First sprite

fuzz579 · Post by **fuzz579** » December 20th, 2008, 12:20 am

Hey I just made a sprite (kind of a ghosty thing) so I decided to post it here

Skizzaltix · Post by **Skizzaltix** » December 20th, 2008, 1:11 am

Pretty good--It definitely gets the idea across.
Though, you probably don't want to use all black outlines--It flattens the image a little. Also, you want to revisit that shadow--It's got some random darker points in it (Shadows should be a flat 60% opacity black).

fuzz579 · Post by **fuzz579** » December 20th, 2008, 1:44 am

OK I fuzzed it up around the edges and lightend it up so you could see the mouth better.

Skizzaltix · Post by **Skizzaltix** » December 20th, 2008, 1:56 am

Erm... Not quite what I meant. What I meant was, use darker versions of the base color for the outlines. Take a look at some of the mainline sprites, you should see what I'm talking about.

mnewton1 · Post by **mnewton1** » December 20th, 2008, 3:10 am

What I would do is get rid of the black outline and replace it with the main color. The I would use burn to darken the outline color enough to be thought of as an outline

Hope that helps

Skizzaltix · Post by **Skizzaltix** » December 20th, 2008, 3:52 am

That will give you a darker outline, yes, but it's not the best way of going about it. You'll be better off just drawing the darker outline :/

mnewton1 · Post by **mnewton1** » December 20th, 2008, 5:01 am

It really matters what kind of sprite it is and what you are trying to do

fuzz579 · Post by **fuzz579** » December 20th, 2008, 5:09 am

OK like this?

: tourtsoul.png (1.08 KiB) Viewed 4137 times

oh and also

: meanspirit.png (1.16 KiB) Viewed 4099 times

mnewton1 · Post by **mnewton1** » December 20th, 2008, 5:18 am

Very nice for your first sprites. May I ask what you plan to use these for?

Also you should try using a larger variety of colors

fuzz579 · Post by **fuzz579** » December 20th, 2008, 5:31 am

Thanks I have been reading all of the tutorials on the art-wiki-page-create-thing, and I was planning a campaign or faction and I am thinking of making ice or fire spirits for this faction/campaign thing.

Skizzaltix · Post by **Skizzaltix** » December 20th, 2008, 6:35 pm

Pretty cool--Though, a few of the teeth look a little bit random there. Maybe if you had the pointing in more uniform directions?

Using the burn tool will work--But it's sort of like using only one material in a 3D modeling program. It's faster and easier, and looks sort of okay to most people, but you can never get something that actually looks good.
Also, you won't learn anything doing it, and what is drawing other than a learning process?

fuzz579 · Post by **fuzz579** » December 20th, 2008, 9:32 pm

Well I am using gimp so I dont know if it has a burn tool. for the teeth I was try to get that random disjointed effect.

Post by **thespaceinvader** » December 20th, 2008, 9:51 pm

It does. I can't remember the hotkey, (mostly cos i rarely use the tool) but it's the one right at the bottom of the default toolset - looks like a black blob with a handle.

Skizzaltix · Post by **Skizzaltix** » December 21st, 2008, 3:43 am

I think you'd be better off either making the mouth a little less regularly shaped, or varying teeth size and shape--As is, it looks a little like it got punched in the mouth

Anyway, do whatever works

woodmouse · Post by **woodmouse** » December 21st, 2008, 8:06 am

Wow!

Those are your FIRST sprites ever!?

So cool!

I mean, you just make so great sprites...

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