Hi! I have a character sprite here for C+C.
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2348/darrencritnb9.png) (http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2610/darrencritcartoonvb9.png)
This is a sprite for one of the main characters of my game, "Darren and James: The Fast Food Chase". The first image is the sprite itself and the second image is the character with a cartoon outline around the black lines, which is how all sprites will look. I drew the sprite originally by hand and scanned it into the computer and drew the sprite on the Gimp. I'm not sure if I like the image too much, so I would like constructive criticism on it. I would like the sprite to look like it could be from a cartoon TV show. How do you think this looks?
fentonfilms
My edit, which helped me bring up a few points:
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/darren_edit.png)
-For that cartoon look, I used a line width of 2, and used the curvy freehand tool on PSP (not sure if Gimp has a similar tool).
-Turned him slightly to his left. This way, you can put in some definition in his profile, plus because it's not symmetrical it's more interesting.
-Added shading (whoops, forgot the hair!). He's turned slightly towards the light source
-More variation in the colours, eg. trousers
-Added a few details such as the sleeves with line width of 1 (for finer detailing)
-Given more shape to the torso (waist curves downwards, defined shoulders/elbows, neck)
-Straightened the legs. I tend to have one foot facing straight on, the other turned
-Simplified the hands - they're hard to do!!!
-Added eye sparkle!
That's SO helpful Iceman! Thanks!