[C+C][WIP]This Jigglepuff doe!

[TheRealAkito]

Konnichiwa! My name is Akito Watanabe! I am 15 years old and I want to be a game artist/dev when I grow up. I just started pixeling and I am kinda confused at where to start. So I came to this sight where you guys could help me.


This Jigglypuff is not looking right to me.
I tried using a picture as a reference instead of a sprite because I wanted to use my own style but, now this Jigglypuff has me itching my head.
I don't like the limbs and ears, and my circles and curved edges are horrible.
I need advice!!

[transilience]

You have a pretty decent start.

Basically the reason your curves do not look so good is because of the solid black outline.

I understand you don't want to use sprites so that you can work on your own style, BUT it's super important to still look at sprites!
In this one you can see how black is only used on the bottom shadowy areas instead of all the way around. And on places where light hits they use brighter colors and break up the outline to create anti-aliasing.

[Skaz]

If you're beginning, I HIGHLY recommend you to visit this site. Lots of cool tutorials, example, inspiration.

http://2dwillneverdie.com/

[lachrymose]

Real quick

[Parkerbaby]

I sketched a bit to try to get a closer resemblance to jigglypuff.



Your lines look too harsh because they are solid colored and dark without AA. The ears I made more triangular and the eyes smaller. Overall the colors were too saturated. Also I think jigglypuff's legs are feet, not legs, so I made them look like he is standing plantigrade rather than digitigrade.

[TheRealAkito]

Guys! It looks way better after I scraped the other one and (repixel-pushed?) it. I took your advice and had a sprite reference to figure out the limbs, I had to learn how to make a proper circle to get her body down, because I noticed on the sprite it just was a circle, not a well pixeled oval for the body.

What do you think? It's Nurse Puff....ha..ha. My worries are the shading and the apron. I think I may add a Pokemon Center background.

[TheRealAkito]

Okay! If nobody has anymore criticism, then I think I'm done. I  based the Pokemon center on Diamond and Pearl and X &Y.  How does it look?



Welcome to Nurse Puff's Center.

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[Parkerbaby]

You are banding excessively. This is a helpful thread by Helm: http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=8110.20