Opinions on the Lerpz's expression?

[Sook Yee]

Hi all!

I'm working on a user interface for the Lerpz game, and for now,
finished the Lerpz's expression. It's meant for the picture next to
the health bar, which in my opinion, looks kinda stupid for a rather
evil scientist who is escaping prison, therefore I've wanted to change
the picture to a 2D style, and more expressive than the current dumpy
look.

I have this idea for the picture to change it's expression as the
health bar goes down, from the left

Full Health- Grinning and rather smug look.
Half Health- Normal and a little worried look.
Critical Health- Very worried look (Which...turn to a Lerpz that looks
rather sad in my opinion, that works too though)

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae134/windnara/Portfolio.png

So, what are your opinions? Are there anything I can improve on to
make him look better?

[zac choo]

hi guys, just thought i'd get some crits for this piece i'm working on for the portfolio segment, the lipsync exercise.

currently working on polish, next target is to add head / shoulder motions to express the feelings better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7aTziqsU0&feature=youtu.be

[Jayden Spencer]

Sook, that is like the original kingdom hearts they did it quite well
so you might want to check that out for some inspiration.
In my opinion the the 2nd facial expression should more worried than
sad though, otherwise it looks great.

[Josh Whitkin]

Hi Sook yee,

The overall idea is good. The art is a good start. If you are aiming
for portfolio quality, some more time spent on practice and research on
facial expression design will help. Many good guides and tutorials are
available for cartoon expression design. Here's one.

http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

Try again after some study and practice - I bet your art will improve!

-Josh

[Sook Yee]

Thanks Josh! That helps a lot!

and here's some changes I did after the first comment, it's not done
yet of course and that tutorial you gave me will be a great help!

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae134/windnara/GamePlayLerpzUIFinal.jpg

I also did some in game UI like health bar on the left and the battery
count on the right, the first idea of the health bar turned out
horrible, I scrapped that and remembered about Kingdom Hearts (thanks
to Jayden) and designed that referencing health bar in Kingdom Hearts
(especially that circle health bar), still following the overall color
scheme and the 5 block health bar, but it looks much better, my
concern is the colour scheme though, should I make it look brighter?

Down the page past the expressions is the battery, probably need some
depth though...