Please criticise me to hell and back

[Zintendo]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ucim.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ucim.png/


Please help me improve my sprites.  They are all within 32x32, the Ice Shard is 64x64.

What am I consistently doing wrong?  What is wrong with some, but I did better on others?

I feel like everytime I add legs to my suit of armor it looks horrible and I have tried to draw legs more than a dozen times and never saved them.

From Top to Bottom, in left to right order:

We Have the Ice Shard,
Ghost Skull, Mooby
Poison Bird
Fire Bird
Fleye
Voodoo Mask (I think I'll have the Ghost Skulls wear these)
and the main character, or another enemy?  idk


This is like a month of work, and I was reluctant to share, but after seeing the quality work you guys throw out here, it makes me reconsider the benefits of getting the feedback to improve on my (now I know to be pretty ***tty) sprites.


Thanks a million

[Zintendo]

they came out blurry because i saved the .gal to png and took it to a different pc that has internet (but no graphics gale) so I resized the png to 400%... and it is blurry.  If it is necessary to properly critique that I bring the full quality spritesheet, I can do so tomorrow!

[Ai]

You don't need to resize to 400% -- this forum has zooming built in as long as you embed the image (rather than linking it, as you have done above).

So far I haven't managed to look at your spritesheet, because some 'Iphone' popup appears in front of it and won't go away. I suggest uploading the original-size image to imgur.com, which will allow embedding and doesn't include obstructive popups.

From what little I can currently see, one significant issue is banding -- you have a lot of it. Instead of placing line segments of similar length side-by-side, try to overlap or exaggerate them.

[yaomon17]

Copy the image link directly by right clicking the image and selecting "Copy Image URL" when trying to post the image.

From what I can see from the zoomed images, I would suggest higher contrast between the shade and the mid tone. Spend more time on the outlines, a lot of them have jagged edges and have too many straight portions that are interrupted by a slight skew left or right. Don't be afraid to reference some images. I noticed a skull-like picture on the top left that seemed to be made from an octagon with portions sliced out of it. Referencing a real skull shape would be helpful. As a general beginning rule, do not outline with colors that are brighter than the colors of the piece. Tone down the saturation a bit as well. There are some great tutorials you can find by searching. Good Luck.