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I'm stuck in a loop of revising my base sprites.

The problem is that at any moment they look good, but every time I look back at pre-revision works (that looked good to me at the time) they look horrendous to me and I don't know why I thought they were any good.

I'm mainly looking for critiques about consistency (especially height/mass) and colors and if certain shapes look off.

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Gyeff Seaman Joined: 04 May 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Topic: Revise Revise Revise Posted: 10 May 2022 at 9:16am
	https://imgur.com/um8eo2Mhttps://imgur.com/um8eo2Mhttps://imgur.com/um8eo2Mhttps://imgur.com/um8eo2M I'm stuck in a loop of revising my base sprites. The problem is that at any moment they look good, but every time I look back at pre-revision works (that looked good to me at the time) they look horrendous to me and I don't know why I thought they were any good. I'm mainly looking for critiques about consistency (especially height/mass) and colors and if certain shapes look off.
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Gyeff Seaman Joined: 04 May 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 16 May 2022 at 2:59pm
	Made a lot of revisions in order to try to improve mass consistency. Do the feet look too big? I'm thinking about making them smaller. What do you think?
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Gyeff Seaman Joined: 04 May 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 18 May 2022 at 11:08pm
	First time trying portrait
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Zizka Commander Joined: 07 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 139	Posted: 05 June 2022 at 5:48am
	I'd say my issue is that the eye in the portrait is of a different style than the character. I think Final Fantasy Tactics managed to transition from one version to another well.
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Limes Commander Joined: 15 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 671	Posted: 12 July 2022 at 6:50pm
	*Originally posted by Zizka* I'd say my issue is that the eye in the portrait is of a different style than the character. I think Final Fantasy Tactics managed to transition from one version to another well. Edit with Zizka's point.
	I use GraphicsGale
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Greycloak Midshipman Joined: 24 July 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 57	Posted: 21 July 2022 at 7:19pm
	I think the rounded feet are a bit cuter, but the sharper feet are more "realistic". Either way I think it is a small detail though. The base sprites already look quite good. The portrait feels like it could use some more work though. Since you seem to be going for a FFT style I'd probably study how they designed their portraits.
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