Character sprites - shading - Updated with side view...

[zabnat]

Head bobbing seems strange. Looks a bit like he's thrusting his head back and forth like a chicken. Head does move up and down when walking, but the whole torso moves up and down. So the head should keep relatively still in relation to his shoulders.

[ThreeOhFour]

Zabnat - Head bobbing always seems to be a bit of a point of conflict. I know that when walking in the game the up/down movement of the character can look a little distorted, so if the head bob isn't working when I get it loaded into the game, I'll get rid of it. If it works, I'll keep it. Thanks for the tip anyway.

Akatosh - Thanks man - glad you like the shape they're taking. I'm currently working on the side sprite, so expect to see me posting a version of it up here soon for some crits.

gASK - Unfortunately all of my orange spandex was in the wash. I was gonna give him pec bounce, but I didn't wanna get the jiggly man-boob effect. Because nobody likes jiggly man boobs.

...ok, so not many people like jiggly man boobs  .

Anyway dudes, you've been absolutely awesome so far. I honestly cannot believe how far these have come since asking your advice. If someone had shown me the current sprites a week ago and then told me that I would draw them in a couple of days, I'd think they were being very silly indeed. I've got some more stuff I'm working on that I would absolutely LOVE your crits on, so thanks for your support so far, and please keep an eye out for my other stuff.

[EDIT]: Ok, guys, you know how the deal goes. I post a crappy sprite, you keep throwing suggestions at me until it looks good.

Round one:



Ok, couldn't find any good reference pics for the side view (unlike front one which I found a great one). Cue standing in front of mirror in boxer shorts, staring at where my big muscles don't seem to be. Hope this is at least a fairly accurate start....

[gASK]

gASK - Unfortunately all of my orange spandex was in the wash. I was gonna give him pec bounce, but I didn't wanna get the jiggly man-boob effect. Because nobody likes jiggly man boobs.

Well, they do not jiggle. They just kind of "stretch". It's just that this way it looks to me as if he was wearing some kind of armor...

As for the spandex suit - that was supposed to be an obvious joke. The smiley somehow wandered of as I continued to write the message...so, nevermind.

Finally - the side view sprite.

It is just what bothers me - the boots are too high (but that may be intention), the feet overall seem too big, the knees are waaay too high in my opinion (they should be at half of the legs height, which is NOT from belt to ground) and his muscles don't look as big as they seem from front view.

[ThreeOhFour]

Hey gASK - I see - stretch, not jiggle. I might give it a shot to see about stretching them.

I got your joke about spandex. My reply was intended as a joke as well...

And I've done an edit on the side view based on your crits. Likey?



- Boots made smaller
- Knee lowered
- Pectoral muscle given highlight to help it look bigger, extra shading given to ribs