Grizzly Bear

crwedman · Post by **crwedman** » August 15th, 2006, 1:27 pm

My first attempt making a sprite for tBfW. It's a grizzly bear!

JW · Post by JW » August 15th, 2006, 1:32 pm

Pretty good for a first attempt, but I feel like I want to pet him

Anyway, welcome to Wesnoth!

crwedman · Post by **crwedman** » August 15th, 2006, 1:36 pm

Thanks!

I've seen real life grizzlies in the wild, and they look like they want to be petted. It's just a ruse to get you close enough to maul you to death.

Anyway, I'm entirely new to pixel art. Perhaps, with a little more experience, I'll find a way to make the beasts look blood-thirsty.

crwedman · Post by **crwedman** » August 15th, 2006, 1:37 pm

...or, perhaps I should change the unit from "grizzly" bear to "circus" bear (and put a tutu on it!).

Jgrr · Post by **Jgrr** » August 15th, 2006, 1:41 pm

Nice work! See also Eternal's bears on this thread:

http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11812

(I have a bear unit in my UMC, and now I don't know which one to use...)

Post by **Eternal** » August 15th, 2006, 2:27 pm

Your bear looks more beary than mine, that's for sure.

Post by **Zhukov** » August 15th, 2006, 9:33 pm

He needs more shaggy-ness, more hair.

But otherwise he's good.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » August 15th, 2006, 9:35 pm

I also think he needs a neck, move his head forward more so it doesn't look like it was screwed on.

Oreb · Post by **Oreb** » August 15th, 2006, 10:40 pm

This art looks great, a real winner. But I do believe some shaggyness is in order... Most bears aren't real good groomers and don't care how they look

crwedman · Post by **crwedman** » August 16th, 2006, 12:28 am

I've added some shag to her fur, and adjusted the head.

As to making the bear look more brutish (so that you wouldn't want to pet it), I figured it would be cool to have her look fairly none menacing until the attack animation, when she stands on her haunches, and with a gaping, growling mouth, procedes to swat hunks of flesh off her opponent.

Oreb · Post by **Oreb** » August 16th, 2006, 12:46 am

crwedman wrote:I've added some shag to her fur, and adjusted the head.

As to making the bear look more brutish (so that you wouldn't want to pet it), I figured it would be cool to have her look fairly none menacing until the attack animation, when she stands on her haunches, and with a gaping, growling mouth, procedes to swat hunks of flesh off her opponent.

Much Better!

Post by **Kestenvarn** » August 16th, 2006, 1:13 am

Menace would be making it more like a Dire Bear - minus the scales.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » August 16th, 2006, 1:15 am

Sweet! I'd say that bear is as perfect as your gonna get it.

XJaPaN · Post by **XJaPaN** » August 16th, 2006, 1:48 am

Here is the goblin, now its complete

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » August 16th, 2006, 2:16 am

heheh, where's his torch? can't be a pillager without his classic torch.