Does this look ok, or am I violating some rule?

[lethalvisions]

is it wrong to do re-colors/re-works of old ideas for spriting?

I have been working on my maps for some time now, and I don't like the common RTP where you can't seem to see behind mounds/hills on the map. I was drawn to the Adventures of Zelda: Link to the past, which seemingly broke ground in the idea of undulation and the ability to go from level to level up and down... I took some of those sprites and re created a mound using photoshop. Now this mound looks a LOT more natural than the sprite it effectively was inspired by, but I want to put it to you as a theory... is it wrong to do something like that, that someone else already broke out with?

http://lethalvisions.com/images/lethalsmounds.jpg[/img]

 

[khmp]

It never hurts to give credit to the original inspiration. I don't think it's wrong but I'm not a resource person. The mounds do look good too

 

[Grathea]

Well, the perspective on the mounds and the perspective on the sprite really screw each other up. I'd try and alter that a little.

 

[lethalvisions]

ok... will go for a more top-viewy sprite... soon

 

[Ninjitsu]

It depends on whether your game will be commercially distributed or not.
A lot of things come down to just that.