RPG main character, would like c&c *now with mockup*

[Greenthorne]

Update6: A mockup added.

Update5: Updated the sidewalk animation, I'm really tired of it now so it'll have to do for a while.

Update4: Sidewalk animation. Looks really bad, pointers greatly appreciated  .

Update3: Another animation.

Update2: Tried to animate the bastard. I haven't had the oppurtunity to animate much, which shows in this attempt, c&c on animation would be especially welcome.

@Dhaos, thanks for the kind comment. I'll find a more suitable shade for the hair. And, yes, ZMC is an awesome game 

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Update: Made the back and side views. Not as happy with them as with front view. Any comments about anything at all would be much appreciated  . The perspective is supposed to be like Zelda: the minishing cap.
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Hey, everyone

I haven't posted here much, but some would possibly remember me from the old pixelation forums. Anyways I made this character, I'm happy with the face and hair but I don't like the robe, anyone got some ideas on what i could do with it?

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[Greenthorne]

Bumped because of update.

[Dhaos]

Oooh, this is cute ^.^ I like the style. You might consider lightening the darkest tone of the hair, its a bit over contrasted. Btw ZMC pwnz all =D.

[Andy Tran]

 Lightening it would make it blend too much with the other shades. Kinda like a gradient hair, heh. The eyes could use some blue in them or other colors for the iris. Great job there, keep up the good work man.

[Darien]

This is quite nice.  I'm afraid I don't have any advice on what to do with the robe.  Maybe trying browsing fantasty art forums or deviantArt or something for inspiration? 

In the one where he's facing away from us, I think his part goes down to much.

In the animation, his arms swing forward, but not any further back than they do at rest.  Also, when people walk, it's always opposite hand and foot together.

[Greenthorne]

Small update, another animation. Working on side animation now, which is the hardest one yet.

@ Andy Tran, I think you're right, I tried to tweak the darkest shade of the hair around a bit but i kinda like it as it is, might work some more on that later. Eyes; yea absolutely, should be a different colour on those in the final version. And thanks! 

@Darien, about the part going down too much, you might be right, I'll try to get it up to see how it looks, IMO it's not a major issue, though. The arm should be fixed now, thanks for pointing it out. I'm not sure what your mean by opposite hand and foot together; the opposite hand and foot do move together. And thanks to you too for the 'quite nice' comment  .

[entivore]

I think the feet are too far apart.  People stand with feet apart for balance, but when they walk forward the legs are closer together.

[Greenthorne]

New update, Iv'e been working on the walking animation for the side view for many days now and it still looks very bad  . I think I must be missing something fundamental but I can't figure out what.

@entivore; hmm, didn't think of that, maybe your're right, I'll try moving the feet further together and see how it looks.

[FireFly]

The legs in the side-view walking animation (and the front/back view too, perhaps) seems to be going too fast.. Or it may just be how it feels for me, anyways, good luck! I really like these.
Edit: I think the arms should go not like the feets.. Or.. Like when the left arm is swung back, the left feet is forward (and vice versa, of course)... Just a suggestion.

[Dhaos]

I love 'lil rpg shuffles errr walks ^^U. As for the design consider:

-adding leather armor (keep the arms and legs red, chest brown)
-adding a shoulder guard (greyish white or brown for leather)
-adding a small sword strapped to his side or back
-simply changing his arm and leg colors (to say green, or pale blue)
-adding a braclet (one pixel thin, a bright color to contrast against the clothing)
-give him a bandana or scarf

You dont have to do all of the above or any of it, just some ideas to keep in mind. Keep up the good work.

[Faktablad]

You should have the opposite arm move forward when the leg moves forward, like in your other animations. 

[Mercury Rising]

Yes but the characters gurth is large and so large the arm wouldn’t be visible other than perhaps a single lonely pixel.  Unless he wants to make the animation even stranger and have him walking like the alien from Scary Movie 3 in the news video.  (It was the only example I could think of) 

[Greenthorne]

Sidewalk animation updated. The correct hand and feet now move together. Now I'll do some enviroments before going back to working on the character again.

@FireFly & Faktablad; thanks for pointing it out  .

@Dhaos: I wanted to make the character in only 12 colours to see if I could manage, maybe if I make it 16 colours instead I'll be able to add something. He's a mage, though. Maybe a spellbook or a magic wand.

@Mercury Rising: I'm not completely sure what you're talking about, but yes, I agree the characters large stomach is i big part of the problem  .

[Greenthorne]

Added a mockup.

I don't think I mentioned before, but this whole game was for a school project where you had to make a game in four weeks. Well, this mockup is pretty much how far I managed  I'm sure you'll notice that much of the graphics looks rushed. I'm not too unhappy about the interface and the character though. There were trees and enemies as well, but those aren't made by me so I didn't include them in this mockup. There were also some additional animations that I didn't include. The patterns in the interface (in the blue areas) are not made by me, the general design of the skull is also not made by me, although I have coloured it. I post it here mainly for fun, but c&c is always welcome.

[ejay]

Regarding the mockup - I think you have too much contrast at the details which tends to make it look flat. Try shifting the contrast towards the larger shapes and volumes , to establish a consistent and unified lighting .
The character is cool, and i like the way it pops out of the mockup.

[Dhaos]

I wish I got to make a game for a school project ;_; Anyways the mockup is pretty cool, zany interface too. There is a really werid 'ring' effect going on here and there. (when the dirt meets the cliff, grass meets dirt, and dirt meets water) It looks just plain peculiar...

[Krizmo]

The sprite looks awesome, well done.

I would jsut like to see some shrubs or trees in the mockup, it would make it a lot more interesting, imo.