(07-01-2015, 07:49 PM)Cytric Acid Wrote: Your Steven seems pretty stiff and tall! His arms are way too close to his body, it's almost as if he's in in the army or something. I think you could keep the brown for his hair color and add some darker colors to the lineart as well. the hue shifting makes him also look like it's kind of nighttime, so you might want to adjust the palette so it's more neutral color, but that's up to you if you're going for a certain aesthetic with your colors.

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(07-02-2015, 12:19 PM)Venomrabbit Wrote: I think Cytric has it particularly close, like almost exact. Though I'd argue to take the right sprite, move the head forward a bit and then move it and the shoulders down. After all, Steven's a pretty squat fellow.

Speaking of, lucky for you SU's one of those shows that have a lot of publicly available development art.

Like so

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(bit of a big image plus they had another thing in it too so put it in a spoiler)

So yeah, there's a lot of model sheets like this. If you've got a program like gimp/photoshop/sai I'd recommend having things like these model sheets to the side while working on a sprite, use it as a reference while you work!

But it's still quite a good start and I don't see anything wrong with the colour choices! I'm not exactly an expert so maybe my thoughts aren't entirely valid. If you're going for exact show style, just generally follow the available model sheets and you should be fine.

Best of luck with this, it should turn out great!

(07-02-2015, 12:38 AM)Cytric Acid Wrote: You're getting there! he's still much too tall and his arms are still very stiff. I did some quick edits to show what i mean:
first edit is just moving around some parts for a better proportion. second edit is more refinement in kind of my own style so you can take what you'd like from that, first of all I made him less barrel chested and more chubby and round. i also tweaked the lineart to be more consistent on the arms. i like the color choices a lot more now, but i feel like the darker skin tone is a bit too bright and orange. otherwise, it's a lot better!

i'd actually say you can get away without shading the eyes in this style. the fingers on the tiger millionaire edit look nice too, his fingers aren't as long and fit the style more.

lastly, his sandals are kind of hard to make out right now, they're too similar in color to his skin tone and make him look like he's barefoot.

also, lastly, i think you can get away with just drawing his big toe and not bothering with the rest of the toes, the sprite is too small for that kind of detail. you're doing well though, can't wait to see the rest!

(07-04-2015, 12:11 PM)Tacocat Wrote: The hair lacks dimension.



On this reference sheet, Garnet's depiction (third from left) should provide a good example as to what you should do with the hair. In its current state, her hair resembles a piece of bread, and although the example shown does not portray the exact pose you are spriting, her hair should resemble a rounded off cuboid.

Anyhow, good job. Look forward to seeing what happens next with your sprites.  

(07-04-2015, 01:49 PM)LuigiM9 Wrote: The face looks quite strange because of the slant. I also feel like you've placed the neck too far back.