So, this is a rather general thread. These are some of my recent pieces that I thought were good enough to be posted over at Pixel Joint. Though I have decided to call them finished, I would like to know as much as possible about what I did well, and what I did not do well to help me improve the pieces, and future artworks.
I have decided that it would be a good idea to post some of the critiques I have already got along with the piece, to avoid unneeded redundancy. Red text means that I have not fixed it, green text means I have fixed it to the best of my abilities.
So, without further ado, here are the pieces, with links to their posts on Pixel Joint.
"The Mountains"
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/80984.htm
Current known problems:
Path gets too wide as it gets close
Pillow shading on the trees
Blue clusters on mountains are too large in places
Odd depth and scalingThoughts about the problems of this piece:
I think that for this piece, the problems lie within the core of it. The very design and style of the entire piece is what causes many of the problems, and most will be very difficult to fix without redoing an entire section of it.
"16x Animals"
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/80967.htm
Current known problems:
Unicorn shape is odd
Tiger is difficult to read
Squid is oddly shadedThoughts about the problems of this piece:
The problems with this piece are mostly small ones from what I have gathered. With each one being a very small sprite, it would be easy to completely redo them, touch them up, or even scrap them without ruining the other sprites.
"Jungle Temple"
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/80847.htm
Current known problems:
Odd depth and scalingThoughts about the problems of this piece:
The problems with this piece also lie at the core of it. It was designed with many flaws, and will not be extremely easy to fix.
"Desert Walker"
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/80784.htm
Current known problems:
Face is positioned oddly
Collar thing is difficult to read
Hair has bad clustersThoughts about the problems of this piece:
The problems with this piece come from my lack of knowledge and experience in creating things like collars, and hair. The experimenting that was done on them caused the issues.
"Spunky Sprite"
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/80735.htm
Current known problems:
Legs look really short, while head looks really big
Neck area is completely awful.
Wand/staff is hard to readThoughts about the problems of this piece:
The canvas restrictions for the weekly challenge I entered this into were part of the problem for this piece. I tried to squish the sprite in places that did not work well.
That is all for now, so, please, give all the critique you can