Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: BasseBoi on May 16, 2021, 10:21:56 am
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I need some input on this design and its readability. Its the main character, for a short horror/dark game which takes place in a forest and She carries a lamb on her back.
(https://i.imgur.com/0aREiQ9.png)
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I think it looks very readable, except maybe for the lamb. But that can change once you animate it.
Actually, the lamb could have stronger shadows under its head, like:
(https://i.imgur.com/OIgiQon.png)
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With so few pixels it's kind of hard to see the difference between a lamb, a dog and a huge white rat. But I think the long ears and the eyes with visible whites make your lamb look more like a dog. Lambs tend not to have very visible whites in their eye.
Quick and lazy edit, because I don't have much time:
(https://i.imgur.com/MMYp9Lv.png)
Personally, I would either go more towards 3D shapes with more contrast and large clusters of brightness and shadow or towards 2D shapes and that kind of flat paper cut-out style. Right now you have some tiny shadows with low contrast and they don't really do much, in my humble opinion. It's like a compromise between two different styles.
But I agree with fskn that the general readability is good. It's a very clean design.
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thanks for helping me, both of you. I see that youre right, the shadows are to weak. And thanks for the design on the lamb, its more clear that its a lamb now lol