Sprites - Damn, trees are hard

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » May 25th, 2007, 12:36 am

And one more (sorry, forgot):

PingPangQui · Post by **PingPangQui** » June 7th, 2007, 1:58 pm

Try google earth.

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » June 8th, 2007, 3:16 am

Wierd. What happened to basically all of Page 2?

Zhukov put some good thoughts down, and I wanted to refer back to those...

Drake Blademaster · Post by **Drake Blademaster** » June 8th, 2007, 3:33 am

The forums were reset.

Post by **Sgt. Groovy** » June 10th, 2007, 7:52 pm

The biggest problem with your approach is the glossy look. If you think a tree as a lump of mass, it has matte surface.

I suggest trying a different approach: First make few versions of a single branch, then versions of different darkness of each version. Construct your tree out of these, putting the darker versions of the branches on the shady side.

Dark Helmet · Post by **Dark Helmet** » October 4th, 2007, 2:19 am

Look at this http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/coldstone/addons.html. Look at the files listed as Fantasygamegraphics 1&2.

I remembered I had seen these a while back. They're some good overhead graphics, a good example for what I assume your trying to get at. Though they're a little more 3d, less sprite.