01-24-2011, 08:00 AM
Your colours are kind of dull.
It's fine if that ball isn't a perfect sphere, but bear in mind that the shadows across it will follow the contours of the object. There's also the matter of the way the highlights and underlighting are represented so it actually feels like a material, rather than several flat blocks of colour on top of each other.
From the Spriting Dictionary thread:
![[Image: material.gif]](/image.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv198%2Ftumble_weed%2Fmaterial.gif&hash=8340b760079728b4783a4b0a09c85f6c)
See how the size and spacing of the shades changes depending on the material?
It's fine if that ball isn't a perfect sphere, but bear in mind that the shadows across it will follow the contours of the object. There's also the matter of the way the highlights and underlighting are represented so it actually feels like a material, rather than several flat blocks of colour on top of each other.
From the Spriting Dictionary thread:
See how the size and spacing of the shades changes depending on the material?
![[Image: 10y3mgj.png]](/image.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.tinypic.com%2F10y3mgj.png&hash=af2ef83ba016b68bc8064a6d7b69113f)
![[Image: groove-1.gif]](/image.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fi119.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo156%2FA1exi_911%2Fgroove-1.gif&hash=01ecc6cf87ce4b22043a808038b076f8)
