This is somewhat of a continuation of my previous thread, but with a bit of a different focus, hence the new thread. Happy as I am with the ridiculously low-poly character models, I've realised that, as low as they are, they're still too heavy for my needs, and would rather devote those polies to the environment. So! 8-way isometric sprites for the characters. I'm still planning on keeping the paperdoll aspect, so I'm keeping that in mind when creating the sprites.

After what must have been about 50 variants, I've finally settled on proportions I'm pretty happy with (I tried chibi, and I simply couldn't take it seriously). Did up a South-facing one first, with a quick and as-yet-unfinished idle animation:



Colors are temp (I just threw them on to get some color separation), as is the rifle (needed a temp one to check the pose). For clarification, the reason his body isn't square to the south is because your body is typically angled to your dominant side when wielding a weapon, and especially so with a long arm.

Any crits or suggestions would be much appreciated, as I've never really attempted iso characters before, and I'm finding the mindset shift quite a shock.

Started working on some art assets for a DS game I'm planning to put together over time. Been making notes on some game mechanics and other miscellany as well. First up was characters, and I had to keep them to a very modest 100 tris (give or take) given the hardware limitations of the DS and the number of characters I wanted to be able to have onscreen at any given time. I realise I could have gone with sprites, but given the different types of weapons, the swappable parts (torso, limbs, head), and the potential number of animations, I decided 3D may serve me better in the long run. So anyways:

Click for wires of characters plus accessories
The big ones are the armored models, while the big headed guy is an homage of sorts, to the one of the main games that serves as inspiration. The models are segmented so I can swap parts based on equipment choice, etc etc. UVs for all the humans are [mostly] shared, so I can use the same texture on all 4 variants.

And started doing up the textures for the regular humans. Head, arms, legs, and torso all come in at separate 32x32 textures. First off, another homage to the same game mentioned above:


A half-finished Old Snake for fun:


Mix-n-match from the above:


Redneck resistance fighters, also showing some asymmetry (jacket and arms not finished):


Even more mix-n-match:


Flats:



Recently started putting together an environment in order to take a break from the characters. This one's still in rough, first/second-pass phase, so I'll be adding more stuff and expanding the building:
Click for animated gif showing multiple levels of a house

Then I started work on some tiles. These are still going to be worked on, and I expect to do 2-4 variants per tile, depending on expected repetition. The parquet needs to be reworked, since the imperfections I've added currently serve to make it look raised and rounded. :\ Bricks are still first-pass. This shot is at DS resolution.




Larger shot (double resolution)

Any crits and suggestions would be very much welcome.

edit:
Forgot to mention, ground/floor tiles are 32x32, wall tiles are 32x64.
First pass at a rock/stone wall (floor?)