Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Great Tree on December 25, 2015, 02:07:00 am

Title: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Great Tree on December 25, 2015, 02:07:00 am

hey, I've been working on this all day but I'm still frustrated with it. can I get some criticism and pointers?

(http://i.imgur.com/t6TdnlE.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Pusty on December 25, 2015, 03:12:30 am

Looks good to me lol

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: eishiya on December 25, 2015, 10:51:09 pm

You've shaded the bottom 2/3 of the head as if it's a cylinder, but the outline suggests a more complex form than that - you have a mismatch.

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Decroded on December 26, 2015, 11:16:09 pm

Nice colours.
too much dithering for this material imo.

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Great Tree on December 26, 2015, 11:34:53 pm

Quote from: eishiya on December 25, 2015, 10:51:09 pm

You've shaded the bottom 2/3 of the head as if it's a cylinder, but the outline suggests a more complex form than that - you have a mismatch.

Quote from: Decroded on December 26, 2015, 11:16:09 pm

Nice colours.
too much dithering for this material imo.

thanks, guys. I haven't worked on it very much since I made this post but here's a small update

(http://i.imgur.com/jWc5cyE.png)

I'm taking eishiya's advice on the shading and trying to make the form on the bottom 2/3 of the head more cohesive. I also might tone down the dithering a little bit on some of the curved surfaces.

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Great Tree on December 28, 2015, 07:08:33 am

here's an update:

(http://i.imgur.com/3RsitFm.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: oxysoft on December 28, 2015, 07:25:02 am

Quote from: Great Tree on December 28, 2015, 07:08:33 am

here's an update:

(http://i.imgur.com/3RsitFm.png)

Looks nice but there are some issues.

1. I also think that the dithering is too much. I feel like the material should appear shiny and polished but it doesn't exactly come off that way right now.
2. Second, you have a LOT of banding throughout the piece. You need to work towards removing it because it is very detrimental to the end result.

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Great Tree on December 28, 2015, 08:28:18 am

Quote from: oxysoft on December 28, 2015, 07:25:02 am

Quote from: Great Tree on December 28, 2015, 07:08:33 am

here's an update:

(http://i.imgur.com/3RsitFm.png)

Looks nice but there are some issues.

1. I also think that the dithering is too much. I feel like the material should appear shiny and polished but it doesn't exactly come off that way right now.
2. Second, you have a LOT of banding throughout the piece. You need to work towards removing it because it is very detrimental to the end result.

(http://i.imgur.com/l4faacK.png)

Here's a tiny update. I'm in the process of fixing the banding issue, thanks for bringing that up. But I'm kind of at a loss when it comes to fixing the dithering. I want it to appear polished, but if I remove it completely it looks flat.

(http://i.imgur.com/WJVGyej.png)

This example here doesn't look too pleasing to me. Should I just use more colors?

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Great Tree on December 29, 2015, 05:56:07 am

(http://i.imgur.com/nsFHGAn.png)

another update.

Title: Re: [WIP] Spaceman
Post by: Great Tree on January 01, 2016, 12:29:33 am

Another update.
(http://i.imgur.com/VQ6sIow.png)
This is taking a while. I wanted to wait for something substantial to show for an update, this should be the last one before the final draft.

I also made some platformer sprites, in the top right.