Here's Matt, a possible character for a game I'm having in mind.
How do you like him?
X2
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9503/mattem1.gif)
regular size
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9170/mattnp0.gif)
My first crit back from my long hiatus! Yay!
This is really, really nice. Better than I could do (all my art for my games is normally just static high-res drawings). I love pixel art and and envy people who can do it well. From an art standpoint, I think the overall angle could stand to be moved a bit counterclockwise. It looks like he's just getting ready to move into one of those Michael Jackson Moonwalk leans. Also, he's got tremendous detail, especially in the hair (which I really like), but the hands are just kind of blobby. One last thing: the hoodie looks like it's pulled against his neck and leaning off to one side. I think you should add a bit of hanging hoodie material on the left side to remedy that.
Awesome pic, man. Again, I envy your ability.
Thanks for the crits Esper!
That was really constructive. I changed the details you mentioned.
Here's the updated version. Changed the hoody, added detail to the hands and shifted his legs a little so it doesn't seem as if he was leaning. He's supposed to be rotated slightly clockwise from a straight forward pose though.
before(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9503/mattem1.gif)Ã, after(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4533/mattbiged1.gif)
:D oops. I think we're using the wrong terminology here, but I meant clockwise, not counter-clockwise. It seems from the looks of the edit that you understood me though :)
Looks good, and even the very minute details make for a huge change in the overall quality of the pic. Good work.
it looks a little like he's trying hard to keep his arms straight down... unless he's guarding something maybe you could make them more relaxed.
nice sprite though!
EDIT:
just a quick paint over
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/Knoglefar/po.jpg)
Hey Boney, nice edit.
It's a good observation that his arms seem to be too straight. I really didn't mean for him to stand at "attention" :)
Alrighty then, back to work!
Hey nice character!
But that mouth pixel made me think he was nervous
(http://joecarlhr.googlepages.com/po.PNG)
*just removeed one mouth pixel from the last edit
He still looks nerveous and shy IMO. He looks to be slighly bending through his knees. He doesn't look in the camera. Looks like he's avoiding eye contact. His pose a bit weak like he's nerveous.