Overwarm - Run Clyde, Run! Meet Gribbs! [new] PortaProblem?

[Sokota]

Ok well, I am working in collaboration with another person for a GM competition. I feel that we can win, because he is a great programmer, and we eventually have good sprites. With some help from you guys of course. I made this tonight, took me about an hour or so. It started out really bad, because I haven't pixeled anything seriously forever. But it turned out ok. The only problem is, I need Clyde to be much better looking, have a more boyish face, a much better body, and more dynamic overall. Once I get the main sprite done, its going to be on to animating the little guy. So I need all the crits I can get now. After all that smack, here he is:


Clyde

I am going for a slightly overexaggerated, cartoon cheery look, sorta like if Ratchet & Clank were sprites. I need help with the eye and face, and the hair as well. I'm pretty happy with the hat, but any crits are welcome.

Sokota


Current Version | Clyde and Mel

[Elrinth]

I dont' see any picture

[PASSOUT]

Wow, I just fell out of my chair. Anyway I'll work from the top down.

Hat:
-Define you light source dont out line it with a darker shade if its sosposed to be lit
-Propeller seemed to high up
-the shapes on the hat needed to be more triangle like
Hair:
-The front of the hair is very unnatural, It looks as though it just flops down.
Face:
-Theres no mouth! He cant breathe. lol
-More shading and also needs highlights
Shirt:
-The arm creates shadow over the body, darken it up.
-Put highlight on bolth the arm and shirt/sleeve.
Shorts:
-Very square
-Need highligts
Feet:
-Look rather big and round

As for color I would just use what you got there its always fun and enjoyable to see what you can do.

Here:


I outlined it in black so it can stand out againts the back ground.


Oh and good luck with the GM competition.

[Sokota]

Wow, I just fell out of my chair. Anyway I'll work from the top down.

What for? 

Hat:
-Define you light source dont out line it with a darker shade if its sosposed to be lit
-Propeller seemed to high up
-the shapes on the hat needed to be more triangle like

Thanks, it does look better now. You utilized colors better than I did .

Hair:
-The front of the hair is very unnatural, It looks as though it just flops down.

Well, I don't know if adding more..whats the word..locks of hair improves it or not. Need more opinions on that.

Face:
-Theres no mouth! He cant breathe. lol
-More shading and also needs highlights

He's not supposed to have a mouth. I had lots of trouble shading the face. Yours is better, but I think that I need help on the eyes, and making them more cutesy and boyish.

Shirt:
-The arm creates shadow over the body, darken it up.
-Put highlight on bolth the arm and shirt/sleeve.

Erm, now the torso looks like it has chunky noise. I dunno, just me. I'll try to improve it. I don't even like the anatomy  much, but not sure how to change it, and keep it cartoonish and caricatured.

Shorts:
-Very square
-Need highligts

Yeah, I realize the anatomy is very bad. Thanks for the help.

Feet:
-Look rather big and round

They are supposed to, but maybe I could make them slightly smaller and rework them somehow.

As for color I would just use what you got there its always fun and enjoyable to see what you can do.

Here:


I outlined it in black so it can stand out againts the back ground.


Oh and good luck with the GM competition.

Thanks for all the help. I need more opinions/help though. I'm kinda dissatisfied with the whole thing, as I want it to look dynamic and more 3dish. Also, I'm working on not adding any outlines, especially black, and I think that it might detract from your edit as well. But thanks for everything! Will try to take things into account, and will post an update later today, I think, addressing those issues.
Sokota

[PASSOUT]

Yeah I don't know much, just make it how you see it.

[Sokota]

Eh, I need more help on this! I have a timetable, so I need this sprite to look as good as possible asap. Anymore crits suggestions before I work on revising it?

Sokota

[balls01]

that looks like he has blue pee and wee'd his nappy theres no leggings for those shorts change the background too saurated its would be better using the dark green in the gm editor

[Sokota]

Well, started over with the same palette (Not too worried about colors yet), and just starting throwing blobs of color around, and this is what came out. I love it loads more than the other one, and it's much closer to what I envisioned the character as, but the anatomy is still wonky, and now he looks more iso than platform. I wanted a more 3/4 platform sprite, but I think the angle is too much. I need help now. I'm not sure how to place the arms or legs, and I need to make it so that the angle is a bit more platform. But, enough negative things. Do you like the new hat/hair?



Sokota

[32]

i preferred the first one, i don't really think the new one has as much character, id suggest looking into some street fighter sprites, the style is relatively simple but effective, i think your problem is your looking at the whole thing while your drawing, it'll work much better if you focus on individual parts till they look right (obviously after drawing a basic outline) remember to try to draw from references, figure out why different body parts look the way they do.

http://www.geocities.com/skulkraken2002/ go to tsugumo chapter 9, it looks confusing if you skim over it but the effort pays off

also try to work on a more neutral colour like Grey. i might get around to an edit when my mouse stops screwin around

[balls01]

the answer to your iso character my friend is that its on a isometrical grid