Pixel Joint Forum: face help

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   I've been trying to learn to sprite faces and characters and stuff and this is my first attempt. Something feels really off about it and I don't really know what.

(4 colors and black)

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petramortem Midshipman Joined: 05 January 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Topic: face help Posted: 10 February 2016 at 10:44am
	I've been trying to learn to sprite faces and characters and stuff and this is my first attempt. Something feels really off about it and I don't really know what. (4 colors and black)
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ShinnyMetal Seaman Joined: 09 February 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 10 February 2016 at 2:44pm
	The biggest thing that stands out to me is the difference between the colors on the skin. one has a pink tone and the other is a more brown tone. It's fairly close and I would change the pink tone more than the brown. Also maayyybe the eyes are a bit high but otherwise I think the overall shape and detail is decently done
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r1k Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 336	Posted: 10 February 2016 at 11:37pm
	I made an edit: I did alot of extra shading and stuff, but here are the main things I did. First, I moved the mouth up 1 pixel, and the eyes down 1 pixel. This is the only difference in the 3rd image in the edit. I think just doing this already improves it alot. I also added an extra row of pixels to the top of the head, increased contrast, added a color, got rid of the black and the outlines, and used the highlight less sparingly. Google an image of a face with a strong direct light source to help you with the shading.
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petramortem Midshipman Joined: 05 January 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 11 February 2016 at 8:46am
	Thanks man, this helps a lot.
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