Jerk's spriting attempts

[Jernemies]

so, it's time for me to finally share the few of my sprites i've(not so often) done. I've not done this before because my sprites were all blurry and because i didn't really work on em (resulting in me producing very few sprites).
they are currently divided into two: sprites before and after my (Now former, very sh**** and obsolete) computer crashed.

Status system (Click to View)

Done well (sprite is done and maker is proud)
Good (sprite looks good and is almost complete)
OK (sprite is done, looks ok, and later improvements are to be expected)
Average (sprite looks awkward and is very likely not done)
Halfway (sprite is halfway complete)
Failed (sprite is complete or almost complete, but looks very bad)
New! (a sprite from latest thread update)

new ones (Click to View)

Description: you remember military monk from sprite game? it kinda didn't turn out as "military monk". i always thought of remaking it, but until now, it remained as a thought.
Comments: looks like a fusion of an assassin and soldier. somehow looks plastic, might redo after a good time of improving. Disclaimer: The copyright owner is not responsible of any lacks of weaponry and mistakes of glamorflace. if you know how to do a good glamorflace, please be kind and tell the owner ASAP. ~Jerkington XIII
Status: OK

Description: this is the first attempt of spriting after the mighty computer crash happened in 6.12.2010. Turned out i sprited a Birdguy, who i call Birdo.
Comments: Doesn't really look awful, and I'm kinda proud of it. A task for ya: Guess who i used as base.
Status: Done well

Description: a facepic attempt for Assassin in the below spoiler.
Comments: not completely awful, but needs improvement.
status: Average

Description: a LF2 sprite of >>Fencer from Battle for Wesnoth<<.
Comments: Have to redo the face, otherwise kinda good, even if i say so myself.
Status: OK

Description: a random unnamed redcoat.
Comments: blurry clothes, ridiculous hair, and sharp eyes.
Status: Average

Description: did it for sprite contest, not so succesfully
Comments: everything is "almost" alright. I don't like it
Status: Failed

Description: a complete revamp of Yinyin's frozen (at least, that's where i began)
Comments: ...
Status: Halfway

Description: tried klodas's facepic tut, and what? the best psycho face i've ever made (thanks, klodas, my hero /=))
Comments: sharp and clean, just oversize and the shirt is... not that good.
Status: Done well

Description: An entry to a contest I can't remember for reasons I don't care about
Comments: Possibly one of my most terrible ones
Status: Failed New!

Description: Again with the Facepic tut, a step forward from the last pic. Modeled after me (they don't quite seem like me though).
Comments: Fairly nice, but still missing good-looking shirts.
Status: Good New!

reclaimed ones (Click to View)

Description: every spriter has to do an assassin at least once to be worthy of being called "spriter". I did this one almost from scratch, and luckily used it at the second forum RPG by Eddie, because that helped me to reclaim the sprite.
Comments: face sideways, but otherwise no major flaws are to be seen.
Status: Good

Description: a LF2 Remake of Ranger from Battle for Wesnoth. I did it for the sprite contest, but failed.
Comments: It's hood looks good, but everything else is a LF2 spriter's nightmare (too blurry).
Status: Failed

[fire power]

looks good but the army monk guy should be thinner cause they have to stay fit

the ninja is pretty nice

and I think you used bat as base for birdo

[XxBlackWing999xX]

You make very good sprites

[chase123]

You make very good sprites

Just saying 'you make good sprites' won't get him anywhere in spriting,you should also suggest the bad parts about them.

I'll begin:
1st sprite:
Looks good,but the shirt and pants need to look less blurry.

2nd sprite:
I like that hair,he looks a bit stiff,everything else is well done though.

3rd sprite:
I like this one,the pose is quite good,but I can't quite understand what is on his face though.

4th sprite:
Well you tried experimenting at a larger size this time,and this looks quite good.

[Jernemies]

I did an incomplete facepic. check the first post and tell me what to improve.

[MnM]

Well, the face looks fine. His head shape is fine to me. And in my turbo version i can't see the eyes clearly. ( nvm that )
. When u are wearing something, the inner part gets exaggerated. In that sense, u should make some exaggeration in the ear part. Make his face cover more space (doesn't really matters ). I find the shading "cool" . Other than that keep spriting ^^.

[Jernemies]

added 2 new sprites, and a link to my sprites on photobucket (in case you can't read thru all my descriptions and stuff).
Now there is one little question:
How do you make faces?

@v: general one.

[Alectric]

As a specific 'you' or a general 'you'?

i made this tutorial a little while ago:
http://www.lf-empire.de/forum/showthread.php?tid=5122

I still do most of that, except now i draw the faces at 4x that, as trickity suggested in his tutorials

Just choose a 1-2px brush and draw the outlines, colour it in a layer underneath, and then shade with at least 4 shades (prerably 2 light shades, and 2 dark), and add a gradient background at the end.
Use the eraser if the outlines get wobbly or rough. (just my method, under no account am i saying you have to adopt this method. Unique styles are always cool)

[bashscrazy]

I like the military monk double knife, looks awesome.

BTW, the red shirted guy shading looks like a gradient kinda, each arm should have its own light to dark and same with the body part.. Hope that makes sense lol

[drako]

Yeah! cheer up you know you can easily improve your spriting skills by using adobe photoshop.