When i finished lineart i wanted to start by rendering the roof (made of straw) and i had pretty big problem with it. Tried on diffrent ways (render it as a hair, using reference image and so on) and i can't make it looks good. mb u guys could help me?

This recent topic seems to have exactly what you're looking for.

Sorry it's been so long. Been working a lot and haven't had much time for pixels. But I have some more to add.

First is just a little edit of the puppy. He might work his way in or not, it's just for fun and not too special.


Bigger is a game boss I was thinking about. Big king kong type fellow who stands on top of a skyscraper. There'd be a skyscraper in the background and he would jump back and forth between them. Since there wouldn't really be combat in the game, the objective here would mostly just be to try and get past him while he's on the skyscraper in the background. I'm thinking he might also blow wind or something at you to keep you from moving forward at your regular pace.

I still think he needs a lot of work.


Lastly I'm revamping the main character a bit. His general proportions and style now are going to be more similar to the crucified Jesus character (a style that I will try and keep consistent with all the human characters), and he's at a more interesting angle visually.

Here's an idle animation. Still needs work, clearly. I plan to animate the arms and stuff as well, and possibly add more defined hands with fingers.

I like the running animation a lot -- it's very smooth, although I think that it would be more suited to replace the walking animation.

My biggest problem is that it doesn't feel like Mario. I mean it looks like Mario, but it doesn't really capture the charm of the cartoony style. I don't necessarily mean that I want you to try and emulate the style, but I imagine Mario as shorter and portlier, and maybe with a bigger head in comparison with the body.

But of course it is entirely recognizable and it makes sense visually, which is a pretty good accomplishment for something that's this small.

Why do you AA the outlines? I assume from what you said it's for a game. But if you have the transparency for only those colors on the outline, then go for it I suppose.

I've been AAing a lot lately, don't really know why but it's been leaking over into everything I do. The game is actually going to be very minimalist graphically though, and there'd be no real background other than the solid "white" color.



One of the frames bothered me in the legs as well, so I shortened that a bit (frame 1, where he lifts his leg from the back).