Ghost-like creature

[official-neosoft]

Just a little thing to practice losing pillow-shading, and just having some fun.
I'm going to update it everytime, so don't say things like add another shading color, because I will. Those edits of u will be not usefull, unless it's about editing this shadow layer.
So, is there any pillow shading, and are there some points where more shadow could be added, to make it more ghostlike?

I think I should make the edges of the tail somewhat rounder, right

No, I'm not making the ghost transparant.

Thank you

[allaze-eroler]

i think the pic is dead ^^; so, i guess it's an error in your link...

it's mean that i don't know what i can C&C when it have a "red cross of death" ^^;

nevermind... well, the idea of design is very interesting but i think you should shade a bit more under his head and on his belly. ha yes, play a bit with the dither for a better work. don't abuse the dither please, because it could ruin the quality of your pixel ^^;

[official-neosoft]

Wow, quick reply! I just placed it, and saw it wasn't posted right 

[allaze-eroler]

Wow, quick reply! I just placed it, and saw it wasn't posted right 

it's because i just saw it and i was pointing it and when it's done, i was editing it XD

[official-neosoft]

There will be highlights, and I think I'm turning this creature in a ice-elemental, and later I'll be drawing a fire-elemental, also ghostlike. It's Art for my online game 
I was carefull with the shading on the belly, cuz I don't want to pillow-shade again XD

[official-neosoft]

UPDATE:



Huge step in shading. Made another layer of shadow and some highlights. I'm very happy with the palette.
I dislike the shading on the tail. But I also dislike the tail, so I will edit that.

Any comments/critics?

[Dr D]

His outline is quite a bit jagged, mainly around the hands and bottom half. I suppose it wouldn't be a bad time to practice AA (Anti-Aliasing) if you haven't already.

[official-neosoft]

I haven't really done that no. I'll now delete those ugly jagged outlines, and practice some AA

[TrevoriuS]

some inconsistent lighting going on, do not get distracted There's too much light below the tail, and that full blown highlight on the head isn't very proper either.
Also I recommend an additional darker shade for the small details, it may also suit well on black that goes inside the graphic and is more than just an outline.
Other than that I recommend you work on a grey background, take a background colour that is relevant to your game tone for example. If all your game backgrounds are rather light, take a lighter grey, but never white. Extreme colours distort your perception on hue, saturaion and contrast (in this case, contrast)

[SirBilly]

Hi, I just want to mention that the hands of this thing llooks great, but the jagged outline ruined the whole thing, so I could'nt help my self doing it smoother.