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After a long time I decided to get back to spriting, to bad I was never good but I think I can be better since I have learned a little more about shading, character design and a lot of things overall but I still need some help. Yesterday I made this little mushroom, and I was hoping to get some C+C on it. I know it's really bad but I want to improve that and everything overall really. 

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Added the AA to the little guy;'s shading. I may of have done 
it how it's suppose to be done but I think I didn't, I also added some 
shading to the middle of his face to indicate his nose but again I may 
of have done it incorrectly. C+C is greatly appreciated.

Edited by Mabelma - 03 April 2010 at 10:43am

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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Topic: Hey, I'm very new at this Posted: 03 April 2010 at 9:55am
	After a long time I decided to get back to spriting, to bad I was never good but I think I can be better since I have learned a little more about shading, character design and a lot of things overall but I still need some help. Yesterday I made this little mushroom, and I was hoping to get some C+C on it. I know it's really bad but I want to improve that and everything overall really. EDIT Added the AA to the little guy;'s shading. I may of have done it how it's suppose to be done but I think I didn't, I also added some shading to the middle of his face to indicate his nose but again I may of have done it incorrectly. C+C is greatly appreciated. Edited by Mabelma - 03 April 2010 at 10:43am
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 2:27pm
	1up OMG pokemons thread inspired me to do one too. It's suppose to be infernape, it's still just the lineart and the main colors but I hope you like them, any comments before I start shading? Is not even close to the ones he made but I hope that with your help I can make it look close to his. C+C is greatly appreciated on both things.
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 3:13pm
	Another edit to the mushroom.The one with the words MUSH on the bottom is an edit someone made to help me improve it. Here's the new one. Also the green shadow you added to it I felled would look better brown so I did that too. Thoughts? Is the AA on the shading ok?
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 3:29pm
	i think ull have to work on the pose some more....he seems to fall over to the left... also his proportions arent rly similar to the original. original is more lanky and dynamic.... also he looks too human, especially the face, and did u forget the tail? heres an ruff edit (feel free to use it...)
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 3:31pm
	Woow, that looks much better. Thanks I'll see what I can do with it but for now I won't fix infernape cause It's better if I do one thing first and then the other.
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 6:45pm
	Any Comments on the new mushroom? I think I'm pretty much done with it but comments would be greatly appreaciated.
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:45am
	In this edit, I didn't really do much but add some purple below his eyes to show that he hasn't sleep or something like that. I don't know what the name of those dark circles are. I also changed the darkest shade of yellow to a more brownish color instead of the green and I took away the AA on the purple on the top of the mushroom cause it didn't look good. Is it finished? How would I go about adding AA to the outline without having to add more pixels beside the black borders cause I want to make it my avatar and the AA doesn't look right when it's transparent.
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:03am
	wether its finished or not is completely ur own decision... for me it could still need lots of work the dark circles around the eyes dont rly work for me, they look too flat, u should probably try to shade them a little more to make them stick out more obvious. the eyes should be closed a little too make him look rly tired.... another thing is the overall shape, i think u should try to make it look more round, now it looks a bit like a house of some sort to me.... about the color count, 20 ... its way too high.. i think u could achieve the same with like 8 colors.... heres another edit for u
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:55am
	Wow, thanks. I'll edit mine and see what I can achieve using yours for reference. Thank you so much for that. I really like the one with 7 colors. -------------- -------------- Here's the new one. It has 9 colors and I changed the shaped of the mushroom, a little rounder but not that round. It's kinda like a mixture from yours and MUSH. Am I going on the right track?
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 12:35pm
	actually u made it more angular now!? O_o.... looks like an arrow, also u shouldnt just copy/paste stuff of an edit, instead try to make it on ur own and in ur own style... same with the colors
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 1:06pm
	Actually, I didn't copy it. I put it on the side and try to add as much of it as I could but I'll fix that and make it more of my own and yeah make it more circular.
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 1:24pm
	Here's a new one, hopefully I fixed the issue of it looking to much like yours and it not being circular enough.
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 04 April 2010 at 6:23pm
	Do you guys/gals have any comments on the new mushroom? I my self like it but I would love some C+C also I was hoping you guys could tell me how to apply AA tithe outline without using the usual AA cause I may want to use it as my avatar but if I add the grey AA it would make it look bad so please help me out with that, thanks in advance
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 05 April 2010 at 6:55pm
	Hey, a friend of mine is making a game and he wanted me to help him make the sprites for his game. His going to be making the main characters while I will be making the enemies. So far I have 3 enemies done; - the mushroom - the frog - the man eating plant so I was looking forward to some C+C. I hope you can help me out making the enemies better and coming up with better designs for the enemies. Keep in mind that the shading on the enemies needs to be really basic to fit the style and no AA either so please do not say it needs AA because as much as I want to add it, I just can't. I hope you like and enjoy. -------- Also, any C+C on the mushroom? Should I add it to my Gallery or should I add some AA if you think I should add AA please help me out, I have no idea how to add it so that when it's transparent the AA doesn't mess with the image. Edited by Mabelma - 05 April 2010 at 6:56pm
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Hatch Admiral Joined: 05 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1387	Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:29pm
	Please stop bumping your thread so much. Multi-posting is only allowed if you have significant progress to show.
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Mabelma Midshipman Joined: 21 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 06 April 2010 at 1:53am
	Ok, then. I'm sorry for that. EDIT BY CURE: this post (ironically?) is also a bump. posts should contain content. Edited by ThereIsNoCure - 07 April 2010 at 8:10am
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