Sprite Reworks (Sal/Tyson)

Making him look rougher, to me at least, made more sense. Yes he looks softer and such in the current sprites but from what I can tell is that it's made him look too likeable from the get go, which invalidates people getting the "he's a malnourished angry boi who's trying". Like... I guess visually I wanted to capture the him in a sort of middle ground between old and reformed while still making it very clear that he's not a nice person to most outside of Dave. Later on he can be more fluffy and stuff, but again, this is why you test sketches. I haven't worked on them beyond this just because of other stuff but this is good feedback to have. Thanks!

Grizz

So, I realize I am super late to the party at this point, so apologies. I had a few comments about Ty's new looks specifically, but I always hesitate to critique other peoples' art, because we all have different styles. Plus these are sketches obviously, which always feel different from the final product. So if my comments are invalid or there's a reason for anything in any way please feel free to disregard me. Spent a good hour trying to figure out the right way to describe this. Overall, I think the new Tyson looks great! While unquestionably an improvement in body and depth from the old ones, I think something was lost in the translation with his facial features. As I understand it, Ty was/is a bully, but is actively trying to get better and improve himself (which by the way is a great thing in writing, as recognizing and improving ones flaws is always something an audience roots for). His facial features feel a lot more intimidating and less approachable in this version though, more angular and rigid lines compared to the current. One example would be, in Ty's current sprites, his ears are a bit more rounded, curved at the base. In this version, his ears are much more sharp and pointy, especially in the 'sad' expression where there are hard angles. The lack of neck fluff and 'spiker', droopy cheek fur makes him feel a little too edgy I think. The main thing that makes me feel something's off though I think is the eyes. They're a lot more 'narrow' than the old ones (literally size-wise), smaller too, which makes him feel a bit more 'angry' perhaps? They feel maybe a little too far apart as well? Testing it roughly in MS paint, I think the screen-right eye could move in towards the other by maybe half-an-eye's distance? Anyway, those were just my thoughts. I still think the new sprites for both of them are looking amazing! I really can't wait to see these in game.

Nyzcait

I agree, Tyson looking like a big bad wolf would fit his personality. lol

VampyrëanFox

I like the old design for sal and him not showing much emotion but, imo a sprite rework for Tyson would be good. His old sprite looks the stiffest.

VampyrëanFox

I think Tysons neck makes him look to stiff. I love Tyson, but I feel like he should look more intimidating. More like a big tough wolf. He was the school bully and works out a lot. In his bio, it says he is mostly bigger than everyone. Tyson is my favorite but I think a sprite rework would be good for him in my opinion.

Not yet, but they're coming!

Grizz

Loving the VN so far. I'm curious to know if there's a guide of sorts. I'm awful at guessing games. My favorite characters so far are in this order as follows: Sal, Dean and Orlando. :)

PaleAngel_90

I'm curious to know how you think the old ones have more character than these ones. The old ones feel too stiff and static to me is all.

Grizz

It looks okay, I'm not against improvements, honestly though I actually really liked the old designs as they seemed to have more character. I had no issues with them, but hey, that's just my small opinion LoL maybe when they're finished and colored I'll be on board too...I mean the Tyson one looks pretty good

LLVPandaSevron

Very awsome! :0 I can only agree with the others that this looks great. More expressions is what the characters needed, so I'm optimistic. I think both expression packs and reworks work wonders on them. I want to see them in color, now! I am plenty excited for the next update. The story had me hooked from the beginning. Good job! <3 this game

This sprite rework is doing wonders for Tyson. One of the biggest issues I had with the original sprites was that they felt extremely flat due to the completely head-on perspective, which made features like Ty's muzzle impossible to really make out in his original sprite. This really does him justice though.

Billy S

Looks great! Like how you toned down the neck fur on Tyson, it gave him a weirdly trapezoidal proportion. Love Sal's embarrassed face on the top left, so expressive without being over the top.

Vroom

I'm loving both of the boys' reworked sketch sprites! Not just the faces too, their body language shows plenty. I'm excited to see more :3

Jakemi