Hood sprite

[Angelonias]

So i made this sprite:

I think it looks ok like this, but i want another sprite as well with his hood on.

It looks so bad.. Can you help me?

UPDATE
An edit based on some pictures i saw:


UPDATE 2
An edit based on your comments:
(Tried to work on clusters as much i could and understood(thanks Ai for your edit).. also reduced contrast)


Kazuya Mochu's Edit
Thank you, you totally changed it to another greater level:

[Willabee]

He looks a lot better in the edit. I'm trying to find anything else to call you out on, but It's great ^u^

[Angelonias]

He looks a lot better in the edit. I'm trying to find anything else to call you out on, but It's great ^u^

Haha you are great!  I agree the last sprite looks better. If you think there is anything else to change at the sprite, not just the hood, go ahead

[Willabee]

O! I tried and I tried, and I found one ^u^ (you know... for the sake of tearing things apart)
The hoodie looks like it's tucked into the waistline... where most people i know wear the hoodie over their pants. *shrugs* So there's that?

[Angelonias]

O! I tried and I tried, and I found one ^u^ (you know... for the sake of tearing things apart)
The hoodie looks like it's tucked into the waistline... where most people i know wear the hoodie over their pants. *shrugs* So there's that?

Hmmm i can't disagree What you say it's true. I just think he looks more badass and muscular this way.
Thanks anyway!

[Willabee]

He certainly does look pretty bad ass! I will admit I actually like the way it's tucked in... it makes me curious to see what a very thin fabric, skin-tight hoodie would look like tucked in O_O

[Ai]

Well, you certainly captured the attitude well there, and the hood is a definite improvement.

You do have some problematic pixel clusters there. Helm and others discuss what kind of clusters are problematic over here, but to be specific:

* You have a number of pixels that are stranded (ie. there are no adjacent pixels of the same color). This generally comes across as visual noise.
* You have L-shaped clusters in your outline. L-shaped clusters are usually best avoided except on mechanical objects that you want to look angular -- they add 'chunkiness' to the area.

Here's a quick edit that removes some of them:



BTW, the transparency on your version is kind of messed up -- you seem to have a number of pixels with low opacity. These show up on the shoulder and the top of the hood. You also have some extra colors: there are 2 bright skin shades, 3 'mid' skin shades, and 2 'dark' skin shades (so you're using 7 colors even though it only looks like 3)

[Angelonias]

Well, you certainly captured the attitude well there, and the hood is a definite improvement.

You do have some problematic pixel clusters there. Helm and others discuss what kind of clusters are problematic over here, but to be specific:

* You have a number of pixels that are stranded (ie. there are no adjacent pixels of the same color). This generally comes across as visual noise.
* You have L-shaped clusters in your outline. L-shaped clusters are usually best avoided except on mechanical objects that you want to look angular -- they add 'chunkiness' to the area.

BTW, the transparency on your version is kind of messed up -- you seem to have a number of pixels with low opacity. These show up on the shoulder and the top of the hood. You also have some extra colors: there are 2 bright skin shades, 3 'mid' skin shades, and 2 'dark' skin shades (so you're using 7 colors even though it only looks like 3)

Well i used only 3 skin colors... it's true that i have some pixels with low opacity, that's because i had many different layers which some of the had low opacity.. And when i merged them all together it maybe caused all the above.(i am on learn stage of paint programs and i make these mistakes..)

About the clusters i am going to check it out! Thanks alot!

[Kazuya Mochu]

is the hood and vest ment to be glossy? cause right now they look a bit glossy and noisy

[Angelonias]

is the hood and vest ment to be glossy? cause right now they look a bit glossy and noisy

Nope it didn't ment to be glossy.