07-11-2012, 03:22 PM
In my opinion, though mine not be weighted that much since this is my first post here, the changes you've made do make the sprite look better, but it also makes it appear flat and dull. The darkened blue makes the eyes seem darker then they actually are, and the shift to the darker color also makes the sprite seem not as detailed. In my experience in working with Mod Gen, with my own character, some of the gray highlights are necessary.
Look at it this way, without the highlight there the eyebrow seems almost invisible. A way to correct that is to add the next shade to the brow, but sometimes that gets messy when you're actually doing it.
I'm not saying that the highlights have to stay the same, my point is that I suggest that you use the gray highlights, but just to a less of a degree that is shown on the original sprite.
Look at it this way, without the highlight there the eyebrow seems almost invisible. A way to correct that is to add the next shade to the brow, but sometimes that gets messy when you're actually doing it.
I'm not saying that the highlights have to stay the same, my point is that I suggest that you use the gray highlights, but just to a less of a degree that is shown on the original sprite.