Hi and thanks, but forgive me for my ignorance, but for the character itself in the reference it uses only white, blue and black for the outline. Except for its eyes. I agree the pink/red contrasting color makes it look nice but i barely have area to put it in. I try making my highlight a bit lighter or white and add a contrasting color somehow.

Anyway, still deciding on what perspective i am going for. Now i am leaning more towards a isometric view, because it will look a lot more dynamic.

I am "remaking" a game called Master of magic, but mix up the gameplay a bit and adding some more depth to it. Now i looked up some sprites for it and try to redo them but they look very close. Probably because there is not much room for change except the colors.

Anyway i made some spearman, with and without armor. I am satisfied but i'm not sure i am crossing some copyright laws. I might beef them up some more because currently they stand on a 42 width tile and i can increase that to around 64 if i make my battlefield a bit smaller so most setups won't need scrolling or can view it on original size.

Mine:


Source from original game:


Most drastic change is his leg, its still in a weird position but imo better then the original. I also used less colors and increased the spear length. I have no clue how i am about to make these look like axe or swordsmen but like i said i might beef them up at the cost of some battlefield room.

Now back to the original i started with

A tool that tiles your image automaticaly so you can see if it tiles well.

I personally don't really need this but i figured i post it up here as it might come in handy to some of you guys.

http://www.gamedev.net/blog/862/entry-2254163-viewtiled-a-small-tool-for-artists/

I'm so bad at haircuts, i tried a couple of things, but either he starts to look nerdy or wacky . He is supposed to be a tough young guy .

Thanks for your offer, and i would very much like to collaborate with you on the project. But except for a prologue, some characters and a start on the tile engine i have nothing yet. So let me get some things running first to show off, tomorrow i will be spending my day coding i will let you know how things go.

Wow thanks, that does help me a lot especially for the perspective point you made. However i can't see the shading technique you used, it's like i did, a mirrored body and no obvious light source. The guy probably needs a hair cut to make him look cooler and a little darker shadows might help too. Thanks a lot for the edit can't wait to work on him again nut i have to move a friend of mine from houses.

Gz

Having a lot of difficulty with the light source and the metal advice. I feel i haven't enough pixels to get a bright line between darks and still have the edges get darker. Am i using to much colors for it?