the smoke reminds me of looney toons cartoon from back in the good oll days.

Popisfizzy wrote:

Pmitch wrote:

I still dont really see how this is cartoony, not when you consider the reference, which IS a cartoon. I appreciate the CC though.

Cowboy Bebop is a cartoon. Happy Tree Friends is also a cartoon. Therefore, stylistic choices in Happy Tree Friends are completely compatible with stylistic choices in Cowboy Bebop, Q.E.D.

Theres an obvious difference in realism between those two. the series i referenced is neither of those. That being said, my explosion fits the series i am basing my game off.

Popisfizzy wrote:

Pmitch wrote:

That being said, my explosion fits the series i am basing my game off.

If may fit the artistic style of the series you're basing your game off of, but it doesn't fit the artistic style of the game you're making. There's quite a clear difference between the style of the smoke and the style of the background.

You clearly havnt seen dbz fizz. Go away.

Ham Doctor wrote:

I've been seeing DBOII stuff for as long as I can remember. I am tired of seeing screenshots and stuff.

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Pmitch wrote:

Ham Doctor wrote:

Said rubbish.

What?

I think he was attempting to make a weak prod at the game hypothetically making no progress at all. I chuckled a little.

I figure if you're gonna make the smoke cartoony and based more on the anime, why not make all of the icons more closely related? I think the smoke doesn't match the style of the game, if you're trying to be more anime-like. I guess either match the game more or match the anime with your other icons.

As I said, nonetheless. It's pretty sexy; just tone it more towards one or the other.

Well then, if you're gonna use that as your argument, then as I already suggested; "Why not make all of the icons more closely related? I think the smoke doesn't match the style of the game, if you're trying to be more anime-like. I guess either match the game more or match the anime with your other icons."

Cause if you're using that statement as your basis then all of the other icons need to be dumbed down, a lot, for your arguments validity.

Black Label Studios wrote:

Well then, if you're gonna use that as your argument, then as I already suggested; "Why not make all of the icons more closely related? I think the smoke doesn't match the style of the game, if you're trying to be more anime-like. I guess either match the game more or match the anime with your other icons."

Cause if you're using that statement as your basis then all of the other icons need to be dumbed down, a lot, for your arguments validity.

Not unless you're implying that dbz's background and environments were not detailed.

http://images.myfavoritegames.com/gallery-db-z-gt-x/ Screenshots/Movies_and_Specials/DBZ_Movie_11_v2/ DragonballZ-Movie11_760.jpg
hmm....

That's not really helping you either. During the animations of older cartoons/anime the animations were dumbed down, like the smoke effect above as well as the character or the object being effected. If you remember watching Tom and Jerry or Scooby Doo.

http://www.tvcrazy.net/tvclassics/wallpaper/cartoons/ dynomutt/images/scooby-doo.jpg

And as I said before. IF you're trying to match the anime, every effect and animation effected by this should be related to it as well. Such as the dumbing down of the shading & colors.

Okay, I have to say it looks GREAT. I see nothing wrong with this. Sheesh, I almost jumped out my seat coming to your page, because the explosion stood out.

From Desiger to Designer, I have to say...You choice right here absolutely worked for you. It's the fact that they don't match exactly that makes it good looking, and eye cathcing.

You did great on the shapping of the explosion too, which pretty much helped make the color and style work. It does good justice to the series, and this looks like it will be a GREAT Dragon Ball game. Very good for a mock up indeed.