Seushiro's Sprites... Redoing some sprites

[Vanya]

I disagree about making him lucavi size simply because the actual character isn't that big. Exodus is human sized towards the upper limit. Maybe 7 or 7.5 feet tall. In his various tree forms he's a hulking monster. A new lucavi form would be great for a monster sized sprite, but not his human form.

[mav]

Although I'd rather see him human-size, this sprite requires far too much detail to work in its current form. Personally, I don't think it looks like "shit"; I understood exactly what you were going for and thought it looked interesting (and like it took quite a bit of work), but that doesn't mean it's flawless. Those spikes on the shoulders are massive and a bit distracting. Clean them up a bit. Make sure the cape looks natural in all views--it currently looks too straight in some of the views and comes off as a cardboard box. Rework the palette too. The current palette leaves too much to the imagination--darken his armor, add contrast, make the gold trim a little more obvious, do away with the reds (if possible). You've put way too much effort into this sprite to just start over.

Keep on trucking, good man.

[Bloodthirster0]

I really dont think it will look well in human sized,yeah ExDeath is a human,but he is a massive human wearing an uber massive armor,he cant be compared to any human on the game,however,he can be compared to monsters,he is Bull Demon sized,now imagine how could a Bull Demon or a Steel Giant or even the Iron Giant fit on a human sized sprite

[Setzer]

Good point.
Sometimes I forget that the lucavi are two times taller than humans, they doesnt look that much in FFT (In fact, Cuchulainn doesnt look half feet taller than Ramza). And I was with FFV's Exodus image in my mind. Since is hard to tell the height of humans by their battle sprites in the first FFs, and he isnt a human and looks really tall, I thought the height could met.

Well, anyway, I still think Exodus would looks better as a Lucavi, since he is supposed to look taller than a medium human and in FFT every human is the same height. The spritesheet doesnt help to make then bigger. Also, the Lucavi sprites arent really "towards the upper limit".

[Setzer]

Exodus (or Exdeath) isnt human. He is a tree. ^^

Oh, Bloodsomething, perfect comparison with the Bull Demon/Iron Giant.

[Vanya]

Dissidia is a good way to judge their actual heights since they took that into consideration when they created the models.
The 3 tallest characters in that roster are Garland, Golbez, & Exodus. We don't know the exact heights of the characters in FFT, but we can give it a good guess.

[Bloodthirster0]

comapre the custom FFT Firion with dissidia Firion,then compare the FFT Firion with some FFT humans and we can have an aproximate height

[Vanya]

Good idea, but I think it would be better to use Cloud for the comparison since his sprite is official.

[Asmo X]

Making it bull demon size or something would be good. The only problem with this is that making bigger sprites is really fucking hard.

[RolyTunedIn]

just remember seushiro, when people judge your sprites, it's just there opinion... what your willing or wanting to do with the sprite is your choice.

[Luminar]

just remember seushiro, when people judge your sprites, it's just there opinion... what your willing or wanting to do with the sprite is your choice.

indeed, i use a aliste sprite that isnt completed yet cause the scarf changes colors from brown to white, but it's still nice though.

[Seushiro]

Flood is now up too shoulder level here. . . wil be gone for a long time guys. . . lets pray for safety. . .

[LastingDawn]

...where do you live?

[jimmyjw88]

I think making it a Bull Demon size is not a bad idea. Due to the sprite's size, it just doesn't really look well in Human form/spritesheet. If scale it down a little, perhaps it may look good in Human form.

EDIT: Stay safe.

[Asmo X]

A flood? Less spriting, more getting out dude.

[Seushiro]

yep I'm in the Philippines and the flood is bad from the storm here. . . files are saved will try a lucavi sized as recommened. . . and a human sized fix for exdeath when i get everything up and running. . .

[MiKeMiTchi]

^ Yeah. The flood.
He Bless us all.

Well, good thing there's no flood in my place, but there were no phone lines, until now.

[Seushiro]

Glad your safe Mike. ..  Had to clean all the Mud from the first floor in here. . . School is out for you huh? I will call in for work since I could not have access to go to work. . .

Ur anti Aliasing link was great help and from resizing your portraits and editing from big to small i learned a new spriting method which is 2x spriting technique where I resize the FFT sprite to that of another games sprite and block away. . . colors is an issue thou but here was my attempt at the new technique. . . the 2x is the real one. . . the miniature is a 50% resize to go back to tactics size.



16 colors

[jimmyjw88]

Haha. Seu, you're one step ahead from me ^^
I've planned to make a FFT Crusader sprite for a very long time and even give it a Crusader job but as you can see, I'm not really good at it. ^^
Anyway, back to the sprite, its a great start. I'm liking the hair actually. Kinda unique. As for the armor, it looks decent. Now, the shoulder is the problem here. I think you should scale down abit because now, it looks kinda big for FFT style. It's even almost as big as the sprite's head. So, try scale it down a little and see if it works. The cape is not bad but I think it should be scale down a little too, like the shoulder. For that sash or whatever it is called, isn't it a little to wide? I mean, from the reference of that picture, I think it should be able thinner. Something like dancer's sash/belt or whatever its called. If that sash is thinner, you're able to show his boots/grieves as well, like that concept.
Also, for the arms, its a little bit flat, don't you think? Perhaps add a few darker shades/outlines around the wrist to make a shape like a gauntlet or something.
Anyway, great looking concept and great start. Well done Seu ^^

[MiKeMiTchi]

Crusader = Warder (mercenaries)
That's what I was planning to show, too.
Great concept Seushiro.

Yes, glad I helped. I also use that method. Making use of layers and resizing references is a big plus.
One thing, make the clothes on the legs (dont know what it's called) thinner, like the crusader's.
Good start though.

@jimmy
Nice crit there.