My first EVER photo-sprite conversion

[frenzykitty]

Be gentle - it's my first time.



becomes:

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/n0JyF4Z.png[/imgzoom]

[Miez]

Not bad at all ... but it could do with a bit of shading, imho. Unless flat colors are the look you're going for, of course.

[frenzykitty]

I agree - shading and more detail (pockets, etc.) would be a winner! Any idea where I could read up on sprite shading?

[Tabata]

You don't need to go that far.
There are a lot of interesting links to tuts and forum-threads listed right over here

       
included are for example:
http://kafkaskoffee.tripod.com/tutorials/phototochartut.htm
-How to pixel a character using a photo as reference.

http://kafkaskoffee.tripod.com/tutorials/chartut.htm
-How to pixel a low-res character.