11-05-2013, 10:38 PM
Hello, and welcome to the forum!
I see you have a nice sprite there, but might i suggest you do something about the black lines on the ball to make them pop out a bit more? As they are now, there are flat and not very interesting. Try adding some shades of grey to the lines.
As for the overall shading, it's not terrible, but I honestly think you could use fewer colors to make it look better. As a rule of thumb, if a shade looks too similar to another shade of the same color, be sure to make it darker (or lighter if you're doing highlights). Also, would it be too much of a hassle for you to look into how spheres are shaded. Your basket ball doesn't look like it is shaded like a normal sphere and I think it wouldn't hurt to shade it just like that.
Other than that, you're off to a great start!
I see you have a nice sprite there, but might i suggest you do something about the black lines on the ball to make them pop out a bit more? As they are now, there are flat and not very interesting. Try adding some shades of grey to the lines.
As for the overall shading, it's not terrible, but I honestly think you could use fewer colors to make it look better. As a rule of thumb, if a shade looks too similar to another shade of the same color, be sure to make it darker (or lighter if you're doing highlights). Also, would it be too much of a hassle for you to look into how spheres are shaded. Your basket ball doesn't look like it is shaded like a normal sphere and I think it wouldn't hurt to shade it just like that.
Other than that, you're off to a great start!
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