Hi :)
retr0n, thanks for the advice. I never really stopped to think about my shading process too much. But now I'm definately seeing what you are - the shinies don't look just right. So, I'm trying to find a more effective shading technique that will enhance the look of my doodles :)
The first technique that I tried was using the lasso tool instead of the paintbrush tool. I don't think it looks terrible, but I also think it seems too flat and isn't dramatic enough for me. I'll have to experiment a bit more with this technique since it's really the first time I've tried :)
Here's a female DoY guard. I don't think it came out very well considering how much time I spent on it, but I do really like the color set and the hairstyle :)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...3/DoYguard.jpg
Also - for you other guys - What do you think an NC-feeling-picture would look like? If you're not going to doodle it (which is really the whole point of this thread... :() describing it in detail is pretty much the next best thing :)
I personally don't like the word 'cyberpunk' at all. In addition to bringing back awful, embarrassing memories of the 80s, the definition of cyberpunk from wikipedia.org, though a really interesting article, doesn't seem to match up with NC's themes, at least to me. (what are the NC themes, anyway? war, seperation, corruption?)
And even if NC is undoubtedly cyberpunk, cyberpunk fashion is weird, humiliating, and ugly :) A google search shows the following boring, frightening, 80s-quasi-futuristic, terrifying, and undescribable pictures.
I feel that Neocron's clothing as a whole should be slightly shamanistic and tribal, while mainly looking like the clothing of the 23rd century (due to the ceres disks being exposed to a relatively undeveloped society). Neocron city's clothing should be clean, presentable and uniform-like, whereas the Dome of York's should be whatever anyone wants it to be (although straps should be the common theme in the Dome's fashion scene, just so every outfit can feel slightly related and easily identifyable as a DoY thing)
(PS - if I haven't made it clear in this boring babbley post (I'm an awful writer) I want to know what makes an outfit feel as if it belongs in NC :P)
