Pixel Joint Forum: Swords man sprite Please crit

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So, this here is a sprite i'm making for a (already made) game, my goal is to take a whole bunch of the games mainline units and re-create them as practice before i start doing my own, original, characters.

As you can most likely see, i looked at the original sprites legs while making, which is why the legs are better than the rest of the sprite, one of the things i want to change is that, i want my own legs. (The legs are almost pixel for pixel the same.)

Also: I have to use the same pallet im currently using, but i want it to look less... blue?

Any critz/tips/free food/links to good porno sites (Joke) are not only welcome, but asked for.  

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Zilus Seaman Joined: 01 December 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Topic: Swords man sprite Please crit Posted: 09 December 2010 at 1:39am
	So, this here is a sprite i'm making for a (already made) game, my goal is to take a whole bunch of the games mainline units and re-create them as practice before i start doing my own, original, characters. As you can most likely see, i looked at the original sprites legs while making, which is why the legs are better than the rest of the sprite, one of the things i want to change is that, i want my own legs. (The legs are almost pixel for pixel the same.) Also: I have to use the same pallet im currently using, but i want it to look less... blue? Any critz/tips/free food/links to good porno sites (Joke) are not only welcome, but asked for.
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ChrisButton Commander Joined: 10 September 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 371	Posted: 09 December 2010 at 4:07am
	Hey man. It would be helpful if you told me (us) what game it's for so I know what art style you're trying to do. Some good tips would be to, remove the black lines and replace with coloured lines. You could leave the outline as black lines that don't go into the body to make it look more cut out and projected. Might want to change your colour choices a bit too! But it's good for new stuff. Anatomy seems acceptable! <3
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Zilus Seaman Joined: 01 December 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 09 December 2010 at 4:48am
	Gaaarngh! i forgot the evils of black lines Soooo, I think I addresses most (or all) of the problems you mentioned, the game is called Battle For Awsomenoth. Er... Battle for Wesnoth. Anyways, here is the updated sprite. Also: im posting the sprite it is based off of.
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ChrisButton Commander Joined: 10 September 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 371	Posted: 10 December 2010 at 8:18pm
	LOL 'awesomenoth'. The image has already drastically improved by removing those black lines! The colour choice still bugs me, but the original image somehow makes it work. That will forever be a mystery to me. Try changing the hues a bit as it gets darker and the saturation, contrast makes stuff look interesting! And if you think you're up for it, some anti-aliasing. There are many tutorials posted on this website that can be found via the search button.
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