Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: mr_cartoon on November 06, 2013, 07:45:00 pm
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Hello,
I am new to pixel art and want to do a side scrolling game set in the Warhammer 40k universe.
Below is what I've done so far and I'd love any feedback for this endeavour.
Ultramarine - Player Sprite:
(http://i39.tinypic.com/4jam1g.jpg) (http://i44.tinypic.com/dzedqs.jpg)
basic pose *updated*
(http://i41.tinypic.com/14to5u.jpg)
shooting
(http://i41.tinypic.com/119se4j.jpg) (http://i44.tinypic.com/avhpc5.jpg)
reloading *updated*
Orc Heavy Gunner - NPC
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2v0zo5v.jpg) (http://i39.tinypic.com/sl3fxl.jpg)
basic pose *updated*
Thank you dpixel for your help. I love your suggestions. I am just thinking for this one of doing things without an outline, but again thank you for your help.
With regards to the shooting animation being more appropriate for a single shot, powerful weapon, I always figured the bolt gun to be a hand held shotgun. But it does jump up quite a bit.. I'll play around some more and see what I get.
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These are nice. I'm working on a sidescroller/platform zombie game myself and my sprites are about this size.
Just an idea to up the contrast and readability:
(http://i.imgur.com/lqhkyhK.png)
Maybe too busy? :-\
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I also found the details you had included in the sprite to be difficult to read. On my monitor, I actually just saw it as a solid-blue sprite with only the white star, gold band, and brown gun as other details. It wasn't until I zoomed in that I saw there were highlights and details to the blue armor. dpixel's edit adds detail and the increased contrast makes it more readable.
The animations are looking fairly good. I don't know much about it but I wonder if the shooting animation is correct for this type of weapon. It feels more appropriate for some type of single-shot gun. There are sure to be references available online.