Hahah, alright, well I've considered throwing outlines on these, but I much prefer to look without them. I think I'll just keep the backgrounds darker.
well its a trend that is happening alot these days but something i know very little about so probably some other ppl here are better at working like that.
i suppose i have a more dated looking style and tend to stick to at least partial outlining and such.
some more basics i forgot to mention:
- colour temperature: warm pops out over cool
- detail: more smaller details attract attention so having a background that isn't flooded with small details helps sprites pop out
- contrast: sprites should have both strong contrast between light and dark but also strongly contrasting hues, where as a backgrounds should reduce contrast within itself through a smaller brightness range and often (but certainly not always) analogous palettes.
perhaps u know all this already but hopefully u got at least something out of that