Return of the Jazz

[Monolith]

Hey. I keep visiting here, but never post anything because I rarely have anything to post. But.. now I do. This is actually my entry for lark's art contest, but I've had the idea for this for a lot longer. The contest just seemed like a good time to actually work on it. I felt like posting it here because I wanted to get some comments other than how it related to the contest.

<center><img src="http://madskills.org/jeff/digital_drawings/Return%20of%20the%20Jazz.png"></center>

In case you can't recognize it, I made this as a parody to the <a href="http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?sku=133258&master%5Fmovie%5Fid=7915">Star Wars: Return of the Jedi poster</a>. It's not an exact parody, but that was the general idea I had in mind.

Some technical details.. It took me about a week and a day to finish this, working on it for more of the day. I ended up with 36 file in the project, totaling 51.7 MB. Started with some pencil sketches, and then work from those in GIMP. 18 layers in the final composition, and 5-10 layers for each character (I worked on characters separately from the final composition).

[Jazz J.]

Nice pic. Well, not professionally made but if you keep on practicing you'll be very good at it. I think you have lots of other ideas. Good work!

[Newspaz]

Oh no, this reminds me to Jazz Jackrabbit Advance.....

But it looks great. :)

[Doubble Dutch]

Hehe! Me = like

[Radium]

Oh no, this reminds me to Jazz Jackrabbit Advance.....
I could not have put it better =P.

Anyway, very good picture.

[Monolith]

Nice pic. Well, not professionally made but if you keep on practicing you'll be very good at it. I think you have lots of other ideas. Good work!
I'm curious as to if you can point out where the flaws are, and how they could be fixed.

[Blackraptor]

Looks pretty good, but Eva could've been done better, especially her eyes (which just look strange and awkward), and chuck could've been done a bit better as well (looks a bit emotionless). Jazz also looks a bit dazed/lost in thought there ;p. Otherwise, you did a good job on it.

[DoubleGJ]

Great, but Dark Shell and Spaz are weird.

[Violet CLM]

I think that's Devan, not Dark. You can tell because he's not wearing his armor or cape.

[Radium]

The problem with Chuck's eyes is that they aren't focused on anything. It makes him look hypnotized or something.

Oh, and Lori's neck connects strangely.

[MoonBlazE]

The lack of eyebows on centrain characters makes their expression look quite stupid. Nice picture otherwise.

[Monolith]

- Eva could've been done better, especially her eyes (which just look strange and awkward).
Her eyes might look awkward because I realize I forgot to give her eyebrows or eyelashes. Her head might also be a little too tall, but I'm not so sure about that.

- Chuck could've been done a bit better as well (looks a bit emotionless).
Chuck was rather difficult to draw because I didn't have any references for him other than his standing sprite in game.

- Jazz also looks a bit dazed/lost in thought there ;p.
I did have trouble trying to figure out just how Jazz's expression should be, and what I ended up with isn't too great. I'm not sure how to make it better though.

- The problem with Chuck's eyes is that they aren't focused on anything. It makes him look hypnotized or something.
Chuck is supposed to be looking off too the side somewhere.

- Oh, and Lori's neck connects strangely.
Lori's neck looks properly connected to me..

- The lack of eyebows on centrain characters makes their expression look quite stupid.
I now notice that Eva lacks eyebrows when she should have them. Otherwise, I don't think Jazz, Spaz, or Chuck are supposed to have eyebrows.


Also I should note that my primay source for references was the JJ2 manual (and <a href="http://www.loricentral.com">LC</a> for Lori).