Show your sprites!

[Zerovirus]

@pete: You're not helping. That's not what I really meant. Simplicity does not necessarily exclude advanced technique; the dichotomy is embodied with the artistic technique of cel-shading.

@Moribund: You really think so? Huh. Don't take this the wrong way, but I know that you can do a lot better Unlike usual, when I said you, I was not primarily referring to a general population. That was actually a directed message. Basically, I had set sprites of this quality to be your baseline and didn't anticipate you setting your own baseline much lower apparently, leading to this... misunderstanding.

This isn't really something I thought you'd be that proud of, and I apologize for that presumption. It's just that, well, I think comparatively highly of you in pixelart.

If you're interested, would you mind explaining the features that make this a crowning piece for you? Is it pallete usage, shading, something else, or a combination?

[Moribund]

@pete, there is a lot to be analyzed, even in that horrendously nonequivalent metaphor. I is singular, meaning that the speaker is talking from personal experience, which is completely different from third person, as third person opens up all sorts of implications, for example this could be a false observation or an understatement, or such. I is more likely to mean that the information given is entirely correct. I is also not "we", therefore the sadness felt is probably personal and is not caused by an event that has affected many people in the same way, or perhaps the speaker feels that he is not qualified or knowledgable enough to speak for others who might also be feeling sad for the am reason. "Am" implies that this is a change, and is worthy of note. Therefore he was not sad in the recent past, meaning a saddening event has recently occurred. "Sad" is not "miserable" or a stronger adjective; the speaker is only moderately affected by the recent event. I could go on and on. And I'm not even good at English.

@Zero: Oh, I understand you now. I had no clue you thought so highly of me.

I thought I was able to convey good in shape in the arms and legs with my shading, I thought the colours popped very well. I thought I was doing very well for my small amount of space. I certainly think that it's better than any think I've made before.

You've only seen like two or three sprites of mine, I think? Could you cite which sprites of mine have been better than this? You've seen that boring CSW-ish one I posted earlier in this thread, as well as my avatar where all I really did was the chest plate. I am confused as hell, frankly. Maybe you're confusing me with someone else?

[Zerovirus]

Well, if you guys want to analyze that from such a technical viewpoint, that's all correct. If I were analyzing it, though, I'd say it was rhetorically effective due to its short structure; it is compact and to-the-point, and gives up complexity for simplicity. Without context, it is impossible to state the author's purpose, but in a passage such an outlier would obviously have some intended purpose. If it's not an average sentence, it's dissectable, and short sentences are generally not average in writing.

Moving on from literary arts and onto pixel arts.

I dunno why I think so highly of you. It's not so much the technique you've shown thus far but design and vision and the base on which technical skill builds. I probably sound really dramatic when I say this, but you kind of remind me of myself when I began pixels. With what you've posted on pixelation, I can tell you had a definite vision in mind for most of your pixelart when you began, even if you had to compromise it due to shortcomings in ability.

Again, I apologize. I'm not the best one to go to when looking for advice or teachings, and it's a fact that technical studies aren't as impressive as pieces intended to grab the eye. Perhaps that's why I glossed over your picture- it didn't stand out too much and so I rather unfortunately assumed it wasn't something you'd think of as your best work. (It was in off-topic instead of art workshops after all.)

If I'm being too profuse in apology, it's probably because I'm unbearably embarrassed by my first response. For some strange reason I feel like I've betrayed one of the Sacraments of True Art and I don't know which one >.>

[Moribund]

I'm also really sorry, I got really excited over nothing, I should have asked for clarification before getting all dramatic. I also shouldn't assume people with think something I've done is as good as I think it is. No need for you to apologize, in fact I don't think you can really apologize for thinking too highly of someone. Actually, I am immensely flattered that you think so highly of the way I think, especially is it is from you who I think of so highly (actually your evaluation was the one I was looking forward to the most). Even if my standards don't quite match your standards of me. Maybe I'm sub consciously regurgitating sound bytes I hear from real Pixel artists, perhaps that is why I give the impression I know what I am doing.

Again, don't apologize, I got really crazy over nothing, I am flattered, and this only convinces me to do even better next time.

(Oh man am I getting touchy-feely. If anyone asks about this I called you a fag and then left.)