Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: ILike2Sprite on July 27, 2010, 11:18:57 pm

Title: Sprite and portrait
Post by: ILike2Sprite on July 27, 2010, 11:18:57 pm

Here is a quick portrait and SNES style sprite I whipped up :


 (http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu237/disn1gga/rei2.png)


Let me know what you think ^^

Thanks

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: VDX on July 28, 2010, 12:24:24 am

Pointed Chin, flat head doesn't mix so well, try and use a "m" top instead, like http://a.imageshack.us/img713/9105/sug1.png
, It breaks the illusion alittle of a flat head.
You can also make it rounded, depending on what you prefer.
The SNES sprite however looks damn nice.^^
What reference did you use for the portrait?

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: ILike2Sprite on July 28, 2010, 09:10:12 am

Quote from: VDX on July 28, 2010, 12:24:24 am

Pointed Chin, flat head doesn't mix so well, try and use a "m" top instead, like http://a.imageshack.us/img713/9105/sug1.png
, It breaks the illusion alittle of a flat head.
You can also make it rounded, depending on what you prefer.
The SNES sprite however looks damn nice.^^
What reference did you use for the portrait?

Haha but i like his flat head =[
I guess could try to round out some of the edges on the hair. That might help.

Oh and for the portrait, I used a face sprite from a DS game. the only things I kept from it however were the eyes and mouth. I completely redid the face to make it a bit wider, made a new nose from scratch, and redid the hair.

glad you enjoyed the sprite ^^ THAT was made totally by me lol

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: VDX on July 28, 2010, 09:45:06 am

Try and round the hair that works as well. :)

And somehow that face reminded me of a game, but couldn't pick which, Guess it might be from there.

Let me guess, Tōshirō Hitsugaya from Bleach DS game?

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: ILike2Sprite on July 28, 2010, 05:56:42 pm

Quote from: VDX on July 28, 2010, 09:45:06 am

Try and round the hair that works as well. :)

And somehow that face reminded me of a game, but couldn't pick which, Guess it might be from there.

Let me guess, Tōshirō Hitsugaya from Bleach DS game?

Actually I used Youroichi's face. That just goes to show you how much I altered it =p

(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu237/disn1gga/improved.png)

I think it looks better now. Did I nail it? lol

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: VDX on July 28, 2010, 06:42:59 pm

Toushiro and Yorouchi has the same face build so doesn't matter. :P
The rounding looks better, but it still looks off on the top head part. Also, try and add a third skin tone to help elevate the 2d face.

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: ILike2Sprite on July 29, 2010, 01:59:22 am

Quote from: VDX on July 28, 2010, 06:42:59 pm

Toushiro and Yorouchi has the same face build so doesn't matter. :P
The rounding looks better, but it still looks off on the top head part. Also, try and add a third skin tone to help elevate the 2d face.

Haha I guess they all kinda do..

And this is gonna take a while to fix for me, but thanks so much for the pointers!! ^^

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: WM on July 30, 2010, 08:51:59 am

(http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/3884/portraitedit01.png)

A quick overlay for the sake of convincing you to round out the head. :)

Remember the basic shapes you used to build the figure, and stick to them throughout the process.

Title: Re: Sprite and portrait
Post by: Draco9898 on July 31, 2010, 11:03:49 pm

Hair is supposed to make your head look larger, not smaller or flat. Don't catch 'the road to El Dorado' Syndrome!

(http://a.imagehost.org/0461/the_road_to_el_dorado.jpg) Yeeesh! What a piece of work this is...Don't do this! Use WM's method of skull construction above. Figure out the angle your audience is seeing your characters head from and fore-shorten and plan accordingly.