Well, it looks okay in my opinion but could be better. The first time I looked at this picture, it looked solid. However, after looking into it I see a few errors:
- Some of Jade's clothes don't match. Don't think you intended this but the clothes are different shades. To fix this I suggest you cross-reference the colors from within the sprites until they all match. Sure, some areas will be darker, but thats natural, thus acceptable. Also, the black outlines on the clothes, unnatural looking and stick out too much. Try a lighter opacity of black next time, but put more darkness into the sash (erm, the cloth dude between her legs) edges, because it doesn't contrast enough to be really the visible. One more thing, the sash needs more shading so it doesn't look like a total smudge job.
- Jade's head. Not really an error.. it just looks horrendous. She looks like a mutant in the face. It may have been the headband that did this, so what I suggest is that you increase the verticle size of the headband to accurately distribute the proportions of Jade's face. Also the hair looks sloppy. Try using more shades and contrast.
- Mileena's head. I agree that there should be some sort of indication that the large tips on Jade's staff have entered and exited Mileena's skull, an easy 5-10 minute job, if that, depending on how much precise detail you put into it. On top of that, I think Mileena's ponytail thing should be behind the staff to more portray the perspective. Well, that's unless you want Jade's staff to seem like it enters at an odd angle then seemingly curve while within Jade's head. The only thing else that I can think of would be that you should have edited the mask a little more, but I know how people can become disinterested in their work and want to finish as quick as possible. Don't know if that happened to you, but it looked like it.
- The blood. Not too bad, but it seems to lack contrast in relation to the background. Also, this is MK, people can bleed a little more than normal. Not a gripe, it's just that some people like to see gallons of blood spilled.
- Jade's body. Don't know if its me but it looks like Jade is standing in an odd position in relation to her legs to her upperbody. Probably just me, oh well. By the way, nice realistic edit for the stomach.
- Some of the shading. Some of the shades on the edit are a little, um, cartoonish, which I don't think this fake is trying to lean to. Things such as the ends of the staff are a little unrealistic looking, and the shoes lack realistic texture and shading.
I know, I am picky, but with me picking out these little things will help you realize what you need to do more, pay attention to those little things. I think that this fake is damn good to look at, just not the most accurately detailed. I also think that there should be more editing done to various parts of the fake, such as Mileena, and some touch-ups to Jade and the blood.
Overall, I give this fake a 6.5/10. Decent, better than many I have seen lately, but could be better though. That and 6.5 is one of my higher scores lately, lol. Good job.
