This will be my first work after reading tutorials seriously. So, throw stones at me now! It's a big headed knight... Nothing more to it. For Now.
Any suggestions on:

- Color choice
- Redrawing
- Shading

....are welcome!

Here goes our fatboy (inspired by a LEATH'S HARRY POTTER character which is infinitely better than that)

for a start ther are hardly any colors so i dont see how u can
comment on that.

as for redrawing, i think its not bad, maybe a bigger sword. But what
is the point in a wip if you are gonan redraw it. one lesson i have
learnt is the crappest lineart will look good if the pallette and shading
is right.

shading, please do more so we can comment.   

Edited by Shark

I'll try again, this time the longer version.

Hassh you seem to be into pixelart and your desire to learn and read tutorials seriously will pay off for you.  Confidence may be you stumbling block. Work on developing your art, your style at your own pace. Someday you will be calling people n00bs too. Do you think Shark has always been a hunter? Oh, no he too was a n00b.


- Color choice - This is very difficult and only you will know what is best. If you are attempting to have a mean and nasty knight, perhars rusty colors are best. If he is your knight in shining armor then bright shiny blue grays will work. If its total fantasy and goofy why not plaid or polka dots. See where I'm going?

- Redrawing - Hassh, I did not mean to be vague. Usually when an artist says anything relating to redrawing, it usually means there is some aspect that YOU are not happy with but can't determine. By saying "yes please" I was merely encouraging your creative juices to find that which will please you. Your art only needs to please you, pleasing others is a bonus.

These two items only you can determine, look around the web or books, for inspiration then try them out in different ways, something WILL come up. Once you get to those two down and you are pleased try to shade it...

- Shading - experiment on developing your shading techniques and when stuck post them here for help, and you will be helped. The problem here is that you are at the step before WIP.

Now I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to subtly call Shark a n00b without stirring the waters

Reminds me of Ned Kelly with the bucket helm. (for all of you that aren't of Austrailian decent, he was an outlaw who made himself a suit of armor to protect himself from bullets shot by the law. he had a helmet just like that. it worked pretty well until he was shot in the knee caps. that stoped him very quickly.)

Back on topic:

he doesn't seem to have much of a torso there... I would have angled the shield a little more and fixed his stance to a more low to the ground, like with his knees bent, so that he would be more protected by his shield and more ready for an attack. But that is just me... Love the sword.

yeah... keep it up 

Some changes I made to it....



A) The original drawing, as seen above.

B) Original Drawing with black outline, minus funky eyes.

C) With no colors, pretty obvious...

D) Less "round'n'goofy" looking shield. I also changed his sword, making it bigger (although I don't really think it's symetrical! ), brand new shoulder pad, a torso, a belt and a curved leg.

E) And the sword said "AGHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M ON FIRE!!!"

F) Different stance. He's fencing! I definetly like that one but I don't know if I'll pick it.

G) Broad sword with a cape. New shoulder pads. his helmet is more proportional, so are his boots.

H) Made a morning star instead of a sword and  revealed his Identity! It's my old pal TUTU in shiny armor!!! ... Just goofing around on that one... had no more Ideas for today!


Edited by Haash

I think E is the best. The flame effect is great. My only crit--the shield looks like belly armor.