HD Mai

[Spoonman]

I'm planning on completing and animation using my XXXsizing method, but I have yet to decide which face suits her better:

1. Another Day OVA style:



2. Hi-resed CvS:



I was going to post this if the HD contest would have been carried out, anyway.

[Drex]

I chose CvS, but maybe as an idea for later you could do the Maximum Impact version. Great start so far.

[Rote Zaungast]

neowave one is the best ever big time

[Bastard Mami]

voted cvs

[c00p]

i prefer cvs, but both faces suck 

[Spoonman]

Show me something better, because believe it or not it took me an entire day to figure out the face. I'm not gonna give her bomberman or cliché anime eyes if that's what you're expecting, bitch.

[E], I was hoping you could transform it into a Katsura style face. That would be a great help.

[c00p]

mmm, you give her a straight nose bridge, and i don't think she's greek  o_0
that would make the hidden eye to be visible a bit more. Slightly longer eyebrows, and slightly bigger lips.
And the middle finger in the hand that's holding the "abanico" is wrong and you know it.

[Marancv]

damn, i just can see the vowbs all the way
great stuff Montresor, i prefer cvs hi resed the better, thou 

[Luigi Master]

Hmm, the nose doesn't look very realistic, it's too flat, but the CvS Layout is more refined for this style than the OVA one.

[Spoonman]

12-0? No love for Another Day?

mmm, you give her a straight nose bridge, and i don't think she's greek  o_0
that would make the hidden eye to be visible a bit more. Slightly longer eyebrows, and slightly bigger lips.
And the middle finger in the hand that's holding the "abanico" is wrong and you know it.

Wrong about the nose. The nose is just like in the OVA, kinda like a cat nose. The hand with the fan is fine, it looks wrong because it lacks shading, thus depth.

[c00p]

you can't guess how the nose will look from the side judging by just a shadow in anime
see, another interpretation

right now i noticed you just draw the lower part of the nose, and whwn you scaled it down, gives the impression of a straight nose bridge 'cos it's confused with the face line

[Spoonman]

Coloring by hand is still is more appealing. That thing above makes me wanna cry whenever I watch it. The skin doesn't look too bad, though.

Since blurring is out, HDing is still a slow process .

I'm gonna have to redraw the face if I'm going to use the CvS hair.

[InterRage]

I like what you're doing here, but I have to agree about the face, it looks like

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A Gerbil

It doesn't look attractive, that's all I'm saying.

[Spoonman]

Sorry, that's the best I've got. It's not that I can't draw something better, it's just that I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DRAW

[NiO ErZeBeTh]

i prefer cvs, but both faces suck 

that's harsh...

but true, cause I think you can make a better face... the examples that people give you are cool to use!

[Spoonman]

What examples ??? The only thing I've been referenced to is "anorexic Mai" by c00per.

Also, I'd like to know who voted for the Another Day face

[eauxlune]

to start, a bridge for the nose.
Just that alone will make the picture 20x better imho.

Aside from the face though, that colored version looks incredible

[NiO ErZeBeTh]

this one, it would look more sexy, and the face kick ass!

anyways...I will give you an example how it can look better (not a draw,just an example on the face)...

EDIT:Here's the example... I think you can even draw it a lot better (I made the modifications on photoshop)...

changes... the nouse, the mouth and a bit of shadow in the eye... also I think Mai needs more lights on her face, it's too dark compared to the body (I added one light, but isn't much noticeable)...



here's the idea... oohh and the eyebrow can be a bit longer (like the cooper example)

[Spoonman]

I was editing it while you posted (you made here Chinese! Ha ha!):



Looks good in the style you guys want. But to me it's horrible. I'm making this for the people so, I guess I have to adapt...

[NiO ErZeBeTh]

the nouse on your edit looks too large... (I made the same at first try, but change it to a smaller nose)...
         

I think the nose and the eye looks too much separated... and the mouth looks like if she were mad/angry...
also check the "chain(?)"...barbilla... it looks better if you add one line of pixels on it... you can compare that on those edits...

en spanish mas facil...  la nariz kedo muy larga hacia abajo, y si te fijas, el espacio entre el ojo y el comienzo de la nariz kedo muy separado (le da apariencia de una cara "ratonezca")... y por ultimo, la boca se ve muy como de enojo... y la ceja se miraria mejor si fuera uno o dos pixeles mas larga hacia la izquierda por ke termina muy pronto... OTRO DETALLE... ke se me olvido mencionar, yo agregue un pixel mas de barbilla en Mai, por eso luce con una cara mas afilada y mas femenina (segun yo)