Yan Bibiyan - mischief maker

[Dreben ama Vreden]

Yan Bibiyan is a character of an old Bulgarian kids' book, so I decided to make a game with him. Here's a bunch of sprites I made:

Front:


Back:


Aiming with a slingshot:

[Dreben ama Vreden]

Oh, wait... those are screwed... see them here

[Ozwalled]

If you decide on this style, then the slingshot pose really ought to be re-worked. It's a touch confusing to look at, bout more importantly, it just doesn't look right.

If you're going to shoot a slingshot, generally you hold out the stingshot holding arm fairly straight (and probably away from your body) and draw the elastic back with the other hand. You'd probably be taking somewhat of a sideways stance as you face your target.

As I try to imitate the pose you use, I find myself with my arms raised somewhat and my hands are in my face, espciallythe one doing the pulling back.

And besides that, how often does your chaacter need to be slingshotting right toward the screen? If you have a scene where it's necessary, I think that it would be best to engineer the screen such that you have him shoting to the left or right, IMO, making it much more visually interesting. This way, we can get a good idea of the object travelling across the screen and nailing the target (or missing it, as the case may be).

That aside, as far as the sprite itself goes, I'd personally

-make its neck a little skinnier
-fix the way the feet are in the behind view
-bring the legs in a little closer together to go for a more natural pose
-more the arms against the body
-simplify the hair
-put an outline around the ENTIRE character, not just bits of it
-ditch the texture of the pants
-maybe shade it

ALSO note that there is a MODIFY button to edit posts, so double-posting was unnecessarry.

[mätzyboy]

I actually think iit looks as if he's shooting his own face with the slingshot...

I also think that the character would benefit from some simple shading. Not Very realistic or anything, just to give it some depth.

[Ozwalled]

And since I happened to notce it on a second glance, make the bottom line of the hirt different from front to back=, especially if it's to be that non-horizontal. I imagne it'd look funny when he'd go from an up to down pose.