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[Eraser]

This is the first pixel art I've done in a very long time... first of the year, I think!



Suggestions?

Cool sprite I like how you did the detail on the face, I always end up resorting to big cutesy eyes at that size. Not very clear what the black dog thing is - some sort of spirit thing or is it more like an evil hat?

He's both! A haunted head piece of sorts. I wasn't sure how the readability turned out, but thank you!

Here's a concept piece I just finished for reference of what they're supposed to look like - it does contain a bit of nudity so be warned:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt95/delia123/Green/anothercrudeconcept.png

Well to me it's hard to read for the mere fact that it doesn't have any real detail or shading to it yet, so it looks like it's behind the sprite instead of on her head.

[jwaap]

This is the first pixel art I've done in a very long time... first of the year, I think!



Suggestions?

Cool sprite I like how you did the detail on the face, I always end up resorting to big cutesy eyes at that size. Not very clear what the black dog thing is - some sort of spirit thing or is it more like an evil hat?

He's both! A haunted head piece of sorts. I wasn't sure how the readability turned out, but thank you!

Here's a concept piece I just finished for reference of what they're supposed to look like - it does contain a bit of nudity so be warned:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt95/delia123/Green/anothercrudeconcept.png

I really like your style and art even though I've just seen 3 things now. 

[DanFornace]

Turning this-


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-into a short game project. I decided that to be playable the characters have to be smaller. I also desaturated the greens a little bit.

So far I am working on my mario sprite

Here is the first attempt at an Idle Animation



I ended up deciding that the line made the head look too big (i inteded it to be the overalls line, so I moved it up. I also added some more shadding and got rid of the back and forth idle for attempt 2.

Second Idle Attempt


Here is my tilest for Hyrule-


-Dan

[Ishi]

I thought about this last time you posted that mockup but never got round to looking at it closer - I was wondering if brightening the backdrop a bit would help to keep the characters and platforms clearer.



so the darkest colour is reserved for foreground stuff only. I'm not entirely convinced, it's a bit less interesting to look at really. But thought I'd post it anyway.

The Mario sprite is looking good. Link will be interesting to reduce I'm sure!

I did a run:


Thanks to those who commented about the roll anim, very encouraging :D

[Bandages]

d'aaaaw? 

[Shawny]

some kinda... panda slime

[DanFornace]

I thought about this last time you posted that mockup but never got round to looking at it closer - I was wondering if brightening the backdrop a bit would help to keep the characters and platforms clearer.



so the darkest colour is reserved for foreground stuff only. I'm not entirely convinced, it's a bit less interesting to look at really. But thought I'd post it anyway.

The Mario sprite is looking good. Link will be interesting to reduce I'm sure!

I did a run:


Thanks to those who commented about the roll anim, very encouraging :D

Yeah, I understand what you mean. I think its a good idea. The only problem I see is now the building looks like its further back and the platforms are just floating there. I might keep that the case on every level except the middle of this one (so that side one will follow your advice, but the middle won't) That way the player knows that the wall is supposed to be directly behind them. I'll play around with it. But I agree that keeping that dark color to pop the foreground out is a very good idea!

Thanks about the Mario. Yes Link will be tough, but he will probably be using the whole 16x16 to get it to work.

Also, I really liked the flip from earlier, especially the subtle things like the glasses bounce. I am amazed at the amount of character you can fit into your pixels. The run is looking really good too. Can't wait to see more. Yay limited palettes!

-Dan

[Nate Kling]

Pixelled for fun.  And for color practice.

[Xion]

rad stuff, Caliber Nate, but what's the red thing waist high...the fish's tail? Looks kinda strange...that is a fish, right?

[Nate Kling]

thanks Xion!  Yeah its a fish. that's supposed to be his tail fin. Not sure what to change to make that more obvious  haha.

[Xion]

ah I think it was obvious but it just looks kind of strange to me. The fish question was more like "why is there a fish on that person's head" than "is that a fish" I dunno maybe I'm crazy.

[Nix]

thanks Xion!  Yeah its a fish. that's supposed to be his tail fin. Not sure what to change to make that more obvious  haha.

Oh, yeah. It wasn't totally obvious to me at first that the tail was part of the fish. I thought it was just some strange accessory on the clothing. I think maybe it would be more obvious is the fish was a different color than the rest of the clothing, perhaps, besides red?

[Karuvitomsk]

Just for fun.

[Bander]

Pixelled for fun.  And for color practice.

needed to bring this along to this page...
hehe cool idea, wish i could carry along my koi karp like that (eh... not really when i think about it ).
Nice colors!
About the fin though, i thought that it looked more like a cetacean tail than a fish's tail

[Nate Kling]

Thanks everyone.  I tried to fix the tail. Do you think it reads better like this?

[Hangedman]

Considerably. Looks more visibly fishy 

[Nix]

Thanks everyone.  I tried to fix the tail. Do you think it reads better like this?

Yes, definitely. I like that a lot actually...

[Nate Kling]

Just some quick animation fun.

[Ishi]

That's kinda disturbing but definitely cool.

[JaJitsu]

*while the chicken dance plays in the background*