The top one is the best I think. The bottom one looks like he's reclining rather than being shocked.jesus. just draw an entirely new one if you're gonna change it so much.
This. Even with this one:
I added more tilt to the eyes and body, as well as the colouring and fixing up some stuff with the outline. In other words, even the coloured troll people are using as a base for further edits is changed quite a bit from the MCA version.
Once you change it much more, it can barely be called an MCA troll. His drawing gets the point across, the troll is pretty clearly recoiling in horror.
Oh, and though I prefer the slightly less extreme layback, that could very well be personal bias, so here's a version of Zed's with a transparent background:
Comparison:
I think the slightly tilted one is, er, slightly better.
Comparison:
I think the slightly tilted one is, er, slightly better.
The one on the right seems to be fucking the keyboard. Body of the left one + head of the right one would work best, imo
Yeah, possibly. LundB?
greatmy current idea : maybe some drawbro would like to do some monitor-lit MHD tentacles coming out of the screen
Quick and dirty:
Like this?
If you're going to do the whole light thing, you need some glow marks or something coming out of or around the monitor. Like light coming from a torch. Otherwise - without knowing what it is - it just looks weird.Too next gen for me.How about some white light on the troll's face an shirt?
dimmer light:
Comparison:
I think the slightly tilted one is, er, slightly better.
Too much inclination makes it look like the one on the right is fucking the keyboard. Body of the left one + head of the right one would work best, imo
If you're going to do the whole light thing, you need some glow marks or something coming out of or around the monitor. Like light coming from a torch. Otherwise - without knowing what it is - it just looks weird.
I think the slightly tilted one is, er, slightly better.
Too much inclination makes it look like the one on the right is fucking the keyboard. Body of the left one + head of the right one would work best, imo
I already fixed that in my first version:
This one is perfect. Seems more "scared". Just colour the keyboard something non-blue so it doesn't merge in with everything else, same with the monitor (I suggest dark grey or something) and put a glow around the monitor as if light is coming off of it.
Yeah, it seems Chris Avellone knows us for what we are - a fairly diverse group of people with a diverse group of vices and virtues - rather than the crude stereotypes that other developers use for us.This is why I love The Codex, despite all its shit. MCA draws us some trolls, and everyone lets their creativity loose in the most fun self-deprecating way possible. I think that's why MCA likes us (and others devs don't), he is the only one who's seen through our jaded and cynical façade and he knows we're just cuddly manchildren deep inside.
As for why I love MCA... need I spell it out?
This one is perfect. Seems more "scared". Just colour the keyboard something non-blue so it doesn't merge in with everything else, same with the monitor (I suggest dark grey or something) and put a glow around the monitor as if light is coming off of it.
I'm on a different computer for this week which lacks photoshop and my graphics tablet so I guess I'll leave it up to someone else to make the changes DU suggested.