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[TheMessiah]

I would like to start with pixel art. I need tips making this:

look less plastic, more starfarery and maybe some better lighting.

Edit: I have temporarily stopped because of Diablo 3, and since I usually only work on this when I'm bored it will take longer than usual to update.

[Hyph_K31]

Something i find helps to add to the texture is interference, I.e. using a filter to add random variations in a patch of colour, it might be better if you did it manually because then you can use the interference to help build the impression of armour indents and lips.

You also might want to take a really close look at the details on ships like the condor and Aurora, that might help give you a few ideas.

[Psiyon]

I'd suggest taking a fuzzy 1px brush with a low opacity and painting in some subtle variations on the plates. It would also be a good idea to have the light coming from directly overhead, because that's the only way you can keep a ship's lighting consistent with sprites constantly rotating ingame.

You might find some parts in this somewhat helpful:

[hadesian]

Add some more details in maybe? If you look at the ships they have a lot of small detail to make large plain spaces look great

[TheMessiah]

Thanks for the tips, going to be changing some things tomorrow.

[TheMessiah]

Well here is my new ship from some of the tips I got:

[Tarran]

Too little depth. The ship looks flat. Unless it is, I'd suggest making the height differences somewhat more pronounced, and making the edges of the ship darker.

Also, I... don't like the brown color scheme. At all. No offense, but it literally looks somewhat like a... turd. Use more metallic colors unless the ship armor is made out of organic compounds. And if it is made out of organic compounds, use some different kind of color. Any kind.

[TheMessiah]

The new part better or worse?

[Thaago]

Hmm... my two cents: increase the contrast a little bit and make the whole thing slightly lighter - ships always look darker in the actual game due I think to some low opacity overlays. Also really add a dark border to the whole thing.

I like the color scheme of the new part better.

[TheMessiah]

Hmm... my two cents: increase the contrast a little bit and make the whole thing slightly lighter - ships always look darker in the actual game due I think to some low opacity overlays. Also really add a dark border to the whole thing.

I like the color scheme of the new part better.

Like so?

[Tarran]

The new part better or worse?

Eh, black is better than brown but fairly generic.

Like so?

...Undo what you just did. I think you need to reread what he said completely.

[TheMessiah]

Changed it a little and added the black line I forgot:

[Hyph_K31]

Looking good.

But for me the armour around the engines makes it look a bit like a sandwich...

Unless thats what you want of course

[TheMessiah]

Looking good.

But for me the armour around the engines makes it look a bit like a sandwich...

Unless thats what you want of course

Any ideas on how to fix that?

[Hyph_K31]

I would probably make the engines a bit smaller, I.e. remove the engines closest to the armour, so that there's a right angle between the engines and the armour, the wood make it look like the engines are projecting out on the armour instead of being sandwiched by it.

I hope that made sense... i had trouble writing that.