Help with HK

[Fallen]

ok i'm doing some HK sprites, and this one is pretty bad:
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8797/hkpriestju7.png[/img]

the problem is that i don't know how to shade it correctl, i read tutorials about light source, but still the sprite doesn't look good. could someone give me an advice?

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Its not so bad, you may wanna shade a little were the mouth would be, round out the shading upwards on the hat. Which direction is the light source supposed to be coming from.

 

[Fallen]

the light should be coming form the left/lower left. i know i haven't made the mouth yet, bt somehow the dress looks ugly. i don't know how to fix that. =/ thanks fot the advice anyway

 

[Grathea]

Well, the main thing you need to do is learn to dither to show cloth. Showkaizer is a veritable master at this - take a look at this - it's his workshop, and it should give you a few tips on dithering cloth.

 

[Fallen]

yeah you're very right, i would really need a dithering tutorial. looks pretty awesom. ok thanks, i'll try that out, and if somebody knows a tutorial on dithering or spriting in general, please tell me =O

edit: starting to look better. what do you think?
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3016/nunzf8.png[/img]

 

[CeruSkye]

The dress is too narrow. And your preliminary lines are not consistent. Especially in places where they should be. As well your perspective is off. But all in all, it is a decent start.

Always do your outline BEFORE you begin to shade. Once you feel confident the outline is consistent and accurate, as well as exhibiting the correct perspective, then carry on. I hope this picture helps.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm16 ... f8copy.png[/img]


Also, there are some terrific tutorials on this site to aid the fledgling spriter. Specifically, I would recomend this one.

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=5107

Don't be discouraged. And keep working on it. ^__^

 

[Fallen]

thank you very very much, i can now see you're very right.
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1483/nunhkmh3.png[/img]

so this is how it looks now, much better than before. but still...i think the outline is way too strong...what should i do?

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Tone it down a shade or two.

 

[Berserker]

I would say you need to use less dithering.
it's distracting.

 

[Toshi]

Jeah, the dithering is a lil bit to much...

The sprite looks rly good.

 

[Fallen]

Ok new HK sprite.
what do you think?
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4553/monkcopyyo5.png[/img]

 

[Berserker]

Ok your outlines are very dark, try to lighten them up.
Remember think of outlines as an extra shades.

Those folds are way too defined and dark.

I think you need another shade or two in your palette. To much contrast.

 

[Fallen]

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7047 ... satls4.png[/img]
ok i changed the outline and changed the folds color. also i editted a little bit the color because i think it was too saturated...what do you think?

 

[Mortimer Cool]

It looks somewhat worse than the first one. Keep the same color scheme, just make it less contrasting.

 

[Fallen]

Christ stop it Y_Y (nah, just joking )
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7295/monkdamnuq0.png[/img]
ok..that wouldbe the same color but lighter outlines and folds...

 

[Sonata]

I think you could make a better use of dithering to ease the transition from colour to colour.

 

[RavenTDA]

too much contrast and the bottom part seems to have some strange folds going on

 

[coyotecraft]

The cloak/cape, whatever, looks a little stiff at the arms. It should probably curve in around the top of the arms more or stay behind the arms completely. Don't for get to shade the skin if it's going to be covered.
Also the shading looks inconsistent. Notice how the theres a big shadow on the top right part of the clothing, but theres hardly any shadow on the lower right part of the clothing. Plus the highlights on the lower part makes it look like the light source is coming from the ground, and if the light is coming from the left then the cloak should be casting a shadow on the left side as well.
I would leave the top piece alone and redo the lower part. Folds shouldn't stretch across the whole thing unless you were indicating there are three layers of clothing, each layer on top of another.