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Pumpkinbot
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Topic: RPG Sprites
Posted: 27 March 2010 at 8:38pm

Decided to start pixeling again. I'm making characters for an RPG, and I think this one turned out nice, but the character looks too young. How can I make him look older, short of shrinking his head?

EDIT: 'Nuther frame, small tweaks. Now the second frame (left) looks like he shrinks. :/

Edited by Pumpkinbot - 27 March 2010 at 10:32pm

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onek
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Posted: 28 March 2010 at 10:45am

it quite ok, but could easily be improve by aplying simpel pixel art techniques like selout and stuff ( see below...) ...
.... another thing id like to point out are colors....
your color ramps are very linear and therefore boring... if u look at real objects they most likely wont have one clean hue all over , for example the colors of the sourrounding reflect in the shadows and mix up with them... also a lot of ur colors arent needed, since theyre barely distinguishable. like the 3 lightest skin tones for instance.... try picking your colors thoughtful and efficient

Originally posted by Pumpkinbot

How can I make him look older.....

... with sprites, u often have to exaggerate features to make them recognizable at once , especially on this small scale.... kinda play with cliches... like if ur going for an old guy, give him gray hair or balled head, a beard, different clothes etc etc.... urs look young now beccause of the hair-do, the shirt and the proportions of head and body.....

heres to illustrate

original- cleaned version - old guy.....

Edited by onek - 28 March 2010 at 10:56am

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Pumpkinbot
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Posted: 28 March 2010 at 1:42pm

Originally posted by onek

it quite ok, but could easily be improve by aplying simpel pixel art techniques like selout and stuff ( see below...) ...
.... another thing id like to point out are colors....
your color ramps are very linear and therefore boring... if u look at real objects they most likely wont have one clean hue all over , for example the colors of the sourrounding reflect in the shadows and mix up with them... also a lot of ur colors arent needed, since theyre barely distinguishable. like the 3 lightest skin tones for instance.... try picking your colors thoughtful and efficient

Originally posted by Pumpkinbot

How can I make him look older.....

The last one's too old. xD The middle guy looks right. *goes to study it*

Now what did you mean by "selout"?

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onek
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Posted: 28 March 2010 at 2:05pm

selout means selective outlining .... its a technique of actually 'sculpting' ur outlines... its kinda hard to explain... take a look at this tutorial for instance (there are others aswell...) to get an idea of it

Edited by onek - 28 March 2010 at 2:06pm

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Pumpkinbot
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Posted: 28 March 2010 at 2:39pm

I tried my hand at selout. Not quite sure of it, but at least I made him look older. Also, is it just me, or does he kinda look like a girl?
Also, -1 color ftw.

List of changes: head shrunk horizontally, tweaked colors, changed shirt pattern, changed shoulders, added selout, took away 1 color (white).

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Pumpkinbot Commander Joined: 05 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Topic: RPG Sprites Posted: 27 March 2010 at 8:38pm
	Decided to start pixeling again. I'm making characters for an RPG, and I think this one turned out nice, but the character looks too young. How can I make him look older, short of shrinking his head? EDIT: 'Nuther frame, small tweaks. Now the second frame (left) looks like he shrinks. :/ Edited by Pumpkinbot - 27 March 2010 at 10:32pm
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 28 March 2010 at 10:45am
	it quite ok, but could easily be improve by aplying simpel pixel art techniques like selout and stuff ( see below...) ... .... another thing id like to point out are colors.... your color ramps are very linear and therefore boring... if u look at real objects they most likely wont have one clean hue all over , for example the colors of the sourrounding reflect in the shadows and mix up with them... also a lot of ur colors arent needed, since theyre barely distinguishable. like the 3 lightest skin tones for instance.... try picking your colors thoughtful and efficient *Originally posted by Pumpkinbot* How can I make him look older..... ... with sprites, u often have to exaggerate features to make them recognizable at once , especially on this small scale.... kinda play with cliches... like if ur going for an old guy, give him gray hair or balled head, a beard, different clothes etc etc.... urs look young now beccause of the hair-do, the shirt and the proportions of head and body..... heres to illustrate original- cleaned version - old guy..... Edited by onek - 28 March 2010 at 10:56am
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Pumpkinbot Commander Joined: 05 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Posted: 28 March 2010 at 1:42pm
	*Originally posted by onek* it quite ok, but could easily be improve by aplying simpel pixel art techniques like selout and stuff ( see below...) ... .... another thing id like to point out are colors.... your color ramps are very linear and therefore boring... if u look at real objects they most likely wont have one clean hue all over , for example the colors of the sourrounding reflect in the shadows and mix up with them... also a lot of ur colors arent needed, since theyre barely distinguishable. like the 3 lightest skin tones for instance.... try picking your colors thoughtful and efficient *Originally posted by Pumpkinbot* How can I make him look older..... ... with sprites, u often have to exaggerate features to make them recognizable at once , especially on this small scale.... kinda play with cliches... like if ur going for an old guy, give him gray hair or balled head, a beard, different clothes etc etc.... urs look young now beccause of the hair-do, the shirt and the proportions of head and body..... heres to illustrate original- cleaned version - old guy..... The last one's too old. xD The middle guy looks right. goes to study it Now what did you mean by "selout"?
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 28 March 2010 at 2:05pm
	selout means selective outlining .... its a technique of actually 'sculpting' ur outlines... its kinda hard to explain... take a look at this tutorial for instance (there are others aswell...) to get an idea of it Edited by onek - 28 March 2010 at 2:06pm
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Pumpkinbot Commander Joined: 05 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Posted: 28 March 2010 at 2:39pm
	I tried my hand at selout. Not quite sure of it, but at least I made him look older. Also, is it just me, or does he kinda look like a girl? Also, -1 color ftw. List of changes: head shrunk horizontally, tweaked colors, changed shirt pattern, changed shoulders, added selout, took away 1 color (white).
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