Okay so i'm doing some c64 fantasy character portraits. The pixels are double width. And I should point out that the black is a slightly off blue for the sake of the engine it's going into.

current:


There should be 5 more after this one, and this one being the only helmeted figure.

crossposted here

Edited by AlcopopStar - 01 October 2013 at 9:02am

okay so I don't know what was going on there the colours there, something weird Photoshop decided to do I guess.

Anyway, that should be fixed now.

I also made the shading a little less confused and added some more black to the image for contrast.

Edit: I followed some feedback from the pixelation forum and made the metal more high contrast. Which, looking back, is probably what you meant dawn.



Edited by AlcopopStar - 01 October 2013 at 9:02am

The way you've done your banding makes the helmet look very un-round.
In particular the white highlight next to the dark grey one makes it
look like there's a corner there.

I think it would be a good idea to go back a few steps, and first make
the rough cylindrical shading as a gradient: dark-mid-light-mid-dark.
And then play around a bit with the edges. And keep in mind that things
like the visor and the top rim are wider, which gives you a chance to
break up your bands.

Lastly, you could attempt drawing in some actual reflected details, for
instance the turtleneck reflecting the insides of the pauldrons and the
rivets. Or the background reflecting off the shiny armor, if you're adding
a background.