New Artstyle,

[B-Rokal]

Ok, I think i'm finally getting used to pixel art.

Recently I noticed that the game I was working on was painfully similar to Metal Slug, which was something bad, specially because of the release of Cuphead (which make our project look like Bubsy 3D compared to Mario 64).

I decided to throw away the metalic aesthetic and giving the game a more "biological" approach (aside from playing with gameplay mechanichs, but that goes in the Unity forums XD).

Anyway, here is my first result of the transition:



Let's talk about how original the character is latter, what I need right now is feedback on excecution, Thanks for your help :')

[Curly]

Good shapes, good clusters, good contrast overall.
I liked your other stuff. It doesn't look exactly like Metal Slug. It's more colorful and cute.

[B-Rokal]

I'm very happy you liked it

Is there something I did wrong? knowing even the most insignificant details that are off is really important to me, I HIGHLY doubt this piece right there is "perfect"

Also, some of the "pre-artstyle transition" assets are probably going to make it to the final (edited, perfected or at least used on smaller things like scenery or easter eggs).

Finally, what is a "cluster"? i'm (still) not very fond to pixel art jargon XD

[danmanr98]

Minor tweaks I applied
-Added Dark Lining where the Monster is more shaded
-Minor colour tweaks + some anti-aliasing
-Removed Back leg, since I think? it wouldn't be visible- sorry if im wrong on this xD

Dya like it?

[B-Rokal]

danmanr98, dude your recomendations are genius, specially that i'm terrible with color palettes

Anyway, I animated the thingy (And added his friend), wanted some feedback on animation too



And just for the sake of it, this is how the "tank" used to look before



The purple "friend" was the vulcan on top before the change

Thank you, really

[Robbie Harrison]

It's scary o.o  For what kind of game Is it ? The art is awesome anyway !

[eishiya]

The shadow from the friend makes the creature look a bit flat, like the shadow is being cast onto a flat surface. The shadow should change shape depending on its location, more of a horizontal ellipse at the top, more of a circle or vertical ellipse at the bottom.

The shadow behind the mouth looks a bit strange. What about the creature's form is changing to make the shadow move like that?

[B-Rokal]

eishiya, didn't noticed that, gotta make the changes then

Robbie Harrison, is for a Run n' Gun, once belic themed but in the middle of a transition to look more cartoony in order to make it have more appeal, glad you are interested

[Melodee]

OMG i think this looks rly cool actually XDD i sent u a pm, wondered if you got it because i don't see it in my sent messages, i think it's a bug in pixelation but not sure. anyway, i love the animation too!! but the shadow of the friend yes i was thinking it looks kinda like it's also inside his body or sth

[B-Rokal]

Thanks everyone for your replies

Applied danmanr98 reccomendations on pallete and outline, and corrected shading contradictions that eishiya noticed (I hope they are ok now ._.)



I'm surely going to keep uploading my stuff for feedback THANKS A LOOOOOOOT

Edit: Melodee, is not a bug, i'm still not used to this website, gotta read the pm then, thanks