Wow. a really nice dithering job on that beard, my friend.  You seem to be improving quite rapidly. (compared to your other threads? i guess?)

I think maybe add 1 more colour to the stomach, maybe 2. But don't dither with them, just do some AA'ing, otherwise you'd end up with a texture similar to the beard. Also, i'd remove the stripes from the peg-leg and make it more like a wood-texture.

thanx. i agree, every time i do i new pixel art, im amazed at how much better it is than the last one.  practice practice practice in action.

and for the peg leg, i agree, i was fooloing around,zoomed in, and i didnt know what it would look like. then i zoomed in and i was like"ew."
it needs to be redone.

im not sure where i should add color to the stomach. do you mean add 1 to use as an AA color, or a whole nother layer of shading?


@Akzidenz- ya i still need to work on lightsources, and shading. i dont really have it down to a science....yet...

first is a pirate(lineart by gnarf)

how is the shading/colors? should i dither the stomach?

next is a king, which i might color

how does he look? what colors should i use?what style?

Where are its hands? If the character's arms are too short for the sleeves, then the sleeves would be falling downwards as soon as they ended. As it stands right now, the piece looks like there are invisible rods holding up the sleeves.

The midtone is far too light, and the highlight is too big. The dark shadows just feel like outlines. Trying making your shadows and midtones cover a bit more area.

Also, the chest area with the name seems really flat. It feels like you didn't want to deal with shading/texturing the chest area, so you put the name there instead. Either that, or you put the name there but then were afraid to shade around it.

the shading i can fix.
the reason the arms are like that is this is the ref:

heres a cool invention maker: http://thesurrealist.co.uk/priorart.cgi
i had another awesome one like it, but i cant find it now