Not quite the finished product yet. Still need to do some details on the portrait and some minor finishing touches on the sprite. I'm currently working on a two more that I will have up.
I have tested this one out in game in about 80% of all the situations the sprite could be in and it has been working fine, other than some of the finishing touches that will be put on him shortly.
Charcter's name is Brasdefer. Details on the character can be seen on my DA account (http://brasdeferlanoux.deviantart.com/art/Brasdefer-Pious-Knight-2-1-DA-421361971)
Brasdefer La'Noue
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/BrasdeferPiousKnight21_zpsb366de1c.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/BrasdeferPiousKnight21_zpsb366de1c.png.html)
Two new characters:
Godfrey La'Noue
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/GodfreyLaNoue_zps8b7f1e19.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/GodfreyLaNoue_zps8b7f1e19.png.html)
Rachael Niven
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/RachelNiven20_zps8db103fd.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/RachelNiven20_zps8db103fd.png.html)
I'm not a spriter so I cannot offer much in the way of crits. They do look nice, but the white background vs. black
makes them a tad harder for me to see.
Keep up the good work and one of the spriters will show up eventually and give you some praise and crits.
Oh and THANK YOU FOR USING THE EDIT BUTTON!!! YOU HAVE RESTORED MY FAITH IN NEWCOMERS!!
Quote from: Elric on December 27, 2013, 08:24:20 pm
I'm not a spriter so I cannot offer much in the way of crits. They do look nice, but the white background vs. black
makes them a tad harder for me to see.
The same, they look very cool but change that background color!
Quote from: Elric on December 27, 2013, 08:24:20 pm
Oh and THANK YOU FOR USING THE EDIT BUTTON!!! YOU HAVE RESTORED MY FAITH IN NEWCOMERS!!
Also this :P You may actually be the first and you should get some sort of prize for it XD
Weome to the site, IronArm. It's nice seeing someone who has experience in spriting show up, heh.
As Elric and Jumza mentioned, please post the sprites in black background, it's easier to view that way. As to the sprites themselves, I like the portraits, especially Godfrey, these are some fine examples of how easily you can frankensprite a nice portrait. Only complaint I have is that armor on Brasdefer is flat, you should go for a more defined shape and shade it properly, right now it doesn't really rsemble an armor. I like the Rachael sprite btw, looks very nice.
God job on these, and we are looking forward for more! :)
Thank you for the feedback! Its exactly what I was looking for. I've updated the pictures with the black background, so should be easier for people to see. Apologizes for that, to me the white is easier to see ha.
Right now, I'm trying to take it slow and start with portraits already in the game and slowly editing them into my own creation (i.e Brasdefer's portrait armor). I hadn't noticed about the armor till you mentioned it. I'll probably start working on that now.
One thing I will mention is Brasdefer is based off a real person, and while I'd like to customize him more, the hair and beard are almost exactly what it looked like in real life. I may do some small alterations, but for the most part he is complete.
Godfrey will be losing the hair for a more shaved hair look, but I'm still working on getting the length right.
Rachael's portrait armor will be changed to actually match the sprite more accurately and I'll be customizing the hair and possibly be changing it up completely.
In the future I hope to make some events with these sprites. I have been testing out the classes I've designed for Brasdefer and Godfrey to make sure they are balanced.
Anymore feedback would be appreciated and tips/ideas on what could be done to make the characters look more unique.
Thanks and I look forward to becoming more involved in this community!
Edit:
Kagebunji,
Is this a step in the right direction?
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/BrasdeferPiousKnight22_zps5f2fae3b.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/BrasdeferPiousKnight22_zps5f2fae3b.png.html)
Hey man, I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and edited the sprite a little bit. Once I looked closer, I noticed hair lacked highlight and depth, so I added that in. Also made an example of a shaded armor, though the shape is not triangular, like what you were going for(I think you were?). Feel free to use this, ditch it, or perhaps get the picture of what to do(I recommend leaving the hair though, highlights are pretty neccesarry here). Good luck!
The colors are quite saturated :o
The skin is fine, but the armor, hair and cape seem to be a bit much to me.
Jumza: The colors are still a work in progress. I change them up and run a few test battles to see how it looks, but I agree with you on most parts. The cape has already been fixed and I'm about to start working on the hair.
Kagebunji: When you were talking about changing the armor I thought you meant on the portrait and not the sprite, so I actually didn't change anything on the sprite. Now looking at the hair with highlights I will definitely be adding them. I'll play around with the armor more and see what I can come up with. While what you did looks great, it seems more fitted and that is not what I was envisioning when coming up with the character.
Thank you both for the feedback.
For now, the safest way to do colors would be using colors either FFT or people here have made, heh. Apart from that, aye I agree. You're doing some neat uniques.
Diethe: That is what I usually do. The one that is uploaded now isn't current, it was when I was testing out different colors to see how it would work. I'm still working on the shading of Brasdefer's armor to give it more depth and give off the appearance that I was going for. I'm so happy to see another HoI spriter here though! I wish we could get the old spriters all together again.
Really appreciate all the feedback I am getting. Its forcing me to get better and better.
can you post the download for rachael please ? i love her !
You can just right click, save image as... I think.
no i thought it has to be in spr or bmp?
Ah, it's a png. Sorry I didn't notice that.
Save the PNG, open it in GraphicsGale and save it as a BMP.
I'll be uploading a bmp file by Sunday. I am finishing some details on her (fixing a few sprite issues, and making the portrait completely original).
The portrait will still look very much like it does now, but it will be all original. The sprite has a few errors that I'd like to fix before I load a bmp file.
Thank you! I'm glad you like her. I'm trying some things with the other two characters and i'll be uploading them by the end of the weekend.
A lot of times uploading a BMP will derp the file depending on where you upload it, it might get turned into a JPG
which is useless. It's really better to upload as a PNG and then let people save it as a BMP in GraphicsGale, as
Celdia mentioned.
Wow, that's pretty good, I really liked the sprites, but may I say, the 1st one, I THINK that the blue is kinda of too much strong, maybe you could put it a little more grayish... When I get home, I'll try to make a palette for you, is that ok? <3 :mrgreen:
I've changed the blue and updated all three sprites, but Brasdefer and Rachael's are the only ones I'm ready to post. I'd still love to see the palette though! Since its easier to just convert from a png. I'll just be uploading them as png. files.
Brasdefer v2.3
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/BrasdeferPiousKnight23_zpsb56395aa.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/BrasdeferPiousKnight23_zpsb56395aa.png.html)
Rachael v2.1 and v2.12
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/RachealNiven21_zpsac8cf630.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/RachealNiven21_zpsac8cf630.png.html)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/RachealNiven212_zpsd29abfd6.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/RachealNiven212_zpsd29abfd6.png.html)
Notes: Both are not all original. Brasdefer is closer to a finished product than Rachael is. I did two versions of Rachael because one has the lighter hair option (v2.1), but to add the scarf of a normal Temple Knight (v2.12) I had to replace the lighter yellow for a white to make a better looking scarf. Over the next week I'll be making edits to improve the shading and coloring of Rachael's portrait, finishing Godfrey's sprite (portrait is my avy), and making a full armor suit for Brasdefer.
Well done! I especially like Brasdefer
can u upload in spr or bmp i tried to save using graphicsgale but it isnt working =[
Wanted to put that Rachael's portrait is now all original, but Brasdefer has original armor but also some patched worked. I'm happy with Brasdefer's portrait being like this, because I still think it gives off the unique feel I was going for.
Elric: Thank you! Hair is my toughest challenge, but since I've joined ffhacktics, I can see my skills growing greatly.
azavier:
I changed the armor which I used Delita's 2nd Chapter armor, and Bard 2nd Palette for the Cloak~ Hope you enjoy :oops:
Brasdefer is nice and all, but why didi you make his highlight on hair a dark shade, IronArm? That's not how highlights should be :P Use a second skin tone for a highlight(if you don't have space on palette to add a color), or add in a lighter brown for it.
Kage: I was attempting to see if the hair would come off as its starting to grey in-game. Just tested it out and it didn't work, so I'm going back to the highlights ha.
Teapott: Thanks for the color palette. I'll definitely test it out and see how it does, but I think I'm going with silver colored armor now.
I've been working all day on the sprites, including updating Godfrey's, and missed a few things here and there and some of the colors have already been altered from the version I put up earlier today. Thursday at the latest I've have an updated Brasdefer and Godfrey up.
Great progress. My favorite has to be Brasdefer. The others also have no problems in my opinion, while the only noticeable thing on Brasdefer for me would be the too much antialiasing and shadowing of the armor. That used to be my problem too that there's so much shades in my armors or shadows that there's only one pixel width of the lightest shade. The sprite however and the face itself is already spot on and character-tier quality.
Quote from: IronArm on January 07, 2014, 02:58:43 am
Teapott: Thanks for the color palette. I'll definitely test it out and see how it does, but I think I'm going with silver colored armor now.
Maybe keep this as a second palette. It's as good as the silver armor and redoing palette's later can be annoying.
These are getting really good IronArm :) Great job!
Highlights have been added to Brasdefer's sprite.
Diethe: When doing it, I didn't notice any of it (spend all day working on it and you miss stuff ha). When I tested the sprite out in game I can definitely see what you are talking about. I won't be working on it till Thursday though. I don't want to over do it and get wiped out too fast. I did do an updated version of Godfrey that I'll be posting tonight.
Kage: Very true. I'll be saving the palette
Agenda:
1.) Add more texture to Rachael's scarf on portrait
2.) Fix shading issue with Brasdefer's armor
3.) Finish Godfrey's sprite sheet and look at different cape options
4.) Make rough drafts of last three members of party for my patch
By the end of this week I plan on having 1-3 finished (may still make small alterations afterwards). Once I've finished the sprites I can fully work on class balancing, which is currently just being done on Brasdefer's and Godfrey's class.
Once I've done more work on the classes, I'll probably post all the info on the ideas board since I've already finished the story
If you or anybody else want a new palette, feel free to ask me, I really like editig palettes :mrgreen:
Quote from: Teapott on January 07, 2014, 05:07:15 pm
If you or anybody else want a new palette, feel free to ask me, I really like editig palettes :mrgreen:
I am an anybody else! If you love doing it I'll out you to work because it's incredibly difficult for me to make a decent Palette. Color blind and such, hence why all of my stuff is blue ;)
Here, take this free creative control and give
my thread (http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=10199.0) a look when you get the chance. My heaven knights could use a little love.
This is still a WIP, but this is what I have of Godfrey's Sprite and Portrait so far. The new cape colors will be the primary colors for my patch and will also be the color of Brasdefer's cape.
Edit: Because I can't stop...
Well done, I like godfrey.
I'm gonna look closer in on them once you have the complete version and give you more insight into it. These are really starting to look cool, keep at it :D
This is a (rough) rough draft, just to show that I'm active again and getting back to my projects. Portrait: The hair is a mixture of the generic Dancer's hair and a my own work, face is my own work based off a generic FFT face, and the clothes are just a generic Dancer's clothes. Sprite: Balmafula's body minus the cloak and altered Dancer's head. This is all just a base and I'll be removing a lot of the generic's parts with my own works. Character bio to come later (obviously an elf).
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/JTpic/ShawnaElfv001_zps82e6f414.png) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/JTpic/media/ShawnaElfv001_zps82e6f414.png.html)
Great stuff :) Really liking this >: D
This is really awesome. Really epic man, keep up the good work. :mrgreen:
Good to see you're still working on these..
I remember finding you on DA when I first stated an acct. there.
Well Done i will use this Sprite :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: