Line Weight

In Flash, using the same line weight isn't going to work all the time. Size is a big issue. If you use a line weight of 1.25 on a small character like the teleport guy, and a line weight of 1.25 on, say whalien...it's going to look like 2 completely different line weights. We are going to have to eye ball it for smaller/larger characters. Anyone roughly around the mechanics size should be ok. In the ones I did, i gave a 1 point thickness inside, and a 2 point outside. I consider outside anything that doesnt' intersect or come into any other lines....basically, the silouette. Look at my first submissions for reference like Wallaran, Magmagon, and Whalien.

Out of sheer boredom...

www.mumbaloop.com/Ball.html

Check that out for a little rough demonstration on how the teleport guy would look switching faces with the 2 face model.

Last Teleport Boss Concepts

These are my final Teleport guy concept designs before the meeting Monday. A little explanation with the one in the middle with the smiley face and the arrow to the mad face. It's supposed to be one character that has two faces, one for attacks (Mad) and one it switches to to teleport. Think the Mayor from Nightmare Before Christmas. Could be a stupid as hell idea, I dunno, just tyring to find something that can be different with this guy. My personal picks are the upper right, the star face and shark fin ones, and the toad head.

Space Captain

Elite Guard

Mechanic Expressions

Mechanic Heads

Some heads I did at lunch break with actual Bruce Willis pictures for reference. I think the 2 creases from the nose to the mouth is a must, it really emphasizes the character. I likea lower mouth too like the one on the lower right. I hope I'm getting somewhere with these because I actually don't mind these characters at all. Booya!

More Mechanic and Captian

Rhino Centaur

Rhino Centaur With a bionic axe arm

Our Combined Efforts to give head to the mechanic

Here is a colored version of what i've come up with.

It has been created through the combined efforts

and features we've put into the mechanic.

Thanks to dave for his original effort at creating an

amalgam portrait. Let me know what you guys think.

Yo guys!

Why don't you guys use AIM so we can all talk? MSN is cool and all but we've got nothing but MACs here so I can't use MSN. Get on AIM so we can bullshit all day, you assholes. That is unless you don't want me in on your Animation Collective talks....DICKHEADS!

FUCK, you guys make me hate my life!

Mechanic

This is my take on the Mechanic. I like a more of a rugged cowboy look to him, the mustache and 5 o clock shadow deal. For some reason I like to dom deluise-esque head on the upper left, hes got that ruggedness but a sort of innocent charm to him hahaha. I dunno this is all Ive really been drawing the mechanic as.

Main Character

As far as the main character goes, anything I turn out seems to be what we are all drawing, a love child between bruce willis and Mario. Tho I'm not feeling the bubble helmet thing IF he has a wifebeater on. It just feels off. Or is it one of those AHAHHAHAHAHA BUT THATS WHATS FUNNY that im not getting. I say either a full body suit with the bubble or a wife beater with nothing.

Pics coming soon

Day 12? or maybe 13

Gary's Idea for the title: Day 12
(Yes Dave I know you hate it)

Ball Alien?

BG character idea, I guess...

He rolls a steel ball around, using it to attack foes. I really couldn't get it acroos througgh words, so i did a rough animation of how a battle with him would look like.

http://www.mumbaloop.com/Baller.html

Orc Gladiator

Simple, Straight Forward. Orcs Rock!

Mud Turtle Rough Animation

http://www.mumbaloop.com/Meat.html


There it is, folks...

Sweat it....

Bat Thing

Monster

Aliens

Giant Worm Thing

MANTIAN

Enerbee

It's pretty rough. So Tiny Explanation.
It's an Alien made entirely of energy.
I was thinking the whip would be made
of energy too.

Trying Something Different

New Teleport Design

Ok, heres a take on the teleport guy building off of what Dave originally had. I like that hes striving for something different that's not an animalistic thing or a robot or anything and he wants to keep it relativley simple. I gave him more of a vicious apperance, somewhat hostile looking. Thoughts? Do you guys like the fact that he is a ball with arms and legs? Are we getting closer/further from what we want?

New Chainsaw Monkey

It's a snake man with a rocket pack.
Basically...you know. It's a snake.....
With a Rocket Pack!

Meat Turtle

Meat Turtle is basically a turtle with the head of a warrior, the body seperates at the torso to reveal mouth. Cool BG fighter.

New Shark Design

BBQ Monkey

Takeoff on Dave's BBQ Dude.
We can give him a Hawiian shirt if you want.

Project Guidelines

Just a reminder and a run-down of this project we are doing. So far, I'm really excited about this thing. I'm happy and satisfied that we all agree on the basic premise of this short, but I want to state a few things we need to keep in mind throughout this entire project:

A.) Be critical, I know I'm going to be. I don't know about you guys but I want this to be the best thing I've done to date. Voice your opinion and don't take anything personally. If you don't say anything, we aren't going to consider your thoughts obviously.

B.) This is a group endeavor. Let's keep this in mind. Your a great bunch of guys and this is going to be really fun. Don't take criticsm personally like it's an attack on you or your character..which leads me to the next point....

C.) No one has a specific character......EVER. Every artist wants to get "THEIR CHARACTER" in ANYTHING they work on. Sad to say, we can't do that here. Just because someone was billed with designing the fire guy, the chainsaw guy, or the teleport guy, doesn't mean its up to them to decide and design the character. I want to make this clear, we are donating our characters to a greater purpose. No one should be like "I want this design because it's MY character I created. Bullshit! These are our characters and we are all going to agree what it will look like finished. Take a shot at the Whalien or the Emperor or the Muskrat.... Every character is open to everyone and no one is going to have any sort of final say on anything. Period. If you like someone elses character they created and don't think it needs improvement...fine. But if you see something that could use tweaks, sketch something up and we can all look at it and decide.

Keep in mind, every character is probably going to make it in anyways because we're going to need a lot of BG fighters.

F.) All final decisions will be made together and we all need to be in the range of "it works" to "OMG WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA" about it. Otherwise, we go back to the drawing board on that certain idea.

Y.) This will be the best cartoon ever made.

Z.) I hate you guys..

Some Kinda' Dude

Magmagon

Wallaran

Walien

He bursts out of the skin leaving the pelt on the ground.

Vorgash

Giant Shark -Brian-

Chainsaw Ape

Chainsaw Ape -Brian-

SPACE MECHANIC! -Brian-