GrooveMan.exe's Sprite Thread

[GrooveMan.exe]

A.K.A GrooveMan.exe learns that he can't shade for shit, and should use references for shading more often.



Not *quite* brave enough to attempt the face or hands from scratch, but everything else is custom. I built the outline and shaded it how I thought it should go, but when I finished it looked pillowy and OH GOD MY EYES, so the second time round I ditched a few shades, and followed the shading style of Draglade more closely; and it does look much better. I'm quite proud of how the hat turned out.

It's in Draglade Style apart from the height - it's somewhat taller.

I'm gonna to a mockup for a menuscreen, where you can select what classic RPG classes you want to fuse. I'm not sure what classes I'm gonna choose, though. Any suggestions?

Edit: In case anyone cares, I tend to work out character designs by saving a shit load of character art, then finding interesting fragments, and using those as ideas. If you only save images that look good, then it's easier to come up with a good looking outfit! The chimera of body parts you end up with are pretty lol-worthy, though.
http://i38.tinypic.com/15rbf2p.png