Topic: Hector is a pinhead

[CapComMDb]

Anyone else notice that Hector's head is very tiny relative to his body size?

This makes him a pinhead.

 

Come to think of it, Ayami Kojima tends to draw the hands of her characters a little large, too...

[Pentagram-cracker]

I've never really noticed, maybe the big hair just makes his head look small? I also noticed she tends to draw a lot of males with big long emo hair, and for some reason she likes to draw Maria in shorts instead of a dress.

[Wallachia]

yes, and.. I never liked that piece anyway..

[thernz]

Nah, GreySun, he actually has a proportionally minuscule head. Also, SoTN Maria does indeed wear a green skirt over a black skirt. No shorts there.

[ShinAkumaXX]

His got some big hips.

[Pentagram-cracker]

Really? I could have swore she was wearing a pair of black short shorts. There was even a cut in the center between her thighs.

[Hanniballistic]

I never really cared about this when it came to artwork.  Unless you are drawing a real person or your intention is to portray someone realistically, I don't see a problem with tweaking the scale of certain parts.  If you can draw hands really well, make them babies huge!  Hands are one of the hardest things to draw!  I don't know, I deal with professors that always comment on the size of hands, head, legs in my artwork and I always have to explain that I wasn't going for absolute realism like I would for say, my life oil painting class (painting the nude figure).  People are so nitpicky about that!  Sorry I don't want my prints to look like a photograph!  If I wanted to do that I would have taken a photo!

[A-Yty]

"Goomba Hector" has been brought up a couple of times. Also..

http://castlevania.neoseeker.com/w/i/castlevania/thumb/d/d4/Hector5.jpg/350px-Hector5.jpg

Check out his right hand. Does that look natural?

http://castlevania.armster.org/dracxchron/artbook07.jpg

Look at that neck. Just look at it. It's like Homer strangled her for years.

[Super Waffle]

Really? I could have swore she was wearing a pair of black short shorts. There was even a cut in the center between her thighs.

The black part is actually supposed to be a reeeally formfitting underskirt.  The Akumajo Dracula Prize Collection figure of SotN Maria clarified this a while ago.  

http://msz006yama.sakura.ne.jp/yama2/vamp2.htm

All of the fanartists and cosplayers who thought she was wearing black biking shorts have been wrong this entire time.

[shelverton.]

This is actually one of the most annoying covers in Castlevania history. Someone should've noticed that the proportions were completely off. It bothers me to this day (maybe I should get a life ) Make his head TWICE the size and then we can talk..

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Here, I fixed it.

[Hanniballistic]

Also, it must be noted that she is self-taught.  She had no formal training in art.  I love that about her, the imperfections.  Plus, it shows how much she's improved over the years.

[Pentagram-cracker]

I agree, for someone who's self-taught she's an amazing artist. I think that's one of the things that makes her work so unique, because she doesn't copy off of other people like most artists do.

[Hanniballistic]

I agree, for someone who's self-taught she's an amazing artist. I think that's one of the things that makes her work so unique, because she doesn't copy off of other people like most artists do.

It's true!  I could write a huge essay comparing her to some folk artists in America and how her work is more valuable based on the self-taught aspect but I don't have the time!  I'm not going to say she is completely UNinfluenced by other artists, we all are, and her work has a heavy European vibe coming from it but I dare you to show me someone that has work that is like hers.  Not having formal training is a huge plus in her corner.  It's dark, beautiful and romantic.  I really want that artbook of her non-game related art.

[A-Yty]

Yeah yeah she is talented for someone with no formal training.

But that is still a small head