so, i read all you guys are saying, and it kind of is not helping me =p
but i'm not complaining, no way, i just think this discussion has gone far away from the primary objective of the topic, give opinions about what i did.
i don't think i'm gonna play with the hue shifting thing. not yet.
just take a look at the first sprite i posted, and just give me opinions about it's shading, what i could do to improve.
Really? =P
Coffee posted with links to help you out. I posted with a refute and yet another link to help you out. (My link, btw, contains *EVERYTHING you need to know about color theory, ever. (*almost)). Pistachio took things even further, with a full paint over that
looks like it took about five times longer to make than your original did. After that, I supplied
two alternate palette's for said remake. Mr. Beast came in and colored the damned thing in like ten more times for you. And then he posted reasons why he shaded them the way he did, complete with professional examples.
Basically,
we spent about ten times more effort discussing and readjusting your picture than you spent making it. And now you're asking us how to make your drawing better?!
You didn't even apply what we talked about in here yet! Go take a look at jumbo's repaint, and work from there. Let's see some art from you, hahah! =P
Anyway, if you want my HONEST honest opinion, as someone who's been drawing for ten years, I'd tell you not to worry too much about the pixel art for now if you're really focusing on learning; you'll learn the basics of how to shade and stuff much more quickly using a pencil than you will a mouse and MS-Paint. Of course, if you're having fun doing pixel art, continue to do that, too. Just know that it probably won't be as much practice for you as a pencil will. A pencil's much quicker than a mouse, after all. =)
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htmThere's a really general, good, art tutorial that gets passed around a lot. I whole heartedly recommend it to you, kouhai. It'll get you started in your quest, at least. =D
And then after that one, read through this one:
http://www.huevaluechroma.com/It might be tough to work through, but if you can't even get through that, then abandon all hope, ye of short attention span! X3
Also, draw from life, or at least photo reference. If you don't know how your monster should be shaded, go find a monster and draw him. Oh, monsters aren't real? Well, then go something approximate (a pear? Green apple?) and then draw that instead. Stick arms and some eyes on there when you're done if that pleases you. Drawing from life will teach you a *lot,* so do it often. Good luck!