reviewing 3 year old pixel art

5 years ago by blaac (@blaac_)

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i review my old art. i originally typed it in a notepad++ file so ill probably mess up the formatting somewhere. i guessed i should post somewhere maybe. having finished i feel it was a waste of time but whatever.
i WANT to go and fix everything but i dont think it would be a wise use of time. cough commission me for art/sprites

fish

good, shoulder shading could be better

c - vacation
i do like this skin but it was done pretty poorly. i had trouble animating the shirt and glasses and felt the need to change fish's colors

-fish skin is to red. i did this on purpose but it looks off. might be the contrast
-the hand with the gun is at a weird angle. it seems unnaturally close to the body
-inner 'ear' line isnt angled with the rest of the head
-the first top fin section doesnt line up with the other 2
-mouth is slightly bulbous on the right

im not going to edit everything here but i started editing this image before deciding to type all of this and had it open

bottom right of the shirt seems to flicker

sunglasses bounce to rapidly, face seems stiff

top right orange and bottom right white orphaned pixels, top of mouth should have some highlights

d - grunt

i am happy with it there is a blue pixel on the outside of the gun outline(it is hidden in game), i honestly cant remember if i added it on purpose as a refference to rogues blue pixel

hair should be curved when bouncing more both horizontally and vertically

green bg should be hidden, hair should be curved a bit more near the ear

crystal

mouth shine seems off

c - tree
one of my favorite

-tip of the nose outline seems to abruptly end when it crosses the forehead instead of fading into dark brown
-leaves should be textured much more

-spawning smear frame could be much better

d - shielder
the faces for its sprites, portrait and map/loadout seem to be 3 seperate characters

head/face should be changed to more closely resemble the sprite/character icon

eyes bad

eyes

glasses are to small

c - blob

eyes are to symmetrical. the large eye on the right should be lowered and the one below it removed

the shoulder eye pupil shouldnt smear while bobbing

the shoulder eye moves to much

central eye shape is inconsistant with the rest of the art

d - inspector

i should have just kept the hair full size. probably shouldnt try to draw the eyes

he would benefit from having 2 walk animations based on direction very much, its very strange in game as is

face seems to narrow i think the right eye is to close
eyebrows and forehead are strange

melting

center mound on forehead doesnt read well with the bottom only being dark over the flesh

c - glob
this one is by far the worse ive done

i think the face itself is good but the general pose and the fleshy mounds around the face all seem off. the shading on the shoulder is bad. as is the ones on top of the head. generally want it to more closely look like the map and loadout images

head shading is bad but i like the shape

the shoulder shape and shading is really bad

the wiggle of the hat should be 2 or 3 pixels lower

d - mimic

give tongue siliva

again with wanting to have the characters bg color show and using a bad pose

the angle on the back left corner should be sharper

robot

top of eye could be shaded better

d - turret

pretty bad
way to much perspective going on
the highlights dont seem parallel
the eyes shape in inconsistent
the top is smooth while the separate parts have separate shading

i like the idle animation but think the whole thing would benefit from being 2-4 pixels bigger than the a/b skins

chicken

i mirrored it and colored the eye

c - jacket

the body is to big compared to every other portrait
the shotgun shading seems really flat

he is to small, face looks smushed

top corners of the head are to bulbus

the back of the ...hair? moves strangely when walking
chicken head could be brought up a pixel or 2

d - bot

rushed with quick lazy shading. hands are a joke

looks strange when the fur blows upward and the bottom is rounded

rebel

i dont like the bit of coat showing on the left
wrap seems to be strangely angular at the top right

c- jungle

shading is rough
hand on the right is small
i really dont like the way i did the shoulder pads

top right bg pixel
the neck wrapping is bad

the shoulder seems to snap between idle and walk. not sure which should be changed

d - raven

the shading on the side of the hood makes it shape different from the sprite and icon

i should have doubled the walkcycle and animated the cloth better

horror

the pink rings dont feel right

c - plasma

the way i shaded some corners makes certain lines seem unparellel to the rest
like fishC the gun is held unnaturally close to the body
i like the blocky cyan rings but on the character select screen the few pieces of them visible look out of place

its to low

barrel should be bigger

the pulsing rings dont seem correct for the back legs

i should probably have tripled the walkcycle and made the legs pulse
the bright blue pixel on the top of the back leg seems to disappear and reappear
the right most leg jumps forward to much

d - moni
very old sprites

the moni could use more detail
i dont like the smushed circle on the left
certain moni should be behind other moni

it should just be a moni tile

the tip is angled weird
the body could be 1 pixel forward

rogue

bad
bad pose
gun is straight
head is to small

c - justin chan rogue art

kinda bad
i dont like symetrical icons
gun seems a bit long

her hair should have more volume/shape
as is her shape really isnt the same as the concept art its supposed to be
back of hair should be lower and front should be more forward

d - freak

the broken gold thing on the side of her head should only be one part its distracting and unnecessary

the freak eye should be more open

skeleton

okay

c- blood

the blood/meat doesnt really know if it want to be blood or meat
the shading is a bit inconsistent
the pose doesnt fit around the select name well

missing the blood mound on the top in the portrait
shinny blood

skull pillow shading
shinny blood
chin?
bottom blood goes down to much

i would redo completely and make him hobble more
top rib shouldnt be there, if it is it should be rotated
blood hair doesnt really move with the skull
legs move to much.
i know i wanted it to be basically be melting walk but its not really working

d - maggot

head is pointy
teeth should all point towards the center

top right seems weird

frog

b - super

this was one of my first nt portraits i ever did
the shading of the side is bad
shading under the right eye is weird

c - daughter

the right eye has something weird going on with the outline. not sure why i did that. the inner outline color lining the black outline
the left cheek/ front hip are shaped strange