Hello, am I in the right place? (sprite request)

Kind people exist, but kind people don't always have the ability to back up their kindness.

As an amateur pixel artist, I decided to take up the request myself, for practice. Almost 2 hours later, most of my efforts still look like a hot mess. What I have right now is an oversized gold blob with added details:



I think I could reduce the size if I change the style of the helmet, because it's very difficult to fit the vertical slots in such a small amount of space.

Let me know what you think, @PalladiumGirl -- should I change the helmet, or is this fat helmet okay with you? Is the plume the right size? Is the color palette as you were hoping for?

Any criticism is as helpful for me as it is for you.

 

So, a smaller crown? I was pretty tired by the time I got to working on the plume, so I'll touch it up when I get the chance.

 

Uploading a new version between (school) classes, tell me what you think.

 

Each head is 3 frames. That's just one. So by choosing the middle one you are choosing all of them. :)

 

Um, they sorta were intended to be animations of the same helmet. I like to incorporate movement in the sprite, so the plume kinda swings back and forth as you jab or whatever. The helmet itself shouldn't change much, except in the last frame, because the dead/stunned sprite is usually like a half-overhead view.

But if you like the look of the second frame, then I can just replace the first frame with that one, so the won't be any movement between frames (except for the last one, which has to be a different size or else it'll look weird).

 

Well the sprite is now yours to use, in whatever way you see fit.

If you want to test out the heads in game, then replace your Heads.png with the file below. (The path is \KAG\Base\Entities\Characters\Sprites\Heads.png )



I replaced the default male knight head with the version that has movement between frames, and the default female knight head with the version without movement.