Final Fantasy Hacktics

Um, nah, the pillow shading is gone, now it is following the light source. I can see what brown you are talking about, I will delete it, no worries. Heh, glad you like it, Jon.

Hmm. I think you should try assembling this portrait out of different pieces from other portraits. Consider using Smash's Cavalier helmet (remove the part covering the skull), the female Geomancer's hair (or some other long hair), an appropriate face (could be female Geomancer's again), and then work from there.

This update is good, but working on portraits from scratch is a huge hassle...

Colors are looking one thousand times better.
Sounds like you're getting pretty good advice. I like the idea of mav's, I'd have to look at the Cavalier again though to be sure.

I threw this together for ya, Kage. It's the Smash's Cavalier, Smash's Monica Ausbach sprite, female Monk, and some of my nonexistent magic.
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Oh, and this is just a jumping off point. Many changes would need to be made.

AMAZING PORTRAIT&SPRITE. *dies*
I love Lenneth. :3

Yes, looks better and desaturated, Kage. Good job.

And mav, great job there. Very nice. I like it.

The portrait still needs work, and I'm pretty unfamiliar with the character myself, so give me a ton of pointers.

That helm looks good, I will borrow it for sure, hehe. Same for face. Thanks for ideas, Mav. However I won't copy directly from yours, wanna try my luck as well!

Again, thanks for ideas, Mav.

Sounds like a plan, Kage. I definitely support you working on this--it'll take work off me and help you further refine your skills. Good luck, pal.

Looking forward to this, Kage ^^

I have to refine my skill as well.

Okay, here is the thing. I recolored visor to colors from my port, stole the Smashs cavalier's visor(and some part from yours too, Mav). I also shaded the face. I think it is the final version, but you have got the last word, guys, haha.

Hmm....Add some shades on the neck. And stretch her face a pixel or two lower. Seems smaller than others. Also, what's that part of the helmet? The two between her face.

Okay, I will. Those things? You can see here.

I suggest desaturating the blues, adding a few shades to the face, and redesigning that part of the helmet to match the image you just posted. Good luck, Kage.

Hm, blues are desaturated, since they are from other portrait, but no problem, I can desaturate it further. And believe or not, I won't pull off the design on that image, I am not good at giving details to portraits, haha. Hmm, I already have 4 shades on face, that is normal amount, I presume? I s'pose they aren't different from each other too much, I will try to fix it. Thanks for comments guys, without you, it would be fail, haha.

Remember, you also have those gold shades to balance out skin tones as necessary. I may work on the helmet separately and post it for you when I can.

That would be cool, Mav. Lookin forward to it!

Update. Five basic frames and damage-taking one. Give crit on all back frames, they were pain to do, and still doesn't look too well. Also, I have new colors for portrait, and more shaded face is resent.

Sorry, this kinda came out as a chop job, but you can try working with this helmet. I wanted to get that pointed look on the helmet, but couldn't pull it off.

By the way, her hair is blue right? Maybe you should add a bluish hue to the grays on the sprite...totally up to you though.

This is looking great! Sprite and portrait coming together well, great quality.