Cave spider revamp

Post by **irrevenant** » December 28th, 2006, 8:53 am

Dragon Master wrote:abdomen fix and added most of the legs (no claws). They still look a bit bad to me, perhaps I should make them a pixel thicker?

The thing that immediately leaps out at me re: the legs is that they aren't anti-aliased - they look incredibly pixelated. (If you're using the GIMP, just use the paintbrush tool rather than the pencil).

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » December 28th, 2006, 3:45 pm

I was thinking of that, I'll try it next time I work on him.

Post by **Sgt. Groovy** » December 28th, 2006, 6:37 pm

To avoid the harvestman look, the legs should be thicker, and taper towards the tip. Also, they could be more streched out. Few pictures for reference: 1, 2,3,4.

We're talking about a monstrous beast in a fantasy world here. Complete adherence to real world biology is not required.

Sure, but not the horses, wolves, sea serpents, or any other animals in the game have unexpected number of eyes.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » December 28th, 2006, 6:56 pm

actually, I wanted to go for the very thin spindly legs, they look creepier. Heck, if it turns out I get really good at drawing them I'll give him more than the standard eight.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » December 29th, 2006, 2:04 am

first attempt at the legs...I'll let you guys decide.

Post by **irrevenant** » December 29th, 2006, 2:37 am

The legs (especially the rear ones) are very 'bunched up'. They should be more spread out like this guy:

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » December 29th, 2006, 3:54 am

point taken, looking again the rightmost leg is too square. I'm also going to try some different leg designs. If anyone else would like to take a crack at it your welcome to do so.

Post by **Zhukov** » December 29th, 2006, 7:00 am

The legs, or more specifically the 'knees', stick up too high. Look at the pic irrevenant posted and you will see.
Also, the stripy legs are a bit off, slightly confusing. Rather, I would recommend only having colour on the joints.

Post by **Eternal** » December 29th, 2006, 10:51 am

Hmm? There was a thread about this very same subject a while ago. I took my tries there too but people said they were off perspective. And by judging their advice Dragon Masters spidey is more off perspective than my two tryouts.

Here's the thread.
And those two spiders I made (both with bad perspective as I understood it):

martenzo · Post by **martenzo** » December 29th, 2006, 10:57 am

Hmm, make the second one black and with bigger red eyes, and we'll see what turns out.

Both are great, but yes, not cave spiders but... Lava spiders.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » December 29th, 2006, 2:34 pm

you seem to have a very nice grasp of how to do legs Eternal, you're welcome to work on my sprite if you want. Not going to force you or anything.

Post by **Eternal** » December 30th, 2006, 12:09 pm

Well, here's Martenzos idea. Grey, but big red eyes didn't look as good as these.

But I am making a tarantula-style spidey also. All my work looks pretty much like that in their beginning stages.

I posted it so Dragon Master can, if he wants, take a hack at it.
But... perhaps it really should be a web-spinner... Hmm...

Has anyone anything against having two kinds of giant spiders in the league of monsters? I can whip up a cfg with decently balanced stats if it comes to it.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » January 3rd, 2007, 1:34 am

sorry I've got nothing down for a while, been a busy week