by Bragatyr » Wed Feb 26, '14, 3:23 am
Thank you, Silver Surfer! I thought very much the same thing about the actual expression he has in the game, I mean, he's technically smiling, but it's such a menacing expression. They did such a great job on that sprite. The funny thing to me is that his eyes are even wide open, his pupils look pretty normal, but the whole effect is just horrific, somehow. I couldn't figure out how they did that, I kept trying to imitate it, and I couldn't get it right, so I just went ahead and tried to make him look more overtly menacing. But it's definitely not possible to beat the way they did it in the game, he just looks so amazing there.
I like the way those little heads came out, too, kind of Gothic in feel, like gargoyles or something. I love little details like that, that's the only kind of thing I'm really comfortable drawing, ha ha, anything with too much empty space or anything "normal" is almost impossible to me.