Hello there, I wanted to give making a portrait mod a try. I'm quite the noob at pixel art, so feedback is hugely appreciated! I will probably work quite slowly on this, but I want to cover at least the bachelors and my favourite townspeople. Let's start with Abigail. Caroline's nightmare of her daughter turning goth came true...whoops! Next up is Caroline. Why would she dislike a goth girl...? Because she's all pastels! (This makes no sense whatsoever) Pastels are my jam. View attachment 178853 Maru is done! Why the fricking frick frack did I decide to draw her from two angles?? Because I clearly shouldn't have That no face is terrible, I love it
I love the jewelry that you made for this sprite it looks amazing. Are you going to be making more like this amazing work?
Tanks for your super positive feedback, that really cheered me up My plan for now is to make portraits of all the ladies, then move on to the dudes, and then figure out how to make fitting sprite sheets. Who would you like to see next?
Yes a little bit. But I like the style of her. It is the hair that makes her look so young maybe dark brown, red, or black hair would help her look older. It is still very cute and I like it a lot.
I 'm going to tackle Shane next - funfact: He's my first farmers hubby, and this is also the only savefile I have ever played. This gives me more knowledge about him, and also huge anxiety to make the portrait perfect... I will make two versions, one depressive shaggy Shane, and one to install after his turnaround event once he gets better. Yay no more stinky Joja jacket! Stupid late night idea: Linus as a wood elf, like lotr style pretty. That's terrible. I'm intrigued.
heyy it's Shane! I don’t know how to draw guys eek, someone send help (critique) pls While I work on this version, I’ll collect inspiration for a not-that-terribly-depressed version with a nice new outfit. Feel free to send some my way! The man deserves it
The main thing that I can think of is to maybe try making the line of the upper-viewer's-left side of his nose have at least a pixel of separation from his eyebrow (and possibly soften that entire line a bit, it seems to stand out quite a bit as it currently is). The way it's drawn in that picture makes it look almost like he's got one really long eyebrow hair drooping down. (Edit: Thinking about it some more, I think the issue is pretty much just that it's the same color as his hair. Maybe making that line be either a little bit more black / less purple, or perhaps more flesh-toned?) Overall, it looks good, though!
I agree with what Ham said, but i'd also add that his nose seems a teeny bit wide, maybe narrow that up a little? His skin tone also looks pretty... pallid? But i suppose that's pretty fitting for the depressive version of Shane, maybe a bit more of a healthy tone for his clean version?