sketch of that "wild (robot)life" you mention:

This is very similar to one of the very first enemies I designed when I was "getting a handle" on what the enemy style should be. Ultimately, I went for more of a classic look. You'll see in the 50+ enemy designs a trend of styles... the earlier designs compared to the later ones. I "got the hang of it" later on - mixing a balanced diet of details, rest spots for the eyes, character and purpose for each enemy. Boy that was fun! Stay tuned for those!

Here is a collection of stick pose concepts that led me to the actual sketches shown earlier in this thread:

And the following combines both the enemy and her respective pose:

SANiK - "You're a mean one... Mister Grinch!" Bursting bubbles and revealing the magician's tricks! Even if you are the Gandalf! ...BAH HUMBUG! ...(lol)

Elmatto - That image is the "final" draft of Tiara. I refined her form and costume in this pic. But, as some have mentioned, it's less "cute" and more "mature"... and looking at them now, me likes the cutie ones more! Oh, and you are more than welcome to feature Tiara in your comic. Which version do you prefer? Or will you surprise us? (and awesome comics, btw! I only had time to view half a dozen - but I laughed!)

Keith - I had an image of a "Raider of the Lost Art" there for a second... with the "secrets revealed" comment. lol Thanks for the uber-kind words, mi amigo. I've always loved to sketch... imagine a game that uses all sketched 2D assets... maybe texture map a 3D world with sketched textures... and get the characters to fit in that style... woo woo! (I remember when I first saw "Viewtiful Joe" I almost fainted it was so awesome!) And H Hog interpreted the pose... razz it is.

Exabyte256 - Thanks for the complimentos! ...and a big, fat, hairy LMAO to the Booby pleading! I shared a tidbit of him... but there's more to come!

AngstOverlord - And thank you, too! And ditto with the Gazebo bobana bobana bana... lol

darkshadow - OMG - Yeah - wasn't it in the Red Shoe Diarrheas? lmao

Jason - "GirlMan"... rofl... and he would sing songs like "do you really want to hurt me." I always thought Boy George's real name was "BoyGirl." *runs off*

Cherri - Thank you for that help and support. *wheezes* I appreciate it!

posted January 19, 2006 11:05 PM              

Cool! Actually I've been wanting to do a good drawing of Tiara for a while. All this new material should help a lot.

posted January 21, 2006 07:00 PM            

Keith - Cool. I was imagining a game that just had that style - like every frame was wavy as if drawn... maybe the whole game starts in black and white as if done in pencil... maybe the overall "white" of the bg is gray and flickers and dents in spots as if they're animation papers being replaced... maybe the goal of the whole game is to "bring color back to the world"... Hmm. That sounds neat!

posted January 21, 2006 08:28 PM              

In fact, wasn't Paper Mario kinda like that? I never played it so I don't recall exactly, but was sorta 'drawn' looking.

posted January 22, 2006 02:49 PM              

I think he's being funny and making a pun on the Eh! Steve character whenever he says 'eh'.

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Or I hope he is anyway XD

Edit: And more to the point:

yeah that idea sounds cool! Also sounds doable, I think. Hmm... gah! No, no! No more projects! I’m drowning in them already! XD

posted January 22, 2006 02:53 PM              

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Originally posted by kurisu:
[b]Soda - lol... WHO THE HECK IS STEVE?! You GOOB! lmao ...btw, "kurisu" is the Japanese phonetic way to say my name... can you guess what it is? Or were you being a silly brat? [/B]

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posted January 22, 2006 04:04 PM              

*lurks*

posted January 23, 2006 07:50 AM              

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Originally posted by kurisu:
maybe the goal of the whole game is to "bring color back to the world"... Hmm. That sounds neat!

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Not of much import, but one game I know of uses the concept vaugely. Cubivore for the GC has you defeating the Metal Cubivores to bring color back to the world, because the Cubies die without it. And to defeat other Cubies and make it with the ladies. Survival game of the most bizarre.

Okami for PS2 is supposed to use color as an indicator for land prosperity, I think? It's got the freaky hand-drawn look going on, too.

posted January 23, 2006 04:16 PM              

There is an SNES game called "Troll Islands" that I played many years ago (...yeah. I was younger back then and...and...listen. I played it. I shouldn't have to justify it). It was based off of the Troll toys that were basically short figures with jewels on their bellybuttons (I'm not sure about this; anyone who still has a troll figure will have to confirm this for me, as I haven't seen any of them in years) and big hair that sticks up (Hehe, Super Trolls!).

posted January 23, 2006 05:14 PM              

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(...yeah. I was younger back then and...and...listen. I played it. I shouldn't have to justify it).

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posted January 23, 2006 08:28 PM            

(Ignore this post guys ... it's just for helping me sort what's new so I can add it to the "DOC")

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BTW, kurisu... about your "sketchy 3D renderer" idea:

It's called NPR Quake
The lines actually move like someone's scribbling out the level geometry

Some screenshots I took of it in action
(Please do note the color loss in the animated version since it's a GIF)

Official URL to the school project: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/graphics/Gallery/NPRQuake/

posted January 23, 2006 11:30 PM            

Soda - LMAO... no, no... please continue. I laughed the second time you said that, but needed to ask...

Arekku - Thanks, Arekku - and welcome! Can never have enough Strongbad! lol

AngstOverlord - Cubies. lol... reminds me of the original name for Cuboingo... it was QB... that was taken already though. BLARG! Cool-sounding games... and you can never know too much about weird titles! lol

SoNick - The Trolls in Crazyland and Trolls on Treasure Island ... and you can download the NES emulator, too! Is one of these close to what you meant? PS: TROLLS RULE!!!

posted January 24, 2006 03:37 PM              

Try looking for that game if you want to play the original version or if you just get tired of running around naked.

posted January 24, 2006 06:52 PM            

And that's a big, fat ROFLMAO with the "tired of running around naked" line, ICEknight!!!

posted January 24, 2006 09:48 PM              

Click here!

I couldnt find a suitble hairpiece to match so i did the best i could do. I did one of my self as well..

Click here!

not to shabby if i do say so my self

EDIT: (kurisu shortened long link to support browsers that stretch with long links)

posted January 25, 2006 07:09 PM              

Click here!

Now i hope that this (please excuse my language here kurisu) damn link will appear in this post.

To answer your question Elmatto. I was trying to recreate the image of Tiara B. using that Sonic Character Designer that i found on newgrounds.com but it didnt turn out quite right since there wasnt a matching head piece. I hope that I cleared that up for you. Despite that my charater (B.M. Hedgehog,the link in the previous post) turned out better than i thought.

EDIT: (kurisu shortened long link to support browsers that stretch with long links)

posted January 25, 2006 11:16 PM              

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Originally posted by Dopefish:
1.) Looks nothing like her (in fact looks rather MALE)

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posted January 26, 2006 11:47 AM            

Dopefish & hxc - what page-stretching? My browser window doesn't stretch because of the link. Is this a setting in your browser's preferences?

BM - if you'd like to fix the links so they're shorter, you can do the following:

Post Hyperlink with Desired Text

Instead of showing the entire link, you can display some other text instead. Here's how...

(NOTE: You must first replace the braces { and } with brackets [ and ] for this to work)

{url=LONG-LINK}SHORT-TEXT{/url}

posted January 26, 2006 12:00 PM            

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Originally posted by kurisu:

Dopefish & hxc - what page-stretching? My browser window doesn't stretch because of the link. Is this a setting in your browser's preferences?

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posted January 26, 2006 03:58 PM              

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Originally posted by Exabyte256:
Yeah, I think we should leave actual character design to the imagination rather than a flash applet. ;p

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Dude, High Five!

posted January 26, 2006 06:34 PM            

Brandon, to save time and make viewing of this topic more convenient for those using browsers that display long links in one line, thereby stretching the page width, I edited two of your posts. In so doing, I simply replaced the link text to read "Click me!" (without editing the link itself) and added the "EDIT" text at the bottom of both posts.

You are more than welcome to change your posts - and please tell me if this was/is okay, okay? I understand if it's a problem.

As moderator and admin, I understand I have the power to do anything I want with the forum, but that is not how I moderate or administrate... so this is a break in my "tradition" and want to know your thoughts (and anyone else if they have an opinion).

posted January 26, 2006 07:11 PM              

... Well... maybe that's harsh. Lightly toasted maybe?