03-21-2015, 01:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-21-2015, 01:13 PM by DapperDave.)
I'm back! With more feedback needed.
Maybe before we continue I should specify that I may not be looking for specifically pixel art feedback, I just want any feedback that will make my art look better, even if they aren't "real" pixel art.
![[Image: arttest.png]](/image.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.experimentalgamer.com%2Fimages%2Farttest.png&hash=29ee9bfa0b8da022ac5fb7b00107a82f)
First, zoom in on the image about 400% because that’s how these images will look in the game (of course they look much better when they’re smaller here).
You can see four versions of the character in the top left quadrant. The first is how he looks in the game currently without hat, then with hat. Then two new versions of him with and without hat (the character wears a hat for almost all of the game). I was hoping to remake this character to look a bit older and more mature. Without knowing anything about the game, I think the original is objectively better – much happier and nicer to look at. But for story reasons I was hoping to make an older looking character. I’m not too happy with the current results.
Now starting with the battle sprites on the bottom. First we have a duck critter. I put this one in here because he turned out so well. I’ve been making these battle sprites lately by first making them very large and then shrinking them down and touching them up. This duck turned out pretty good.
Then there are three bunnies. The one most left looks good. The farthest right looks kind of bad.
Then a crawdad enemy. He looks okay.
The fox looks okay but I feel like he is missing something on his face.
Then we have three Indian warriors on horses. These guys don’t look so good. Humans are hard to do, especially when you’re working with such a low resolution. The horses look okay (except the gray one is a bit weird). I don’t know how to make them any better. Again my process was to paint them large first, then shrink them down and index the colors to limit the amount of colors used and make them seem more retro and pixelated.
Maybe before we continue I should specify that I may not be looking for specifically pixel art feedback, I just want any feedback that will make my art look better, even if they aren't "real" pixel art.
First, zoom in on the image about 400% because that’s how these images will look in the game (of course they look much better when they’re smaller here).
You can see four versions of the character in the top left quadrant. The first is how he looks in the game currently without hat, then with hat. Then two new versions of him with and without hat (the character wears a hat for almost all of the game). I was hoping to remake this character to look a bit older and more mature. Without knowing anything about the game, I think the original is objectively better – much happier and nicer to look at. But for story reasons I was hoping to make an older looking character. I’m not too happy with the current results.
Now starting with the battle sprites on the bottom. First we have a duck critter. I put this one in here because he turned out so well. I’ve been making these battle sprites lately by first making them very large and then shrinking them down and touching them up. This duck turned out pretty good.
Then there are three bunnies. The one most left looks good. The farthest right looks kind of bad.
Then a crawdad enemy. He looks okay.
The fox looks okay but I feel like he is missing something on his face.
Then we have three Indian warriors on horses. These guys don’t look so good. Humans are hard to do, especially when you’re working with such a low resolution. The horses look okay (except the gray one is a bit weird). I don’t know how to make them any better. Again my process was to paint them large first, then shrink them down and index the colors to limit the amount of colors used and make them seem more retro and pixelated.