02-04-2013, 07:00 AM
I think your problem here is your using your pen wrong, for spriting at least,
what you typically want to do for the best quality sprites with the simplest workflow (for most people anyway)
Sketch your character, scale the sketch down to the sprite size you want,
pixel art over it (on another layer of course)
simply drawing will come out bad without the utmost of care and it usually ends up being more trouble than its worth,
by only doing sketches your not wasting time on line art that wont make it into the final image, by pixel arting over the sketch your getting the advantage of the drawing (a faster made and cleaner looking character) and the advantages of pixel art (accurate and crisp art pixel for pixel)
I'd do a quick example but my graphics tablets been broke for a short while now
what you typically want to do for the best quality sprites with the simplest workflow (for most people anyway)
Sketch your character, scale the sketch down to the sprite size you want,
pixel art over it (on another layer of course)
simply drawing will come out bad without the utmost of care and it usually ends up being more trouble than its worth,
by only doing sketches your not wasting time on line art that wont make it into the final image, by pixel arting over the sketch your getting the advantage of the drawing (a faster made and cleaner looking character) and the advantages of pixel art (accurate and crisp art pixel for pixel)
I'd do a quick example but my graphics tablets been broke for a short while now