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Re: Jack's Workshop

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A few things:

- Wesnoth units always look down towards the bottom-right. I.E. the shadows on those crosses should be on the left and top, rather than right and bottom.
- The glint on the colored version is rather uniform, which doesn't really show how metal reflects light. I would suggest looking at real-world pictures of metal reflecting light for inspiration.
- I would suggest making the pelt on the top of the canineman's head "flatter"
- Overall, you need to thicken and shorten your arms and legs on the canineman.
- Jack's head is far too big for his body, but it's about the right size for a normal unit. Make his body at least 5 or so pixels taller and wider.
- The light should be coming from the top right (this is Wesnoth standard).

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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Hey, everyone sorry if I'm double posting a bit but I'm gonna be wiping out my computer soon so I'm going to post some things I've done.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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More...
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(noticed the shading is the wrong way.)
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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I like that elf head.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Thanks :P
Well, I started a little... or Big knight guy, if I had a better pallet it might be better but at the moment I'm pretty much using default Paint... XD

Critic if you wish.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Why .JPG? :augh:
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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artisticdude wrote:Why .JPG? :augh:
Because something said bitmap couldn't be used... What should I use..? XD
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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.png is the format used for sprites (and portraits too, for that matter), because not only does it not compress sprites to blurry smudges, but it also (unlike .JPG and bitmap) supports transparency.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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PNG with an added little pixel doodle (lol...) I did a while ago.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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So... is it good enough to start shading?
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IMO, yes :wink:
I like it :D
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Well, I finally got around to shading it... Although I still kinda suck... XD

Here it is.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Is that a knight's helmet? If so, the visor shouldn't blue. That's a motorbike helmet. Knight helmets had a metal visor (see this, for example).
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Oh, right oops... XD

But most sprites I just kinda shade and then give-up on them... If you want you can take any of them and improve them or just use parts of them if you like.
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Re: Jack's Workshop

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Or maybe someone could offer to use your sprite, which will motivate you to finish it. ;)
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