Doom Mini Set

[Hoeloe]

The problem is that you can't FIT that much detail at such a small resolution. When you make a sprite at that sort of size, you need to sacrifice some detail to keep the sprite readable. Here's an example of a small sprite I added more detail to. Notice how it looks a lot messier than the original:



The messiness isn't to do with any techniques I used or anything of that sort, it's simply that I tried to put too much into too small a space. The original sprite cut back on all these details because they weren't necessary to display the character. They used only the main elements of the design, which allows the sprite to be read much more easily.