Some Custom Sprites

[Cobalt Blue]

you'd be surprised if i'd say that there is not much diference between the the x3 and x4 sprites, specially on bosses..


your main problem was not using shading and/or more shades per color. it was that basically, your shading was completely random and wasn't helping define an shape in particular. you were basically trying to cluster several small details with colors that had barely little to no detail at all, w/o a light surce or anything too really put a diference between an arm and a chest. for a sprite of that size, definition is king. adding more and more shades would ultimately make it way more blurry and way more undetailed and unreadable as well.

shading metals is purely based on high contrasts.

and i raised the saturation of the reds as welll to give more life and enhace even more the contrast between the armor and the character itself. still you have a lot of work to do, since you already have 20 colors for a sprite thats suposed to have only 16.

PS: the face and left leg are a complete mess, and i lowered the torso 1px(its 6AM leave me alone )