Which Style?

[Pashers]

I'm having difficulty deciding on which style of graphics to use for my game. I want something that is easy to do, but still allows the sprites and backgrounds to look good.

Any suggestions?

[ildu]

What style do you personally like? What is your game about? Is it supposed to be serious or humoristic? Do you prefer pixel art or high-res painted bgs? What exactly would fit your game?

[OneDollar]

Play around with a few ideas. You don't have to make entire character sets or backgrounds but try out some different styles. Think about how long they take, how good they look, whether they fit the mood of your game and so on. Maybe you could sketch stuff out on paper if you can do that quicker than on the computer. Try and get a lot of different styles and narrow them down, thinking about what you like and what you don't like, then combine and build on these.

Its really up to you and what you can achieve. If you can produce sprites with lots of detail, but aren't much good at animation you could look at a sort of cardboard cut-out style (like Paper Mario). Conversely you could go for sprites with low detail but lots of animation. There's all kinds of styles out there, you just need to find your own style.

[jetxl]

You should use that style that everybody likes.

[Radiant]

You should use that style that everybody likes.

By which you mean the one in your sig?

[jetxl]

You should use that style that everybody likes.

By which you mean the one in your sig?

No, that style that EVERYBODY likes.

[Stupot]

It depends on what kind of game it is... come up with a few designs and post them in the Critics Lounge and we'll go from there.