just something i'm working on..

[zye1984]

Jason?

Froooom? = P

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The reasons why my gray shades are not too different is because the gray parts are actually shaded white, but i chose not to use pure white. The other sprites are mostly there for size reference, not color reference. I am not fond of the sharp changes of contrast between colors like the Naruto, and i'm more in favor of how Mega Man 8 and MMX 4-6 are. If i made the shades of gray any darker, his armor would appear gray instead of a calm white. So I'm, not emulating the style of these sprites at all, just looking to see the size difference and fit Jason in between them. Those sprites are used in the Super Smash Flash 2 (yep i know the Naruto is from that mentioned game, he just fit jason's height is all) so i'm trying to fit jason in that, hypothetically. Also, i feel both the Samus and Naruto are more "gritty" than what i'm working on, due to the the strong contrast in colors instead of smooth transitions.

EDIT: oh wait, did you mean gritty like "grr" gritty or dirty/unkempt gritty? o3o

As for his feet, i honestly don't care about making them flat and next to one another, because what i'm going for is depth in my sprite. you cannot have much depth if the sprite is flat. it's hard to see what's going on i suppose with how he's not finished, though i tried to hint at it with the shade differences. Perhaps i made it come down too far, but i don't want him having midget legs like naruto there or grandaddy long legs either.

the problem we have here, is that you don't have much contrast between your gray shades. Contrast is difference between each color you are using. In this case, the guy's armor isn't well-defined as Naruto's color and details are. Comparing to Samus, though, it's somewhat similar.

One thing that remains true between Naruto and Samus, though, is the saturation of the colors. If you see their colors, you'll see that they appear more bright, lively and cartoonish. Your sprite looks gritty because of that, and looks out of place considering the style you're trying to emulate.

Finally, his feet are misplaced. Both Samus and Naruto have their feet in the same level, now your sprite has one foot placed further than the other.

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...though i'll try darker grays just to see if it works a little better. >3> i just don't want it looking gray. I'm trying to follow the MMX 4-6 way, but i reality, i didn't really like how the white looked gray on those games. i'm guessing why they did it that way was because they would have had to reduce the different shades of colors between regular X and an armored X, and it would have looked out of place.