A couple of chars

[DontTreadOnMe]

Just wanted to get a few crits on these characters as well as some help in fixing the one of them.


Barney the security guard and Stu the coffee guy(possibly lead character for a game)
Barney is the one im having problems with, i just cant get his lower leg an arm to look quite natural. I've been nudging pixels about for 1/2 an hour and he just refuses to look natural. So some crits on that would be helpful, anatomy isnt my strong point.
I was going for quite simplistic shading(mostly two tone), but any crits on that (and whatever else) welcome

Thanks - Rich

[DoorKnobHandle]

Very quick paintover...




Changes:
- Made him taller...
- Changed hair, arms, legs and feet...
- Changed colors slightly (highligh colors)...

[passer-by]

I prefer the legs that way, but I would change the arms so much. But again, it depends on what kind of security guard you need for the game.

[fertoff_as_guest]

i prefer the original security guard!
it looks like those chubby security guards

[Peter Thomas]

I'm lost as to who is who....

The left sprite looks more like a security guard to me, since he's in uniform, but I get the impression every one else thinks it's the dude with the green spaceship on his shirt...

[DontTreadOnMe]

The dude with the green spaceship is Stu the coffee guy(and our hero.. im working on a storyline). Im happy with him as he is, hes meant to be short and fat. Im quite happy with that sprite.

The other guy is the security guard(hence the looking like a security guard) And hes the one im having trouble with. Its his arms and legs just not looking right, im also unsure of perspective so he will probably need correcting again after the scene is drawn.

Thanks - Rich

[big brother]

I took the liberty of drawing a quick edit.



Changes:
- Reduced palette to 12 colors (not counting background color)
- Changed your colors to heighten the contrast between the 2 shades per area
- A lot of pixel tweaking

Hope you like it.

[DontTreadOnMe]

Thats an amazing edit!!

  Definetly taken your coment on contrast into consideration, i just opened up the pic and changed the contrast and it looked better already! Im not quite so worried about the number of colours, but i can probably reduce them anyway. Ill have another go at them in a while, but this has really helped.

They look great! Thanks - Rich

[DontTreadOnMe]

Well ive had another look at them and decided to leave Barney the security guard until ive drawn the room. I have done some work on stu though. Ive upped the contrast and reduced the colors to 9. I think ive fixed the arms, they certainly look a little better now. I also slightly tweeked the legs.

I did try doin the face the same as bigbrothers but i couldnt get it to quite work so i left it like it was but with fewer colors. I also tried making him taller, but again it didnt quite feel right, and hes meant to be short and the other sprites will only be a few pixel bigger than he is.



Thanks for all your help - Rich