Works in progress

[Srekciv]

Here's a few of my forays into spriting. I might be getting a little too complicated with some but I've been keeping all the complex stuff on a separate layer so it won't too hard to remove. Let me know what you think so far.


Edit: Small update.

[Srekciv]

I'm having some difficulty with hair. and having a hard time color swapping.

[Srekciv]

This one on the other hand came out pretty much how i wanted, his hair is supposed to be incredibly messy.

[SentinalBlade]

:O im definatly liking this one

[Curu]

If these are intended for use in-game then they all have too many color.
Only the Mustadio based one has 16

The first one has 29 and the second, Balk based, one has 25. Sprites can only use 16 colors or everything gets all wonky. Even the in-battle sprite is using 27+
You need to consolidate some of the colors down or they're nothing more than avatars.

[Srekciv]

yeah i was aware of that, i was just posting some of my progress. i find it easier not consolidating the colors until i have everything else done.

the one thing i'm confused about is portraits. Can they be a different 16 colors from the 16 used in the battle sprite???

Curu, you and Zozma are really good at hair. If either of you read this could you throw me some tips? I wanted to make the older guy sprite have really dark hair. Preferably black or dark dark brown but I cant seem to make it look right. that's actually what i was aiming for with the gray kinda. should i use darker shades of gray? more of a brown?

any input is appreciated.

(and happy new years guys!)

[DarthPaul]

Yes they can the sprite sheet will have a different palette from the battle sprite.

[Zozma]

you could go for the "blue black" look like i did with lust

[CidIII]

The Portrait and the Sprite Sheet use different palettes.

And, you probably already know this, for the portrait at least 4 of your color slots are probably going to be used on the hair, anything less than four colors for the hair, will lack depth.

Oh, and I like that weird looking greaser guy.

[Cheetah]

Good looking portraits Srikciv. For doing dark hair I recommend starting with your darkest tone for the hair and moving towards coloring the highlights. I feel like it is easier to get a good feel for the overall color of the hair that way.

[Srekciv]

Thanks for the tips and comments guys. I have a few updates to share.

I tried blue black and it worked pretty good.
He's supposed to be an necromancer btw.

[Srekciv]

Sprite I'm working on for this little dude.

he's like half elf/half hobbit.

His base is the 10yroldboy. I remember reading somewhere that Zozma was working on a battle sprite for him, anyone know if he ever finished it?

[Srekciv]

And lastly this dude.

I was having a lot of trouble with the hair, I was actually doing the opposite of what Cheeta suggested until I read his comment. Starting from the darkest shade def. works better

He's supposed to be really evil. Which looks better? Tips on making him look more sinister?

[Cheetah]

Hey this stuff is impressive. This latest portrait of the evil armored guy is a huge improvement. I would have to say that you have a good grasp of the art style and shading and that the far right one is all set to go, not much I would add to it really. The only thing you could do to make him a little eviler maybe would be to move the thick part of his eyebrows up one more pixel.

[CidIII]

Your portraits are really good. You're really good at making sleazy, evil type guys; which is good because all of the current sprites are kind of too "good" looking.

Although, you actual sprite poses could use a little more shading on the pants/shirt...

Overall, good job though

[Srekciv]

Thanks Cheetah, thanks CidIII. I tried raising his eyebrow but at that point it was flying off of his face.

Portraits are fun.

Here's another one, Illusionist Kelem.

[Vanya]

That's freaking awesome!! good job, dude!

[Zozma]

nice sprite for her?

[Srekciv]

thanks.

I don't have a sprite for her yet, but eventually every portrait will have one.

[Zozma]

cant wait to see more of your portraits