Pixel Art a normal guy's normal sprites

[Kuushi]

hi, i am kinda new to spriting
but i consider myself to be pretty good
and i only started doing it a few months ago
i mostly made this thread to get feedback and to improve

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here are some of my recent sprites (feedback appreciated).

-need suggestions-
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[Cubic.]

Those are amazing! Can I request some?

• A trident with the Solar color scheme
• A staff with the Nebula color scheme
• A disc with the Stardust color scheme
• A pistol with the Vortex color scheme

In order of how I listed them, they are called the Solar Trident, the Nebula Recreator, the Stardust Shifter Disc, and the Vortex Pistol, just in case you would like a name for each of them.

 

[Kuushi]

Those are amazing! Can I request some?

• A trident with the Solar color scheme
• A staff with the Nebula color scheme
• A disc with the Stardust color scheme
• A pistol with the Vortex color scheme

In order of how I listed them, they are called the Solar Trident, the Nebula Recreator, the Stardust Shifter Disc, and the Vortex Pistol, just in case you would like a name for each of them.

Ill work on that!
Thanks for the appreciation
You might want to change the solar one to a different weapon cuz of the daybreak, other then that great ideas

 

[Cubic.]

The Daybreak isn't really a trident. It's a flaming whip.

 

[Kuushi]

I think you are thinking of the solar eruption

Do you know how to sample colors from images though

 

[Cubic.]

Wait yeah I am. The daybreak is a spear.

 

[Cubic.]

O.O

I LOVE IT!

 

[Kuushi]

O.O

I LOVE IT!

are you going to use these?, it's fine if you do

 

[Cubic.]

are you going to use these?, it's fine if you do

I was gonna use them as the appearance of one of my rp character's weapons. Also that solar weapon is not a trident. I suggest you look up tridents if you don't know what they are.

 

[KittyKitCatCat]

The sprites in the forum post you’ve shown need a lot of work. The light blue set clearly has sprites which are just recolors of vanilla items, and those that don’t fall in that category are even worse. Fix your Palletes, they use way too many colors, lack contrast, and the difference between a shade and the outline is the same as the difference between it and another shade.
You used banding in some of the sprites, the shading is inconsistent - in some pieces you can clearly see that the lightsource is in several spot, the sprites look flat. The sprites you were commissioned to do could use a lot of work too, any criticism I’ve said about the pieces attached to the actual thread can be said about the commissioned sprites.

 

[Cubic.]

The sprites in the forum post you’ve shown need a lot of work. The light blue set clearly has sprites which are just recolors of vanilla items, and those that don’t fall in that category are even worse. Fix your Palletes, they use way too many colors, lack contrast, and the difference between a shade and the outline is the same as the difference between it and another shade.
You used banding in some of the sprites, the shading is inconsistent - in some pieces you can clearly see that the lightsource is in several spot, the sprites look flat. The sprites you were commissioned to do could use a lot of work too, any criticism I’ve said about the pieces attached to the actual thread can be said about the commissioned sprites.

I'd like to add on that one of the commissioned ones is incorrect.

 

[Kuushi]

The sprites in the forum post you’ve shown need a lot of work. The light blue set clearly has sprites which are just recolors of vanilla items, and those that don’t fall in that category are even worse. Fix your Palletes, they use way too many colors, lack contrast, and the difference between a shade and the outline is the same as the difference between it and another shade.
You used banding in some of the sprites, the shading is inconsistent - in some pieces you can clearly see that the lightsource is in several spot, the sprites look flat. The sprites you were commissioned to do could use a lot of work too, any criticism I’ve said about the pieces attached to the actual thread can be said about the commissioned sprites.

Thanks for the advice

 

[mutater]

I think @KittyKitCatCat means something like this. I tried to improve your stuff a bit, but as you can tell the axe and the hammer are a bit difficult for me xD
If you notice, I increased the contrast between the colors, used colors that stand out more, and made the outlines much darker.
EDIT: I also changed the shape a bit on each of the sprites

 

[Kuushi]

@mutater i tried doing what you said i should, i think it turned out good

also can i use those for a mod if its okay

 

[mutater]

Yeah, it's okay if you use those in a mod. Also, yeah! That looks much better with the darker outlines and increased contrast. You might wanna go for more contrast in the sand parts of those weapons, though. Are those the vanilla palettes for copper and sand?

 

[Kuushi]

Yeah, it's okay if you use those in a mod. Also, yeah! That looks much better with the darker outlines and increased contrast. You might wanna go for more contrast in the sand parts of those weapons, though. Are those the vanilla palettes for copper and sand?

Original pallets, still don’t know how to sample colors. Also they are supposed to be bones


non-terraria style W.I.P

which one's better

 

[mutater]

Personally, I prefer the curved blade design. It's more unique and honestly looks to be a bit better shaded than the straight one.

 

[Kuushi]

Me too, thanks!

Also, do you happen to have the items from the set you resprited in separate images

alt. armor and sword