Hello!
You may have seen my awful attempt at a robot (I am a noob to the world of pixels :P), I've moved onto something that could help with my future career as an indie game dev.

So I started by making a stone block, the colour is based around a greyish blue which I believe to be a good choice. However, I am terrible when it comes to colours in general so I'd like some feedback on this basic sprite.
(Also, please tell me if I've done something wrong with shading etc.. It all helps)



This is how it would look in a game, as you can see it pretty much tiles well enough :)

they are supposed to be stone bricks. just so you know, this would be the sort of floor for a castle of some sort and not the entire map ;P

I guess considering it's in a castle, you would either have a well lit castle that's clean and pristine, or you would have a run-down castle and the stone would be more dull and broken/cracked.

I think the variation between small bricks and big bricks is interesting so I think I'll keep that but I do see your point about the "shine", I was just trying to show how it almost "pops" as well as the darker blue on the bottom of each brick like the shine to almost add a "3d" effect (not flat stone, more sticky-outy :D).

Edited by DwindlingDwarf - 19 July 2014 at 12:17pm

I still only aspire to be a pixel artist, but in my opinion, the highlight up top is too strong. It somehow makes the brick look shiny. If it were me, and I think this is a pure design choice, I would put one black pixel in each corner, so as to give the edges a bit of a rounded look.

Looks pretty good to me other than a few tiny nitpicks.

EDIT: I messed with it a bit, but mainly for practice. I tried to get rid of the highlight, since it's background. I thought it may detract from the player sprite. I don't know if it's better or worse, but here is what I did:




as an outside crumbly wall

Edited by boogieman - 20 July 2014 at 12:17am