Official SSF2T: HD Remix General Discussion Thread

[Don_Barracuda]

Not to leap on this bandwagon, but that portrait is very confusing. I’m tossing these crits out to help the Udon/Capcom people reading this: The trapezius is being hinted at being in front of the neck muscles, which would make visual sense if his back was facing us. The pecks/teres grouping (depending on which way he is facing) looks strange no matter what it is supposed to be. It may be the pose he is in that is causing problems. The hand makes sense if his chest is facing us…but there are too many visual cues that are making me think his back is facing us instead.

Obviously, my theme here is clarity. Especially in the main body. The piece is throwing mixed signals at the viewer. Just my 2 cents. I work in Emeryville…so if you want a spare hand… :wgrin:

What he said.

Damn freak

[orochizoolander]

Hopefully we won’t have as hard a time playing against claw as we do deciphering what the fuck is going on with his chest and why he has a second nose for an ear.

[pootnannies]

couldn’t help myself. tried to fix him but his right shoulder is too close to his chest. didn’t want to take too long with this so i didn’t fix his right shoulder, though i did add his LEFT SHOULDER. fixed that damn ear and neck while i was at it. he also has a collar bone now
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/pootnannies/vega_fix.jpg

[Imitrex]

Pootnannies = God tier. Seriously, I hope that somehow lands you a job. Never cease to amaze me.

[Don_Barracuda]

couldn’t help myself. tried to fix him but his right shoulder is too close to his chest. didn’t want to take too long with this so i didn’t fix his right shoulder, though i did add his LEFT SHOULDER. fixed that damn ear and neck while i was at it. he also has a collar bone now
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/pootnannies/vega_fix.jpg

Super job! just define his left shoulder more where the collar bone meets.

But I wonder if they will change it :shake:

[Baines]

And the ears. Jesus, that pic needs redone. I’d be surprised if Udon did that.

It looks just like the rest of the SF:HD art, cauliflower ear and all.

[buyproduct]

that is out of character. A pretty man would not have such an ugly ear. lol

[chun_li_s_thighs]

Pretty sure that Alvin Lee is doing all the portrait work. I thought you guys liked his stuff?

[Pablo_the_Mex]

For something that is supposed to be a few inches in height and width onscreen, it is not that big a deal.

[UltraDavid]

Yeah. Whereas when the first art was released most of a year ago it was actually in-game stuff and I wanted it to be as good as possible in order to convince some young whippersnappers who pick games based on graphics to pick up the game and get into the scene and I was willing to wait to see that done, this is just the select screen pic and I no longer have any delusions that many young whippersnappers will pick this game up instead of SF4, SCIV, BB, TvC, or Halo 19 or whatever else is popular, not to mention I’m no longer willing to wait significantly longer just to pick up some people on the margins. There’s way less hype right now for this game than there was just a few months ago, and I don’t think the game or scene would be served at all by making the game take even longer and letting whatever hype is left die even more.

There are definitely some real problems with that picture, and honestly I can’t imagine drawing that kind of body and body positioning and releasing it as if it were reasonable, but you know what, it’s not a big deal anymore. Release the game anyway.

[fallot]

For something that is supposed to be a few inches in height and width onscreen, it is not that big a deal.

Its not going to make a difference to what really counts, but SF2 was a super high quality venture for its time and I get annoyed when I see how sloppy the remake looks.

[brian]

Whereas when the first art was released most of a year ago it was actually in-game stuff and I wanted it to be as good as possible in order to convince some young whippersnappers who pick games based on graphics to pick up the game and get into the scene and I was willing to wait to see that done, this is just the select screen pic and I no longer have any delusions that many young whippersnappers will pick this game up instead of SF4, SCIV, BB, TvC, or Halo 19 or whatever else is popular, not to mention I’m no longer willing to wait significantly longer just to pick up some people on the margins.

I just feel compelled to point out that this is a single sentence.

Anyway, yeah, its just a little character select screen portrait. Its good enough.

[Sosage]

couldn’t help myself. tried to fix him but his right shoulder is too close to his chest. didn’t want to take too long with this so i didn’t fix his right shoulder, though i did add his LEFT SHOULDER. fixed that damn ear and neck while i was at it. he also has a collar bone now
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/pootnannies/vega_fix.jpg

Good fix. I think what you added is fine. The original needed that extra “push of information” so we could tell which way he was facing. I’d give you rep, but it says I already handed you some and I have to spread it around. :rolleyes:

RE: It’s just a portrait who cares

I’ll admit that to most people, these issues seem subtle. To those that have either an eye for these details or who are artists/know anatomy, things like this stick out like a neon sign in a cave. Well…and you’re in the cave…I guess that is a horrible analogy.

[Ubersaurus]

Good christ, do the people in this thread actively seek out things to bitch about with this game, or is it just me?

A vs screen picture? Really? It’s that big a fucking deal that you have to go PHOTOSHOP THE GODDAMN THING. it’s like the Penny Arcade comic about Diablo 3 from the other day.

[damdai]

Good christ, do the people in this thread actively seek out things to bitch about with this game, or is it just me?

A vs screen picture? Really? It’s that big a fucking deal that you have to go PHOTOSHOP THE GODDAMN THING. it’s like the Penny Arcade comic about Diablo 3 from the other day.

Either the artist and/or the person responsible for approving the portrait doesn’t care enough, or they don’t have the eye to even notice the obvious problems that everyone here noticed immediately. Whatever the case, the original portrait is bad when compared to pootnannies quick fixes. That’s a bit unsettling when we have no choice but to entrust this game to the “professionals”. A person requires a certain set of personality traits in order to do great things. “Good enough” isn’t one of them.

[crackbone]

I’ve been pretty easygoing on the art, but the Vega portrait is a mess. The ear, the missing shoulder completely messing up the persepective, and the badly shaded pectoral/clavicle area are all something they should have caught. All three together is really sloppy.

[pootnannies]

thanks for the comments guys. i wasn’t trying to start a petition for a do over or anything lol. i just like to photoshop shit. but yeah, i wouldn’t be surprised if this took alvin lee like 5 minutes to do or less

[System_1]

couldn’t help myself. tried to fix him but his right shoulder is too close to his chest. didn’t want to take too long with this so i didn’t fix his right shoulder, though i did add his LEFT SHOULDER. fixed that damn ear and neck while i was at it. he also has a collar bone now
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/pootnannies/vega_fix.jpg

That is actually a very nice job!!! Props to you!!!

[BEWD]

Great work pootnannies, now all he needs is an emery board. :lol:

[UltraDavid]

Here’s an interview with some guy from Udon. The only interesting part as far as this thread is concerned is:

[Talking about how they haven’t been putting out comics because they’ve been working on the game] That said, with the HD game behind us, the comics are back!

Guess that means their work on the project is done, and since the artwork was the main holdup, seems like it shouldn’t be too long until release.