Yah. This is my first attempt.




Second two: I lightened the hair between the white bg and the blue one; i thought that it was too much of a contrast.



Comments? Critiques? Compliments? Helpful advice? Everything's appreciated.

• Its cute.
  n.n Try to work on the eyes
  and shading?
  and try to make eet "Flow"
  a bit better?
  n.n <3

Okay. I'm having problems working with something so tiny--but I love the sprites that I've seen (from other people), so I try.

I think I get what you mean by "flowing". And I definitely see the shading thing.

Ooh~ Great job with the lines!
I think this is the first time I've seen someones first attempt with good clean lines! HURRAY!

I think the next step for you is to try shading more and maybe darken the outlines. For the shading, try not to go too light with the shadows. A nice darker shade will give it convincing form~
In my opinion shading hair is one of the hardest parts, but I find it the most fun part of pixelling. I like to stress individual stands of hair and when highlighting the hair I like to use a lighter shade of the hair colour plus a but of a different colour. I makes the hair super-pretty ^^

Ooh~ For orbs and other pretty crystals etc~ I don't shade right to the outline. I leave a thin line between the outline and the shading. I like to dither with orbs rather than use heaps of shades.


I'm not very good at explaining so if you don't understand anything feel free to ask and I can pixel something up quick to show you what I mean~


Great first attempt~ Keep practising! ;)

I like it. I think it looks promising for a first attempt. Yes, do keep practicing. :D

I usualy find that working small makes it easier. X'D *hates coloring in big spaces*

But yeah. Try shading it abit. And instead of doing classical sprite shading, maybe add in some different color shades and lights. [Like purple or green...]

I usualy when I'm drawing sprites work from the outside in. I do the line art, fill it in with the base color and then make a general flat shade [Darker then the skin color by only abit], then another but closer to the lines [abit darker then the last.] and then keep going [ect...]. [Don't make your colors when shading too far apart or they look too blocky.]

Uhh... I think I know of a good tutorial. I'll have to go dig it up somewhere. *hasn't used one in ages.*

Okay--shading. GAHSOTINY! *is over it*

@Abused mule: I like the bigger spaces just because I've got more room--the shading's easier. Purple and green light... *thinks on this* Okay. A tutorial would be great, if you can find one. <3

@LoneHana: I think I get what you mean with the orbs/crystals... And the hair. Doing it? That I might have difficulty with, but I understand what you're saying. As far as skin goes... *shrugs* My problem is that with pale skin, it seems like there'll be an obvious outline, or there'll be no outline... D: I'll try it again with a darker tone, though.

@Allucard: I'll try YOU next. :D

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[Good references]

yes, I agree that you should work on shadowing.
the face is really blurry because the skin colour is so light and eyes are small.. :3
but pretty good start ^^

I like the wings. ^^ But I agree, you should add some shading and make it more.... colorful, somehow. xD

Nice job though. :D

@Abused Mule:Thank you for the tutorial and refs.

@Sagitar: Thank you; the face is where I felt weakest (especially the eyes--and then I realized it had no mouth).

@suppi: Thank you. I like the wings, too, looking at it again. More colorful. Hmm...
Edit: @Allucard: You switched genders! You bastard! Now I have to find my picture that I think I saved somewhere of you!