Videogame Valentines: tf2 5/9 (medic finished pg 4)

beavotron

Hey dudes!
I'm doing videogame valentines again this year.

this year tf2
I'll be posting them in trickles from now till valentines day

so here's the first! feel free to crit and all that junk.

Mayday

This is incredible.
The colours are just FABULOUS.

My only complaint is that the flame looks weird... it's too dark at the end and its edges are too sharp somehow. I'm not sure if that's what it's about but it stands out in a weird way.

(ohms)Crunchy

Mayday wrote: »

This is incredible.
The colours are just FABULOUS.

My only complaint is that the flame looks weird... it's too dark at the end and its edges are too sharp somehow. I'm not sure if that's what it's about but it stands out in a weird way.

Yeah I agree. The tip is too dark and the edges could be a bit softer.

Veritas

Damn that is fucking cute and awesome.

beavotron

noted and will be fixed, i agree.
thanks!

Asamof the Horrible

very lovely, can't wait for the rest

Prospicience

Beavo when I saw a videogame valentines post by you my heart skipped a beat. Extremely awesome as usual. Your cards are fantastic

beavotron

heheh thanks prosp, they're like my claim to fame
i am going to take over the internet with e-valentine cards.

MagicToaster

Was this all vector?

beavotron

yup

illustrator cs2

refresh page for update
i changed the flame and added the bracer things to the propane tank. it was just sort of floating there precariously without support.

Creambun 007

There's a painful tangent on the flame as well. It's lining up with the roundish part of the flamethrower barrel. Either separate or overlap it. Other than that, it's freakin' beautiful.

beavotron

tangents are such sneaky little assholes
you think you've avoided all of them, and then you find out one's been staring you in the face the entire time, taunting you with it's tangenty asshole-ishness

anyways, fixed, refresh the page to see the edit.

got started on the scout
inks and base colors, i'll add the fanciness after work

beavotron

finished scout

crits are always appreciated
medic is next

Orikaeshigitae

oh my goodness beav

you've outdone yourself

MufasaJoe

I feel like that last one needs to be a pop-up card in order to work.
The composition of the pyro is really strong, but the scout one has a little to much weight on the left side. I also think it needs a lot more red to make it feel Valentine-y.
Loved last years crop and these are looking to be just as good.

MufasaJoe

Oh, and the crotch does not line up with the neck.

Squirminator2k

These are incredible. Keep it up!

mully

beav, you are somethin' else
this is inspiring and so freaking clean

beavotron

mufasa i agree about the weighted too far left thing, any suggestions for layout fixes?
thanks all

Quid

That is wonderful.

Hacksaw

This is the best thing I've seen all week. Kudos to you, oh Tron of Beavers.

Orikaeshigitae

beavotron wrote: »

mufasa i agree about the weighted too far left thing, any suggestions for layout fixes?
thanks all

move him to the middle-right of the top of the box and move the text to the outside of the upper left corner?

does that make sense?

beavotron

yes it does and i am going to try that tonight when i get home from work

MagicToaster

Compared to the other one the Scout looks so empty. The box on the Pyro Guy was half-filled with red, it gave it a lot of pazaz, this one is missing that zaz. Can I ask you a question? Do you draw the line weight variation by hand or do you just trace it once with the pen and then apply some sort of brush?

beavotron

i draw it by hand: http://www.beavotron.com/vector.html
i'm actually considering updating that tutorial, making it a bit easier to understand and possibly using a more complex sample image.
i might even do it with one of these valentines.

i agree about the scout lacking something. I am going to play around with him a little tonight to add some more pizazz like the pyro has
i'll probably post a bunch of different layouts and let you guys pick which one looks best
because damn do i ever suck at layouts.

thanks again, all

Iruka

I feel like if there was more solid color in the blue block like the pyro has, it would balance out.

Hacksaw

Oh, beav, if you haven't thought of something for the Heavy already, might I suggest you have a picture of him holding his gun, getting ready to nuzzle it, with a caption bubble saying "Kiss me!", and a caption at the bottom saying "Will you be my Sasha?"

Anubis09

heres the crappy webversion, but have higher res maybe post later, i'm @ work


edit: sorry if this is a threadjack, i thought it was for everyone.

beavotron

iruka, that's a good idea i'll give it a shot
hacksaw: haha unfortunately, heavy's has been chosen, he's going to be saying "my heart feels heavy when you're not around, valentine"
i still haven't thought of captions for spy and/or soldier, so ideas for those would be wonderful

anubis: it was intended for mine in particular for crits and stuff, but i have no issue with other people posting theirs, yours looks great

Anubis09

well if you want me to i'll delete mine and fill the space with a crit.

yours look awesome as always

beavotron

no don't delete it
and anyone else, feel free to post your videogametines!

KalTorak

beavotron wrote: »

iruka, that's a good idea i'll give it a shot
hacksaw: haha unfortunately, heavy's has been chosen, he's going to be saying "my heart feels heavy when you're not around, valentine"
i still haven't thought of captions for spy and/or soldier, so ideas for those would be wonderful

For Spy, you could have something like "I can't hide my love for you!"

The pic would be of the Spy running away, possibly on fire, wearing a cardboard mask with a heart on it.

beavotron

fixed

better?



rough sketch for heavy:


his left knee is on the wrong side in relation to the way is foot is turned, i realize. i changed his feet like a billion times. so that will be fixed when i ink.

(ohms)Crunchy

Yeah that's lookin' better. Hooray!

EDIT: lol @ the sad Heavy.

Squirminator2k

Marvelous work, here. It's incredibly well-constructed. Also,. any chance we can see the sketches for the earlier ones too...?

beavotron

thanks!
squirm: unfortunately i'm an idiot who saved over the original sketches of the other two

they were really sloppily done in photoshop, i did a lot of tweaking on the last two in illustrator.
i find when i use a pencil like i did with the heavy i get much nicer results since i seem to spend a bit more time on them.
i actually downright hate sketching with a tablet, but since the scanner is upstairs in the nether regions of my household, i do it anyways... i'm lazy.

Squirminator2k

Ah, you're no idiot. I was just curious, really.

Hacksaw

For the soldier, the only thing that hits me right away is "Don't be a maggot: be my Valentine!" and the picture is of him making a heart shape with his fingers with a big, dopey grin on his face.

beavotron

KalTorak wrote: »

beavotron wrote: »

iruka, that's a good idea i'll give it a shot
hacksaw: haha unfortunately, heavy's has been chosen, he's going to be saying "my heart feels heavy when you're not around, valentine"
i still haven't thought of captions for spy and/or soldier, so ideas for those would be wonderful

For Spy, you could have something like "I can't hide my love for you!"

The pic would be of the Spy running away, possibly on fire, wearing a cardboard mask with a heart on it.

this is totally it
for sure

i think for soldier, i'm going to have him doing the rocket launcher jump and saying something along the lines of "your love launches me off to new heights, valentine"
it's kind of similar to the scout is my only real concern, but i can make it look different.

Phanman

haha, these are fantastic. I'm going to use all of the ones posted in this thread to send to my gamer buddies. Thank you!

Heartlash

Great work on these.

Engi suggestion:

"A Valentine is sappin' my heart"