I made this fantasy style cave artwork a little while ago. im hoping for criticism so I can apply what I learn here to more art in the future.anyone got any tips for shading or the background/floor
Contrast: you can use the preview window, or squint to see if the shadows and highlights show up well and are bright and dark enough to be considered good…
Colored Outlines: It could be good to add outlines or at least brighter highlights and darker shadows to show the edges of objects better!
Shadows: Make dark areas under your characters on the ground and depending on the source of light that will affect the rest of the scene as well.
Background: Make it a distinct color you can tell apart from the character. Place objects and texture on different layers and make them darker only lightening the objects closest to the light direction.
Color palate: This is important to your character designs to make them >POP< ; otherwise you’ll end up with a eye strain or something so bland you don’t want to look at. Make sure to give each layer of color some distinct shadow if you have the space for it… Also, choose accent colors because just green ‘could’ work but if there is some playing with light and shapes you can draw the eye in whatever direction you want, especially towards something…
Best tip is to watch other people create, know what you are bad at by name and go find a tutorial on it. Practice until you can do it great and voila.
Here’s some WIP example images I didn’t really know what a sprite looked like so ran with whatever I wanted to give some unique colors into the scene (whatever you choose is best) Just for fun on my side so take what is useful and work on whatever you find best.
that looks great! thanks for your info, ill try to use it in more artwork I make. I mainly couldn’t make a good background cause I don’t know how to make my pixel art have depth. also a sprite is a small spirit looking little guy that looks harmless, cute, etc. also I was going for the cute esthetic, probably should have put that in the top
