Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Afelium on April 20, 2018, 03:38:14 pm

Title: RPG characters & mugshots
Post by: Afelium on April 20, 2018, 03:38:14 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/HdUIiA1.png)
Are these all right?
Is there something I should fix?
Title: Re: RPG characters & mugshots
Post by: eishiya on April 20, 2018, 03:45:18 pm
The one with the open mouth has their chin/tongue tangenting with the bottom of the image, looks like an accidental crop. Maybe move them up a bit so that their whole face fits and has some breathing room?

I think the necks blend into the chins a bit. Perhaps making the necks darker (fully in shadow) would help.

The character on the right seems to have a very large face / small head, I think they could use a bit more hair, in both the portrait and the sprite.
Title: Re: RPG characters & mugshots
Post by: Zizka on April 21, 2018, 10:11:42 am
Maybe increase the contrast for readability? I find the big faces kind of hard to make out. Just a suggestion though!
Title: Re: RPG characters & mugshots
Post by: Afelium on April 22, 2018, 08:36:42 pm
The one with the open mouth has their chin/tongue tangenting with the bottom of the image, looks like an accidental crop. Maybe move them up a bit so that their whole face fits and has some breathing room?

I think the necks blend into the chins a bit. Perhaps making the necks darker (fully in shadow) would help.

The character on the right seems to have a very large face / small head, I think they could use a bit more hair, in both the portrait and the sprite.
(https://i.imgur.com/bmZfWTr.png)
Is it better?
Maybe increase the contrast for readability? I find the big faces kind of hard to make out. Just a suggestion though!
I can't do it without unbalancing the palette(I'm trying to keep it as similar as possible to the one of pokemon platinum)
Title: Re: RPG characters & mugshots
Post by: eishiya on April 22, 2018, 09:49:42 pm
That is better, yes!

You can create more contrast for readability without changing your palette if you use your existing colours differently. In this edit, I increased the contrast just by being a little more liberal with using shadows (so that important light areas would be framed against dark areas) and darker colours for the mouths.
(https://i.imgur.com/54h3LHI.png)
You can increase the contrast even more by using existing colours in new ways or emphasising light/shadow shapes.