CVS-ish Goenitz(POTS style)---Update---3/1/12: More progress screens added

[Chatman]

Hey guys, I've recently been more motivated to pursue coding as well as my usual spriting, so im going to make Goenitz in POTS' signature style using Dampir's sprite set while teaching myself.
Oh god, some coding noob is making a boss character? Huuuuur!!!


Seriously though, im going to be dedicated to this, Goenitz is one of my favorite characters, plus JMorphman has been a pretty fucking sweet inspiration as of late, so you'll be seeing me work. So far I have been working on color seperating, as you can see here:

So far I have seperated the skin, the fingers (for gloves), the belt, the trim, the cape inside, the wrist wraps, the shoulder-de-woops, the beard tip, the beard, the boots, the boot straps, the hair, and basics like eyes, teeth, and eybrows. Feel free to express your opinion on the seperation.

Update:
Coding progress and screens.

Thanks for your time. 
P.S. See the poll that I shall post.

[Froz]

Looks great, good luck with this project!

I wonder, are you going to separate the lower part of the cape?

[Chatman]

I briefly considered, but i wasnt sure of the logic of it. Im not sure how much more it would effect palettes if i seperated it, and its supposed to be one part of the flowing cape anyway. Ill do it if enough people suggest it though, its not that much hassle.

[SilentRipper]

The more the merrier! ^.^

[Aldo]

no, I think the separation is fine as it is and IMO the fingers shouldn't be separated.

Good luck with the project

[Chatman]

Thanks mate!

[SilentRipper]

In a perfect world at least each character should be sprite separated and coded so it shows the effort and dedication sometimes missing in the world today, and besides you're using someone else's sprite work as a base, that's a plus. I hope you learn well and find joy and the feeling of acomplishment you strive for in this project, may this be the first of many to come.

[Chatman]

Thanks for the kind words.  I hope i can as well.

[TRUEMicah]

I want to see how far you take this, good luck bro. 

[Chatman]

Thanks man. 

[Chatman]

Hey guys, double posting to get opinions. I want to play with the super portrait today, which image do you all think i should use?

1 or

2?
Im leaning more towards the second one. Ill keep color seperating while waiting for replies (or possibly new images).

[Garuda]

second!

[TRUEMicah]

Definitely 1st.

[Σaxβeta]

That SVC image, like all others found on the net suffers from crappy washout colors.

A little bit of color correction goes a long way.

Spoiler (click to show)

Oh yeah...First!

[Chatman]

Hey hey, thanks max! 
At this point, i think ill do both and give you guys options. I know you like options.

[SOLIDUS SNAKE]

First!

[SilentRipper]

first, without any doubt in my mind o.o

[Chatman]

Lol, interesting, i thought the second would be favored.  Anywho, ive got both pictures cleaned already, and im making them into super portraits right now. Anyone know of any good art for the big portrait?

[Chatman]

Ahh yes, double posting once more. 

1st is finished and its...okay? Fucking gimp. 

[Garuda]

First is cool, but Goenitz is too calm to be used in a super move background!It's so static!