Pixel Joint Forum: Revision, looking for critique

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   Hello! I would really like to improve my spriting skills and I feel like I have learned a lot just in the past week reading guides and such. I have edited a sprite i uploaded last week after a few insightful comments and I'd like to know if these changes are in the right direction? Here is my original:

and here is my revision based on comments that i received: 

Do you think these changes have improved my sprite over the original? What else can I do to improve this? Do you think the anatomy is ok? I tried to stick to 16 colors. 

This is the character I was spriting for reference:

Thank you!

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strawbaya Seaman Joined: 15 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: Revision, looking for critique Posted: 14 September 2015 at 3:59pm
	Hello! I would really like to improve my spriting skills and I feel like I have learned a lot just in the past week reading guides and such. I have edited a sprite i uploaded last week after a few insightful comments and I'd like to know if these changes are in the right direction? Here is my original: and here is my revision based on comments that i received: Do you think these changes have improved my sprite over the original? What else can I do to improve this? Do you think the anatomy is ok? I tried to stick to 16 colors. This is the character I was spriting for reference: Thank you!
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 15 September 2015 at 8:37am
	This is adorable. I actually like the first version better, only because of the contrasting purple under the skirt...it's more readable. But yeah, the dithering on a sprite this small tends to make it look more busy and less readable. Sometimes it's necessary to convey some textures, which you might need here, but just enough to hint at it. The legs, body of the dress, and lower part of the socks don't need it...just some shadow and maybe an outline. See my edit here on this sprite: http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21711&KW= Palocles had a lot of dithering in his first version. I really like your sprite though.
	hehe (ಠ_ಠ ) o_- :p
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