Modding => Spriting => Topic started by: Lijj on January 28, 2013, 08:01:50 pm
Title: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 28, 2013, 08:01:50 pm
Starting tonight I will begin this venture. I have a little bit of work to do but I should have time tonight to begin.
I also thought it might be nice if a couple bold folks with some free time would join me.. If there were 4 or more of us doing a port a day for 7 days we'd have a stockpile of new ports in little time.
Update: This is what we managed to all do:(http://i.imgur.com/XlYIQtu.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on January 28, 2013, 08:18:31 pm
Cool, with this we could add more ports to our Portrait reference sheet. I'll gladly contribute. ;)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on January 28, 2013, 08:36:46 pm
USELESS IDEA THAT WON'T EVER BE DONE
Ports of some of us on FFH?
Like we take a picture or something, then try to make it like an FFT port.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on January 28, 2013, 09:51:25 pm
(My) Day 1 Mix and Match attempt~
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 28, 2013, 10:02:09 pm
Time thief! I like this concept. "Time Thief; the ultimate JOB" (since that's what jobs do is steal your time) :p That looks great.. and that was fast! Thank you for joining MikeMitchi; Now I just finished my day-job for the day and you've given me the extra push I needed. Time to begin. At the end of a week's time I'll update the 1st post with all the creations this generates \o/
Reks: you could certainly post a pic; I'd rather do that than chars from other games/ stories etc. personally I definitely want to mix up the subjects.
All: The more ports the merrier! Join us
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on January 28, 2013, 10:19:09 pm
Lijj you should do Raven for GREAT JUSTICE! I have gotten decent at spriting but I know for a fact and will admit it i suck ass at portraits. I'd complete the sprite if she got a good port
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on January 28, 2013, 11:41:32 pm
Lijj, maybe you could do ports of a few of the concepts that were entered into the spriting competition.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 01:36:44 am
Good idea. I didn't even think about it despite just looking at that thread recently again. I probably will do a couple from there. GS: Your wish is my command.. GS/All: Try to keep all reference pics in spoilers!
Well, here's Day one for me; Raven was a fun subject since I've never used quite a palette:
(http://i.imgur.com/iJQKlqf.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on January 29, 2013, 02:35:01 am
:O It's really nice. I knew all the colors would be an issue, but the portrait itself is really nice. Thanks Lijj.
I'll start work back on the sheet. Gonna make it my avatar with how her skin tone really is. Doubt We'll be able to get it like that in game though because of the difference from her skin and hair..
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on January 29, 2013, 02:55:09 am
Well, since i've no idea what anyone else looks like..... I'll use me. And to make it work, if anyone'd wanna use the port in a sprite, if you don't wanna include my shirt and coat in it, then whatever is easiest for you.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 03:23:44 am
Yeah GS, I had to make the skin more pinkish to blend and share the colors a bit. The ref pic MikeMitchi linked has skin close to it too. I never saw that cartoon. EDIT: Here is a 16 color version, more off-white pale:(http://i.imgur.com/dAxmKLG.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 08:12:06 am
Day 1.5 (http://i.imgur.com/f4se5WQ.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on January 29, 2013, 08:18:36 am
WHAT WICKCOOLNFANTAWESOMG WAS DAT. AwesomEST port I've seen for a long while. I bet Twin would be glad to see that. ;)
The skin tone you used on Raven fits great, Lijj. I tweaked Raven's chin and jaw a bit. What do you think? Note that the colors are disorganized on this one. Leave it if you think it's less better.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 08:21:40 am
I like the shape on that a lot better MikeMitchi; thanks a lot for doing that. Can you post the small one too? Glad you like Samus :D I'm pretty stoked cause I just finished it, but now I have to go to bed and I ate a little too much candy.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on January 29, 2013, 08:36:10 am
This is a pretty nice project, Lijj. Where did you get the inspiration for this from?
Samus looks pretty cool, I guess you could add some shapes(kinda like Worker 8 has), since now it consists of highlights going to darkest colors. I guess take some sleep beforehand though, heh.
Anyway, looking forward to see what you come up with in the upcoming days man.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: philippejugnet on January 29, 2013, 11:16:20 am
can I help you out? "I also thought it might be nice if a couple bold folks with some free time would join me.. " :D folks!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on January 29, 2013, 12:32:26 pm
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on January 29, 2013, 12:39:35 pm
Good job lijj/mike, looks great. Now the pressure is on me! :D
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kaedre on January 29, 2013, 02:04:57 pm
Wonderful work, guys! I admire your talent and motivation to fulfil projects like these. I am not spriting right now, but how the objetive on this issue is to compile some new portraits, i want to contribute with and old one of mine. Its not a very good work, but at least you can understand the concept.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on January 29, 2013, 05:53:44 pm
Kaedre, you know what? I'd use that fo something cool, too. Jot5 peeps would know for sure. The unique eyes looks vile. You broke one rule, though. I can see a nose!
Well that's just fine, bec. it's placed nicely.
@phil Of course!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kaedre on January 29, 2013, 06:50:55 pm
Well, if you really like it, i have a sprite for this portrait. It is an old unfinished project, and you will see that the head is a little diferent, but i think you can use it like a start point.
Maybe you are thinking in a totally different concept for this. In that case you can ignore me, i only try to help you, not to influence you.
P.S: How this space is only for portraits, i posted the sprite in my thread.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 07:35:50 pm
I have to say that dark priest is really interesting Kaedre. I saw the sprite too and it's awesome. Scary looking!
Philippe: Welcome to FFH! So glad you came here for this; I'd be more than honored to see a port or 7 from you! The more the merrier. Nice avatar!
Kagebunji: Not sure the idea floated in my head for a few days before this.. You should kick us down a couple portraits :p
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: jimmyjw88 on January 29, 2013, 07:37:34 pm
This is one interesting project Lijj and great job so far both of you, Lijj & Mike. Keep it up and I'll definitely be looking forward.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 07:41:39 pm
Thanks a lot Jimmy you should join us too, even if you just do a couple it would be great... no one has to do 7. I just set that bar for myself.. I might do more than 7 actually :p.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: philippejugnet on January 29, 2013, 09:25:25 pm
so I'll be the official league of legend portrait creator! EZREAL! (http://i48.tinypic.com/eolc2.png) edit: ty Lijj!!!!!!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 29, 2013, 09:54:51 pm
Whoa! That's really good for a first attempt in this style. Not perfect but if you do a couple more I think you'll be grasping the style perfectly. Thanks a ton for contributing. This is Phil-J from Pixel-J :p, check out his pixel art:http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/35277.htm (http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/35277.htm)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: jimmyjw88 on January 29, 2013, 10:09:02 pm
Lijj ~ Haha. I shall try my best. philippejugnet ~ Ah, a member of Pixeljoint. Great! I've been lurking around there for quite sometime. I think I'll try get a piece of art there for some crit if possible. Haha. And yes, what Lijj said. You grasped the style well. Some refine here and there and you're done.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Jumza on January 30, 2013, 12:04:24 am
Yay League of Legends! <3 That is so awesome... So is everything else people have done so far! Keep up the good work guys :) I might submit something myself if I get around to it...
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 30, 2013, 03:33:02 am
Great, I hope both you two post work! Pixel Joint is like school for pixel art almost.
Oh man Philippe, if you saw my 1st attempt I know you'd laugh. I didn't even know what pixel art was really.
Alright Day 2; put in a long session this evening: (http://i.imgur.com/IpAWugf.gif) & (http://i.imgur.com/n10ymc9.gif) (edited Splinter)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 30, 2013, 03:34:39 am
(http://i.imgur.com/MrcfMHB.gif) Also a little edit of Samus. I just pushed her up so more yellow shows and it breaks the monotony a little I think.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Dome on January 30, 2013, 03:37:24 am
I <3 this topic Keep up the good work guys!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 31, 2013, 03:21:50 am
day 3:
Reks (updated):
(http://i.imgur.com/eQgBeK8.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on January 31, 2013, 06:30:26 am
...
Lijj, you are a divine entity.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Twinees on January 31, 2013, 09:03:02 am
Lijj asked me to join in but im pretty sure I wont have time to do 7. This one took me several hours to do :'(.
Aye, things have been quiet here for far too long.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on January 31, 2013, 03:11:07 pm
I will try doing some stuff too I guess.
Zeiss from Fire Emblem. I gotta admit the palette was a bitch here, I had to drop two skin colors to fit in purples :o
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 31, 2013, 04:32:49 pm
Wehell~ what a glorious surprise. Three joined! I think Phillipe will do one more too (but he just started school today or something).
Hopefully MikeMitchi will donate another too.
Reks: I'm very glad you like it! It was a good challenge for me. Also you posted the perfect reference pics haha. almost perfect lighting and angle.
Twinees: I knew your Fran would blow the Japanese one out of the water, or even the primordial stew/ tar Twin! It really turned out great. Thanks for the compliment on Leo.. Both Leonardo and Splinter are 14 colors as well. Splinter could have easily been done with 11-12 colors even; I was liberal by giving him a separate reds for nose and ears. [see, I told you; if you posted it would inspire more to join :p] The helmet turned out really nice. I like the angle/orientation of the portrait a lot as well.
MÖB!: Glad you are going to do something; even if you just did 1 I'd be elated. Yes, let us give this section life.
Kage: Thanks for posting! Looks great. I can see how squeezing in all those colors would be a challenge.. I barely made it with 16 on Raven for similar reasons; but this one looks even more difficult palette-wise.
Thanks a lot for posting!
Now I just need to come up with a good couple subjects to do next.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Jumza on January 31, 2013, 05:00:10 pm
If you don't know what you want to do next, allow me to make a suggestion...
Nessiah the Blind Prophet from Yggdra / Blaze Union!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on January 31, 2013, 06:31:10 pm
You guys got me inspired. Love the TMNT ports, esp. the details on Splinter. I agree with Mobius as well that the Fran was very beautiful. Nice rendition, Twin. Also, I saw your works on PJ, philippe. Awesome stuffs. ;3
Jimmy, join us nao
Kage, the hair looks great as well as his clothing. I hope you do chars from other FE series too.
(My) Day 2! I am kinda late... Tried doing a custom character. ;D
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on January 31, 2013, 08:30:12 pm
That looks.. Amazing! I like his style.. great hair and good looking eyes; he's got attitude.
Jumza: I'm not sure if I will do that character though I might.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on January 31, 2013, 09:04:31 pm
That weird yugioh looking dude port would be hard as hell. I might do a port but it wont be good.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on January 31, 2013, 09:40:46 pm
Thanks a lot, Lijj!
(My) Day 3 port.
He's one of my original characters from my RM game Konpeki! Cosmic Drama. ;)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Jumza on February 01, 2013, 12:42:17 am
I tried to mix a couple of portraits together to try to make Nessiah, after awhile I stopped and noticed about a billion mistakes.
Chains are too small. Hair looks like a trident. Over 16 colors. etc
If anyone would like to help go for it, but otherwise I'm going to keep goin at it. (http://s17.postimage.org/rypfl0s97/Nessiah_Port.png) (http://s17.postimage.org/ys42tfgnf/Nessiah_Port.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on February 01, 2013, 01:30:58 am
It's a good start! If you're going to keep at it, then it's best to make a new topic for it. Post the finished ones here, or you could also just edit your post. xD
For me, the way to do it is to resize that original Nessiah image such that the face size is similar to that of an FFT port. All you need then is to retrace/recolor it using FFT colors, since from the start, Nessiah's face doesn't even have nose (too small to consider) and eyes. The only real problem would be the colors since you have violet, pink, blue, skin, yellow, and gray.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 03:32:51 am
Glad to see more posts. I don't think I can express the joy it brings me to see a lot of posts. I actually like Gazelle's port overall more. I just like that one. But great job you really put in a session today.
Yeah that is one reason I wasn't interested in doing it(the Blaze Union char.).. so many different colors. I almost feel like there's always a way though with maybe a sacrifice or style adjustment.
Day 4, and I have something. I might do one more tonight, but I did get a late start. It's Caller Rydia but the kid version: EDIT the black strap I was trying to depict looked awkward so I went with the yellow.
(http://i.imgur.com/teZ3BOx.gif)
I used these little rascals for ref mostly:
(http://i.imgur.com/t1xWwsz.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on February 01, 2013, 10:35:25 am
Heh, nice. We have both old and young Rydia now.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on February 01, 2013, 03:25:39 pm
holy SDSSSHhuIITITSDF I love young rydia's hair!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on February 01, 2013, 06:02:30 pm
One thing I'm not sure about is the young Rydia's hair. The second darkest hair shade is too bright and brown, imo. I haven't played FF4 really, so I don't know much about Rydia to begin with. They both look great though. ;)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 07:46:57 pm
Thanks GS. Ah there's the grown version of Rydia.. I knew there was a better version around but could only find the one on the main page, which is ok, but i didn't post cause I knew there was a newer version (I should have looked throught Kage's sprite thread).. Good to see them both together. Yeah I used two skin tones in the hair.. hmm. I did make a lighter/ less desaturated one as well but posted only the more saturated one out of personal taste.. oddly the brighter color fits her map sprite while this one fits her battle sprite's color more:
(http://i.imgur.com/K8k0176.gif) Going for three today. I'm insane and have all the rest of the afternoon and evening free.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on February 01, 2013, 08:29:21 pm
Quote from: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 07:46:57 pm Thanks GS. Ah there's the grown version of Rydia.. I knew there was a better version around but could only find the one on the main page, which is ok, but i didn't post cause I knew there was a newer version (I should have looked throught Kage's sprite thread).. Good to see them both together. Yeah I used two skin tones in the hair.. hmm. I did make a lighter/ less desaturated one as well but posted only the more saturated one out of personal taste.. oddly the brighter color fits her map sprite while this one fits her battle sprite's color more:
(http://i.imgur.com/K8k0176.gif) Going for three today. I'm insane and have all the rest of the afternoon and evening free.
Hmm, a little too much brown on the hair, I'd say.
Kage's Rydia is great, I think it should be like this in a way.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 10:14:13 pm
Thanks for the feedback guys.. I did an adjustment so I don't have to share 2 hair colors with skin. I just had to sacrifice the yellow since I was already at 16 colors:
(http://i.imgur.com/0xdph2H.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on February 01, 2013, 10:26:49 pm
Day 1
A custom character.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2ykx4jc.jpg)
Wanted to experiment with palletes -different- from the mainstream. Going for pale, without looking undead. ;)
Let's see how long I last.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 10:34:19 pm
It looks good to me Mobius. Nice solid shapes and clusters. I'm very glad you're posting. The skin color looks very very good to me. (only the background color is a bit too pale; you can always tell in these forums if it's off by the way it sticks out on the forum page)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: croz on February 01, 2013, 10:45:32 pm
Crozier here, another nomad from Pixeljoint :D Very nice work so far. Nice job Mobius (not a pixel out of place, except for perhaps the 45 degree angle on the bottom left of her hair.) It was interesting, and I kinda strayed from the style a little. Oh well. And this was kind of a self portrait of sorts. Was kinda using everyone's (at least on this page) colors, so I might mess around and make the hair more blonde. (http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/209/tacticsportrait.png) (http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9769/largeportrait.png) -edit- added 2x
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 11:05:36 pm
Thanks for contributing Crozier!
Needs :more: brown outlines though. They actually kind of fade like cell out from 'black' to brown to medium brown. See the portrait ref sheet to see exactly what I mean.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on February 01, 2013, 11:25:13 pm
Quote from: croz on February 01, 2013, 10:45:32 pm Crozier here, another nomad from Pixeljoint :D Very nice work so far. Nice job Mobius (not a pixel out of place, except for perhaps the 45 degree angle on the bottom left of her hair.) It was interesting, and I kinda strayed from the style a little. Oh well. And this was kind of a self portrait of sorts. Was kinda using everyone's (at least on this page) colors, so I might mess around and make the hair more blonde. (http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/209/tacticsportrait.png) (http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9769/largeportrait.png) -edit- added 2x
Nomads from Pixeljoint are always welcome.
I myself am a nomad from TSR, then went to Pixelation and then aimlessly forward to who knows what.
It seems you're beginning to experiment on FFT style. I would say, in a nutshell, that eyes and face configurations are pretty much a golden standart in how they're made. You might just want to copy and paste from other images and tweak, since, they're all pretty much supposed to look similar.
Palletes are also standard. Straying too far and it might look 'off'.
The trick is, to, from minuscule tweak to tweak, get that 'feel' of whomever you want to make. Then there's the hair, in which one has to learn how to properly shade in FFT styles, seems to me that's the hardest part of all.
Remember to have lots of references always and forever, and you got this down.
As for me, I think I'll try monsters tommorow.
There's just something about monsters. So challenging and satisfying. <3
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 01, 2013, 11:37:49 pm
Monsters.. Sweet! Cant' wait
Remember this masterpiece and know there are 3 more just like it on the way:
(http://i.imgur.com/IbiExW9.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: croz on February 02, 2013, 12:40:01 am
Thanks for the cc and tips! It has helped. Ok perhaps a little better. Different hair color, fixed chin, fixed eyes, cut the back of the hair, and other small things. (http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/209/tacticsportrait.png) (http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9769/largeportrait.png) So I still have to learn how to effectively manage this style. My hair is way off style wise, so I may focus on that more tomorrow.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: jimmyjw88 on February 02, 2013, 04:00:55 am
Interesting! More and more posts and members are coming in! Another PixelJoint member! Welcome to FFH! =)
Well, here's my previous work, some may seen before. Nothing too great though.
Day 1 (I guess..)
(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt312/jimmyjw88/Test1-2_zps530156c7.png) (From left; My version of Ike, Marth, & Twinee's version of Ike, which is better than mine)
Hope more to come.
Cheers ~
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Dome on February 02, 2013, 05:16:14 am
FFT: Fire Emblem edition You guys know you want it
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 02, 2013, 06:28:25 am
Excellent to see so many posts so far. I like all the blue haired fellows here. I like the way you shaded the hair on the left-most char.. They're both really good and it's interesting to see both yours and Twinees' next to one another. I wouldn't be able to pick one honestly if I had to.
I'm kind of nervous to post these because I'm pretty out of it right now. I thought I could do 3 tonight but I was dead wrong.. I did two and I'm absolute toast as of now. I also just finished the second one; both took way longer than I expected:
But this one made me laugh a few times while working:
(http://i.imgur.com/ToGd68M.gif)Grendizer
And this one is experimental sort of.. it's based on an original character of mine:
(http://i.imgur.com/TOth0jO.gif)Renza
Also bonus experimental; I always depicted her with ruddy cheecks so:
(http://i.imgur.com/OsCEBaP.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on February 02, 2013, 09:38:11 am
Curse you all for motivating me to do this. I couldn't just keep coming in here and looking at all the amazing ports without being driven to finally redo the first port I ever did. A few of you might remember her in all her horrific glory. Well here's my new try at her using so many other ports as references: Link, Zelda, Etna, Hector, Succubus, Female Oracle, Lightning, some others I don't even know who they were but they looked like they had aspects I wanted...I spent so much time on the hair this time and I still feel like it's all wrong. XD
I don't know what else to say. Here is Teiris, again, 4 years to the day since I joined FFH. I think she's come a long way.
Wanted to experiment with palletes -different- from the mainstream. Going for pale, without looking undead. ;)
Let's see how long I last.
I could see her as some kinda special town's girl, kinda like a hot version of 20 year old girl, heh.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on February 02, 2013, 03:42:41 pm
Great blush effect there Lijj.
I also wanted to try some blush but for some reason, it's like, hard to get it to look 'right'. I abandoned the plan then afterwards, ha.
Well now everyone, behold, day 2:
(http://i47.tinypic.com/2jg5hrb.jpg)
VENUSAUR USED SOLARBEAM!
(http://i47.tinypic.com/23uso61.jpg)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 02, 2013, 04:35:36 pm
So good. I like the palette and how the bulb seems moist and the way it's reflecting the creatures skin. I think Pride and Elric would really love this (Pokemon fans). Both of your ports so far are top-notch... Respect for doing a monster portrait!
Major improvement Celdia: Glad you decided to post here too. \o/
I think I have another pal joining too, one from deviant art I pmed; not sure though. So today will be my day 6. hmm.. what do? Kind of thinking of doing a creepy Pharaoh. We'll see
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on February 02, 2013, 07:23:15 pm
Wow! Lotsa yummy ports!
@Mobius I really like it. Reminds me of Maoyuu Maou Yuusha. I agree with Kage; She's a great replacement for the 20 yr old girl. For the BG I always set it to (HSL) 45-16-60. I think that's the default bg value.
Venusaur looks rad on its own, but I'm not sure if it fits on a FFT-style port. ;)
@Jimmy Ike's port shapes looks great. I wish you could add more colors for the eyes though.
@Lijj Renza.. First when I saw her I was like... Kawaii! But the long neck turned me off. You should change your habit on creating necks LOL. Grendizer? is cool! Great job on him.
@Celdia For your first one, you should have a shading on the transition between the forehead and the hair bangs (use skin tones). Also, it will much much better if the 2nd darkest blue hair color is less saturated and less bright. The second one has those problems too but it also shows on other parts like on the ears. Overall, good start, I must say. ;)
@Croz Looking at lots of references helps a lot. For a start, I suggest "frankenporting". ;)
Tsk.. It's day 6 already? Dang.
Anyway, here's my Day 4 5. Another char from my game. My Day 4 port is somewhere out there. xD Experimented a bit on the colors. Looks Disgaea-ish too me. ;) Never knew I could do things like this.. hihi
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 02, 2013, 08:52:36 pm
That's a nice and unique portrait. I like the yellow beret-thingy and colors.
Blast me! You're right I have a serious problem about necks.
It's like Modigliani's trying to escape from within or something:https://www.google.com/search?q=modigliani&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=8OV&tbo=d&rls=Palemoon:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=AsINUa2QO-G6igLFtIH4CQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAA&biw=1856&bih=977&sei=DsINUZLSOarSiwKRvYD4CA (https://www.google.com/search?q=modigliani&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=8OV&tbo=d&rls=Palemoon:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=AsINUa2QO-G6igLFtIH4CQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAA&biw=1856&bih=977&sei=DsINUZLSOarSiwKRvYD4CA)
So I updated that and I also updated young Rydia to make her a little more chubby faced and childish: (http://i.imgur.com/Ef99Rhy.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: croz on February 02, 2013, 09:57:09 pm
Thanks for the welcome Jimmy. Cool venasuar! Very nice, but the perspective seems odd. And MikeMiTchi, what kind of game are you making?
Anyway, this is what I have for my Day 2 (http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/226/aangpng.png) (http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8028/aangpnglarge.png) Aang from the Last Airbender. I'm yet to watch through the new Korra season. I probably should. And I did use references this time around. And I know I said I was going to work on tactics style hair, but I wasn't feeling in the mood XD Next time I will, I swear! I know the fabric texture and clothing altogether needs some work. If I get time tomorrow I will attempt to fix it.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on February 02, 2013, 10:16:36 pm
It looks good, welcome to FFH, but whats the line of pixels in the middle of his head?
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: croz on February 02, 2013, 11:19:29 pm
I think I had that to show the bump between the two eyes where one's nose would have ended. But seeing that there's no noses in this style I guess it would look best if it wasn't there XD I'll fix it tommorow.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: jimmyjw88 on February 03, 2013, 01:38:34 am
Lijj ~ Thanks Lijj and those looks great but like what Mike has tackled, her neck is kinda long.
Celdia ~ Great to see you posted. Look much improved. Try adding some depths into it.
Mobius ~ Hah! Great Venusaur! Love the palette choice and how you blend, at the same time, distinguish the leaf from its head.
Mike ~ That's an interesting port! Liking the colours. As for Ike, unfortunately I've ran out of limit, hence his eyes.
croz ~ Looks good. You have the basics and style on. Add some darker shades onto his cloth would be good.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Twinees on February 03, 2013, 09:44:34 am
Oh wow, cool stuff guys. This is great. I will have to work on my day 2.
Smash: The pale blonde is just beautiful, I love the skin tone and the blues especially. Venusaur is just lawl because its so great, and I love how you handled the petals (though the nostrils seem slightly off center).
Lijj: Rydia's update to her neck looks so much better <3! Grendizer is cool, not sure where hes from but the mouth reminds me of a predator. And Renza is cool too, I love how you handled the reddy colours.
Croz: The improvement from your first to your second portrait is substantial and you are definitely on the right path (not to mention the last airbender is a favourite show of mine)! The eyes are much more FFT style and the bald head is cool, you really are on the right track.
Mr. Bunji: Zeiss looks cool, though the armour reminds me more of clothing rather than metal. You probably could've worked some browns in his hair colour to open up the palette for the skin but nonetheless, nice.
MikeMitchi: All your portraits are great! I love the blue palette of Eliezer's hair, though Gazelle's face angle compared to his body angle confuses me. But Selena is so cool, the green palette is great but I'd like to see more done with the beret if possible. Love how you are making original characters.
Celdie: Much improved from the old, what you've perfected though is the face shape, it really is perfect. The hair palette and shading in some areas is okay. I'd really like to see more from you~
Jimmy: Garnet is great, the shading and choice of colour is what caught might eye. The face position is okay, it was bold and you pulled it off I think. You could probably remove the slight smile from her mouth and it would work better. Great job with the yes.
More to come from me but I'm undecided on what to do next.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on February 03, 2013, 11:11:13 am
Thank you all for the feedback. And here I thought no one had anything to say. I guess I was just being anxious.
@Mobius: I have been remiss in not saying so earlier but your pale girl is beautiful. Venusaur is also great. Didn't expect to see him in here. XD
@Mike: I love the hat on her. Berets make me squee in general about cuteness. I think the colors are just fine and I'm not a fan of yellows to begin with.
@Lijj: I love the small modifications to Young Rydia. I didn't mention what it seemed like everyone else had already said about the first post of her, but those tiny changes make her look infinitely better. You nailed it with that one.
@Croz: Any character I can recognize without being told who it is is a damned fine start. Some detail work there will make that one look a whole lot better. Listen to the masters here - they won't steer you wrong.
@Jimmy: Dat Garnet. Breathtaking...and I rather liked the first attempt back when I first saw it.
As for making changes to mine, I'd realized after I posted it that I didn't really finish her bangs and completely forgot shading in the middle there. Dunno if anyone caught the in-between fix I did and uploaded as my avatar there for a bit I tried a quick-fix on that. Then I saw Mike's submission today and thought to myself "Yes, that's more what I wanted there" and tried a variation on that. So here's the current version I'm at and I'm actually happy with this one.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 03, 2013, 06:01:14 pm
I took the Sabbath yesterday.. I barely started one then just got really drowsy and decided I needed a day off and it was Saturday.. so perfect. I was lacking creative drive anyway so I'm glad I didn't force it.. Tonight will be healthier for continuing this project.
Comments:
Celdia: I like the update of Teiris. There is one little line on the hair that is kind of banded and its was such a simple edit I just edited it cause it was easier to do that than explain.. (http://i.imgur.com/yZTVz21.png) I also pecked at it a tiny bit in a couple other places but it's barely noticable.
JimmyJW: Glad to see another post from you and it's pretty awesome. I like that you did it from the side and her thoughtful; meditative pose. Great highly custom stuff!
Crozier: Looking really good and yes as others have said.. Substantial in its improvement already. I can actually see where you came from putting the line there, between the eyes; but in this style it would probably look better plain.. though it could work with that head shape I reckon. Well other than the clothes which look unfinished.
Everyone else: Thanks a bunch for the feedback and I hope to see more :D Glad you guys like my little Rydia hehehe!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 03, 2013, 09:29:03 pm
Ok late but here's what I'll deem yesterday's; Adol from Ys:
(http://i.imgur.com/MboAra2.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: croz on February 03, 2013, 09:57:29 pm
Comments:
@Jimmy, very nice! But I think the hairline is too apparent (if that makes sense). @Celdia, not bad. Not bad. Highlights on the hair might be a little strong. @lijj, no flaws I can see. But your necks might just be a little thin for my taste.
And here's a gria, for my Day 3. (http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8296/gria.png) (http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/253/grialarge.png) -edit-changed some facial proportions and hair color. Funny how you notice a bunch of mistakes right after posting, right XD -and another edit... Made face just a wee bit smaller, added some eyelashes, and a little more shading on the face.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on February 03, 2013, 11:16:24 pm
Thank you for the edit, Lijj. ^_^ I think hair will forever be my bane when it comes to these things and the shading changes you made elsewhere just seem so obvious after seeing them that I don't get why I didn't think of them myself. -_- Though I did try something very similar to what you did above the ear and it didn't look right when I did it. The changes to the hair in the top right corner were something I was struggling with and admittedly I just gave up on by the end deciding I couldn't make it look right. I really didn't think to use that shade of grey to round it out. I will forever be amazed what a few little pixels can change.
Additional: Adol looks great.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 04, 2013, 12:24:38 am
Glad you like the super minor edit. It can show a lot more than babbling on about smoothing pixels etc.
Today's: A generic archetypical wizard who needs a pipe: (http://i.imgur.com/eYDhQ35.gif)
I had it wrong.. tomorrow afternoon/eve will be 7 days, so I'll do one more then I think I'm done. It's been great practice thus far.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on February 04, 2013, 12:53:04 am
Today's: A generic archetypical wizard who needs a pipe: (http://i.imgur.com/eYDhQ35.gif)
I had it wrong.. tomorrow afternoon/eve will be 7 days, so I'll do one more then I think I'm done. It's been great practice thus far.
Damned be this telepathy thing!
I was just doing Gandalf, ser! *Rage*
But damn it actually looks so good. Great job.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on February 04, 2013, 01:09:58 am
Ah, Adol. Kinda sucks he is a silent protagonist, but I like how it turned out, good job man. Change Wizard's hat to grey, and e have an awesome Gandalf Grey, heh.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 04, 2013, 02:45:18 am
Aw dangit! I didn't meant to psychically vamp your idea :p.. If the next one I do turns out to be pretty much the same idea then.. I'll freak out; that'd be spooky. But, it would be cool to see another old man. We don't have enough of them; you can still do Gandalf. maybe a side-view or something. Glad you like it.
Kage, Thank you.. you're right I didn't really think of him that way. Then again, I've only played Ys III and that was like 15 yrs ago... Fun game
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on February 04, 2013, 05:39:38 am
@jimmy Unconventional port there. I like what you did to her hair. Not sure if you got the right face shape for that angle though. It appears like she has a nose. ;D
@twin yeah, I noticed that as well. Gonna fix that. EDIT: Fixed!
@celdia GJ! I like the improvement on her. Keep it up. Still, I can imagine a better port if the hair colors had more contrast on them.
@croz Hmm.. I can't say they are good as of now, but keep going. Eventually, when you grasp the style, you'll do just great. ;)
@lijj Great as usual. Adol's eyebrow needs more attitude! Also, I see what you did there to the wizard! You hid his neck!
Day 6. 2nd Mix and Match attempt. Proof that all you need to have is the reference sheet (mostly for beginners), to easily create your own port. No custom parts here. All are taken from the reference sheet. I used 9 different ports for reference.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: jimmyjw88 on February 04, 2013, 07:50:05 pm
Lijj ~ Great job. Yes, we have GANDALF!! Lol.
Mike ~ That's one great mix and match. Yes, totally agreed. This show anyone can play around with the existing to make your own custom. There's no need to make custom part to be custom. Well done. As for Garnet, yes she does has a nose =)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 04, 2013, 10:26:20 pm
I think this is technically 7 days since I first posted.. but I will post 1 or two more. And anyone willing to post more great; I kinda hope this thread lingers on for a bit.
Mitchi: Good job! I would guess it's at least partially custom; well put together. I will try to give Adol more 'tude (at least in the eyebrows), and post along with day 7's; but I might have to delay day 7. I'm not sure if I will have time today to do anything. And yes.. no neck, no problem.
Jimmy: Ty.. glad you like him. The old man/gandolf clone was good practice.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on February 04, 2013, 11:14:55 pm
Hey, how about making a chart listing all the portraits everyone made all lined up from one to seven on the first page?
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 05, 2013, 02:30:56 am
I will definitely do that but was going to let it linger on for a couple more days in hopes of gathering a little more.. But I can just put up a big image and edit it if more are added later. So I will do that tonight/ early morning.
Day 7.25 (just messing around with the concept); Crazy old time mage with a typical wizard hat. Just a hat edit of the last one:
(http://i.imgur.com/3AUk7ke.gif)
And very light Adol edit (eybrows and a tiny bit elsewhere):
(http://i.imgur.com/RTCbZTe.gif)
Edit: I forgot I edited the lines on this guys forehead a bit too: (http://i.imgur.com/g4hbofH.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on February 05, 2013, 10:19:34 am
Now that my long weekend is over, the stage is closed for me. Thanks for the comments guys, I really appreciate them. :)
Lijj, I like those star shapes on that hat. Nice details. On Adol, although his eyebrow is more noticeable now, it could still be better if it's one shade darker.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on February 05, 2013, 01:01:23 pm
Well, this sure was an interesting week, heh. It was awesome seeing all the new and cool pieces here.
I could definitly see more of such things happening, heh.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on February 05, 2013, 02:32:26 pm
Bearded alma? Oh you didn't...
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 05, 2013, 06:44:25 pm
heheh.. freaky bearded Alma is freaky.
Alright I will post a list of all contributions later.. I need to meet someone and do a lil work but once I'm done I will do it. I hope to see 1 or 2 more before then. I managed to finish who I started last night as well... so late day 7:
Cool-cool-Cool-x AKA Culex; just look at that million-dollar smile: EDIT( acouple of things): (http://i.imgur.com/8pCDvdL.gif)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 06, 2013, 06:55:21 am
Welcome to FFH and feel free to post anytime.. you did well. I think you could grasp it quickly.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on February 06, 2013, 10:42:17 am
I would like to welcome all the new members that joined recently here. It's always awesome to see new faces, heh.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on February 06, 2013, 12:25:26 pm
See new faces. New portrait thread. I see what you did there, Kage.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 06, 2013, 05:14:59 pm
:more: :more: :more: Phil-J, Croz, Jean D'Eve, .. indeed, thanks a lot for joining and the posts.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on February 08, 2013, 09:57:34 am
Heh, isn't her hair facing different directoin in your portrait? Anyway, I like the flower in her hair, looks cute. I could give you better advices through editing your port to show you some basic FFT style principles, let me know on the PMs if you are interested.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kagebunji on February 08, 2013, 10:12:45 am
I was saying it based on reference art you posted, and clearly it is different there. It may be different in-game, but when looking at the ref it's wrong, heh.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on February 08, 2013, 01:55:35 pm
I like the idea of Momohime in FFT style. That's a good first attempt by any standards, I'd think. Of course I'd like to see it refinished with the proper proportions and whatnot for FFT style but I'm always like that.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: 3lric on February 08, 2013, 03:57:27 pm
Aww why did he remove it?
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 08, 2013, 04:10:59 pm
Evegun! :_(
Oh yeah: (http://i.imgur.com/RlBSLEK.gif) Oh my gawsh Only 11 colors
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on February 08, 2013, 07:48:52 pm
Obviously you need to give him a rainbow bandana now.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: jimmyjw88 on February 08, 2013, 08:29:19 pm
Hah, looks like I couldn't make it in time. Oh well, it was fun to see new members and all the new portraits. Great job everyone, and thanks to Lijj for creating such project.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: MiKeMiTchi on February 08, 2013, 09:04:22 pm
Yeah. This thread motivates me to do some pixel art during my free time. I learned few new tricks here. Thank you very much, Lijj, and to everyone who participated.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on February 09, 2013, 05:15:06 am
That'd be rad :lol: :lol: you're welcome for the thread/challenge folks. I can put all the pics together now:http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=9492.0 (http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=9492.0)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on February 09, 2013, 07:56:49 pm
Lijj: I'm just that simple ^^. Thanks for it, by the by.
Celdia: That'd be great, though I'd prefer a brick-red bandana instead. Or maybe burgundy? I love burgundy.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: 3lric on February 09, 2013, 11:54:14 pm
WOW, Just looked at the OP and I didn't even see half of these when this was going on.
Amazing job everyone! And a HUGE thanks to Lijj for this, its given some much needed life to the spriting section.
The Time Mage ports are awesome, I LOVE the thought of Ninja turtle sprites as well. And Culex, altho a bit obscure, is great.
I could go on and comment on every one, but I won't.
Great job again everyone, hopefully we can have another one of these in the near future.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on February 10, 2013, 01:27:04 am
(http://i42.tinypic.com/9gc3di.jpg) Lord Clarion Gunvald
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2isqs5.jpg) Lady Eydis Gunvald
(http://i40.tinypic.com/1h2nhe.jpg) Zombie enemy
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on May 09, 2013, 01:18:36 am
Lady Eydis....oh my.... <3
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: GeneralStrife on May 09, 2013, 01:27:56 am
Don't know who she is but dat armor..
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Angel on May 09, 2013, 02:44:24 am
I really like Alicia's expression. :o
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Dome on May 09, 2013, 04:50:11 am
I wish there was a full sprite for the zombie It would be instantly used in every patch xD
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kaedre on May 10, 2013, 10:25:34 pm
I only log in to praise Mobius. What an incredible work! :wark: :wark: :wark:
He combines the high technical quality proper of a machine with the finesse and sensibility of an artist. I wish to be half as good as him. :(
P.S: Have some of these portraits its corresponding sprites?
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on May 10, 2013, 11:12:31 pm
Hopefully all of them will.
And these are just 5 of 20 (6 with my avi) of the sprite/portrait batch im planning for a project of mine. The sprites on my signature are that of Eleanor and Sir Alistair Agnarsson, the latter has no portrait yet.
So, hopefully all of them will.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Kaedre on May 11, 2013, 07:07:06 pm
Looks that you have a well-thought story planned for this characters. Even the names sounds cool. If you are working in a patch, i am sure that it will be great. (at least in storyline and spriting) Please share if you can fulfill it! You can count that everybody here will enjoy it.
P.S: Don't let Jot5 intimidates you. (^_^)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on May 11, 2013, 07:35:43 pm
I'm super exited about Mobius' patch and those portraits are so epic.
It should inspire, not intimidate. I have something to post; since Jot5 Ch. 1 has been out for a bit.. maybe once we get a little more posted here (hint hint Twin and others) I will update the portrait ref sheet:
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on May 11, 2013, 07:54:01 pm
Lookie who turned out to be one of the lead spriters in Jot5. Hehe.
My favorite has to be the bandana girls in the 3rd row. Def.
Quote from: Kaedre on May 11, 2013, 07:07:06 pm Looks that you have a well-thought story planned for this characters. Even the names sounds cool. If you are working in a stand-alone game, i am sure that it will be great. (at least in storyline and spriting) Please share if you can fulfill it!
Fixed. ;)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on May 11, 2013, 08:20:27 pm
^^ the new squire female it is.. Hopefully by chapter 2 we can get rid of my old black mages (hint hint Atma lol). I gave them new ports and palettes but the sprites are the same old ones I made. Other than that all the sprites are fresh (including brand new white mages and geomancers). Oh, and the chemists are just edits of the originals I should have mentioned.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on May 11, 2013, 08:26:44 pm
No not the squires.. She looks like an elementalist/geo or something.
5th row it is then.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on May 11, 2013, 08:32:04 pm
ah, that's the male geomancer.. they both look completely different in design than the vanilla ones sprite-wise. The male was made 100% from scratch arms and all, and the female was made from scratch except for the arms which came from the original version of something.. I can't remember what though right now.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Choto on May 11, 2013, 09:37:47 pm
Unexpectedly.. I have something to contribute to this topic =)
This is my first attempt at a portrait, so i'm sure it has some flaws that you pro's could point out to me.. Whachu tink mon?
Also, both of your artwork is a great example to follow, <3 you're guys' work
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on May 11, 2013, 10:04:52 pm
Certainly a lot better than my first attempt ever was, Choto. She looks a little off because of the head tilt [that always makes the neck look too long/wide to me] but overall I like her.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Mobius on May 11, 2013, 10:30:50 pm
She looks like Lady Margaery Tyrell form Game of Thrones. :)
The pixels themselves are good, if not a little too smooth. Eye-to-mouth distance could be longer too.
In order: Eleanor Garanthir, Alicia, male Knight, male Dragoon Lord Clarion Gunvald, Lady Eydis Gunvald, Liege Lord Halldor Gunvald, Zombie. Special thanks to Jumza for the Dragoon. Mine's just a tweaked version of his original.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on May 11, 2013, 10:44:38 pm
Both the Gunvalds are great! He's truly a northern warrior; oh how I hope to see these characters come to life.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: CONMAN on May 15, 2013, 03:47:32 pm
I love this thread, and it reminds me of my real lack of port/general art skills :oops:. Liege Lord Halldor Gunvald- Good god this port is amazing!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on May 18, 2013, 02:49:51 am
My homework's late.. hmm I'll just turn it in here :lol:.
finally an update for that oracle:(http://i.imgur.com/oVcQxAH.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/2mMBAUu.gif). I'm not sure why I never bothered to update it before; Mitchi asked me to do this a couple weeks ago. And before then it just slipped my mind. I guess I thought it had been handled & had too many other things to focus on.
Here's the one that's been on the sheet since JOT5 started taking off. (http://i.imgur.com/NB6pLBx.gif)
and if you want to see how I was (how long ago was it I 1st joined?); my first attempt:
(http://i.imgur.com/ds9uh5v.gif) :shock:
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on May 18, 2013, 03:05:20 am
@jimmy Unconventional port there. I like what you did to her hair. Not sure if you got the right face shape for that angle though. It appears like she has a nose. ;D
@twin yeah, I noticed that as well. Gonna fix that. EDIT: Fixed!
@celdia GJ! I like the improvement on her. Keep it up. Still, I can imagine a better port if the hair colors had more contrast on them.
@croz Hmm.. I can't say they are good as of now, but keep going. Eventually, when you grasp the style, you'll do just great. ;)
@lijj Great as usual. Adol's eyebrow needs more attitude! Also, I see what you did there to the wizard! You hid his neck!
Day 6. 2nd Mix and Match attempt. Proof that all you need to have is the reference sheet (mostly for beginners), to easily create your own port. No custom parts here. All are taken from the reference sheet. I used 9 different ports for reference.
Holy shit, that's amazing.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: soxbaseball0328 on August 25, 2013, 04:04:45 am
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on March 27, 2014, 07:23:21 pm
I don't need much push haha.. I probably will make it since it would be a super easy edit.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Luiakyn on March 27, 2014, 09:03:28 pm
These are really amazing. I remember you coming to the site some time ago, and quickly became an awesome FFT spriter.
I've used you(lijj) as an example in rl and irc of how you can begin "unfavorably", and then become one of the best -- if not the best :P And you did so pretty fast. Excellent work :)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Angel on March 27, 2014, 11:44:35 pm
Lijj is definitely among the best and most talented artists on the site, for sure. Easily in the top 3 spriters I am familiar with. Wonderful work, Lijj!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on March 28, 2014, 01:03:54 am
D'awww, he's adorable, Lijj! Definitely interested in seeing a concept for the sprite itself.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on March 28, 2014, 08:30:26 am
;) :oops: ;) :oops: ;) :oops: ;) You are far too kind <3 Toshiko, Celdia and Luiakyn.
(http://i.imgur.com/iCcSE9J.png)_(http://i.imgur.com/ibAZxuc.png) I went ahead and finished the sheet since it was just drawing head frames and messing with the palette.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Angel on March 28, 2014, 09:01:39 am
Oooooh~ I really like that second palette. Good stuff!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Jumza on March 28, 2014, 10:09:59 am
:O Great stuff Lijj! This is awesome :)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: 3lric on March 28, 2014, 11:48:31 am
Wooooo! New mime for Jot5 \o/
Awesome stuff Lijj!
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on March 28, 2014, 04:16:30 pm
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on March 28, 2014, 09:25:26 pm
Yeayah.. we have a male and female set now; always exiting. It's funny, I didn't plan on actually making the sprite. But since Kage asked :)... there it is.
I'll palette it up proper soon and apply the portrait.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on March 29, 2014, 12:35:03 am
Quote from: Lijj on March 28, 2014, 09:25:26 pm Yeayah.. we have a male and female set now; always exiting. It's funny, I didn't plan on actually making the sprite. But since Kage asked :)... there it is.
I'll palette it up proper soon and apply the portrait.
I tried applying the portrait and realized you used a lot of the mantle colors in and around the eyes. I rigged it a bit so there wasn't much color used from the clothes on the face and tried working up a few palettes for my color patterns in CCP2.
The 6th one was my first go and then I realized that the mantle needs to be darker than the shirt.
(http://i.imgur.com/2KMLzCA.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on March 29, 2014, 01:38:36 am
Those look great. I'm glad you have special palettes. I like the bright green you use, as opposed to the olive drab in FFT, in your other CCP palettes. Oh but damn! I made little edits to the portrait yesterday; though they're just a few pixels here and there.
Here it is; though the difference is subtle:
I THINK there's a spare color so you could separate it more to further its tweakability... in rush now so I can't double check.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Seushiro on March 29, 2014, 05:18:52 am
I noticed that while messing with the colors for the hair the costume ended up getting sabotaged and for the front walking animations the top of his head was chopped at the top compared to his first frame so fixed and fixed. Enjoy recoloring again and returning your watermark since i used the default mime....
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Reks on March 29, 2014, 08:40:09 am
All of this spriting activity.
Makes me think of a revival movement.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on March 30, 2014, 01:27:57 am
I took Seushiro's fixes and applied my palettes and port edit to it. Doing so made me realize I'd messed up something on the last one with the colors but it's all fixed now.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Seushiro on March 30, 2014, 03:32:37 am
Nice coloring done Celdia I'm liking the second set of your palettes. It reminds me of that traitor Algus but with better colors.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on March 30, 2014, 10:46:06 pm
Thanks for catching that Seushiro... I messed up there :oops:. There was a line on the singing frame's hair that was off so I have a fix for Celdia's version too. I really like that wintery palette!
(http://i.imgur.com/xSM7Tsn.png)
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Celdia on March 30, 2014, 11:56:11 pm
Ah, thank you both. Lovely palettes, Lijj. That 5th one is a better use of brown than I think I would have managed. It has this kind of autumn-meets-winter thing going on.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Seushiro on March 31, 2014, 01:08:02 am
I'm really liking how you went about this entire sprite and concept Lijj but, I have just one request. If the back facing hair can be redone cause it looks like a flying piece of hair on a bald scalp.... I tried... but my hair skills in spriting just go exaggerated.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: Lijj on March 31, 2014, 09:12:39 pm
Hmm the scarf collar thing isn't helping with that.. I may take a crack at it later.
Title: Re: 7 portraits in 7 days
Post by: soxbaseball0328 on July 12, 2019, 07:05:06 am
Been a hot minute since I've been able to jump back into this... Anyone know if Mobius made sprite sheets for the characters in this thread? They're all gorgeous especially Lady Eydis Gunval