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[absinthelord]

I was playing around with GreenRaven's Breeze template, along with something that Panda did, and came up with this. It's simple and kinda fun, leaves some room for detail (and improvement)...

 

[Eriol Clowphengire]

Just simply cute :3

 

[Ynlraey]

This is very cute, I might sprite something out of this

 

[Jason]

You should maybe lower the eyes though, it's like he's looking up which is scary...

 

[absinthelord]

Thanks! Here's a couple quick ones to start off with...

 

[Jason]

You should maybe lower the eyes though, it's like he's looking up which is scary...

 

[boon]

You should maybe lower the eyes though, it's like he's looking up which is scary...

 

[Ynlraey]

Will this help? =w=

 

[absinthelord]

I guess I'm just not seeing the "looking up" thing. Lowering the eyes will place them lower than the ears which is incorrect. I did, however, lighten the "shadow" on the eyes and changed the pupils a bit. Also changed the palette...

 

[The Panda]

That palette looks very familiar :P
Anyway, as everyone said, you need to lower the eyes a bit. While it's true that they should be level with the ears, one pixel won't hurt. You could also just lower the ears as well. Check it out:

Also, try and make a new skin palette. While this one is okay, it was tinkered with a lot to fit my template. If you can come up with your own palette for this and perfect it you'll have much better results!

 

[Petros]

That's a pretty decent template. I like it, it's got that feel of everything that is good about the RTP without actually BEING the RTP. Nice work.

PS: Panda... what the fuck? You're alive? Where have you been all these years!

 

[absinthelord]

Panda:

Also, try and make a new skin palette. While this one is okay, it was tinkered with a lot to fit my template. If you can come up with your own palette for this and perfect it you'll have much better results!

Actually, the sprites above (except for the first group) are using the VX palette, but I'm not quite that satisfied with it. I'm not great with palettes, so I started with the one you used for one of your templates and moved to the VX for later renditions. The VX palette does not agree with my tile creation, however. I like the feel of GR's Breeze tiles and palettes, but they seem a bit bright to me. I do want that same "cartoon" look and feel (SNES, GBA).

I like the look when you lowered both the ears and the eyes, that feels right. Thanks!

@Petros: Thanks, I thought so as well. I wanted to take the strongest points and leave out the rest. I didn't want it to be so complex, either (I have over a hundred sprites to create for my game, and I'm doing it all by myself at this point!)

Edit: Here is a new palette choice, with the ears and eyes moved down a bit (a little more pink). Any better?

 

[Sechs]

These sprites remind me of the ones from the Earthbound series. I really think you did a great job capturing that essence there. That cartoon look would be appealing to games similar Earthbound. Nice work!