Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: sharethepudding on September 13, 2016, 11:31:33 pm
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I felt like making a cool adventure type guy.
I had a lot of trouble making him not look flat. Any tips for making him look a bit more dynamic?
(https://gyazo.com/58eb3627541ad72ccd7cb93143ada39d.png)
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I would advice you to do a bit more shading, so the character doesn't look flat. I did some edits and added some shading:
(http://i.imgur.com/uNVKRrY.png)
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(http://imgur.com/BeUfhAU.png)
And here's an edit I did in addition to bollie's, I kept colors the same but tweaked the shading and some of the shapes to give him a more visible pose and a bit of depth.
Notably, I made the shading on that spiky anime hair a bit more uneven, to imply additional spikes facing the camera and better define the shapes on the right.
I also tweaked the shield to be at a more natural angle, most of the time shields are held at a slight angle unless they're held up Spartan-style right in front of the face (at least from what I've seen in movies), so I made it pitch at an angle. This made him look like he was taking a step forward/back, so I also changed his legs to give him a more guarded, sideways stance.
Fun fact: I actually took a bit of martial arts, and one of the basic things I remember from that long-ago time was that they do that sideways stance to reduce how much of you is available to the assailant to hit!
So, the more sideways a person is to the camera, the more a trained they'll look.
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Thanks so much for the replies, I've taken the suggestions and tried to implement them as best I can.
@MysteryMeat I completely missed the idea of angling the shield a little, believe it or, not it was a big "OH DUH" moment. Simple things like that are the easiest to miss.
(https://gyazo.com/e0c03b9b4259c09d4734c6c1e4d26457.png)