Aztec Temple Thing

[ILikePie]

Hi,
This is my first post here, I've been spriting for a few months now (4) and I can't say I'm too good at it.
Here's a sprite I've been working on for a while, its an unfinished Aztec/Maya temple and I'd like to receive some criticism on it:



Sorry for my bad grammar,
~Pie

(By the way, this is kinda off topic but I've seen some people write about an IRC channel, does this forum have one? If so whats the address)

[TrevoriuS]

Working image:

[NaCl]

I like the texturing and detail, and the faces are cool. However, one thing I've found is if you make an square object slightly tilted, even for a straight on perspective, it looks much more believable. I was working for hours on a computer monitor pixel art, and it just looked flat no matter what I did, until I rotated it just a tad. Maybe this will help your piece.

Also, I know little of shading, but I can not figure out where the light is coming from. If from above, I don't see why it would darken in a circular pattern. If from in front of the door, it seems like the shadow cast on the next highest tier should be horizontal and straight. It looks like the shading on each individual brick is pretty good though, and the shading technique in general.

Keep up the good work.

[ILikePie]

Thanks for the advice, I'm aware of shading part and I will fix it... eventually...
I'm not sure what you meant about the tilting part, could you post an example?

Also I've found my self a new project so I don't know if I'll finish this anytime soon.

Thanks again,
Pie

[NaCl]

Here is an image:


See, one looks significantly more convincing as a real object then the other.