concept art for Surge the rabbit

Alexandre · 2010-10-23 22:14:34

Nice, J0nnJ0nes. I like the orange version better. What about you, people?

Perhaps he can have smaller shoes? Looks like his feet are bigger than his head.

di_rodrigues · 2010-10-24 01:27:01

Hi Guys, my version:

Body white and blue eyes. Sorry about the quality, I do not have proper tools.

Alexandre · 2010-10-24 21:54:45

di_rodrigues wrote:

Hi Guys, my version
Body white and blue eyes. Sorry about the quality, I do not have proper tools.

I like that one a lot. It's got just the right personality. Looks brave, confident.

I have made a few edits. The GIMP source is: http://www.easy-share.com/1912734981/surge.xcf

Thoughts?

Alternative colors (click to enlarge):

KZR · 2010-10-25 00:36:37

good thoughts i picture his colors more like this

Alexandre · 2010-10-25 11:41:19

I think the last one is awesome. That could perfectly be Surge in my opinion.

What do you people think?

ssdw · 2010-10-25 11:54:43

I love the design of KZR.
because his head has the same color as his body .

Alexandre · 2010-10-25 11:57:23

ssdw wrote:

I love the design of KZR.
because his head has the same color as his body .

it's by di_rodrigues + KZR.

yes, I agree.

KZR · 2010-10-25 12:12:01

it's not my design, i just recolored. i don't think i could come up with such a nice looking surge

however... i'm digging through my old drawings and found some interesting stuff. i'll be posting them soon, it may help on other chars

ssdw · 2010-10-25 12:18:10

KZR wrote:

it's not my design, i just recolored. i don't think i could come up with such a nice looking surge
however... i'm digging through my old drawings and found some interesting stuff. i'll be posting them soon, it may help on other chars

I meant that, recolored.
it's the design of di_rodrigues!

J0nnJ0nes · 2010-10-25 18:33:37

Yes, that last one is great! I've been trying to make a SVG version, but I sort of gave up on it for now because it's taking too long, and I have less and less time nowadays. Anyone else is welcome to give it a go (it's not hard, just tedious), so different positions can be tested.

Now, if it's so favorable, how about a set with different colors, or at least different shades. I think a little darker orange might help. Different colored shoes too (purple + yellow, and others).

SilverstepP · 2010-10-25 18:57:35

I agree. Could we get a better shoe design? It looks too much like 'Sonic shoes without the stripe'...

di_rodrigues · 2010-10-25 22:10:24

KZR wrote:

good thoughts i picture his colors more like this [picture]

I like this one too.

J0nnJ0nes wrote:

Anyone else is welcome to give it a go (it's not hard, just tedious), so different positions can be tested.

SilverstepP wrote:

I agree. Could we get a better shoe design? It looks too much like 'Sonic shoes without the stripe'...

I'm working on it. But anyone is welcome to help.

-Di.

KZR · 2010-10-26 05:45:59

i came up with a base sprite

16 color palette. the shoes had to be the same color as the eyes. and i kinda like it

J0nnJ0nes · 2010-10-26 08:52:30

Ok, here's what I stopped at: Surge The Rabbit Test (incomplete) SVG

Literally, I traced the image with the bezier curve pen in Inkscape, and tried to arrange and color things properly. That's all that really needs to be done with this now if anyone's willing. The ears and some other pieces might need to be retraced because I forgot to leave the bezier shape open, so that there is no border on one side (just smooth color). The other small details in the newer, color version (above this post somewhere) are easy to add to this.

@KZR: You see. I said so, that the concept art doesn't really shrink to sprite form well. Now the sprite needs a bigger eye, less pot-belly? (I think that's the hair), and more details. It just needs some refinement, but it's good. And again, figure out the right colors. I can't tell what color eye it has, and the beige seems a little faded.

Alexandre · 2010-10-26 12:05:34

KZR wrote:

i came up with a base sprite
16 color palette. the shoes had to be the same color as the eyes. and i kinda like it

Nice. Please keep in mind that the sprites of the characters should be 50x50
http://opensnc.sourceforge.net/wiki/ind … n_Document

J0nnJ0nes wrote:

Ok, here's what I stopped at: Surge The Rabbit Test (incomplete) SVG
Literally, I traced the image with the bezier curve pen in Inkscape, and tried to arrange and color things properly. That's all that really needs to be done with this now if anyone's willing. The ears and some other pieces might need to be retraced because I forgot to leave the bezier shape open, so that there is no border on one side (just smooth color). The other small details in the newer, color version (above this post somewhere) are easy to add to this.
@KZR: You see. I said so, that the concept art doesn't really shrink to sprite form well. Now the sprite needs a bigger eye, less pot-belly? (I think that's the hair), and more details. It just needs some refinement, but it's good. And again, figure out the right colors. I can't tell what color eye it has, and the beige seems a little faded.

Is there something missing? This is what I see:

Opening the .svg in Inkscape says "Linked image not found"

J0nnJ0nes · 2010-10-26 17:06:11

Oops! Sorry! Why in the world are the images only LINKED! I hate it when it just links things, instead of copying them, or at least it should alert me that they're just linked when I save it.

The original background image for that SVG was the colorless basic sketch:

I think putting this PNG in the same directory might work. If not, just copy and paste it in. I traced over its features, and I had to scatter them about to trace each part right.

SurgeChris · 2010-10-27 02:59:52

Here's my new concept.

I drew this randomly in my free time after my test, at the back of my computer textbook.
It's not colored, but you can easily apply my colors in it (avatar, )

jobromedia · 2010-10-27 06:03:49

Is this cool or is this cool?! I really like the look of Surge with the brownish colors!

Alexandre · 2010-10-28 12:35:49

SurgeChris wrote:

Here's my new concept.
I drew this randomly in my free time after my test, at the back of my computer textbook.
It's not colored, but you can easily apply my colors in it (avatar, )

in my opinion it looks like sonic with different ears.

jobromedia wrote:

I really like the look of Surge with the brownish colors!

I like his green eyes too. Excellent colors.

KZR · 2010-10-28 14:01:41

J0nnJ0nes wrote:

@KZR: You see. I said so, that the concept art doesn't really shrink to sprite form well. Now the sprite needs a bigger eye, less pot-belly? (I think that's the hair), and more details. It just needs some refinement, but it's good. And again, figure out the right colors. I can't tell what color eye it has, and the beige seems a little faded.

yeah it looks kind of deformed compared to the concept. i guess i should take upon SilverstepP's character style so the chars don't look much different from each other in terms of style. even after a try on fitting it to the style of Charge, the ears always stick out of the box, so i guess we should reduce the ears, and adapt some parts of the concept art to fit the style of the sprites. but thats just my opinion, what do you all think?

personally i like the colors very much, that's why i did the recolor. it seems that people like it too. i vote we keep those colors.

SilverstepP · 2010-10-28 15:18:23

Surge could just be smaller. I imagine Charge is the oldest in the group.

Alexandre · 2010-10-28 15:27:31

SilverstepP wrote:

Surge could just be smaller. I imagine Charge is the oldest in the group.

Perhaps Surge's body could fit in a rectangle of 50x50, 50x45 (a bit smaller), and his ears could surpass it, making the whole rectangle have a height of a bit more than 50 pixels (so it could be, say, 50x55, 50x60).

J0nnJ0nes · 2010-10-28 18:44:09

The colors are definitely the right hues, the eye color even perfect. But, I still think there should be a line-up because, personally, I still think it's faded. I think I'll have some time tomorrow to work on some of the data, and, I'm not sure, but I might be able to use some shiny lights to make it look better.

The main problem with just about all the Surge concept art is one continuous color. There should be some interesting patterns or something to break the simple outline.

SurgeChris · 2010-10-29 03:25:59

Alexandre wrote:

in my opinion it looks like sonic with different ears.

And no quills, lol
.........................
Should I fix it?

jobromedia wrote:
I really like the look of Surge with the brownish colors!
Alexandre wrote:
I like his green eyes too. Excellent colors.

OH FOR GOD'S SAKES THAT'S PAPER!!!!
But if you like it, it's okay.

SilverstepP wrote:

Surge could just be smaller. I imagine Charge is the oldest in the group.

Let's make Surge 15 or 16 years old, Charge 18 or 19, and Neon 13 or 14.

Last edited by SurgeChris (2010-10-30 03:22:38)

Alexandre · 2010-10-29 12:31:14

SurgeChris wrote:

And no quills, lol
.........................
Should I fix it?

Your drawing has a very good quality (I can't draw something like that myself), but my sincere opinion, and perhaps others agree, is that we can see Sonic in there. I believe one of the reasons people liked the previous concept is because it looks good (just like yours), but without being Sonic.

Please don't get mad. We're all aware of the huge contribution you are giving to this game.

SurgeChris wrote:

Let's make Surge 15 or 16 years old, Charge 18 or 19, and Neon 13 or 14.

Excellent idea.

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