Art2002 (UPDATE 2014-11-09)

[Gamer2002]

@up
They are dramatic ;P


Anyway, my new OC!

John Carter, the victim of first case. He turned out slightly Gantish ;P

This time around when I was making palette I wasn't only picking colors that I used for original drawing, I also used photoshop's function to add colors that are in between of two others.

[TheDoctor]

Wait, was that Batman at the prosecution's bench?

[Gamer2002]

Nah, he doesn't have a cape to be Batman.

[Gamer2002]

I have next scene so I think I am excused from double posting.

Spoiler : non spoileric crime visualization :

I will have to make at last one more sequence to this to show how he ended up between (step)ladder and celling lamp with water dropping at him from top.
And I still will have to make crime scene photo from different angle ;p

Anyway, dude's death was one big mess.

[DarthWiader]

Just a question, how are you making these flashback screens?

[Gamer2002]

I draw them in Manga Studio EX 4, then import them to photoshop and scale down.

It's same as with how I am making sprites minus setting color palette and little manual clean-up.

[Gamer2002]

Okay, I fixed first picture a bit (I've made ladder a little narrower) and finished second sequence.

Spoiler : non spoileric crime visualization, full version :

[Nearavex]

Huh, something about these scene images... They look great, don't get me wrong, but I couldn't imagine those ever appearing like that in a real AA game. I'm not sure why, maybe it's the style...? Ugh...

Little constructive criticism I can give is that you should work more on the first shot's perspective - while the second shot clearly places the stepladder behind the victim, the first shot looks way more like it is placed by his left side, not behind him.

[Gamer2002]

No, perspective was measured for both pictures. The problem is with lack of visible overlap.

EDIT:

Spoiler : fixed :

[Nearavex]

It's still the same to me... Uh, perhaps mercurialSK will be able to help, I don't know the first thing about perspective.

[Gamer2002]

Spoiler : third time's a charm :

[Nearavex]

Still feels like falling on it, he'd cover no more than a half of it, but it is enough to give a picture of what's happening here.

[mercurialSK]

It's still the same to me... Uh, perhaps mercurialSK will be able to help, I don't know the first thing about perspective.

I guess this is as good of a beacon as any XD


Truthfully I actually hesitate to critique them since you're trying to get the fangame out before refining the graphics in it (which is a great thing). And like Nearavex says, they're enough to give an idea of what's happening. The overlap really does help. I'm really just reluctant since my critique is more of an overhaul than a fix though...

Skimming over the nitpicks I'd like to make, I think the main problem is the composition and the level of detail. I would like to recommend a video on visual simplification, and then two more for the main problems in the composition. Then if you're still not tired of watching videos, this one might also help with that scene in particular.

Spoiler : non spoileric crime visualization, full version :

Closing note: these remind me of these scenes from Rise to the Ashes. Maybe you can use that camera angle as inspiration if you do overhaul them.

[Gamer2002]

Thanks for videos, I'll check them later on.

since you're trying to get the fangame out before refining the graphics in it

Well, Angela's poses is something I can try to fix before first case being published (since I still have to make few more and there is no point in making them with same mistakes), refining the graphics more than that is something I will do some other time ;P
For now as long player can tell what is going on it is good enough.

Anyway, new stuff.

Spoiler : Floor plan :

Spoiler : Crime scene photo :

Had to make zoomed version so the cable would be more visible.

[Gamer2002]

Okay, tried to redesign Angela once again, this time I HAVE HARNESSED THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE

Spoiler : the power of perspective :

Effect of determining the perspective from defense bench background. It's not perfect but it did help

And with this I was able to create all new look of old pose!

Spoiler : all new look :

I will take care of color palette (this damn blue around the skin...) and clean-up later on, but for now I wonder how it generally looks like

What ya think?