My First Sprite

[DigitizedGamer]

I was working on this for most of this night. >_< Phew... so much work... ._. and it's still pretty unfinished. But hey, at least it's something right? Umm... self-critique?

Well, it seems to lack more shading to add for sophistication. I think that's about it really. >_< I do need to make an idle sprite I suppose because otherwise it's just going to start off with one foot in the air. There's also something about the shoe that bugs me in the 2nd and 3rd frames.



And yes, there are in fact 6 frames and, yes, it is in fact 75 pixels high. I changed the scripting to allow for it.

 

[Jason]

You do realise you've repeated two of the frames, right ? So you could just use it as a 4-frame animation, lol.

And it lacks ALOT of shading by the look of it, but it's hard to tell, could you please add imgzoom tags ?

[.imgzoom]imagehere[./imgzoom]

So we can see more.

 

[DigitizedGamer]

You do realise you've repeated two of the frames, right ? So you could just use it as a 4-frame animation, lol.

And it lacks ALOT of shading by the look of it, but it's hard to tell, could you please add imgzoom tags ?

[.imgzoom]imagehere[./imgzoom]

So we can see more.

Heh, yeah, I know ^^' it's too smoothen the animation though, because otherwise, it would go through the first four, and then immediately jump from right leg being in the air to left leg. =\ So, by repeating the two frames (backwards) it lets it go from right leg to left leg without jumping.

And yeah, it does... =\ hmm... I added the zoom tags, but when you zoom it, it looks all blurry is it supposed to be like that? >_<

 

[Jason]

But it doesn't do that, does it ? I thought it goes 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4, y'know, those being the frames of the characterset.

And it only goes blurry if you're using Firefox or some other browsers, cause they've got Antialias filtering turned on, lol. I'm using Opera so it's fine for me, lol.

Hmm, so now for some C&C...

Your colours are too bright, unless you were going for this look, I don't know, although I would recommend losing a little contrast.

The hair... the outline seems really thick in places, and you've for 90 degree curves, it looks like a lego block is resting on the top of his hair, lol. And on the left, it just seems REALLY odd with the outline.

As for the clothes, well I think you could maybe add an extra shade into the pants, find a lighter colour for the highlights, and use the colour you have now (The lighter colour) as a midtone, so the highlights don't stick out and poke you in the face, try to make it blend nicely, try this with the shirt too.

The shoes REALLY need some colour, even if you're having them white, you can't have them PURE white now, can you ? since it makes them stick out way too much.

I think the best thing to do, would be to open up RMXP (I assume you're using it ?), and look at how the hair and clothes of the RTP characters are shaded, and try to apply it into your own sprites. If this doesn't help you too much, and no one has offered advice etc. by tomorrow, I'll maybe give you a hand with it (I'd do it tonight, but it's 3:50am, gonna' get myself off to bed in a minuite)

 

[DigitizedGamer]

Ah I see cool.

Heh, yeah, you're right about the shoes. xD I kind of want to add something to them though. I wanted sneakers, yes... though I wanted them to be a bit complex. >_< Hmm, I am thinking about going with "plain" white now though. I guess I did forget about the shading for the shoes. xD Haha... ok, yeah, I'll work on that.

For the colors, hmm, yeah, I guess I should probably tone it down a bit. Ok, I guess I can work on that. =)

Umm, yeah, don't worry about giving me a hand at it either. >_< I just don't want to see effort go to waste, and I'm really just sort of getting a feel for spriting/scripting before I start my project. I don't really have any compromises as of yet, so... at the moment, I'd rather just continue getting a feel for this before I actually begin. Once I begin, and have really set my heart into it... and have most of the things planned out, then I'll definitely allow others. Though, for now, I just want to take it a bit easy.

What I mainly did was initiated by looking at the KH: CoM sprites (Sora sprite in this case). I kind of want to focus on that kind of look and size as opposed to the standard. x_x

And yeah, don't worry about the whole 1 2 3 4, because I scripted it so that it instead went 1 2 3 4 5 6. =) (Basically, I can have as many columns and rows as I want, for now, so long as I maintain consistency with the script; modifying it with every column/row I add).

Umm, also, my intended look was suppose to be this... well, at least as a base I guess. >_< I just always have trouble doing the hair because it's meant to be pointy sort of:

Spoiler

 

[Velocir_X]

I ditto JBrist,
Also:
The shirt is pillowshaded

 

[DigitizedGamer]

*sigh*

Well, I kind of got something here... I've updated it. >_< Though, it still needs work, I think.



I've changed the pants color =) I think the pants definitely look a lot better. I had forgotten about that pocket though... ah well, I'll just add that tomorrow. It's getting rather late here.

I really feel that the hair definitely needs fixing. I just kind of wish I knew how to make that "spikes-point-counter-clockwise" hair style. I'll get better at that though. I just need to practice sprite-making more. =)

 

[Velocir_X]

Looks much better, but the shirt is still pillowshaded, you should adress that

 

[DigitizedGamer]

Hmm... yeah... I know... I just don't know how to go about shading it I guess. >_< And it ends up being pillow shaded (because I figure the light from above shines down on it, making it bright near the center and kind of darkish around the edges sort of... wouldn't it? Especially with the arms and stuff causing slight shadows).



This is pretty much the update... I didn't get to work on it too much today =\

Eh, quick question... umm... would this be more appropriate to place in the sticky that says "small stuff"? I think I should have done that to start off with. =\

Oh yeah, and update:

- I added idle front and back sprites. (Once again, the animation works since I'm modifying the script as I go along)
- I worked on the shading sort of.
- I guess I did add a zipper and pocket... (actually, that reminds me... >_>)
- Hair cut

 

[boon]

Alright, I've made a large edit to your piece. Your palette is... way overdone. Now it's too contrasted and too bright, it needs a lot of work. Here's my attempt, below, compared with your original.

 

[Velocir_X]

Alright, I've made a large edit to your piece. Your palette is... way overdone. Now it's too contrasted and too bright, it needs a lot of work. Here's my attempt, below, compared with your original.

added imgzoom :D

 

[DigitizedGamer]

Wow, amazing!

Thanks guys. I'll try and get working on the hair.