Critique on side view battlers. (WIP)

[Devon Jacobs]

Because of the increase in side-view games vs. the lack of side view (or at least origional) battlers, I have decided to make some. But first I would like some critique on a few of them to see if it is something worth doing.

Dive, a shark sprite created as the trademark mascot of the "Scrive" program, now under my teams management.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm18 ... tled-1.png[/img]

A Huge boss type monster- Kraken
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm18 ... Kraken.png[/img]

A medium monster Evace
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm18 ... /Evace.png[/img]

Human, Female/Dancer
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm18 ... /Megan.png[/img]

Elenia, Flat-Blade Samurai
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm18 ... titled.png[/img]



I will add more as I finish them to my liking. Any words of wisdom are welcome, as well as suggestions on monsters or humans (although I will rarely do humans). I may be able to make some custom battlers outside my normal liking for a price if my work becomes popular enough. Final Note- That permission and credit will be needed to use a majority of these sprites.

 

[zeldrak]

the shark looks great, but the other ones could still use a lot more work. They look too flat. Nonetheless they are awesome.

 

[Masquerade]

The righ'-left pose of the shark is good.
Al' the rest is basically bad.
Specially the squid, it's, like Zeldrak said, totally flat.
If you put som' texture on it, however, I think it would be good.

 

[Sonata]

Your lines in the Kraken need work.

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Kraken was the first spite I ever made, so I can agree on it looking flat I have no clue on how I would go about redeeming it though. Glad the shark is looking good. Maybe I will post some of my humans up to see if there any better.

 

[harsvalen]

Humans are really hard, they take a lot of shading

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Well I have gotten good info for my humans. Anyway added first one, Female.

 

[Masquerade]

It look' like Etna, if she live' in New York

 

[harsvalen]

Looks Pokemon-ish, was that on purpose?

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Not really pokemon, but cartoonish enough that it is easy to watch rather then a bunch of stiff, serious, over clothed people. Sorry for the pink in the next one. Its hard to look at when standing still. Oh and I did'nt notice that the hair is Etna style, guess I am playing to much disgaea lately.

 

[harsvalen]

The hair is a little iffy on the second human, I think the pony tail should be a little thinner

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Definately, its a pain to use good ole' paint. Anyway will edit and update everything tonight. Its good to see what elements are good and bad.

 

[harsvalen]

Glad I can help with critique! Do you make animated battlers?

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Well I try many of these are side view battlers in the making, I was just seing if any of them are good or not. But yes I do Sprites (normal, etc.) and Side-view battlers, I can also do tilesets, but don't have a complete one yet. Maybe I will post some.

 

[harsvalen]

That would be awesome, maybe I could ask for somethings for my game, do you do requests?

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Well it depends what it is, what do you have in mind?

 

[harsvalen]

Well, maybe I should PM you instead of posting in your thread.

 

[Devon Jacobs]

whichever is easier, all requests are welcome, although I may not be able to do them all.

 

[Third333strike]

These are very nice.

 

[Mechz]

For the kraken, I would suggest trying a different eye scheme. At the very least, make his cornea yellow or some shade of brown-- and change the iris color from blue to something with a nice sepia tone.

Finally, do something else with the outlines. Smooth out the pixels, and recolor some of it so it's just a dark version of the inner colors. Don't be afraid to shave the outline off of some parts of the body... One thing I learned in art class was to avoid outlines at all cost. :]