Thanks, i can see the improvement there. But i kinda want to keep the face and it was quite tricky for it to not look weird when applying harder shades, i came up with that:


Also i forgot to mention that the blob was currently somewhat translucent ingame. With the harder shades i'm not sure thought if it is still a good idea, here are the comparisons:

(from left to right: 40% translucency, 20%, 0%, old version)

Also, i iterated on the tengu monster:

It already looks quite good, i think it could look better if you see some more yellow/red flames, right now the duration for that part is rather short.

Hello there,

I was lurking the forum for quite some time and decided to make a post. Since its my first post i would like to make a quick introduction of myself. I'm working as a programmer in the game industry. In my free time i'm working on pixel art game projects where i do everything myself. Since my pixel art isn't quite on a professional level yet, i would apretiate critique and suggestions what how i can improve.

The project i'm working on is a 16 bit monster collecting metroidvania game, project title "16bit Monsters". I would like to use this thread to post monsters i'm working on (there are not so many yet ). The current idea is to use a mix of own creations, references to mythology and references to either popular monster from JRPGs of the 16 bit era or reintepretations of specific monsters from popular games of the 16bit era.

blob:


mecho-golem


tengu


monk


rachew


also here some of the animated ingame: