M&L Styled DK (For the heck of it)

[Angelglory]

I like the style and felt like emulating it. Everything outside of the head and arms are merely blocked out at the moment. Any critiques, tips or comments?

Version 1


LATEST Version 2

[Ton]

Wow, that's looking really good. I think his head colors could stand out from his body a bit more though.

[Retro64]

This looks really good so far!
The only critique I have is his proportions.
DK's arms look a little too long and far apart, I recommend using this for reference:

I also recommend using a darker shade of brown. His current palette is a little two yellow.
Keep up the great work!

[Angelglory]

I'm back! Taking the comments into consideration, I made some adjustments to DK while I finished him up. Finding a good enough palette for him was probably the hardest part, nothing quite felt spot on enough so I eventually just went with a custom color choice. I also brought in his arms a little like suggested (I was using Smash Bros. as reference beforehand, lol


Still not 100% sure on the shading, might tweak the head and shoulders in that regard a little more but otherwise it's about done-ish.

[Retro64]

I'm back! Taking the comments into consideration, I made some adjustments to DK while I finished him up. Finding a good enough palette for him was probably the hardest part, nothing quite felt spot on enough so I eventually just went with a custom color choice. I also brought in his arms a little like suggested (I was using Smash Bros. as reference beforehand, lol


Still not 100% sure on the shading, might tweak the head and shoulders in that regard a little more but otherwise it's about done-ish.

It looks much better!
It looked good before but now it looks almost perfect!
Great job!