05-11-2009, 10:25 PM
Ok, so using your tips (And looking at the one you edited for further help), I put this one together.
![[Image: armour_standing.gif]](http://www.starofdestiny.com/sprites/armour_standing.gif)
As far as I can tell, it's smoothed out the shading to an extent that was pretty similar to the 32-bit MMX sprites (And given the robot-esqueness of this character, I felt going for that was a good idea). I didn't exactly go with all of the ideas (Such as lightening the armour between the eyes, mostly because the character needs to look like his brow is furrowed, and that bit of darkness there helps with the effect.
Just to add this again, here is the artwork of the character:
http://www.starofdestiny.com/artwork.php?nav=10
If you look at it, you can see some funky plating designs in the chest armour as it goes around the body, as well as the design on the legs. These were probably the most annoying elements to deal with, but hopefully they're done well now.
As far as I can tell, it's smoothed out the shading to an extent that was pretty similar to the 32-bit MMX sprites (And given the robot-esqueness of this character, I felt going for that was a good idea). I didn't exactly go with all of the ideas (Such as lightening the armour between the eyes, mostly because the character needs to look like his brow is furrowed, and that bit of darkness there helps with the effect.
Just to add this again, here is the artwork of the character:
http://www.starofdestiny.com/artwork.php?nav=10
If you look at it, you can see some funky plating designs in the chest armour as it goes around the body, as well as the design on the legs. These were probably the most annoying elements to deal with, but hopefully they're done well now.