[WIP] character + tiles [C+C].

[Candy Man Criminal]

got bored, started this


dunno if the walk cycle works at all
the guything is supposed to be kinda soft looking, and i havent shaded the shadow claw arm thing yet

what i mostly need help with right now is my absolute dirt poor dirt tile
tho C+C on the guything is encouraged


also he needs a name...

[Candy Man Criminal]

the love: i feel it

[jams0988]

Don't worry, Candy Man. I love you! =P
I drew a quick slime monster for you...when you draw slime things, I find it usually looks better if you apply the shading in reverse...have the darkest part on the top, and the lightest part on the bottom. That makes it look like there's some fancy refraction going on inside your slime, lol. Then just add the speculars on top of the slime to finish the effect:


It's not amazing, but hopefully it'll give you some ideas at least. o/
Edit: You could look at Jad's avatar, too. Looks like I might have been subconsciously thinking of it when I drew that, hahah.

[Candy Man Criminal]

i shall attempt this and post it when its done

thanks for the love

edit*



i rather like it, tho it really needs some touching up

[Candy Man Criminal]

your lack of posts disturb me

so i've been trying really hard to get the rocks tile thing shaded, but... its not going so well

i'll put up an example of how bad it is tomorrow
hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, before or after its up

[Candy Man Criminal]

i have no idea how to shade a rock ._.

[Mathias]

You obviously need to take a break and learn from existing game art. Get an SNES emulator and grab some old RPG's. Or just google screenshots. And spend a few hours searching PixelJoint, compiling some favorites. Open them in your image editor and zoom way in. Get to know them. Extract methods and techniques of shading, etc. Do it.

[Candy Man Criminal]

better or worse?

i feel like i over dithered....
maybe i just need to use more colors <_<

blah

[RedKnight91]

The grass is pretty good! : )

as for the dirt, I suggest leaving it with those two colors (deleting the lightest one) and adding some darker shade in the intersections between stones

[Candy Man Criminal]

i like where this is going, thanks =D