Agro Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Where are you sourcing these colours from? Just grab them from existing FE portraits, your current ones look kind of horrible. As for using less outlines, ideally the 3rd or 4th shade should be dark enough such that it can substitute for an outline. I would reference with existing FE portrait such as the cavaliers to get an idea of how to do this. Your line work is okay but the shading is just all over the place. You can't be using the outline as much as you are at the moment for FE7/8 style portraits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 About the colours... ._. I may or may not be directly ripping them from their Fates portrait xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Another Update: Tinkered with the shading and outlines, also made minor edits to it, though not perfect yet, still looks marginally better than before, yay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teapot Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 There's a metric asston of stray colors. Get Usenti and have it quantize the colors for you if you're not great at doing it yourself. The shading is incredibly chunky, and the outlines, as previously noted, are really stark. Honestly, you can just use the darkest shade of things as outline rather than using darkest skin tone and outline color for everything. Additionally, don't try to shade everything. The biggest mistake people make when anti-aliasing is that they want to emboss everything with a line of pixels. It's really not necessary. In spriting, less is definitely more. Rough fix of a pauldron, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Strategist Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 other spriters can likely help fill in gaps in your knowledge if you ask them (and they know how to help). I'm looking forward to seeing you improve. See? It's happening already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Update of an Update: I fixed it up, again (thank you, Greninjeta, for the sorta rough fix as a reference), but I think I made it worse? I don't know ._. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) See? It's happening already! I suppose so, my terrible sprite gallery attracted other spriters' attention somehow xD Edited May 22, 2016 by BlazeKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceo Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 It's what we call "the devil's own luck". (welp, now that I made a referrence to Leo, I'll go back to my corner and think how good Conquest's plot could've been if Leo was the main lord.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Update: So I made this guy since I have nothing better to do, turned out much better than what I expected something I did for the heck of it to turn out. I don't really have a name in my head for him so he's literally saved as (Insert name here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceo Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Wow, you're improving, that's a really nice mug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Druid Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I suppose so, my terrible sprite gallery attracted other spriters' attention somehow xD You may say you're terrible, but you're improving! Other spriters just want to help you get there more quickly. Also, as for the kid, call him... Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceo Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Call him BlueDruid and Coby's son, Cowbey Armor-Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 @Glacoe Thank you :D @BlueDruid really? ._. I mean, not a bad name...but...I have never heard of a more generic name xD (No offence to any Bobs in this forum :p) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceo Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Do you want Dave then? :p (No offence to any Daves in this forum :p) Edited May 22, 2016 by Glacoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Druid Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Call him BlueDruid and Coby's son, Cowbey Armor-Jesus. No, our son is CobyTheDruid, silly. how did you even come up with that @Glacoe Thank you :D @BlueDruid really? ._. I mean, not a bad name...but...I have never heard of a more generic name xD (No offence to any Bobs in this forum :p) Haha lol that was the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Strategist Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Do you want Dave then? :p (No offence to any Daves in this forum :p) LET'S CALL IT STEVE! (props if you get the reference) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceo Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 CobyTheDruid sounds like a ship name more than anything, would Selena and Arthur's child be called Selenarthur? Nope, though we do have the Selenarthur Alliance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Druid Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Would Selena and Arthur's child be called Selenarthur? yes But how did you come up with Cowbey Armor-Jesus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) The amount of replies in a short time scared me a bit ._. I'm considering naming the nameless mug Bob just for the heck of it Edited May 22, 2016 by BlazeKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceo Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Name him Billy so JSE (jackepticeye) could scream "SCREW YOU BILLY!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobyTheGoober Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 No, our son is CobyTheDruid, silly. how did you even come up with that Haha lol that was the point Our son is a proud Zimbabwean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Druid Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Our son is a proud Zimbabwean. I'm so proud of lil' Akashinga. :') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) Update: First off, I found something broken in the blinking frame of (Insert name here) so I fixed it, And in the end, I decided to use it as my..."avatar"(?) as some sorts, better than using that long-haired Sain recolour xD Edit: I swear, I call him "Insert name here" so much that might as well be his name xD Edited May 23, 2016 by BlazeKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Druid Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I know this meight a tad late, (sorry) but now that I look at the mug, his shoulders seem a little too big for a kid. And also it's kind of weird for his right hand eyebrow to be surrounded by a lighter shaded, as opposed to the rest of his forehead. It's generally a very nice and clean splice though, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeKing Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Well, not exactly meant to be a kid, more of a teen or something but regarding the shading, I guess it's kinda weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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