the AA on the outer ripples and leaves combined with the lack of AA on the splash gives an almost bokeh effect... really cool

I agree that it gets a little algorithmic near the bottom but it's very obvious imo it's not a photo reduction or an AI piece at whole, the layering of detail on the hip and the precision of the lighting on the lining of the rightmost knee are indicative of control over the piece and the technique that I think is very exciting.

@Bugbear I don't think you need to use the convolution matrix to get the texture you want, you're clearly skilled enough (apparent via the lovely foliage detailing on the hips and elbows) to get the effect without using the tool. I personally use gradients a lot so up to you whether you're aiming more for thorough artistic merit or ease-of-process but either way I'm a big fan.

S-tier animating, awesome work man.

is this all stuff for uh, Another Space Opera? i think was the name? reminds me of the style they were running with for that game

edit: oop, yes, lol. Cheers! I was almost on that project but it didn't work out sadly

god damn

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my bad, lol I saved these all in twitter upload resolutions, argh

Sick man, love the colors. CVesque sprite is great too.

I think the abundant dithering is hurting the piece more than helping. The helmet underneath the dithering is very well done. Perhaps try using the dither moreso as a texturing method rather than shading? 

MAN that is dope
God damn

I ceded to using some AA in this piece instead of dithering, which is what I typically prefer to do, or no AA at all. Definitely agree it's the worst part. The background AA failures are because I was trying to get some kind of effect going (can't remember what now) and was simply too tired of working on the piece to put much effort in. 
Thanks a bunch for the rest, though <3
 

Nah, it was just applying the effect and then tweaking the colors until they looked right, e.g. hint of eyeburn.

Well... red and blue? There was nothing formulaic about it.

I think I may have gone too far with the doubling up on the aberration, hm. Thanks though <3

Your best work, imo

this is g00d

interesting

Yeah the left arm was definitely a little bit of a fuss, I think if I had carried the darker contrast from the wrist through the hand it would've worked better. Thanks! 

Color choice is quite fitting for the atmosphere, nice work 

perspective shift on the streetlights is a nice touch

I believe that this is a sword hilt, aka Knife, and it is plunged into the landscape. 

Looks cool. Detail work isn't too bad and the composition is cool. You've got some problems with distance perspective, though - things tend to get lighter as they get farther away, not darker, with some exceptions. Additionally, objects far away will lose detail, which is in saturation, contrast, and complexity. Additionally, there's some slight readability issues about the forest in the background, but this is because it's typical for landscape pieces to have parts of the sky showing - you've mostly obscured it with clouds. 

This obscuring can be accounted for by showing that the sky extends up and out off-canvas, but the way that you've placed the broken, floating building pieces is in a straight line going down, perspective-wise, which confuses the mind (as the brain wants to think that the pieces are all on the same level above the ground, which clashes with the perspective of the horizon). Things to think about. 

I originally made a brush pen doodle and then based the sketch for this piece off of that doodle, so when I drew it in program it ended up being much rougher and contrasting than is really... easily applicable to pixel art. So I had to kinda figure out a style to go with the outlines I had made (as the piece didn't work well with standard gradient shading). Thanks!

Yeah, that's about the same as the other critique I've received. I think it's slightly covered up by the limp being "due to the heavy sack on his back", but in any other instance it wouldn't work out. I'm pretty happy with everything above waistline, though, even with the bag moving a little erratically. Thanks for the tips! 

Thanks ^-^