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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: japez on September 15, 2008, 08:22:43 am

Title: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: japez on September 15, 2008, 08:22:43 am

Heres a WIP sprite for a game i am currently making.

Please give criticism and tips/techniques.

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd278/itzjapez/hylian-1.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: Emtch on September 15, 2008, 03:08:17 pm

I think there are too many similar colors. Like the reddish shadow color on the hands, which is barely visible without zoom.

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: Oltar on September 15, 2008, 03:28:55 pm

You need more contrast at the skin pallete.
It´s an elf?

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: Beoran on September 15, 2008, 06:53:41 pm

(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/9e6424f374.png)

I just increased the contrast by 40 points in the GIMP. Notice how it already looks more defined and now it's more easy to see the details. It's alos easier to see that there are indeed too many colors. But don't let that discourage you. :)

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: japez on September 15, 2008, 09:42:15 pm

Yeah, It's a kind of an Elf.

Thanks guys, I think the palettes and colors are pretty good.

I'm having some problems with the anatomical aspect of it. Its suppose to be 45 degree top down, but doesn't look much it. :'(

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: ortodoxx on September 15, 2008, 09:43:21 pm

did a sloppy edit, but hopefully it shows you what you can make of it, give him a bit of a pose, although my ended up as Mr.Muscle he tells something. I'we also played around with the palette andreduced the colors to half of what you had. Legs need to be abit longer also.

(http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2371/example2uf7.gif)


hmz, do not know why the colors became so cold, thats not the same colors i see in photoshop

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: Salvage on September 15, 2008, 10:59:01 pm

color aside, a true 45 degree view is much more squashed like this rough edit:

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh18/Salvage_edits/true_45.gif)

its not the most helpful view, but can be interesting.
many games imply a 45 degree view, but actually use true frontal view sprites over a top down map, as Helm points out in this thread:
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=7075.0

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: japez on September 16, 2008, 06:16:42 am

Yeah, The examples in that thread are the exact perspective i want. But the problem is, the tiles which we made for this sprite are suited for a certain sprite size, the size in my first post.


Okay, I think i've improved it.

Here it is:

(http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2566/spritens4.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] ORPG Sprite (Need Crits)
Post by: japez on September 17, 2008, 06:23:00 am

bump.