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Pseudonym
2012-02-18, 03:54 PM
I am making a 2d game. This is a basic character sprite sheet, please submit feedback for me to improve upon.

http://oi41.tinypic.com/2j459qh.jpg

-skimmer-
2012-02-18, 05:30 PM
Well, the best way to review your work would be to make a quick animation of your sheet.
http://i39.tinypic.com/24mx2px.jpg
For instance, now I can see that the side view doesn't really match the other two. He should lift his feet from the ground while walking and also his hands bounce around too much. And you should get rid of the redundant sprites, you need only one of each sprite.

Also, never save sprite sheets in jpg. Its lossy compression screws up colors and makes it practically impossible to separate sprites from the background.

Pseudonym
2012-02-18, 06:02 PM
Well, the best way to review your work would be to make a quick animation of your sheet.
http://i39.tinypic.com/24mx2px.jpg
For instance, now I can see that the side view doesn't really match the other two. He should lift his feet from the ground while walking and also his hands bounce around too much. And you should get rid of the redundant sprites, you need only one of each sprite.

Also, never save sprite sheets in jpg. Its lossy compression screws up colors and makes it practically impossible to separate sprites from the background.

That is a .bmp format. The sheet's 'redundant' sprite is needed, and will be changed later, as it is for basic attacks. But as for the comments on the feet/hands, I thank you.

Prime32
2012-02-20, 11:45 AM
That is a .bmp format.http://oi41.tinypic.com/2j459qh.jpg
No, it isn't. I assume it got converted to jpg when you uploaded.

Not that BMP is a good idea for sharing either - no compression, so filesizes are huge. PNG works, or GIF if it fits inside the colour palette. (JPEG should only be used for photos)