Steel

Visuele omschrijving

Neutral cool metal with clear planes, hard edge changes, and controlled specular cuts.

Pixelcluster regels

Use angular clusters and plate-like blocks.

DDMMHH

DDMMH.

DMM...

Contrast

High contrast, but not chrome-level white jumps.

Hue shifting

Cool blue-gray shadows, neutral mid, warm sunset highlight.

Highlights

Thin horizontal or diagonal cuts.

..HH..

.HMM..

DD....

Shadow behavior

Lower-left shadows should be solid blocks, not noise.

Outline

Dark blue-gray or purple-gray, never black.

Rim lighting

Small cool rim on left-facing outer edge.

Ambient lighting

Low ambient; preserve strong planes.

AA regels

Minimal AA on outer contour only.

Dithering regels

No dithering on small sprite steel; use clusters.

Veel voorkomende fouten

Bad:

H.D.H

.M.M.

H.D.H

Good:

HHMM.

MMDD.

.DDD.

QA checklist

• 50% scale herkenbaar: Ja, by hard planes and cool metal hue.
• Contrast supports metal read.
• No pure black outline.
• Highlights are shaped, not random.
• Dithering is absent or controlled.