07-09-2009, 04:37 PM
The main issue, besides the way the emeralds are labeled, is that their polygonal shape isnt really that well defined. they do look quite flat since of of the faces of trhe said emerald should reflect in some degree the light from the lightsource, thus helping in the definition of each shape. while this is not a must, you really need to state that the emeralds are indeed, diamond shaped objects.
saying "every sonic fan would recognize them" its nothing but a bad excuse, specially considering that if you didnt say that they are the chaos emeralds, they could be read as simple jewerly that could easily be labeled like "these are custom colums gems" or anything like that. look at the Emeralds in Sonic Pocket, they are well defined, use way less colors but really achieves the sense of a 3D object and gives them a more dinamic and attractive point of view.
saying "every sonic fan would recognize them" its nothing but a bad excuse, specially considering that if you didnt say that they are the chaos emeralds, they could be read as simple jewerly that could easily be labeled like "these are custom colums gems" or anything like that. look at the Emeralds in Sonic Pocket, they are well defined, use way less colors but really achieves the sense of a 3D object and gives them a more dinamic and attractive point of view.