Start of a new template [+half assed example...^_^]

[ultimaodin]

Just started my new template for the winter wondermap contest.

So far I only have a single frame but before I go any further could people please give me some analysis.

The Wass template:



Not much and a tad odd looking but please comment as it's been a very long time since I've made a template and don't have a lot of time to make it in! :lol:

So yeah this post is shot for now.

EDIT: A half assed example by me:

 

[JoshieBoy]

Can you give us an example of what can be made using the template?

 

[ultimaodin]

Suppose I can. Give me a little while though as I'm also trying to work on the step animation. ^_^

I'm too lazy lol, to fix my own shading but:

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp16 ... eframe.png[/imgzoom]

 

[The Data Mage]

Hehe, this looks like a half-kaiser with all the sqishy stuff removed untill a tiny version remains XD

 

[ultimaodin]

Hmmmm sort off, a bit thinner though!
I hate typical proportions!

 

[JoshieBoy]

Ha! that looks great! Keep up the good work!

 

[The Data Mage]

Okay, if you're considdering continuing this, you might want to think about the following:

The arms are the same thickness as the body, any clothing you try to put on him / her (if you make a female) will look extremly destorted as if you were trying to dress a pack of noodles. Feed the poor man a beefburger or two :p

His head is really long. As if its compresed horizontally, this again adds to te noodle man look. Maybe you should drop the forehead a little to stop it looking so pointed.

Hey, its a good start, better than mine maybe lol. Keep it up.I'd like to see it finished as it could be the ballance between the detail of half-kaiser and the size of the rtp.

 

[Despain]

pillowshated

 

[The Data Mage]

Heh, I was sort of thinking that, but using firefox, zoom blurs and I wasn't entirely sure whether it was just the inter-pixel bluring.

Anything else you could advise help for him on?

 

[ultimaodin]

Yep it is pillow shaded. The shirt definately.
That is what occurs when I decide to whip up a sprite in 2minutes. I aint thefastest spriter so I go meh and shove colour on it. I might make a non-half-assed one at sometime. ^_^

@The Data Mage: I was actually going for the arms to be similar thickness, one of my weird distortion ideas.
I will try bringing the forehead down a pixel or two and see if that makes it look less noodlely.
What I am curious about is if the arms are wider should the legs be a bit wider too, as to support he weight or are they fine? :shock:

 

[Erichermit]

Hmm, this looks like it might fit in with the RTP fairly nicely? It might be just a little too thin however.

I like it. It looks better when sprited into a person than I thought it would.

 

[006]

Seems a little too thin, and very unrealistic. I tried bulking up the template a bit.
http://bb.xieke.com/files/Edit.png[/imgzoom]
Though I don't think you'd like the edit, considering the amount of time you've got left.