02-16-2010, 05:56 PM
waitwaitwait, you're masterofthewii? WOW that takes me back, haven't heard that name in a while. Never associated you with that name.
Anyway, back to the sprite. First things first: your dithering looks REALLY uneven and blocky. Not gonna hold that against you though, I can't dither worth shit. Regardless, I'll try my best to help.
On the colors of the orange, I think I see where the problem is coming from. You have four shades there, and they're split into two groups, 2 light shades and 2 dark. This causes it to look like an abrupt transition from light to dark. You want it to be more of an even progression. Another problem is that your two dark shades are blending. This is one of the properties of dithering, its blends your two colors together as an in-between color. Your two darker shades are dithered together, making your brighter shades jumping into what is essentially one dark color with no transition.
To solve this, you want to make it so your shades progress from light to dark, not as choppy a transition. Also, space out your dithering more so you can see each individual color.
Please tell me if that made as little sense to you as it did to me.
The light green can be brought down a bit, it's almost invisible. All the jacket colors are way too dark, I can't tell any of them apart, all I see is black. Maybe its because I'm viewing it on a stark white background. The legs are kinda misshapen and are also too dark. The darkest red could be a little darker, and the brightest red a little brighter. The blues of the eyes blend together in the finished product, I can't tell them apart.
This isn't addressing any shading issues, just the colors right now. Lineart looks good in general, though I think the ears may be a little too flat on top.
Good luck fixing it!
Anyway, back to the sprite. First things first: your dithering looks REALLY uneven and blocky. Not gonna hold that against you though, I can't dither worth shit. Regardless, I'll try my best to help.
On the colors of the orange, I think I see where the problem is coming from. You have four shades there, and they're split into two groups, 2 light shades and 2 dark. This causes it to look like an abrupt transition from light to dark. You want it to be more of an even progression. Another problem is that your two dark shades are blending. This is one of the properties of dithering, its blends your two colors together as an in-between color. Your two darker shades are dithered together, making your brighter shades jumping into what is essentially one dark color with no transition.
To solve this, you want to make it so your shades progress from light to dark, not as choppy a transition. Also, space out your dithering more so you can see each individual color.
Please tell me if that made as little sense to you as it did to me.
The light green can be brought down a bit, it's almost invisible. All the jacket colors are way too dark, I can't tell any of them apart, all I see is black. Maybe its because I'm viewing it on a stark white background. The legs are kinda misshapen and are also too dark. The darkest red could be a little darker, and the brightest red a little brighter. The blues of the eyes blend together in the finished product, I can't tell them apart.
This isn't addressing any shading issues, just the colors right now. Lineart looks good in general, though I think the ears may be a little too flat on top.
Good luck fixing it!
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