Criticism on my GBC sprites?

[nicktheslayer]

Here, maybe this will help with jaggies and straight edges. You still have a lot of them. You seem to be touching up on the ones we point out, but we can't take the time point ALL of them out to you. You need to be able to recognized jagged edges and straight lines on your own. I see some in just about every sprite up there. Maybe this excerpt from the spriting dictionary will help you:

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JAGGED LINES- (aka Jaggy) A jagged line is any erratic line in pixelart. They should be avoided. Example:


See how the lines are unpleasant to look. They were scribbled instead of cautiously made. Basically, a jag happens when one piece of the line is bigger than the others, thus 'breaking' it.



To fix this, you can utilize ANTI-ALIASING (check it for more details).

Jaggies also happen in curves, too. To fix them, you need to exponentially make the lines longer/shorter. Anti-aliasing also can make it look nicer.


Example of jagged curves fixed with anti-aliasing:


I copied the outlines from two places that stands out the most: Cirno's head and her bow (1). Notice that the curve (2a) isn't smooth enough: it's easy to know where it bends (2b). This gives the sprite a rather blocky feeling (3). To counter-attack this problem, you'll need to use antialiasing in the broken spots (4).

The rest of the spriting dictionary is here.