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ID:257821 May 26 2007, 3:16 am (Edited on May 27 2007, 9:48 am)
Chrislee123	I need a little bit of constructive critism. What can i do to improve my base? Also if you would like to mess around with the base do so and post it but dont steal my base!

May 26 2007, 2:40 pm
Killerdragon	I actually like the simplicity of it. I would add probably more colors to the texture of the skin, but of course for an outline it looks pretty good. :] I mean, provided you keep working at it and you continue to add more onto it, but for a step 1 purpose, it is decent.

May 26 2007, 6:32 pm

D4RK3 54B3R

Chrislee123 wrote:

I need a little bit of constructive critism. What can i do to improve my base?

Alright.

1. Fix the anatomy. Make the arms a bit fatter but a little shorter. Make the legs longer. Make the head smaller.
2. Put in some detail (don't use black for the details, incorporate new colors into the pallete). Facial details are definately necessary. Muscles and how big they are is up to you.
3. Soften the outline (decrease the contrast between the shades of the skin and the outline)
4. Shading (kind of self explanatory)

May 27 2007, 7:14 am In response to D4RK3 54B3R
Chrislee123	Now There is two things i cant do 1 is detail like mouths and shade/tone and the other is i cant get the head smaller but i did the other things.

May 27 2007, 8:21 am In response to Chrislee123
D4RK3 54B3R	At least try to do the details. Doesn't matter if it looks bad; We'll tell you how to make it look better.

May 27 2007, 8:24 am In response to Chrislee123
Darkdemonrad	You don't need to make a mouth, many people don't. Secondly, you can easily shrink the head. Lower the cone top down one pixel, and move the eyes down a pixel as well. Also, shading takes practice to get good at, at least try. Use the DM tools to make a custom pallette of tans so that you can shade your person with it.

May 27 2007, 9:26 am In response to Darkdemonrad
Chrislee123	Here its took me all day u better think its improved do you?

May 27 2007, 9:49 am In response to Killerdragon
Chrislee123	i got bored so added a shadow it makes it look a little bit better

May 27 2007, 10:47 am In response to Chrislee123
TheMonkeyDidIt	Chrislee123 wrote: i got bored so added a shadow it makes it look a little bit better Well, for a base it's not bad at all, really. Here's the direction I might take it: One advantage of the 'big head' style of player icon is you can use the face size to allow the players to make emoticons with their own player sprites: Anyway, that's my take on it. Good job and keep going!

May 27 2007, 10:59 am In response to TheMonkeyDidIt
Chrislee123	wow cool im going to try and make mine a bit more detailed like yours you inspired me to do better than yours and i shall sucseed

May 27 2007, 11:06 am In response to Chrislee123
Darkdemonrad	My mediclorians tell me a copy-paste and slight color changing variation will occur, with very littler - nothing being learned.

May 27 2007, 5:54 pm In response to Darkdemonrad
Maggeh	Darkdemonrad wrote: My mediclorians tell me a copy-paste and slight color changing variation will occur, with very littler - nothing being learned. Actually you can learn a lot by looking at other people's sprites, and editing them/mimicking them.

May 28 2007, 8:41 am (Edited on May 28 2007, 8:53 am) In response to Maggeh
Chrislee123	anyway the only thing i used was the arms behind his back and i also added a bit of a shine on his head because if i did copy and paste it i would know that it would no longer be my icon it so heres the finished thing until i learn to use shade lol