My first Sprite. (Let know how good I did! or Bad!)

[subzero]

Hello everyone, today I decided to try spriting because I was bored. lol.
So I tried it out and I realized I have okay talent. So tell me what you think!
Positive or Negative.
They will both help me out in the future.
Thanks in Advanced.

Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1):

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An archer from FFT. (HK Style)
<img src="http://i28.tinypic.com/6hs01f.png" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic">

 

[CeruSkye]

Its a decent start. The first thing you should look at however, is the position of the hair. In the case of this specific sprite (The HK template) The hair should be lower down on the forehead, right now it appears to have a receding hairline. =)

 

[subzero]

Aw! Yes indeed you are right.
Thanks for pointing that out.

I think I made it better,anyone?
Hows this?

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<img src="http://i27.tinypic.com/2dh8psl.png" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic">

 

[PONTIFEX]

The hair looks much better, and this is good for your first sprite.

 

[Tindy]

I think the shading was better on the first sprite-the shirt, I mean.  As is, he looks kinda pudgy. ^_^' The neck down could use some better shading, but it is definitely a good start.

 

[subzero]

Thanks, Ill try to fix all the errors.
Spriting isn't as easy as it looks! LOL.
I thought it would be easy! Hahaha.

 

[CeruSkye]

Thanks, Ill try to fix all the errors.
Spriting isn't as easy as it looks! LOL.
I thought it would be easy! Hahaha.

Spriting, and spriting well, is something I personally find even more difficult then traditional art. Yet, once you get the hang of it the possibilities are endless. It takes a lot of time to get into the groove, but I love it.

 

[meian]

You need a lot of work on your shading. You're trying to mimic the style of the original sprite, apparently, but you have to realize it's not at all compatible with the spritesheet you're working with - not all sprite templates are created equal, and you can't handle them the same way from one to the other.

Specifically, your character looks rather dull. This is largely because you're lacking any semblance of highlights at all, and very minimal shadows.

Also, he's either going bald, has the biggest forehead ever (and then some), or you need to move your hair down quite a bit. Remember that with almost any competent sprite sheet for the XP, and the corresponding tilesets, you're looking slightly down on the characters, so you shouldn't be able to see as much forehead as even looking straight on. But, even if you had that completely angleless view, your character still has a receding hairline. Again, don't follow the exact proportions of the original sprite, just the basic features. And on that note, IMHO, his hair comes down on his right side and I don't see that in your character.



But, all that aside, it's a strong strong start, and I admire your ambitious choice of the HK for your first sprite. It's definitely a lot of fun and by far my favorite, but there's plenty of spriters here that would consider it a more advanced template. And, my boyfriend would cream himself to hear someone's trying to interpret Tactics, he loves that shit.

Good start, keep going. (`o`)b

 

[006]

The string on the bow is too big! Nice for your first sprite though!

 

[rmxpdude54]

u know? for a first sprite this isn't half bad... nice job man

 

[~R~]

Your problem is his boots and you need a palette with more colors:

Boots sample:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj19 ... rMTips.png[/img]
They look higher because the final fantasy tactics angle is different, but if the boots were so hight would be hard to walk...

But your arm protection looks really nice

 

[subzero]

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Your problem is his boots and you need a palette with more colors:

Boots sample:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj19 ... rMTips.png[/img]
They look higher because the final fantasy tactics angle is different, but if the boots were so hight would be hard to walk...

But your arm protection looks really nice

Thats exactly how I wanted to do it, but I lack the spriting art skill.
I will try to fix my sprite.

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You need a lot of work on your shading. You're trying to mimic the style of the original sprite, apparently, but you have to realize it's not at all compatible with the spritesheet you're working with - not all sprite templates are created equal, and you can't handle them the same way from one to the other.

Specifically, your character looks rather dull. This is largely because you're lacking any semblance of highlights at all, and very minimal shadows.

Also, he's either going bald, has the biggest forehead ever (and then some), or you need to move your hair down quite a bit. Remember that with almost any competent sprite sheet for the XP, and the corresponding tilesets, you're looking slightly down on the characters, so you shouldn't be able to see as much forehead as even looking straight on. But, even if you had that completely angleless view, your character still has a receding hairline. Again, don't follow the exact proportions of the original sprite, just the basic features. And on that note, IMHO, his hair comes down on his right side and I don't see that in your character.



But, all that aside, it's a strong strong start, and I admire your ambitious choice of the HK for your first sprite. It's definitely a lot of fun and by far my favorite, but there's plenty of spriters here that would consider it a more advanced template. And, my boyfriend would cream himself to hear someone's trying to interpret Tactics, he loves that shit.

Good start, keep going. (`o`)b

Thanks Im going to try to enhance it better.

Thanks everybody