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[njm1992]

Hi, I've recently begun work on my first platforming game, and I decided that now was the time to start upgrading my simplistic prototype graphics with a few more details.

But unfortunately I'm not very good at pixel art (or art in general, I suppose).

So any guidance, feedback or C+C (Constructive Criticism?) would be greatly appreciated.

Right now I'm working on this little space man (intentional space) AKA the main character.
(I'll worry about animations a little later.)

Old:


vs.

New:


Fire away!

edit:
A space pirate:


edit 2:
Images fixed

[LDuncan]

I'm not very good at pixel art myself, so take this with a grain of salt. Also, the first four images seem to have the wrong URL so I can't see them.

I'll comment on the pirate though. I like him--I think you've done pretty well. There are a number of 2x2 pixel blocks though, and it kind of lowers the perceived resolution of the sprite. I don't know much about this though so for this it might be unavoidable with the style you're going for.

I kinda feel like his hat and belt buckle are a little misplaced. The pirate is looking slightly to the side, but his hat is straight on towards us. Makes it kind of look like he's wearing his hat at a 45 degree angle. My gut tells me his belt buckle should be one pixel more to the right--this seems right in my head, but who knows, it might look stupid if you put it that far over.

Anyway, I think it's a good start! Looking forward to see the first four pics as well when you can fix the links.

[antymattar]

that s[ace pirate looks great. Only thing I would suggest is a small shadow line on that big body of his. Along the arms.

[SundownKid]

Looks like one of those stacking dolls, or a Dharma.

I suggest moving over the skull on the hat, and the top of the hat, to be in line with his nose. The belt buckle as well.

[njm1992]

Thanks for the feedback!

I've moved the buckle, and tried to edit the hat to look more like it's at an angle. It's kinda hard for me to visualize this, but this is an attempt:

that s[ace pirate looks great. Only thing I would suggest is a small shadow line on that big body of his. Along the arms.

To the left of his left arm? Like on the jetpack? I'm not quite sure what you mean

Also I think I fixed the links, they worked to begin with, but I might have accidently changed their addresses.

[SundownKid]

That is much improved. What he probably means is an arm shadow, which the white one has but the red one doesn't. It seems like he is raising his arms because there are none on his body.

[Kevin]

Nitpicky, but the spaceman's head (the non-skin tone part) is a very slightly different colour than his suit, but it's so close in value that even a x4 zoom it's barely perceptible (unless it's just my monitor, which wouldn;t surprise me). I'd say either increase the contrast or just make the suit one colour.

[njm1992]

That is much improved. What he probably means is an arm shadow, which the white one has but the red one doesn't. It seems like he is raising his arms because there are none on his body.

I'm still not quite sure what that means, but I've attempted some changes to the left arm. 

I've also change the head to only have glass in front of his face.

New sprite:


Enlarged for your viewing pleasure

(I'm not sure how I should show off the sprites really, I'm looking at it at 3000% zoom in the editor, but in the game it would probably be around 4x or something similar).

[antymattar]

Oooh, Ding! Yup the hat on the space pirate is a bit better now. I prefer the small scale ones better.

[caffeine]

Let's see. You are definitely improving. Those last sprites are far superior compared to the first ones. I still think the shape in general could be improved, as well as your palette.

edit:


As you can see in my little edit, I tried to maintain that 3d-ish feeling throughout the entire sprite.
I also created a multipurpose palette and I switched up the design for your protagonist a bit.

[njm1992]

Let's see. You are definitely improving. Those last sprites are far superior compared to the first ones. I still think the shape in general could be improved, as well as your palette.

edit:


As you can see in my little edit, I tried to maintain that 3d-ish feeling throughout the entire sprite.
I also created a multipurpose palette and I switched up the design for your protagonist a bit.

Thank you for the feedback! Those are absolutely gorgeous!

It'll probably be a some time before I'll be able to do something like that.

But can I ask: what do you mean when you say multipurpose palette?