Final Fantasy Hacktics

I actually kinda like that sideburn in your first portrait attempt.

Hmm, I'm not too sure how cropping it would make it look "squished" but I guess probably its because it is still in sketch stage with many lines, hence giving such perception. I'll try my best to polish this.

And yes, for starters, don't start with scratch, especially if you haven't grasp the fft-ish style yet. Copy/paste from existing and reference a lot to get better.

This is tough and challenging one. Hmmm....

EDIT: Maybe this could be something for you to work with:

There's a complete Fran portrait by Twinees

In my opinion, I still prefer Kage's Rydia. Yours need some cleaning and refining to do. Keep it up though.

I may take a crack on Garland portrait as a challenge to myself. Everything else are good like what they said.

I don't remember seeing any portrait with such bright white actually.

Here's some fixes that I made. Still need some polishing to do though but I hope it help somehow.

Try reference more from existing fft portraits.

Great to see someone working on Cecil! That sprite needs to be finish. Great job Seushiro, for picking that up.

That Judge walking now looks more realistic and normal than that previous "steel" cape. Lol.

Why isn't the cape moving on Garland?

Those are some nice updates! The new judge now has more colours. I'm not really a fan of the chocobo but its cool. And yes, Alphonse has boobs. Also, as Kage said, brighter and shiny armour would be nice.

Nice work. Agreed with Kage, I like Taurus the most.

Overall, nice sprites! Chocobo helmet is okay but not the wing and chest. What Kage said.

Damn you Twinees! That looks great!

Quote from: Seushiro on April 23, 2014, 04:27:35 am

Quote from: Twinees on April 23, 2014, 04:10:48 amDon't doubt yourself Jimmy, you're a great pixel artist.

Also this

You both are giving me too much praise. I can (not will) admit that I can sketch, but shading woes me still.

Any reference on this for the portrait? I could try make a rough sketch, though I think its better for me to leave to the pros.

EDIT: Rough sketch

Agreed. Remember that this is a sprite, hence keep it at simplicity state.

Agreed. Looks good.

Damn! That's way better than what I had in mind! Hah. Definitely help a lot, Twin.

I'm looking forward to learn from the pro on Hero of Light edits.

Yea, leather strap is good too. I like to see that as well.

I may try give another whoop on Reno's port when I'm free.

Here's some minor fixes for Squall.

EDIT: Add x1 size

1-The armor chocobo looks much clean and better than previous attempt. I like it, though I would like to see them in lighter & shiny armour shades.

2-In my opinion, that red on Reno's portrait is bit saturated. Try use Kage's Succubus red. Also, what happened to his brows??

3-For Squall's portrait, try not to use all the shades on his forehead. It's giving the blurry effect. Use only necessary shades to make it look sharp and detailed. Also, there shouldn't be a straight dark line under his chin to his neck.

4-In my opinion, Hero of Light portrait (from Dissidia) need quite some refining to do. I'll leave it to the pros.