he'll rip your arm off and beat your baby with it

[1up]

(also he has 3 balls)

so yeah that's the general sketched out lineart but uh


i've hit a roadblock
*i can't figure out how to shade it*

help

e:just realized how unspecific that is

i've tried multiple times to try and do this, but failed each time
i dont know if it's the way im approaching the shading, like, i'm trying too hard to show depth, and i SHOULD be just going for a flatter look or what but
this is bugging me
tiny tiny spaces in pixel art bug me

[Dr D]

Yay, Nine-toes! =D

Loving the lineart and the pose. You may want to sacrifice some of his details to make room for noticeable pixel clusters. You may also want modify the lines to be less thick in certain places, or even just remove them altogether, again for extra space.

Why don't you show us one of your failed attempts at shading? (And I assume your light source is directly above?)

[Elk]

Looks pretty cool, but first thing I thought it would be was a Undead Warlock or Undead in general...(WoW)
They use poses like that too in their animations
Cool nontheless

[1up]

and it might have been an undead

but you see
i play good games *wit*


anyways, here's one of my attempts at shading. didn't get very far because it was bugging me too much


the entire thing feels too cramped to really get away with anything though (even without outlines)
i was thinking of making it a bit bigger just to have more room to shade, in fact i might actually do this later, but for now i'll keep trying to mess around in the current size

[Chris2balls]

It reminds me of Borderlands, and I'm anticipating the texturing and shading of this character!
also
chirs3balls