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    Posted: 10 July 2016 at 6:26pm
Hey , haven't been on here for quite some time. but here are some sprites I want opinions on.

One Is an evil balloon and the other is a base for the three main protags
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2016 at 8:17pm

here is a new one with all 8 species of natural bears and some shading
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Quote eishiya Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 7:00am
I wouldn't have  seen the shading on the lighter bears had you not mentioned it in text. At 1x, it's barely visible because it's so similar in value (darkness/lightness) to the base colours, so it's not doing its job. Make it darkeron the brown and white bears, and maybe also on the white parts of the panda.
I would recommend making the shadows warmer rather than cooler, fur tends to be warm. This is especially noticeable on pandas and polar bears: http://awtlblog.vitsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Polar-Bear-Cafe.jpg
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:34pm
view x4
I changed the shading of the bears to more of yellow and started adding clothing to them.
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Quote TYB3N Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:37pm
I can't see the eyes on the black bears at this scale. Maybe they could be a different color?
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:48pm
Oh, the bears are not supposed to be that small they are meant to be viewed x4. But I will change the shading because on the sloth bear the eyes aren't visible.
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Quote TYB3N Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:49pm
that's a good detail to keep in mind. i was wondering.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:01pm
view x4
The black bears know have a black n blue tint to them
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Quote eishiya Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:03pm
The shadows on the white fur, and the eyes on dark fur, are still not very readable, but the hues are looking good!

For the eyes, maybe you could give them 1px white-ish highlights? That way they can stand out. It might also make them look like creepy glowing white eyes, but you won't know until you try it.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:26pm
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I made the bears bluer and I tried the white eye trick it made them all look scared. But how is the eye with the tophat?
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 2:40pm
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I added a back view of all the bears and added all views for the balloon.
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Quote TYB3N Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2016 at 3:17pm
I'd increase the contrast between the bow and the ring on the hat.
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Quote Damian Replybullet Posted: 12 July 2016 at 4:18am
I'd increase contrast in general. As said by others, the eyes still get lost in the darker versions. Also x4 is a bit large, surely x2 or x3 would suffice.

I was making an edit, but got lost in making it look like a bear :/ My bad.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 12 July 2016 at 11:10pm
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Ok, Damian made lighter colors as light as can be without making the shading forced I think it brings out the eyes in the black bears. TYB3N I made the balloons colors overall brighter and changed his bow color and the ribbon that ties it together. but I hate how the bow looks on his side view. bow help, please.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 13 July 2016 at 3:48pm
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I started a walking animation. But before I move on to animation is the contrast ok?

x3
frame by frame
The Bird is supposed to change into the balloons hat then the balloon appears from the hat.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 14 July 2016 at 11:19am
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This is the full animation of toppy the balloon.
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Quote Damian Replybullet Posted: 14 July 2016 at 2:26pm
That's a cool animation, very creative!
The bears are a lot better, but now I'd say the bird itself in the animation lacks contrast.

Contrast seems to be an on going issue in your work. It might be worth doing a quick study of Values, which might give you a better understanding of where you're going wrong.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 14 July 2016 at 5:08pm
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I made a quick Contrast test with what I've learned on the Interwebs.
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Quote Damian Replybullet Posted: 16 July 2016 at 4:27am
The colours do contrast here, thats good. Lighting on the other hand is a bit odd, but if its just for a test, I'd suggest moving on.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 21 July 2016 at 8:44pm

Dolly is back! This little guy was from a game of mine called you will be loved. The game never went past testing. But know he will introduce you to the story and help you through the tutorials as with the old man.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 22 July 2016 at 4:26pm

Humans!!! the new protags!
the protags are the ones in tank tops. tear them apart! But, be gentle they are my babies. oh one more thing if you think the girls are familiar. They are also from a game of mine that went under. Yah I tend not to finish stuff.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 03 August 2016 at 2:48pm

Walking animations for the girls there all in one gif. Tear them apart i should have the side view soon
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Quote TYB3N Replybullet Posted: 03 August 2016 at 5:51pm
the arms should move less i think
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 04 August 2016 at 2:31pm


Ok, here we go. I slowed down the frame rate to what it is in the game.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 15 August 2016 at 9:30pm
(Oh before you look if any of my characters are sexualised then the opposing sex will be sexualised as well fair warning.)x2
This is my sheet where I make then make them pretty.
but there are a lot of changes to the sprites but I'm not going to list them because there is to many to list
but go at it.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 16 August 2016 at 2:38pm

recolors of the bears and toppy.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 26 August 2016 at 1:56pm
Is everything ok before I move on?(i haven't heard anything in some time) Next is animation and applying side views. I don't want to start animating and having to change colors and hues if there not correct.
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Quote TYB3N Replybullet Posted: 27 August 2016 at 10:46am
the spelling is ninja, not ninga
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 22 November 2016 at 2:37pm
hey, I haven't been here in a long time. but I took a break from pixeling but now I'm back. I did some color revamps on the humans and I want yall's thoughts on the new colors
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edit : ( the color pallet is 10 for each tell me what you tink or should I up the color limit?)
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 25 November 2016 at 6:39pm

some new colors and two new Protags.
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Quote Zeshio Replybullet Posted: 15 December 2016 at 1:43pm
The humans look good, they have the same style. Is the bald guy missing an eye?

I would also suggest a different bathing suit color for the girl in orange hair, the lightest one doesn't read strongly enough as clothing when I look at it.
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Quote zacfac Replybullet Posted: 22 December 2016 at 5:52pm

new colors and some major edits to heroes.
Yes, it is a scar. Is it not profound enough?
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