Hello! Long time first time.
I am currently working on an RPGMaker game that uses 48x48 sized tiles.
After ~10 hours, I've finished what I want to be the primary grass and dirt tiles.
This is a 3x3 tile picture of that grass:
And of the dirt:
Hopefully someone here will have an opinion about how to improve these. There are three things I am concerned about mostly:
1. Do the tiles appear too "blocky/tiley"? I think they do but it could be from staring at it for so long.
2. Are they readable? Could you tell that you're looking at dirt and not sand? Is the contrast on the grass too much? Not enough? Is the grass too clumpy? Too busy?
3. What would be the best way to make a transition between the two? Do I just put a slightly darker 1/2 pixel ring of dirt alongside the grass?
If anyone has any other comments/criticisms/concerns that I haven't talked about feel free to share them.