Human Resprite Thread

[Superlagg]

• The new clown costume. This was the only resprite to give me a viscerally negative reaction, but it's not because the spritework is bad. They're a very good rendition of a clown but not of our clown. It's as though the soul of the clown suit was lost in the translation from one perspective to the other. Sort of like... a gritty clown reboot or something. I wish I could provide more constructive feedback, but like, there's nothing wrong with the new sprite from a technical execution standpoint. All I know is that it makes me feel sad when I look at this image: Spoiler!
  

I have to agree with this wholeheartedly.  It's difficult for me to really verbalize what about it looks off, but making the shoes stick more to the sides in front view like they did on the old sprite might make it a bit more... awkward looking and therefore clowny I guess?

I think part of it is that its too aggressively shaded, making things look too lumpy and high-contrast for the clown's general feel.

I also think that there's a bit too much shading and contrast in general, too. It makes a lot of the clothes look oddly dark and detailed, which adds a lot of visual noise which I, as a half-blind attention deficit dipshit who barely even plays this game, don't really like, as it makes it much easier to lose track of what's going on.

Compare with the old sprites in general. They were mostly lower contrast with higher brightness, and more or less only shaded to either separate forms or convey some kind of angle. Sure, they looked like grody codersprites and had details seemingly put in at random, sometimes even mashing colors into some kind of ambiguous mass like the old clown's shoepants, but their simplicity made it a lot easier on my shitty eyes when dozens of those things are on screen.

On the other hand it looks like the new clown is wearing, like, five diapers. Which is totally in character and I fully support.