Castlevania Study

[Kosheh]

glad to see i wasnt the only one that noticed how dead these forums are

Walking back on my statement a bit: The actual site is pretty bustling (with submissions and what have you) and even the Submission subforums! It's just...the Creativity and Social are yeah, fairly dead.

It's a mix of social media and the userbase itself just being more invested in the "archival" parts of the site as opposed to the parts that actually require some effort to post, lol

Think of this site as a museum. People go to a museum to look at the cool things on display, not make arts and crafts. While they do offer arts and crafts programming, it...isn't the main draw of a museum and it usually draws a small audience. So, most often the site decides the trim the fat and focus on the main draw (sprite archive) and almost nothing on the other stuff (creative) because that's what keeps the userbase engrossed. The userbase has shifted (it used to be bustling with creative posts, but that's gone by the wayside as these users...well, actually got jobs in graphic design and pixelart)

Another CastleVania study piece. Natsu from Fairy Tail.
Colors borrowed from CV games.

Feedback appreciated.

I'm a bit conflicted on this as I'm not actually sure how Castlevania games work lmao. It seems a bit bright, but then I realize the character is usually smooth-stepping his way through Dracula's very dark castle and needs to remain bright for constrast, so it actually works. Shaman King Master of Spirits, a very Metroidvania-ish title got around this by giving the main character a black outline despite his bright palette to contrast against the...only slightly darker colors of the background (they weren't very dark at all)