Street Fighter's Guile WIP (RTP)

[Armor King 108]

Okay, I've been working on a sprite for Guile of Street Fighter. I was using Storekeeper01 as a base, because Guile's quite the muscular guy...I haven't gotten around to Camo-ing his pants, and his boots aren't the right color, and he doesn't have his American Flag tatoos yet. The main problem though, is his hair...

I just can't get it to look right. I can't seem to make the colors look right...
Also, do you think his hairline is too high? I think it might be, but I'm not sure.

Here's the sprite:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ ... ebase4.jpg[/IMG]

Okay, so I went and worked on it some more, I haven't messed with the hair yet, I can't figure out what the deal is.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ ... ebase5.jpg[/IMG]

Update: The sprite is now "completed":

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ ... ebase6.png[/IMG]

Like I said, I need to recolor his boots, pants, and give him his USA tatoos, but the hair is still the biggest problem...it looks kinda bad. Also, I think his legs look pretty weird in the sideview, especially when walking.

And here's the reference pic I've been using:

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http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ArmorKing108/StreetFighter/Guile-Portrait.jpg[/IMG]

It's Guile's buddy Charlie!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ ... iebase.png[/IMG]

I'm using Thief01 as the base, because his outfit seemed rather close to Charlie's. I really need to work on the hair, it bothers me.

 

[Armor King 108]

Added a "completed" sprite.

 

[Kuri$u]

Hehe, that's cute.
Considering to make whole Street Fighters sets?

Overall. I think its good.

 

[Armor King 108]

I honestly wasn't expecting someone to call Guile "cute"...Heh, that's just how the chibi style of the RTP is!

I do intend on making a few more Street Fighter character sets...
Gotta make Guile's buddy Charlie...and I intend on making a "karate guy" sprite and edit it to make Ryu, Ken, Dan, Akuma, and maybe Sean, but I haven't really played Street Fighter 3, so I probably won't make any charactersets for those characters...

But don't expect anything anytime soon. I don't make sprites very often and they usually take me a while.

Oh, and thanks for the compliment, this is only like, my 3rd sprite. (I may post the others in time)

 

[$t3v0]

upload your sprites as .PNGs please! It gives us the chance to analyse your work properly and give you feedback if needed.

With graphics, you should always really avoid .JPEG, It compresses the image and lowers quality of colour and other various factors.

 

[Armor King 108]

Huh, I didn't realize they were .JPGs...I saved them as .BMPs before.

I usually do use .PNG, but I was copying and pasting colors from other pictures, and the colors were turning out wrong, so I saved it as a .BMP.

I went and changed the "completed" sprite to .PNG, and I can tell it looks it better. I guess I just wasn't paying attention.


I also went and added Charlie. This topic is about Guile, but these two are buddies and have lots of moves in common and stuff.

 

[Mea]

Only suggestion I can offer on Guile is to move hte eyebrows one pixel down to make him look meaner. He looks pretty good.

As for Charlie, the clothes look good, but that hairis goonna be a pain, especially from the front, what with those ultra pointy bangs of his. Don't know if this will help but someone did a Microhero of him which did semi-decent job of translating the bangs to a front view. Not the best, but I think it's the only front view I've been able to find.

 

[Armor King 108]

Thanks Mea, that's a good reference for Charlie's wacky hair.

...so I went and used that picture as a reference, and came up with this.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ ... rliev3.png[/IMG]

I like the hair a lot better now, but something still bothers me. Maybe I should use a different palette for his hair? The thing is, I got the colors for his hair, vest, and pants from his victory portrait in Street Figher Alpha 3. That doesn't mean that I have to use that palette.


Anyway, I kinda noticed that I made a little mistake. Storekeeper01 is too buff for Guile.

Charlie and Guile are quite similar in height, but look at my sprites!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ ... harlie.png[/IMG]

Now, look at their sprites from Street Fighter Alpha:

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http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/ArmorKing108/StreetFighter/dualblitz.gif[/IMG]

They are about the same height and their muscles are about the same size...

I think the main problem is Guile. Storekeeper01 seems more fitting for someone like Zangief or T. Hawk. Then again, Thief01 seems to be a teenager, and Charlie ain't a teenager.

I'm not sure what to do...Oh well, whatever.