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...
(http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/2245/newstyle2xh.png)
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.
I think they look great. Nice style. Perhaps a little cluttered. The head... isn't that Jar Jar Binks? ;)
Yousa got grand style
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.
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...?
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.
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.
@Oz. Yup. It's one of those.
@Rix. I just used an old movie robot (http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/content/robby.jpg) 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. ;D
Here is the newer version of the mushroom. I think it's near perfect:
(http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/2701/mysh5ta.png)
Great sprites!
I think the mushroom would look better in some other color.
For the record, I really love the proportions on the monkey.