1 and 3: Again, a case of me forgetting the basics. Thanks for correcting those!

2: I agree that a warm yellow works better than blue as a highlight. But I already changed this in my latest edit (the one titled "better?"), so I was a bit surprised that you would make the point. But nevertheless, it's always nice to arrive at the same conclusion separately   

3a: Same as above. You're suggesting something I already did in the very image you're editing. But the important thing is that we agree. Now I will compare our two new pinks with increased saturation. Yours is even brighter, with greater saturation than my updated version.

4: This is a very interesting bit, and it's exactly the kind of stuff I'm trying to come to terms with and understand. You see, I was looking at this piece by iLKke and trying to understand what he's doing. I'm talking about the small planet in particular, not so much the robot. He moves from bright green to a warm and less warm brown, then to a dark cyan with low saturation, moves back to green, then to purple, two dark browns and the two darkest colours are shades of purple. Now, if you look at the robot from a distance, it basically looks grey. But the planet has a very interesting texture, and I'm trying to understand how people make this work. I do feel like I'm getting closer, but I can't quite come to grips with it. Notice he's jumping back and forth between higher and lower saturation, warmer and colder colours, as he moves from light to darkness.

Thanks again!



I think I've used too much pink light from the crystal on its forhead. Makes his head seem much flatter than before. Will fix that.

Hey guys, I'm doing some colour experiment that I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm trying to figure out how to work with complementary colours, in this case trying to work with a colour scale with both pink and green. It's something I've noticed other people doing for some time, but I don't really understand how it works. I've read up on color theory, and I understand how people sometimes use complementary colours to neutralize each other, but it seems like there's a lot of art that uses complementary colours to just give more depth and interesting textures.

Here's what I'm working with.


Maybe it needs higher contrast, but I'm afraid the saturation will burn people eyeballs and make it harder to combine pink and green on the same scale.



I'd happily receive C&C regarding the shape of the head itself, and my pixelling technique, but I'm primarily looking for advice in regards to my use of colours. I'm hoping to avoid a normal linear colour scale from a cold and dark to a bright and warm shade of purple.

Nice.

Or go the opposite route. Make a robot in terrible shape, who needs every bit of rest the player affords him.




But yeah, I would say that a body bob would make no sense and take away from the idea that it's a robot. A less silly version of jahasaja's animation would probably be better. Maybe include a tiny bit of torso rotation for the sake of making it dynamic and pretty.

Quick update:

Looking good. But unless that Scythe is made from aluminium, I would expect it to bounce up and down a bit more when she runs. I guess she's stronger than she looks, but still...