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Offline 8BitSkinny

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Darth Vader Head Sprite

on: May 05, 2011, 02:44:04 am
I just finished a requested Darth Vader head sprite, so I've decided to post it here for opinions on the piece.

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Re: Darth Vader Head Sprite

Reply #1 on: May 05, 2011, 03:00:13 am
I see a lot of banding in this sprite.

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Re: Darth Vader Head Sprite

Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 03:04:17 am
I see a lot of banding in this sprite.

And there are a lot of outlines. And the proportions are off. Unless it's a caricature. Even then, very odd, don't you think?

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Re: Darth Vader Head Sprite

Reply #3 on: May 05, 2011, 03:06:04 am
Explain to me, how I would remove banding.
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Re: Darth Vader Head Sprite

Reply #4 on: May 05, 2011, 03:14:13 pm
There's a good explanation of banding and how to avoid it in this forum post if you scroll down a bit. http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139322#139322

It's explained a lot better there than I could myself.


I can see your banding in the back flap thing of Vader's helmet.  You have a lot of 1 pixel wide, diagonal lines touching each other.  Also in the top right part of his head, just above his eyes, on the right side of his nose thingy, and at the base of his neck.  There are a lot of highlights hugging the outline too closely.