05-27-2010, 03:34 AM
right now, its quite hard to read its parts. while his head is in a absolute sideview, his body is a plank stuck on the ground with vertical stripes all over it. also, its good to mention the arms are completely off. while the left arm is comming out of hiw jaw, the right one is basically painted on his side.
your sir are seriusly lacking a good dose of contrast in your colors. and a good idea of what shading is suposed to be.
shading is meant to give volume and help define the shapes of objects, it is given by the simple concept of a shadow casted by an object placed between a random point and a light source. depending where the light source is placed, the shadow will be cast from the parts of an object where there is no contact with the light emited from the light source.
applied to sprites, you're basically suposed to set from where the light is comming and shadow the side of everything not facing it, and in the process, giving the whole object a sense of depth.
Applied to smaller sprites, shading is mainly used to help define what is what basically, but it must be used carefully because the less pixels you use means less room for details, and every pixel has a huge impact on how your sprite will look.
![[Image: Apple-2.png]](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p203/blackdragon_photo_bucket/Apple-2.png)
at this point 1 up is right, it might be a better idea to sprite something sligthy bigger and simpler first so you can nail the most basic elements first and then move on more complex subjects.
your sir are seriusly lacking a good dose of contrast in your colors. and a good idea of what shading is suposed to be.
shading is meant to give volume and help define the shapes of objects, it is given by the simple concept of a shadow casted by an object placed between a random point and a light source. depending where the light source is placed, the shadow will be cast from the parts of an object where there is no contact with the light emited from the light source.
applied to sprites, you're basically suposed to set from where the light is comming and shadow the side of everything not facing it, and in the process, giving the whole object a sense of depth.
Applied to smaller sprites, shading is mainly used to help define what is what basically, but it must be used carefully because the less pixels you use means less room for details, and every pixel has a huge impact on how your sprite will look.
at this point 1 up is right, it might be a better idea to sprite something sligthy bigger and simpler first so you can nail the most basic elements first and then move on more complex subjects.