FFGaiden Sprites 光の４&#2

[Cheetah]

First off I Japanese in the title in the hopes that some infamous Japanese portrait artist might actually take notice since he has been doing Final Fantasy Gaiden portraits lately. Plus I needed a spot for my FFG Thief also known as Master Thief Zero.

So this is what I have so far, all key animations and walking. A few different mask angles and some fixes to the wacky Balthier sprite and this will be ready for a version 1 release. I'm am still trying to see if we can fit a red sash on him. By my count he only has about 12 or 13 colors right now, so there are definitely colors there for it. If we can figure out a sash then it will likely just be a second version. Oh and I need help with a portrait. So if anyone is willing that would be great. Between Balthier and three available thief portraits it should be pretty doable, though the eyes may be tricky.

Oh and if anyone wanted to do some quick gif previews of the walking animations that would be appreciated, I am having an impossible time with it without Adobe software.

Thanks to Seushiro and Jimmy for contributing to this sprite.

[Twinees]

[jimmyjw88]

Hmm....I'll try the sash again, Sir Cheetah.

[Cheetah]

Thanks Twinees, that is great. Freak I didn't know that our forum can't display Japanese characters. Unless I'm doing something wrong?

Thanks Jimmy I really appreciate your input.

[Twinees]

1 little thing, on his belt, where the pouch is, i believe the shading changes on the last frame of the walking cycle... was that supposed to be like that?

[Cheetah]

Probably just to the rushed color limiting I did. Good catch though and I will double check it for sure.

[jimmyjw88]

No problem, Sir Cheetah. Glad to help ^^
Hmm...But Mike had his signature in Japanese characters before. Hmm...
About that shading changing, that's originally from Balthier. I think its suppose to be the shadow for the arm.

[Twinees]

if that was the case? shouldn't that be at the 4th or 3rd frame? not 5th? unless it is the 4th frame...

[jimmyjw88]

I think we should just remove that. It looks weird.

[Twinees]

agreed.

[mav]

Aside from that, there's also a white pixel that appears on one of the frames near the bandanna--I suppose it's there on purpose, but I think you should just color that pixel gray.

[Cheetah]

Mav: Yeah it was supposed to be there, but you are probably right about removing it.

[Seushiro]

I think the last frame of the walking where the pouch changes color is due to his arms shadow over the bag. . . but then again if ur arms are way back when the arms are swinging then I guess the shadow should not be there

your sash was actually fine Jimmy. and i think having a knot might mess it up. . .

[jimmyjw88]

Yeah, adding the knot would be tricky.

[Cheetah]

Here is what Jimmy did on the sash so far. I think the basic shape is good so far. First we need to get ride of his shirt tails hanging below the sash, and then we can figure out what to do about a knot or something.

[Kagebunji]

I think he looks too much like Balthier, maybe removing the collar will help?

[jimmyjw88]

Yeah, removing that portion of the shirt will help to position the knot better. I'll see what I can do.

[Seushiro]

u know I think Kages suggestion is good. . . would be nice to have a loose open long sleeve shirt for a change. . . dunno thou if the reference pic has his collar with a shirt. . .

[Kagebunji]

Also changing colors of shirt might help, cause currently it's just Balthier with Zorro mask to me :/

[Cheetah]

Well originally I was okay with Balthier with a Zorro mask because I didn't want it to be a big undertaking, and I think as a starting point I will finish that. However after that I think I will keep making adjustments to make it more and more in line with the FFG Thief design. I am almost done removing the shirt tails off of the front walking frames, and then I could use some working on a sash and knot.