A few sprites and my new style for critics.

Krysis · Sat 08/07/2006 18:04:57

So I've been experimenting recently. New styles, colours and so on. And I wonder if these sprites are good and how to improve them. I think the black outlines work good, but I still want to hear your critics...

Some random guy, the two sprite jam entries, alien A, alien B, a robot, some tall guy's head, an alien monkey and a giant evil mushroom.

Oz · Sat 08/07/2006 20:52:34

I think they look great. Nice style. Perhaps a little cluttered. The head... isn't that Jar Jar Binks?

Steel Drummer · Sat 08/07/2006 21:04:32

Yousa got grand style

Indie Boy · Sat 08/07/2006 21:48:00

See this is an example that black out lines work. I just find wrong to discourage people who use them. Ok very nice VERY VERY NICE Krysis although on the robot with the wee light bulb things on his head I don't like how the right one is vertical. In my point of view I think robots should be symmetrical. Also the mushroom doesn't look as nice as the others, maybe because it is bigger than the others. This is a thing to work on for bigger sprites etc but a very nice style which I hope you will continue to use and improve.

monkey0506 · Sat 08/07/2006 23:38:25

IMO the ape-man's head is too big for the size of his body...it seems too long and doesn't really seem to connect properly to the body. Maybe if you made the head a little smaller and tried bending his back a bit to be more ape-like...?

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Sat 08/07/2006 23:50:45

I would add a skin tone highlight to keep the shading consistent with the clothing. Aside from that you've made a fantastic selection of sprites here.

Penguinx · Sun 09/07/2006 02:29:49

I dig it. Very nice for the economy of space! I'm a fan of black outlines. I think that means I should be drug out back and shot.

Krysis · Sun 09/07/2006 07:28:16

@Oz. Yup. It's one of those.

@Rix. I just used an old movie robot that looks like that.

@monkey. You are right... I just slapped the head on that body to see if it fits... Seems I should work on it more. The goal was to resemble the apes from the original "Planet of the apes" movie.

@ ProgZmax. I'd try that... It worked with the mushroom so I see highligting is a good idea indeed.

Here is the newer version of the mushroom. I think it's near perfect:

fred · Sun 09/07/2006 09:11:37

Great sprites!
I think the mushroom would look better in some other color.

Penguinx · Mon 10/07/2006 14:35:41

For the record, I really love the proportions on the monkey.