New C64 picture, whee

[ptoing]

First image I made in the so called Advanced FLI mode (pretty shite name for what it is, but I guess here noone cares)
The limits are 2 colours per 8x1 pixels but the first 3 columns (speak the 24 pixels on the left) are affected by the FLI-bug which renders them light grey.
Then again, that also does not matter here since I only used the center of the given space

[Soup]

looks great!
Is it a WIP?

[Stwelin]

This is really kickass, no crits whatsoever. reminds me of Grim Fandango

[ptoing]

Is it a WIP?

No, does it look like one to you?

[Indigo]

for people not keen to c64, its hard to judge. wip vs final, style vs limitations, who knows.  I have a hard time critiquing it myself as I have never tried it.  I really should some time

[Zolthorg]

Is there a reason only the eyelid farther from the light source is highlighted?

[Akzidenz]

Yeah.. I think that the reason it still looks WIP-y is because the screen dimensions lead to a lot of empty space. I understand that the restrictions are why that space needs to be there, but without knowing that, it just looks like a bad crop. Maybe you could toss another focal point in the background somewhere, or do something with the white space to give it some more shape. A simple pattern, or even a horizon line.

[ptoing]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Technically I could use the full space of 272x197 (apart from the 3 columns getting bombed on the left, a bit at the bottom gets bugged as well),
but this was a) just a quick testpiece (took about one and a half hour) and I like negative space.

I liked the horizon suggestion so I put one in and it helps quite a bit, cheers for that.

I also added a bit of a border around the 320x200 area as the C64 has a quite massive border going on in which you can only draw with sprites (due to a bug in the graphics chip) and you can change it's colour. So I took in mind that this border will be grey as well in the finished thing, watched on a c64 or emulator, which results in more breathing space at the top and bottom.

I replaced the old version so you might have to reload to see the new one.

Oh, and both eyes have a highlight, look close.

[Soup]

It looked like one because the sides were empty.

[Larwick]

The horizon line definetely helps this alot. I love the simplicity, and commend your use of whitespace. The random dottyness of the shadowline bugs me slightly however, seeing as everything else is pretty solid looking.

Tis cute, in an odd way..