Re: Boldek's art dump: OP killer sniper rifle marines!

[Boldek]

here is some stuff that nevah got nowhere's. use it for your avatar, use it in your campaign, I don't care. jest in case some one finds this interesting.

[Boldek]

I am trying to create an explosion for long range guns, but some how it comes off too camp fire like. any suggestions? I

[battlestar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TS2-8uLzlk

I often find having one or multiple references help a lot.

[Captain_Wrathbow]

You'll probably also want to increase the canvas size or your explosion will have square edges.

[Boldek]

hmm, better? pic 4 looks a tad like, well, can't put my finger on it, but I feel that maybe I overdid on the smoke effect?

[Shinobody]

Actually, transition between frames is not very smooth.
Frame 1: small fire, small smoke
Frame 2: med fire, med smoke
Frame 3: med fire, huge smoke
Frame 4: no fire (sic!), huge smoke
There are some leftover pixel-line artifacts behind the smoke in Frame 4. (Upper right corner) The same in Frame 1.
I suggest maybe order like that:
Frame 1: small fire
Frame 2: med fire, small smoke
Frame 3: big fire, big/med smoke
Frame 4: small/med fire, big smoke (begins to fade)
Frame 5: no fire (or very small), big smoke (fades)
EDIT: Ah, and although canvas is bigger, which is better, explosion still will be cut. Canvas size should be big enough to fit WHOLE explosion.

[Boldek]

like such for pic 1-3?

[Boldek]

after receiving a well done frankie from Powershot the Lord of Frank Frankenstieners, I decided to modify him a little bit, and since he was all alone having adventures, I added a squire to keep him company. feel free to take without credit, and if you don't that's fine, because I totally lose at pixelart.

a knight on the ground with a big sword!

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oh looky! this guy has chain mail!

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yay! an attack frame!

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whoohoo! an entire animation! just turn this unto a gif and you're done!

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ps: does anybody know of a portrait for a floppy haired boy with a chainmail vest? I have been using this:

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if you do, please let me know.

[Trubbol]

Awesome sprites! That explosion looks amazing!

[Boldek]

thanks!

I noticed while playtesting them that the knight and the squire were getting tired carrying all that gold and food around, so I made them a pack horse to do the heavy work.

yup, a frankie with a bag. why is the bag open? I dunno, i guess I am just lazy

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I felt that he was incomplete, so I added a chest, though the similar colors make it look like a haystack. what do you think?

this one has a chest and the bag is sorta closed.

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[AlaskanAvenger]

you better make a second pack horse or you're gonna break that poor horse's back Generally the packs hang on either side of the horse like in the first picture although even there they might be a little big and you never (as far as I know) have a large chest sitting on top of a horse. Other then that they look pretty good, ya might just need some more accent between the packs and the horse so they don't blend together as much.

[Boldek]

hmm. I made the lines slightly bolder on horse no.2:
does this help prevent horse and pack oozification?

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this one has smaller bags. does it look better?

smaller stuff

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and just in case the squire ever wanted some new outfits for an rpg, I gave him some new clothes.

ranger squire!

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and here a dwarf mail sprite. he is supposed to be holding a lantern, but I wasn't sure whether I should lightbeams as he will illuminate. what do you guys think is better?

no beams!

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I noted that the mage of light is fine, and the halo is added, but then the light is kind of just glowing around him, while the lantern is to the side.

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I really am not sure, what do you folks think?

[Boldek]

here is some more sprites, as I noticed it is uncommon for people to throw bombs! cmon, things that go boom came before things that go bang!

are you ready?

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catch!

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and here is some relic for a campaign:

I just called it Isar's cause it sounded cool

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and I modified the ranger squire to look more happy:

[battlestar]

Horses look great, how about one that is drawing a cart?

[Boldek]

like this? or this?