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WolfBaralei wrote:Did some touching up with your crit in mind. How is it now?

ML1201 wrote:I changed my avi to one of the Halloween pixels.

Akari wrote:Hi Munin! I might need a lot of advice on this sprite that I made recently:



yesiknowitsucksright

But anyway, I'd love to hear what you think about it.

Munin wrote:

Akari wrote:Hi Munin! I might need a lot of advice on this sprite that I made recently:



yesiknowitsucksright

But anyway, I'd love to hear what you think about it.

It is not a bad start but certainly not done yet?
The lines are pretty smooth but I´d play with shading a bit, to better show off the texture of the leaves (?) and to make them look less flat. Where does the light come from? Are the wings stretched out absolutely horizontal or tilted upwardsa a little bit? Are they made from one piece or "layered" like a real butterfly´s wing? Those are things you show with the shading and that´d give your sprite a 3d-look that currently it lacks.

Certainly not done yet, I had just created the outline and filled in colors a little bit. And it's supposed to be a leaf dragonfly. I based it off this picture I found on the web (but I didn't have any idea that someone had that idea already, of course).

I was thinking maybe my light source could be coming from the top left, and the wings are stretched out absolutely horizontal. However, I don't really understand the "layered" part - please elaborate?

Munin wrote:Oh, the layered bit doesn´t apply if that´s your ref, I thought it was supposed to be a butterfly (because of the rounded shape of the wings) and on their wings the top and bottom are separate and lie over each other like in this pic:

As I said, the outlines look pretty good already. The only thing you might try to fiddle with is the flatline-ish bit at the top of the left wing. Top left sound like a good choice. I think I´d tilt the wings ever so slightly to make shading easier because you can use a bit more contrast.