My new sprite

[mousemat]

I have been working very hard on sprites for ages and have finally come up with something:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/mousemat12/Brandnewsprite.bmp

I still think its not very good, and i need help to edit it.

TIA

Edit: I forgot about BMPs..

Edit2: This sprite is for the items collector which is now being revived.

[Ozwalled]

Well, it's not bad. However, I assume he's meant to be human, so there's some definite improvements that can be made in that vein. Here's a couple of quick changes I made:





Compare to the original:



Changes made:
-made hair come down more on sides and rounded it a bit for a more typical and natural look
-added ears
-flipped the face outline (darker outline seemed to be on the lighter side and verse visa) as well as the nose (for the same reasons)
-Made the bottom of the nose a single line, instead of the nostril look.
-bent the arms and shaved off a bit of the shoulders so he didn't look like he was shrugging while his straight arms were in his pockets (in the second picture)
-made the armpit a bit different.
-darkened the lightest skin shade very slightly.
-gave him more of a crotch (in the second picture)

Anyway, save for the arms being moved, there was really nothing major that I did. But I daresay he looks more "normal" now...though if you wanted the sides of his head shaved, you could always keep that.

The legs could still use some work, so they don't appear to curve out awkwardly at the bottoms. I just didn't bother. Consider that there's legs under those pants, and try to visualize where they'd be and how the pants would be draping off of them and that might help.

ANYway, I dare say that the hard work you've been doing is paying off -- this was looking pretty okay. Practicing does wonders, and this it's definitely starting to show in the work you're doing (not that your old stuff was awful -- it's just that you're improving).

EDIT: And for the love o' PETE, please don't go with the "items collector" title. It's bland: it just doesn't have a good ring to it and there's just no OOMPH to it. Even "The Collector" or "Collection" or "Collect" or "Gather" or something would have a better impact as a title.  That's just my opinion, though.

[mousemat]

Woh, you made it look like a human.

I had a look at all my old sprites and have realised how crap they were.

How about 'The Uncles Lost Treasures' ? That gives it some 'OOMPH'  or maybe its lame. Meh who knows.

I edited it aswell:

[Ozwalled]

What I'm liking least about your new version is that bis body's looking very thin, ESPECIALLY when compared to his arms. Put both of his arms together and they're easily wider than his torso, which seems pretty odd.

The new working title "The Uncle's Lost Treasures" is an improvement, IMO.  However, I'd suggest trimming it to "Lost Treasures". Has better flow and doesn't seem so long-winded. Plus, it's more mysterious -- you can reveal whose lost treasures are involved in the game. Why reveal such a detail that has juicy story potential right off the bat?