Final Fantasy Hacktics

@Smash - Thanks ^^

@Kage - Haha. Naww....Still beginner. Smash is amazing but he's saying that he's noob. So, I'm still a very very newbie xD
Anyway, here's Garnet Final Version.

Garnet Mug WIP Final*

Crits? ^^

Good stuff, just lower the mouth on pixel entirely (sorry, I should have mentioned that earlier) and give the final version the eye from the version to its right. The shading on the neckline seems a little strange too, but I just can't place it.

Alright. For the eye, you mean the one less down/frown/whatever it is call ? As for the neck, I actually followed Female Monk. Hmm...perhaps you have a crack on it?

Garnet Mug Comparison*

Hmm...That hair dropping down on the side seems too big...

missing her choker, and thin the bangs going down her left (our right) so it looks like more of it is behind her head, with only a little falling infront.

Choker won't work, it would clash with hair a lot. I like it Jimmy, thanks a lot ^^ Now I just have to finish her, Bikke and Lezard

Btw, is she 16 colors?

Yup, she's 16 ^^

Alright then, here is the final version, though her neck still seems weird. Waiting mav to crack on that. And I'm not sure which eye expression you like, so I post both.

Garnet Mug Final*

EDIT: NOT!!! Will fix her ^^

Grrr, both expressions are great, wich to choose?! Yeah, maybe Mav will fix the neck, but if he don't, then nothing tragic will happen, I like this version a lot, thanks again

I'd definitely go with the portrait on the right. Gimme some time to tell you what's up with the shading though...

I love the Garnet portrait but her hair seems kind of flat, or maybe it is the shading like Mav said.
Her face seems a bit long compared to the other but I don't think thats a very important factor, but her mouth expression might be.
I think the biggest thing i notice is the eyebrows are a bit light and eyes are kind of dull and light in a way.
Just my opinion the portrait would be fine as is FFT wise, im just a bit of a perfectionist lol.

The left portrait looks now a bit too sad. I personally like the right one, it looks sad but eager somehow...ah, and add a 2 pixel height wise collar choker, I don't think it would interfere since we all know who Princess Garnet til Alexandros is, I mean, c'mon people, the girl turns a freakin castle into Alexander! And kills Bahamut (in a way). Overall, Jim you did a marvelous job. Keep it up

It's a great portrait so far, but she looks kinda... raggedy. Like she just woke up or had a fight or something.
I think it's that little wisp of hair at the top that's mostly doing it. Maybe smooth out that long part on the right too.

I'm no portraiter, so I cannot do this, but maybe Jimmy will work on this, or Mav will polish it up.

Fair enough.

Thanks guys. I'll fix her.

As far as the hair goes, the reason the far right looks so rough is because there's no dithering. With black hair and a fairly light background, you're bound to end up with some very jagged edges.

Hmm...I see. So, any suggestion on fixing that? ^^

EDIT: Here's with that hair on the top

Garnet Mug Test2

You're going to need to find a way to blend the dark edges of the hair with the background. This is usually done by placing some lighter pixels on the edges; you can try that out, but I'm not sure how well it will go. You may also want to consider lightening her hair color too. It's a tough fix, but at the same time it's not 100% necessary...

Lighten the hair...Hmm...I'll try it. As for light edges, hmm...

EDIT: How about this?

I dunno, the hair color looks weird. I tried changing it out with something a little more brunette, so I could dither some. Lemme know what you think of this:

Hmm...That looks better. Though its not black but I kinda like that. Thanks mav.
Also, I try test it in game and it looks quite okay ^^
Here, take a look:

EDIT: Anyway, yours is perfect. I guess that's final? ^^

EDIT: I tested yours in-game too, and it looks great ^^ Better than my choice of colours a lot xD
One thing I'm very lousy at is palettes choice. Haha. Need to learn from you, mav =p
Well, actually still a lot need to learn from you guys, mav, Smash, and more ^^