Hey, Have not posted here or on pixeljoint for a while because of lack of interest, but meh im back something relit my candle for pixel art again. So anyway's i never planned on doing anything, until i seen this anime character on pixeljoint that looked so WRONG so i thought i might try edit it a bit and send it him. well as time went by i was getting further and further from the original so i just decided, this looks nothing like the original, i've changed the pallete, the outline, the style and everything. So i just thought I might actually just finish this, being the first quality pixel ive finished in over 2 years so anyways i will stop the banter and here it is so far, ive not got around to marking out the head or the bottom of the legs yet because i feel something isnt just right, on what is there at the moment. So i've came back here to ask for some help and maybe a few ideas for the design prospect of it aswell. since it has no arms legs and head, theres still alot to think about.

  


Progress so far.



I'm having a few problems with the depth and the pallete and AA so if anyone can help me with that, I'd be soo grateful   

Hmm, i'm not quite sure on it, it's kinda confusing to look at, for starters the platforms need to be further back and need atleast 3 more colours if you want background items on the platform aka. the boxes, and also the boxes need diagonal lines on it's top side to fit in since the platforms have.

Really you only need one light source currently you have one top right one top left and one top.

Also everything needs to be alot neater, you got alot of "jaggy's" and everything needs to be desperately A-A'd but overall the concept of it all is quite promising... so good work ^_^

Ahhhh.... almost forgot, I'm quite happy to help you on the project Tom.
and since your going for a more chibi look i made a more chibi looking blob. (Quite happy for you to use it.)

I really did not have the time to add more colours, shade and A-A the rest but heres my edit.

there was a point when making this when i tried putting shadows udner the arm and head but since it was lighted from 2 directions it was kinda hard for me to figure i might go over it though, also i agree with moving its tusks up it looks much better and i aslo agree with the shading being inconsistant i chose to dither him all the way through to give him and aged leathery look i had the perfect pallete too but there wasnt much colours to work with sicne most of the dragon is made up of 4 colours x_x

I think it would help if you moved the tooth closest to us a bit up and made it clearer that it's attached to the upper jaw. The same goes for the whisker.

The shading is a bit inconsistent. If the light is coming from above, everything should be shaded the same way, i.e. with the highlight close to the top of the shape. Think of your dragon as a bunch of spheres piled together. Also, the head and arm should be casting shadows on the body.



Otherwise, good work. He has a lot of character.

i think i will try and have a go at reshading him ^.^

 

larwick has the right idea i think he knows what im aiming for when ive finished all the shading im going to put touches to it anyways,
, remember its not finished lol

and like i said i was on a learning curve  and my style is much too like presleys rendition of it i respect what your saying though ^.^

but id prefer it if people would make some criticism about its shape because im not too sure what going on with the neck area and cant work it out