Here we go again...
DougJustDoug:
Well, I had to look at the animation that toggled between the male sprites and the female sprites before I could figure out what the differences were. Congratulations on being as discrete as you intended with those gender differences there: you pulled it off. The female differences themselves are quite nice. I personally think that the adjustment in the shading of the hips to make the female sprites look more, well, feminine is a nice touch (along with the shortening of the head pins, of course).
I just have one question for you: did you shorten the female's head pins on the back sprites? The reason I ask is because if you didn't, I would recomend doing so just so that the front and back female sprites are more consistent.
EDIT:
I figured as much, I was just not completely certian. Obviously, I couldn't tell before, but I'm glad that the difference is there on the female back sprites (and I can see it now that you mention it: again, it's very subtle, which achieves the not-so-easily-noticeable gender differences that you were going for).
Yukiharu:
Well, hello there. This party might be winding down right now, but it's only too late if the thread is closed. You'll have to work fast because you came in late, but at least those who are commenting can focus more on you.
Anyways, let's talk about your sprites. They look pretty good so far: it's a great start. The colors on the doll itself look good (the sewing needle in the heart should be silver, but the rest of the pins also have nice colors on them). Also, I like the concept behind the pose.
There are several nit-picky suggestions I'd like to go over with you, however. First of all, that heart needs some stitching around it so that it looks more like the heart is attached (as can be seen in the actual design) as opposed to simply being a part of the fabric (as it appears here). Second of all, the heads on the pins need to be moved: they just don't look right on the pins as they are now.
On a more important note, though, I think that the sprite's head needs to be repositioned. Right now, it looks like it is looking up and there isn't a sprite out there that I can think of that does that. What I would suggest is tilting the head up a fair bit and going for a "looking down upon the opponent" type of head positioning.
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Anyways, as always, I enjoy seeing these sprites come out and progress that people make on them. I can't wait to see what everybody's hard work will bring next.
DougJustDoug:
Well, I had to look at the animation that toggled between the male sprites and the female sprites before I could figure out what the differences were. Congratulations on being as discrete as you intended with those gender differences there: you pulled it off. The female differences themselves are quite nice. I personally think that the adjustment in the shading of the hips to make the female sprites look more, well, feminine is a nice touch (along with the shortening of the head pins, of course).
I just have one question for you: did you shorten the female's head pins on the back sprites? The reason I ask is because if you didn't, I would recomend doing so just so that the front and back female sprites are more consistent.
EDIT:
I figured as much, I was just not completely certian. Obviously, I couldn't tell before, but I'm glad that the difference is there on the female back sprites (and I can see it now that you mention it: again, it's very subtle, which achieves the not-so-easily-noticeable gender differences that you were going for).
Yukiharu:
Well, hello there. This party might be winding down right now, but it's only too late if the thread is closed. You'll have to work fast because you came in late, but at least those who are commenting can focus more on you.
Anyways, let's talk about your sprites. They look pretty good so far: it's a great start. The colors on the doll itself look good (the sewing needle in the heart should be silver, but the rest of the pins also have nice colors on them). Also, I like the concept behind the pose.
There are several nit-picky suggestions I'd like to go over with you, however. First of all, that heart needs some stitching around it so that it looks more like the heart is attached (as can be seen in the actual design) as opposed to simply being a part of the fabric (as it appears here). Second of all, the heads on the pins need to be moved: they just don't look right on the pins as they are now.
On a more important note, though, I think that the sprite's head needs to be repositioned. Right now, it looks like it is looking up and there isn't a sprite out there that I can think of that does that. What I would suggest is tilting the head up a fair bit and going for a "looking down upon the opponent" type of head positioning.
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Anyways, as always, I enjoy seeing these sprites come out and progress that people make on them. I can't wait to see what everybody's hard work will bring next.