it would probably help to have a door frame to separate it from the wall a bit

Continuing on with the theme and working on improvments i have started work on the mechanics portrait too..

Okay .. so here is the newest version.



i did try lightening the colours as suggested but it just didn't look right..
i want to wait until i have fleshed out more of the UI that this picture will sit in before i mess with the colours to much.. so i can getter idea of how they contrast

Thanks alot , that gif was super helpful for showing which areas you changed and help me figure out what needed improving.

this is what i have improved so far. a definite improvment



i should point out it was meant to be a short haired female pilot..

tried to make her  a little more feminine by tweaking the face shape and altering the hair

Edit: only just now realised she appears to be looking upwards XD

hello, i have been working on a little project as a way of improving my pixel art, i am very much at the beginner stage and while  i can draw reasonable looking walls and basic tile-set components  i lack the skills to draw things such as character sprites.

i have flicked through the net and tried out a few tutorials but my sprites always come out looking a bit odd

i am attempting to draw a larger scale version of a hammer-watch sprite sheet
(which looks like this:)


my attempts at creating a base for the sprite came out like this :


i could really use some advice on how to go about improving this, i know that something does not look quite right with the base but i cant put my finger on the problem.