Jappio's RPG Sprites

[Thor]

Again Thor, I greatly appreciate all you've done to help me out. There is no doubt that your suggestions and version of her are better than mine. =)



I did my best to update mine with your suggestions. I am a bit worried though that I maybe did things too closely to yours. It was hard in a lot of cases to improve it like you did, but in a way that was different. I'm honestly still very new to getting this level of quality critique, and I would like to know if I perhaps went too far and mimicked your alterations too much. If so, I'll happily go back to what I originally had and attempt a more original version.

While your version does look similar to the edit I made, there are some fairly distinctive differences (the shape/shading on the tail, the spear, the hair, etc) so I wouldn't really be too worried about it!

Don't be afraid to mess around with details, either! This would certainly help you distance yourself from my edit even more. Perhaps you could change the shape of her shield, or add a ribbon or something to her spear? The sprite is ultimately in your hands, so don't be afraid to mess around with stuff. Good and bad additions to a sprite help you grow as a spriter, and experimenting is the best way to see if something works or not \o/

On a final note, maybe keep this version of the sprite but also go back to the original and make another edit? That way you can be more selective about what bits of my critique you apply while also deciding where to go with it on your own. Then, once you're done, step back a second and compare the new and old versions, taking notes of what you changed. Were they good or bad changes? Give yourself at least one solid reason why or why not each change was good, then post the new version for more critique. It's great to accept critique and apply it, but it's even better to see what you can identify on your own and have critique to apply on top of that!