Open up ;O + portrait ;@

[Presley]

Hi, I'm new here. I'm Preston, age 14. I like hands.

Anyways, I've been heavily involved in pixelling what will hopefully be a nice looking hand.



It's supposed to be knocking something.

So, before I start adding any texture, I'd like some crits, feedback, and anything else you've got for me. 


Might just throw it out there, that I've been lurking here for quite some time. 

Update:



Not really an improvement, just trying something, tell me what you think.

More Update :@

Portrait I was working on, but it sucks

Can't get alot of things correct, especially the left eye and the jawline and headshape.



Crits, comments and edits are appreciated ;P

[jedzed]

its quite good so far but it needs a bit of dither on it

[ndchristie]

its quite good so far but it needs a bit of dither on it

i disagree.  dithering is a wicked texture at this resolution, and texture should only be applied where it will describe form.  it might help in some small places around the hand, but that's only where the dither might be cloes to the actual texture of the hand/skin.  id say stick with descriptive lighting and it will look 10 times better.

this looks good so far.  i would like to see a bit of AA in places to help smooth it, but so far so good.

[Presley]

I have to agree with Adarias, dither can be a most wicked thing, and that's not the style I'm trying to achieve.

Thanks guys, I will work on AA.

I'd appreciate and critique about the form so far. Also, do you think adding more colours would be beneficial?

[Elk]

the thumb is way too long ^^

[Xion]

Way too high. Thumbs aren't in line with the rest of the fingers.

[Presley]

I think the position of the thumb was the culprit, rather than the actual size of it. Though I did shorten it slightly. Thanks guys.

Need more improvement in that regard?

Updated.

[Snippa]

Still seems a bit off, I'd suggest shortening the thumb a bit more as a whole, the top part of the thumb seems a bit too short, at least compared to the other 2 parts.
Aside from that, It's looking good.

[Presley]

Better?

[candiru]

Tried an edit, looking at my hand for reference. Damn, hands are hard to draw. I might update it later since it doesn't look quite right.