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zacfac
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![]() I'm going back, to the first game I have ever made. The Game was near completion. But then I wanted to change the art style so, I did and everything got complicated. Nothing went with anything and I got frustrated and stopped. So This time I Want to finish it, and say I have made something with my art. So please give your criticism. It's much appreciated. |
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zacfac
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 September 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 108 |
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![]() I changed the shading. I noticed that there was some bad contrast |
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Hapiel
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Hey Zarfac
What's going on with the middle guy? His eyes look like he is stoned... after long looking, I'm guessing he has a beard and smoking a cigarette? You need to look again at those arms and shoulders, his shoulders are to square and his arms, I really don't know what's going on with them or how they are positioned! and he has huge boobs? I understand you're going for big strong pecs, but it doesn't really read that way.. As for his feet, the highlight on the outside makes the feet look turned out, which would fit better for this manly character. In the character on the left, the skin colored parts on the shirt confuse me, is that decoration or are those her hands? Why are there no hands at the end of her arms? And what's the ting on top of his/her head? I hope my thoughts help you further! |
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zacfac
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Originally posted by Hapiel
His eyes look like he is stoned... after long looking, I'm guessing he has a beard and smoking a cigarette? Okay, I got rid of the cigarette. It was having some perspective issues as well Originally posted by Hapiel
You need to look again at those arms and shoulders, his shoulders are to square and his arms, I really don't know what's going on with them or how they are positioned! and he has huge boobs? I understand you're going for big strong pecs, but it doesn't really read that way Ok fixed his chubby man boobs Originally posted by Hapiel
In the character on the left, the skin colored parts on the shirt confuse me, is that decoration or are those her hands? Why are there no hands at the end of her arms? And what's the ting on top of his/her head?I hope my thoughts help you further! They are his hands. I didn't know if they needed an outline. so I fixed it As for his hair, it's a mohawk. I fixed it for better readability. ![]() |
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Hapiel
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If those are his hands, then what is on his back? his wings?
The shading under the belly now made the guy fat, if that's what you wanted then well done :) |
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king_bobston
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heyo zacfac, your edit improved it a lot!
![]() I took the liberty to make an edit myself, I experimented with some parts without finding a good solution myself and didn't want to spend too much time with it so take some of it with more than a grain of salt. ![]() First guy: I think the mohawk should be more clear, maybe it's to wide and short right now. I'm mostly confused about the things on the sides of his arm as well, I'm assuming it's some cloth that goes behind his back? But I have no idea what it would be. There's some avoidable banding on the arms and overall they can be made more clear to avoid confusion. Second guy: There was too little contrast in the skin tones so I pushed that a bit, not sure about the result though :/ I'm assuming he's supposed to be buff based on your fist version, so define his torso more. There's also some avoidable banding on his arms, when I edited them I went ahead of myself and made them buffer as well ![]() The blue beard(?) is a bit confusing, maybe making the area bigger makes it more clear but I've my doubts and didn't try it so dunno. Third girl: The biggest issue I see is that I didn't recognise the headphones at first, largely because of the contrast. I tried to make them more clear but ran out of patience myself.. There's also a bit avoidable banding with the highlights and arms of the jacket but it's not as important as fixing the banding with the other two sprites. I like this sprite style but there's quite some readability issues. In that size you often have to carefully watch out not to add too strong banding or too much details as they often compromise the readability. I would like to see more of these sprites! ![]() |
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zacfac
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 September 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 108 |
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![]() Ok, I hope I cleared some things up. They aren't wings, It is a jacket :P I'm slowly adding new ones, but it's a little hard recalling from memory :P I deleted the original file years ago and I can't seem to find any Photos online. so old sketches and Pure memory it is :P But I should have some decent tiles done soon so, please. be harsh because I have never done tiles :P |
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zacfac
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![]() Ok, so here is a color/Hue change. I changed and got rid of things that were causing problems. I also added three new sprites. I probably need to change some hues and colors, but I like them so far. Tell what you think |
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Hapiel
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Are the bottom one the new ones? I like the top ones better.. The added contrast suggests borders which should be near invisible at this scale!
The new characters are fine, just the girl with the big large fringe, perhaps you can make that without using black in her bright colored hair. Mohawk guy still confuses me, why are his hands not in the sleeves of the jackets? and in the pic on the right without jacket, is he flexing? high shoulders and high elbows, it seems to me. |
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zacfac
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Okay. I wanted to go for a more realistic style
I was Looking for References, and I found eastward I loved the style so I tried something new a little bit bigger then I can add detail. ![]() Here is what I got. ![]() |
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zacfac
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 September 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 108 |
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![]() Ok fixed them hope you like them |
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Hapiel
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This is much nicer, well done! Perhaps the legs of the manly guy top right could go outwards instead of inwards. There might be solutions to prevent the black inner outlines, especially on the top right guy, they clutter up the rest. Lower right girl suffers most from banding, check the Pixel Art Tutorial on this forum to find what that's all about.
This is going much in the right direction!!! |
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zacfac
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 September 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 108 |
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![]() Ok, I fixed the issues that you pointed out. then made there Fall clothing, as well. tell me what you think about them |
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zacfac
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Ok made all the angles to the sprites, and did my good old spin test to make sure they're smooth.
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