E-Man's Sprite R & D

[E-Man]

Heh... Sorry about talking too much, Gors. I just wanted to explain as much as possible to ensure I can convey my thoughts properly, but I guess I horribly confused you. Since you mentioned something about my Mushroom looking like a Toad head, perhaps I could repurpose the "failed" attempts as Toad sprites once I get around to that? *chuckles*

Anyway, both you and StarSock64 have very good advice! I already made a new set based on some advice StarSock64 game me. SInce you got confused by my wall of text, Gors, I took the liberty of placing all my notes and thoughts on each group into spoilers. That way, that should hopefully make my posts appear less daunting. (Note: Each set consists of two spheres that are above and below each other. The order is from left to right.)

Set one

These are the shaded spheres I started out with. The one on the top has all five values, while the one on the bottom only has four. You can't see the values very well, so allow me to fix that.

Set two

These spheres now have improved shading. Compared to the previous ones, they are more appealing.

Set three

In addition to fiddling with the shading, I also tweaked the highlights. Not bad!

Set four

This last set is a little different from the previous sets. The one on the top has three values, while the one on the bottom has the usual four, but the highlight is not as intense.

What do you think of my thoughts? Anyway, I was wondering how many values should each color have. It looks like three is a good standard, while four should only be used for shiny objects..... Or is five a good maximum for shiny objects, while four should be used for everything else? Also, the thought never occurred to me to tweak the saturation in my highlights and shading. Maybe that should be something to look into for my next experiment?