Rob
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Post by Rob on May 28, 2006 18:51:59 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, I know it's been a long time since I've been here. My personal character sheet V4 WIP:  (Yes Nam I changed the hair. Happy now?) Sonic 3 Style Mario and Luigi V2 WIP:  |
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Post by Gen Gravy on May 28, 2006 19:08:03 GMT -5
Luigi looks too much like Mario.
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Post by Cutter on May 28, 2006 19:28:20 GMT -5
Don't use the line tool for hair. That's my advice, because right now it looks pretty bad.
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Post by White-Jet on May 28, 2006 19:29:43 GMT -5
Luigi needs to be taller and thinner than Mario.
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Post by Gen Gravy on May 28, 2006 20:18:14 GMT -5
Luigi is also supposed to have what looks like an upside-down pear for a head.
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Rob
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Post by Rob on Jan 15, 2009 17:40:44 GMT -5
UPDATE! NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT BIG FOOT SO FUCK HIM!  |
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Post by Zaku on Jan 15, 2009 18:57:00 GMT -5
OOOOKKKK?
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Post by Cutter on Jan 16, 2009 23:19:05 GMT -5
That kind of reminds me. In all this time I've reached the astounding realization that sprites suck. A lot.
drawing ftw
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Post by Rob on Jan 17, 2009 16:32:51 GMT -5
That kind of reminds me. In all this time I've reached the astounding realization that sprites suck. A lot. drawing ftw Isn't that what most of us think? Oh well I figured that it's more rewarding to make your own sprites rather than editing some other persons work. |
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Post by Zaku on Jan 17, 2009 16:40:56 GMT -5
Anyone who says drawing requires more talent than making good custom sprites is a liar.
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Rob
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Post by Rob on Jan 18, 2009 12:05:14 GMT -5
Anyone who says drawing requires more talent than making good custom sprites is a liar. Yeah I know, Fighting sprites is a major example. |
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Post by Cutter on Jan 18, 2009 23:22:39 GMT -5
Anyone who says drawing requires more talent than making good custom sprites is a liar. ... You're joking, right? |
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Post by Zaku on Jan 20, 2009 10:20:44 GMT -5
Anyone can draw. Not everyone can make good custom sprites. Not recolors. Custom sprite sheets.
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Post by Cutter on Jan 21, 2009 1:00:37 GMT -5
Even if you make sprites from scratch there is a significant difference between making good sprites and drawing a good picture. I can't think of any witty examples but sprites are such a limited medium that making good ones is easy. It's like making a picture out of lego blocks. This is especially true if you think about them in terms of how they are utilized. Compare an animated TV show to gameplay footage. That's what comparing sprites to drawings is like. Which one takes more effort? Which one looks nicer?
This is coming from a shitty artist, btw. Even the crap I draw takes more effort then sprites.
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Post by Kyle20 on Jan 29, 2009 13:33:42 GMT -5
As much as I love drawing over sprites now, I agree with Zaku.
You're definitely right that drawing takes a lot of effort, Cutter. You're also right that spriting is a limited medium. Those are both true.
You seem to be missing the concept that a limited medium is usually harder than a medium without strict limits. In terms of making sprite sheets from scratch, you actually do use a lot of the same skills and concepts that a drawer has to. The only difference? The limitation of pixels.
To get the idea, let me name a few other limitations on art that would make being good harder:
-trying to draw with a blindfold on
-trying to draw with only your thumb and pointer finger
-trying to draw a person using only straight, no curved lines
While seemingly irrelevant, those are limitations. Just like spriting. And spriting and drawing are also similar in that making 8-bit sprites can be easier to make look good, while drawing chibi/cartoony can also sometimes be easier.
The more you know, and such.
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