First {and probably only} Sprite

[thechancellor]

This is a simple recolored frankensprite. Wiegraf's head with brown hair, and Zalbag's body with colors influenced from Dycedarg's Robe. The sprite is fully functional in-game with only minor graphical tweaks to be made. They're hardly noticeable though. I hope it's a contribution worthy of being submitted. Let me know if you guys like it. His name is Oswyn.

[Cheetah]

Nice frankensprite. Great color choice. Change up the portrait a little to make it a bit more original.

[mav]

Wowzers, I freaking like the way this thing looks. A lot. Beautiful color choices. I second Cheetah's suggestion to change up the portrait. All he really needs is a different hair style and set of eyes and he'll look brand new. Great work, first timer, I suggest doing a couple more sprites, cause this turned out pretty dang nice.

[GeneralStrife]

Zalbag's secret brother maybe?

[thechancellor]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I thought of making something more original with the portrait, but to be honest, I got lazy. This sprite will be my main character for the project I'm taking on, so I have very little concern with regards to originality as I won't be using this sprite in a FFT game. If someone wanted to work on the portrait and repost, that would be awesome. I might consider making some changes tomorrow morning if the motivation kicks back in.

[mav]

Here's a quick headswap for the portrait. I made this head for a different custom character, but that sprite was never completed nor was this head used. You can have it, if you want. I didn't reduce the colors yet though.
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[GeneralStrife]

that's badass mav, where did that come from

[thechancellor]

Wow, what a coincidence. I was actually considering using that portrait, but couldn't recall who made it so that I could get permission. That's the Baron Grims portrait, if I'm not mistaken. That was a promising sprite dude, you sure you didn't want to finish it?

[mav]

I just do portraits, I can't recall who was working on the sprite. I'm sure he had his reasons not to complete it though.

It's a semi-custom creation, GeneralStrife, based on Vormav, Izlude, and Gustav, I think. Feel free to use it, Chancellor.

[thechancellor]

Well, after neglecting the topic I'm back to actually finish the job. I totally forgot that mav had put up a portrait for me to use. One problem though. I've made the swap in Graphics Gale and the image looks fine. All I did was change the portrait color pallette row. The thing is, when I import it into ShiShi, the colors look all distorted. It doesn't make any sense to me. Hopefully someone can help me out and explain what I'm doing wrong. I had no issue creating and tweaking the portrait before. Now all of a sudden I'm having problems using the same exact method I used to create the frankensprite in the first place. Is there something I'm missing here? Why would the colors show differently in shishi than what Graphics Gale shows?

[Kagebunji]

After checking it out, I see that the portrait shares colors with sprites. I shall create a new BMP for you that will work, gimme some time.

Bah, I know the reason now. The portrait is way over 16 colors. Ask Mav to drop these colors, or do it yourself. Tbh, this sprite is pretty nice for a frankensprite.

[mav]

Yeah, I should have given you a 16 color version a long time ago. See the attachment for the game-ready version. By the way, I might fiddle with giving him the darker hair and skin, like on thechancellor's original portrait. Expect an update in a bit.

EDIT: And there it is.

[Kagebunji]

Lookin great. I want to see this done and finished, hehe.

[thechancellor]

Done. This has been tested in game and I've analyzed every animation in ShiShi. Gonna post this in the submission section. Thanks for your help guys.

[Kagebunji]

It is such a simple sprite, but I like it a lot. Don't end spriting on this one sprite. I am sure you could do more than this.

Btw, Mav, get yourself an avatar dammit!

[thechancellor]

I just like the colors a lot. And Zalbag's outfit is sick. I've always liked it since the first time I played FFT. I'm no spriter by any stretch of the imagination, so for me to continue any kind of work on this would probably just ruin it. lol.

[mav]

Honestly, man, this is one of the best recolors I've ever seen. Even simple edits are worthwhile. I'm glad you used the darker-haired portrait, by the way, it looks much less generic.

And Kage, how can I get myself an avatar when you guys keep using my custom portraits?!

[Kagebunji]

Awww, but I like Moogle so much .

[Twinees]

And Kage, how can I get myself an avatar when you guys keep using my custom portraits?!

Its because your ports are awesome mav, thats why everyone wants to use them
Do a secret portrait, then upload as your avatar, noone likes to have the same avatar as someone else

[mav]

Keep the Moogle, Kage--you created the sprite, after all. Hah, secret portraits. I'll stick with Llyud for now.

Anyways, Chancellor I definitely suggest that you consider creating another sprite or palette. This really did turn out well. A good eye and a steady hand are a terrible thing to waste.