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[RedManta]

RedManta:  Those are fun little designs!

Here's some critique, in the form of a rework:



Specific critique:

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1.  The first thing I noticed about the sprite was that it was lit from the left; Starsector sprites are generally lit from the top, with just a teeny emphasis forward.
2.  The second thing I noticed about the sprite was that it felt pretty flat.  Adding some height with lighter shades really helped a lot.
3.  The outlines were a little too 8-bit; using shades of color, instead of black, really helped soften edges and make the shading feel better.
4.  Adding specific highlights to a few pixels to bring out the shapes brought out the neat design- I like how it's a Space Turtle.
5.  For a few areas where the edges could feel less pixelated, I used an erasor set to 25% to clean them up, zooming out a lot after each pass.

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So like this?

[xenoargh]

That's a little better, but you want stronger indications of height

[RedManta]

That's a little better, but you want stronger indications of height

Last attempt for tonight and I'll be heading off.

[xenoargh]

The teal parts of the body are a lot better there!  See if you can also define the orange areas

[RedManta]

The teal parts of the body are a lot better there!  See if you can also define the orange areas

Here we go. I tried making the orange bits look better by adding shades and new details to it.

[medikohl]

more progress

[HELMUT]

The Highlander-class light destroyer.



Because fast destroyers are the best things to fly.

[xenoargh]

Those are all really awesome, guys

[King Alfonzo]

It's Simple.

It's Elegant.

It...has a low chance of survival.

[Protonus]

I thought of bringing the Starliner to its former glory would be a good pastime.



The sprite:

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Any advice?

[xenoargh]

@Medikohl:  Those are pretty neat.  I think the big one could use a few touches here and there; I might mess with that.  I really like the red one and the asymmetric one

@King Alfonzo:  That's very cute!  I look forward to smashing it.

@Protonus:  I think the main things I'd like to see are:

1.  Some lit windows, like it actually has people on-board.
2.  In a place as dangerous as the Sector, we'd expect more guns or obvious defenses.  Perhaps the best way without losing much of its character as a purely civilian craft is with a defensive drone system that has a rigid perimeter radius, to give it a passive defense.  A little indication of that might be to make the landing-bay a little more obvious than it is.
3.  A few more touches, like some perimeter lighting, might establish scale better; this is a pretty big ship!

[AxleMC131]

@Protonus:  I think the main things I'd like to see are:

...
2.  In a place as dangerous as the Sector, we'd expect more guns or obvious defenses.  Perhaps the best way without losing much of its character as a purely civilian craft is with a defensive drone system that has a rigid perimeter radius, to give it a passive defense.  A little indication of that might be to make the landing-bay a little more obvious than it is.
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@xenoargh Do you by any chance think it should look something a bit more like this?

[xenoargh]

That's quite cool.  I like how it feels a little desperately assembled.  I can see a pirate version coming with a built-in Gauss facing forward or something like that, lol; call it the Trireme

[Tartiflette]

Well played Axle, well played.

[AxleMC131]

Well played Axle, well played.

I'll be here all week.