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Started working on this sprite. If you don't know, I suck at sprites, hence why I like to stick to things like tiles and icons...
Anyways, here it is. I already know the shading is crazy, but I personally think it works to keep it simple, yet define what it needs to.

EDIT: after looking at it, I really need to address the feet.
EDIT2: I think I fixed the feet problem... attachment sprite2.png

Face looks kinda weird...probably cause he's cross eyed.
Everything else looks good though.

Made a few changes.

And you say you suck at sprites?
Seriously, is it possible for you to suck at ANYTHING?
Looks great.

Another update. Made a template, and was messing around with accessories.

He seems too stiff

OH MY GOD! Faaaallloouuuut :D

too stiff around the shoulders

Still think so? I thought I made his shoulders pretty relaxed in the latest attachment, and I'm not sure how to make his shoulders any less stiff than they are in that one.

Try having the idle animated. That should help with any stiffness. Plus I don't know if anyone on Graal does that.

I guess it's the lack of a neck. Try putting his head higher?

Made a few small changes(like concaving the shoulder area), and added a new 'weapon ready' pose.

I edited it to show you what I mean, the one on the left is my version and the one to the right is yours. All I did was move the arms down a little bit and put some dark brown where the gap was.

The one on the right is the original...I think my slight edit makes him look much less stiff/hunchbackish.

The only thing I don't care for about your edit is that you've made the sprite look like it has a disproportionately fat neck. x_x

Well the thing is, not having a visible neck(and the head being lower) in this helps give it the correct perspective. But adding a neck(or raising the head), it looks like the perspective is more straight on than 3/4th.

Something about it is bothering me. He looks like a mentally ill patient. He has no pose. He is just some square standing around.

Rofl, never thought I'd see the day when Crono gives gfxing advice.

Well to be honest I'd rather not have a 'pose' for idle. I could, but I find it's more trouble than it's worth. Not too many idle sprites really have a 'pose', only one I can think of at the time is SoM and SD3.

Better now?

The problem is that it's distorting the perspective, something that I tried pretty hard to get right on this one for a change. I mean, the crit is valid, but it's either be a little less stiff, or lose perspective. There are alternatives I can take to give the sprites a little more life and not be so stiff, but there's nothing I can do for the perspective if I change it.

:cry:

Looks like I gotta wait for the animation. :(

Crono i like your sprite more :D

I LIKE the change, as it definitely improves the stiffness of the sprite, but it hurts the perspective I feel.

It's more the problem with the arms than necks or whatever, maybe you can shift the arms up and down better than I did, lol.

Not sure if this will help, but I wanted to show off this game cause it owns :D
But yeah, Dusty has the right perspective so I'm going to have to go with his sprite.

suikoden 2 :O i think the best 2D rpg on psone ^^

Yes it is :-)
But let's get back on topic because I don't want Dusty mad at me :asleep:

Omg! I did it! I FINALLY GOT QUOTED IN SOMEONE'S SIGNATURE! :cool:

lol Congrats ;)

wow, nice. i call him: "He Who Needs A Neck!"