Re-spiffying old sprites

[Teknogames]

I’ve gone back to an old game of mine and revamped the whole thing, but I’m having trouble with the graphics. I get to a certain point after clearing up the original line art and such, but once I feel I’ve done all I can do, something still seems wrong. I figured I could get some guidance.

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[AdamAtomic]

What is it?

[Sherman Gill]

I think it's a space ship. Like, a big one, a capital ship or something. If that's what it was, it'd make a lot more sense in context.

[Teknogames]

Oh poo shoot. It's a tank

[Joseph]

I can't tell.  slightly bigger=better.

[BlackDragon]

Your problem lies within contrast.

With machines, especially at this tiny size, you must "seperate" each section from another to make it as readable as possible.

[Teknogames]

Aye damn... ok, well I'll go into detail. its a top down shooter and this particular sprite is a tank, but not your traditional tank. Hell, lets call it a vehicle. It has no turret, it is facing to the right. And at the moment it doesnt feel quite finished to me, render wise. The lineart feels fine however.

[garland]

If it's not a real tank, then personally I don't see any real problem with it. But again, as Sherman said, this would be a lot easier if we could see the sprite with some of the other graphics from the game.