So I started to AA but couldn't help stopping, thinking that something about the AA was wrong. I'm still very new to anti aliasing and would like some opinions/edits if possible.

I realize that it still needs a lot of refining but I wanted to get the AA out of the way first.

The best and easiest way is to have one window at 1X and another at least 8X opened at the same time. If you can't do that then you have to increase/decrease a lot.

Pixel in using the lightest AA color and look at the 1X > if smooth, you did it. If not try longer/shorter stroke > if not smooth add 2nd AA shade > till its smooth > sometimes you need 3 or 4 > after 5 shades you probably have a total mess > clean your lines.
Eventually you'll know the 'patterns' and don't have to do that as much.


Edited by jalonso - 05 September 2010 at 7:50pm

Thanks! Is this any better from the previous one?

Slightly offtopic: Jal, you never cease to amaze me. You're like everywhere on this site at the same time, giving advice to people and helping them improve their pixelart, modding stuff, editing posts and still have time left to pixel for yourself. Seriously, amazing.
Anyway, just had to say that for a sec. I don't really have that much to say about the image... It's pretty cute =3.

Because Jalonso is a TANK.

That said, I liked it better with the mouth-like-blob at the beginning. I feel it gave the lil'guy more character.

@pkjo it isn't ready to upload, the palette is still on the top left :>

P.S <3 jal (no homo)

Can anyone help me with animation? ... I have no idea how to work with Graphicsgale or use any other program, for that matter, but I am willing to learn.

I noticed that in your animation, the entire body moves and not just the eyes. Is there any particular reason you did that? If the body weren't moving, would it take away from the animation any more than the moving gives to it? I see how making the entire body move would make the creature more 'alive', if you will, and could even be interpreted as trembling or shivering because the creature is scared, thereby adding more to the cute factor (at least in my opinion), but...

...Well, I pretty much answered my own question, didn't I? The only one I have left is 'why didn't I think of that?' and that too could be answered with 'because we're all here to learn, aren't we?'

What's your take on things?

I felt that the shimmering wasn't noticeable enough so I made them bigger. Which do you prefer?

Very nice, love the eyes. Have to agree with the bottom move and heart, looks odd.

Thats great! ^_^

But in a very honest opinion, there is still something odd with the heart and the forehead of the thing seems it could be better, but if I were you I'd wait for other opinions. :)

Thank you so much everyone ^^