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[flame99]

I'm not exactly an artist, but it's pretty good. The only real change I can think of is giving a bit more definition to the hand by making a black line where the thumb meets the rest of the hand.

[freeformschooler]

Here's a random thing I made for a game I will soon be running. Advice on how to be less bad at pixelart would be greatly appreciated.

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I wonder what the chat window layout is inspired by?

No, but really, that looks fine. Maybe you could widen out his chest near the top or at least give him a beer gut to even out the biceps.

[Shook]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA hi there's one thing i would like to point out re: pixel art



Be careful with outlines like that. In a few cases you'll need to do like that, but those cases are usually limited to single pixels on small sprites (yours could be one, for example on the inside of the fist). Allow me to illustrate what i mean:



If you hypothetically were to alternate colours for each "line" in a curve, they shouldn't border up to each other like on the left, unless it's a special case (read: sharp corner, blocky shapes...). It looks a lot more smooth when you make the outline as thin as you can, like on the right.

Also, as freeform said, i'd expect a troll to have a thicker torso, possibly a beer belly, especially since he's threatening to eat me. :U

Also also, one last thing:



In other words, bigger difference in light value between light, midtone and shadow! It feels odd at first, but trust me, it looks better. If you look at things in reality, you'll also notice fairly significant jumps in brightness when going from light to shadow.

[flame99]

I drew a...Er...I guess I'll call it a thing.



I have no idea what it is. All I know is I wanted it to be vaguely threatening. Despite that, I still find it adorable. Probably doesn't help that I made it a literal puffball.

[ShadowHammer]

Here's a random thing I made for a game I will soon be running. Advice on how to be less bad at pixelart would be greatly appreciated.

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I wonder what the chat window layout is inspired by?

Yeah, I wonder too... On an entirely separate topic, I hear that there's this one forum game called the Warrens of Oric the Awesome. I think you should check it out. [/deadpan sarcasm]

I drew a...Er...I guess I'll call it a thing.



I have no idea what it is. All I know is I wanted it to be vaguely threatening. Despite that, I still find it adorable. Probably doesn't help that I made it a literal puffball.

This reminds me of a chainchomp, except different colors and it has ears and not a chain for a tail... So it's like a chainchomp, but different.
Now that I think of it, lots of things are like that.

[Fniff]

Character for a game I had in my head. Probably never going to make it, but I like the drawing. I'm not too great at making distinctive characters, but I think I did an alright job with this 'un. Might do the other characters later. They're all based around primary colors (Since the game would be almost limbo-level desaturated and the colors would help add distinction).

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Betcha can't tell it was meant to be a she. She's meant to be wearing multiple layers of clothing and a hood though, and basically everyone looks the same under those.

[GiglameshDespair]

Character for a game I had in my head. Probably never going to make it, but I like the drawing. I'm not too great at making distinctive characters, but I think I did an alright job with this 'un. Might do the other characters later. They're all based around primary colors (Since the game would be almost limbo-level desaturated and the colors would help add distinction).

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Betcha can't tell it was meant to be a she. She's meant to be wearing multiple layers of clothing and a hood though, and basically everyone looks the same under those.

She has really short legs.

Looks cool, though.

[Fniff]

Yeah, I tend to make oddly proportioned torso/leg things (See: my avatar). Now that I think of it, I'll have to adjust it in the next draft. Funfact: this is the second character on which I've done multiple drafts.

[GiglameshDespair]

The Warrior, the Paladin and the Thief basic designs for my game. I love pixelly styles, so...

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Critise it, I need to get better!

[SealyStar]

The Warrior, the Paladin and the Thief basic designs for my game. I love pixelly styles, so...

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Critise it, I need to get better!

The rounded bottom of the body works on the warrior and paladin, but on the thief it looks like s/he is just fat.

[Knight of Fools]

It's mostly a shading issue. Take off the shadow at the bottom of the tunic and that'll be a good start.

[GiglameshDespair]

Huh, yeah. does look kinda like she has a beer belly.

Any problems with the knight or the paladin?

[freeformschooler]

Each of them could probably use a more defined right hand grip than shown. Try to make at least a lego grip, but a little more definition than that is ideal. The viewer's eye is lead down to the weapon, so they're going to notice each warrior is holding theirs in a very ambiguous way.

[GiglameshDespair]

I did try, but it just ended up looking really messy each time. I suppose it would be a bit much to ask for an example?

[Bauglir]

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That's about what I'd do. It took a bit of fiddling, but basically you want it to look like the hand is wrapped around something. Based on the way the blade is being held off to one side like that, the comfortable way of doing it (I think, anyway) would be to position your thumb straight down and wrap your fingers around behind the handle. I just realized I messed up the sword handle, though. Oh, well. Also, since you've got a third color for the armor, you should make more use of it - it's good for indicating joints that are too fine for full black to look quite right,  I think.