The Resource WIP Thread 3

New profile pic I made, Im not sure I like the high lights, which one looks better to you? Also, any other critique would be appreciated too :) . Thanks!

EDIT: I think I made it better actually! X3

@Puruiro you're totally right. It wasn't so evident to me when using it in the program because then it actually moves, but looking at the gifs yeah, it really looks like dancing.
The video is superuseful!

I've tried editing the head, and also changed the profile a bit by making it less oval, and giving them some pecs and a bit of a bum. Not sure if it makes a difference.




@Guiguimu , thanks for the advice!
I think your tiles looks great, the only thing I'm not sure about is the sidewalk, because it looks like marble to me. It's a good tile, just not for a sidewalk imho.

@acirnep the little editions you made improved the sprite quite a lot in my opinion. I just think that the last side view had the walk cycle in a better way, your hands in the newer one seem to move in a weird way.
And thank you!!! Yeah ahah I'm glad you could tell, it was an interior tile I was using as a placeholder for a sidewalk one I have now finished.

@KaBlooZio the highlights on the last one definitely match the background a lot better.

Edited.

I've been trying to make my own tile set and want opinions. Here's an example (ignore the bridge):



I tried limiting myself to 3-4 shades for every color. I think it seems off, like its not uniform. I feel like it's trying to be pixel art and realistic at the same time and it just doesn't work. I thought of trying to up the contrast, putting dark edges, or just scrapping and going for a less detailed retro style. Or maybe changing back to 48x48 (it's 24x24, I thought it'd be easier).
Tell me what you think.

In-game:

One side down :D

@acirnep This is looking so much better!^^

@Raymaster Your artstyle is very cute, love the watercolor-y feel they give!

@Zephro I think, they all look very good to me, only the tall grass are missing some shadows under them, so they kind of feel out of place (its noticeable with the grass on the sand tile)

@RocketKnight I like the feel and the colors these tiles give me! Only the tent feels out of place because everything is in 3/4 view while the tent more in front view. I overdrew it to illustrate what I mean, hope that helps^^

I think that's because I skipped a frame, so the animation is unbalanced.
I keep on tweaking, not sure if it's doing it any good. I am probably going to take a break from this and work on something else.


@Raymaster love the watercolor style! But what is that stuff in the top right corner of the first pic?

@Zephro the only part that really bugs me is the tall grass, I think if you find a way to fix that it will all look more cohesive

@RocketKnight I agree with @Puruiro about the tent.

@Puruiro thanks!

@acirnep I believe it looks a lot better!!! Your front view animation is looking good! The arm on the side animation looks short, but since you're taking a break it can wait.

@Zephro I think it looks good, I really like how you did the water, and how the tall grass goes over it. If you add a shadow below it, it will look a lot better.

Thanks for the feedback guys, I added 10% opacity shadows underneath and I do think it looks better.



@RocketKnight I agree with Puruiro about the tent, and I think there's also a bit of perspective issue here:
http://prntscr.com/ibng68
The pillars look farther from the wall at the bottom but closer at the top. Probably nitpicking but otherwise I really like it.
Also there's this http://prntscr.com/ibni5d

Hair animation turned out nice, and now to add back the lighting :D

Thank you everybody.

In-game

sorry, i have been very busy this week :c

@Puruiro Thx for the comment bro, i have recived a lot of positive feedback so i think its decided to be the chosen art style ñ.ñ

@acirnep thx yo i really apreciate the comment, thats just some graphics that i used for testing w and h of the tilesets. they are dead by now :c

That has come along so far! the arms an legs look amazing with the shadowing that you used and the walking motion is very fluid... Nice work!

-edit wanted to add how I love how the boot picks up so it looks like he's treading ground. Really impressed!

I've never really done extensive graphical work before because I lack the patience and discipline for it, but I decided to give it a try because I got sick of all of my characters using the same ol' side-facing face template. Did the best I could in trying to make front-facing faces since I don't see (or at least haven't found) anyone making them. The head template's a little pointy, but I didn't bother changing it since it's going to be hidden by hair anyway. I included the sprite as reference since it's kind of what helped me shape what his hair should like like from the front.

Tried doing another pixely portrait. Any critique? :3

If you put extra contrast in the hair it'll look shiny. A bit of highlight would be good too. Just put it in a small area, only where the light hits directly.

Hullo.... I do not use this tread often and this will be my first image post on it. I have troubles doing architectures and landscaping (way more than doing mega-big-monsters) so... this is my first attempt at spaceship that I will later on reduce at sprite size (I forgot it was full size while exporting it here).


I think my current testers that I do love might kinda be really tender with me trying not to hurt my creative feelings much. But am I in the right direction or... I still have to go a long way? I truly think my facing down was maybe made too fast to be right! (oh the weird camera angles one is for space or crashes etc... )

I saw a photo of pillars from Shiraz, Iran on Bing and I decided to create tile for it. Since I'm just a noob to tile creating so I can't make it look exactly like the pillar in the photo, so I changed some details :kaoswt: What do you think?