Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Plankdank on February 10, 2017, 01:16:05 am

Title: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: Plankdank on February 10, 2017, 01:16:05 am

Made this a little bit ago. (http://i.imgur.com/TVFckOE.png)

Title: Re: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: dpixel on February 10, 2017, 05:12:19 pm

I made an edit a while ago on a similar sprite about the banding, which your sprite has...
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24900&KW=&PID=210896#210896 (http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24900&KW=&PID=210896#210896)

Title: Re: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: MysteryMeat on February 10, 2017, 05:22:14 pm

Very good! Try doing a rotating sprite of it to practice other angles!
Do watch the banding though as he said, I missed it at a glance but it's a bad habit you should vanquish now!

Title: Re: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: Plankdank on February 11, 2017, 01:37:22 am

I think I fixed the banding here. (http://i.imgur.com/Ug5jrwJ.png)

Title: Re: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: MysteryMeat on February 11, 2017, 03:43:55 am

Excellent! Now fix the pillow shading!
Imagine the light-source as a ball or point floating somewhere around the gun, try and work the lighting based on that reference

Title: Re: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: DylanTheDev on February 17, 2017, 05:52:42 am

I made a edit with the shading and minor details with the silhouette also I took out the black border.
(http://imgur.com/iHggYdS.png)

Title: Re: My AK-47 Sprite
Post by: Cherno on February 18, 2017, 01:01:42 am

Some observations:

- The pistol grip might be too wide, then again making it 1 pixel narrower might look too narrow :)
- The magazine could be a little bit longer, and more straight at the top
- An AK doesn't really have a magazine well like an AR-15 does
- What's that bright brown slightly curved part between charging handle and handguard?
- The front sight should be the same height as the rear sight
- The rear sight is slightly more complex and longer, not just a small two-pixel part
- The charging handle is just a piece of metal potruding from the bolt cover, in the sprite it is a weird cube with grey borders
- An AK-47 has a stubby barrel, yours looks more like that of an AKM with the slant to it