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Hello hello, friends, enemies, and acquaintances! For many years I have been at making a M&L Style Donkey Kong. Yes its been that long! I gave up long ago when I realized my efforts sucked. Until just recently I had started digging up old files and saw these ungodly creations and thought: "Hey maybe I'm better now"
![[Image: dkhelp.png]](http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3665/dkhelp.png)
Unfortunately I still can't do it right. And that's where you come in! Yes you! I could use some critique and advice.
So what say you? Guide me along this painful quest?
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08-12-2009, 12:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2009, 12:58 AM by ~BRICKLIN~.)
All I notice right away is that the area around his eyes is usually darker.
Other than that, good job so far. And good luck.
EDIT: You might want to try showing musculature in his arms aswell.
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![[Image: dkhelp2.png]](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1573/dkhelp2.png)
Okay how's this?
I still can't help that something doesn't seem M&L-ish to me.
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I kinda like that second tuff hair on his head in the first one. Aside from that I have no real complaints.
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[spoiler]I'm drunk but...[/spoiler] remember to use Binky as a reference / holy fuck Bowser looked like shit in that game..
/Looks pretty good so far
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This is looking awesome so far, its a vast improvement on your last ones.
I suggest you try starting off with a different angle, I know that may sound weird, but if you make him face down-left or down-right, you might get out of the rut you've been in, cause you've gotten so used to that pose/position.
I love it though, you have my full support. :o
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That kinda angle is going to be hard as hell I've never been able to do that before...
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The newest DK is not as good as the first DK, which fits the style perfectly imo.
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This new DK is nice, but not really M&L, Ed's right man the first one is perfect.
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Hm... Your right I started doing the side pose but... It doesn't fit the style
![[Image: dkhelp2.png]](http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1573/dkhelp2.png)
However the earlier ones don't look like DK too well... Hmmm...
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(08-12-2009, 10:50 PM)koopaul Wrote:
That's a very big head...
The sprite does look like him, anyway if you're not convinced, just look at Bowser's sprite, which is from the game, and tell me if it looks a
lot like Bowser...
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his arms look like big tumors.
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I dislike the fact that he has two buttocks on each arm in the front pose. Make them look more like hands.
Other than that, this is pretty good.
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08-13-2009, 01:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2009, 01:34 AM by Koopaul.)
(08-12-2009, 11:11 PM)EdpR Wrote: just look at Bowser's sprite, which is from the game, and tell me if it looks a lot like Bowser...
That's true the M&L style often makes characters look different than they are supposed to. Perhaps I'll combine DK2 with elements of my new DK...
EDIT:
![[Image: dkhelp2.png]](http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1573/dkhelp2.png)
What skin do you prefer? the old skin color or the new skin color?
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They are awesome !
Keep up the great work.
