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[Electroman102]

Chop chop chop!

 

[World's biggest...]

hey Electroman, I like the design of your sprites, but I have a few tips:

• When shading, you should have more of a contrast in your palette. Make your highlights lighter and your dark areas darker
• Always add highlights to the side of a blade even if it completely disregads the direction of the light source

Just my two cents worth.

 

[Darkpuppey]

hey Electroman, I like the design of your sprites, but I have a few tips:

• When shading, you should have more of a contrast in your palette. Make your highlights lighter and your dark areas darker
• Always add highlights to the side of a blade even if it completely disregads the direction of the light source

Just my two cents worth.

1. agreed
2. what, no, if it goes against the lightsource, *don't* do it. smh
3. hueshifting exists as well, not just contrast
4. and banding
5. and pillow shading
6. and bad shape
7. etc

 

[⠀Ai⠀]

1. agreed
2. what, no, if it goes against the lightsource, *don't* do it. smh
3. hueshifting exists as well, not just contrast
4. and banding
5. and pillow shading
6. and bad shape
7. etc

Gigavoir posted this once, but have a look at this and also have a look at related videos!

Sometimes it pays off not to do symmetrical shading if the light source is from a certain angle!

Oh, and from my experience and scrutiny of the Terraria sprites from the Wiki, always, ALWAYS, have 3-4 tones for the handle of the tool, where it gets brighter towards the middle or upper middle.

Also, keep dithering in mind.

Finally, to explain some of @Darkpuppey's vocab: In case you couldn't find any good explanations, I got some visual guides! Once you master these you'll be unstoppable!

Spoiler: What is Color Banding?

Spoiler: What is Pillow Shading?