Hey Decroded.

As always I can rely on you for the kind of criticisms that help me expand and learn more, so thanks again for your constant dedication to the forum and valuable feedback!

The intention was to have overhead lighting but it's quite soft at the moment. I've always been timid with strong directional lighting so I'll work to make it more evident.

I tend to convert to greyscale to check shading balance, I'll try messing with the hues as it seems to be reasonably balanced in greyscale on the latest iteration.

That HSP stuff is quite interesting and I think the fact that I have a variety of hues in my pallet, I'll try balancing it giving consideration to the perceived brightness of the hues as well as their actual values.

As for the banding this is something that has had me quite confused, since I am having trouble rendering any chamfered or curved surfaces such as the outside of the mask or eyesockets without it. I've read up on banding and ways to avoid it though they tend to just be tutorials abstracted from an actual piece, so it's hard to apply them to something with form.

If you know of any material that might help me understand it better or feel kind enough to do me some annotations I would be really thankful.

Cheers,

Cory.

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The idleworm 8 frame image and full tutorial was already linked so I'll just echo its utility.

That's a really interesting study. When I tried outlining it was no way near as good looking.

I'll give it another go looking closely at your study.

They don't really have an intended purpose just learning experiences for me.

Thanks,

Cory

My first attempt at a pixel art character. As always be as brutally honest as you like, I'd love to hear of any optimisations in terms of pallet, ways to improve the shading, silhouette, character design, anything really!






















Thanks,

Cory.