Quo's Sprites (Current Project: Lucavi Recolors)

[jimmyjw88]

Yes. This is looking good ^^
First one and the middle is nice.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Yes. Way better. Borrowing makes a sprite better.
I'd go for the middle one.

[mav]

Same here: middle one.

[Quo]

oO;;; Seriously??? The middle one is just the color swap. It's the transition between the first (which is building the sprite-- putting the head on the body) and the final product...

It's supposed to be a collar shirt, untucked... >>;;;

And just so people don't think I'm lazy, I've got the sheet a good portion of the way done. Got Ramza's head (recolored) and Balthier's body (recolored), just need to clean up and then get to the hard-- I mean... FUN part... of moving all the pixels around for the shirt tails...

Then put the head on... <<;;;

Yay, 4AM~

[MiKeMiTchi]

Early Bird.

Yes, seriously, coz the colors were appropriate.

[Quo]

Early Bird.

Yes, seriously, coz the colors were appropriate.

The colors are the same on both...

Again, it's supposed to look something like this: http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/15 ... _large.jpg

Only without the vest, different colors, different hair, and FAR less masculine looking... 8)

[Quo]

I got a little worn out on my Quo sprite, so I'm taking a break to correct something that's been bothering me...

The Lucavi don't look anything like the Espers from the other Ivalice games they're supposed to be. And I kinda like those redesigns...

So at the very least, I want to try to color them more like their new appearances. I might actually try to make them a bit more accurate to their new ones than that, but I don't know yet. And they're sure as hell not going to look exactly the same.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Suggestion for palette manip, don't alter the RGBs.
Hmm.. well, if you like it, remember that RGB values should be a multiple of 8.
I think it's better to use and alter the HSL values.

Hue = full spectrum = rgb, Saturation and Lightness = make it more fftstyle colored.

[Quo]

I just copied the RGB from other sources...
- Bomb
- Byblos
- Chocobo's feet

[MiKeMiTchi]

After copying them, try editing the HSL values.
Copy and paste doesn't work all the time.

[Quo]

I'm going to need a tutorial on GraphicsGale... x.x;

[mav]

Try using a palette a little less bright than the Bomb's and one that varies less than Byblos's. I see what you're going for though, and I think it's quite doable.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Also, IMG tag don't work with .bmp files.

[Quo]

All right, I took mav's advice (kinda). Since I didn't really know what was more firey than the Bomb, I just used the darker colors on the Bomb's palette. If you think it's still no good, mav, can you suggest something that might work in place of the Bomb?

I used the Skeleton for the new skin. I'm kind of torn. But it might actually be better... what do you guys think?

Also, is there a quicker way to move palette colors around in GraphicsGale? Like, let's say I wanted to copy one palette color to another spot...?

[Setzer]

I made a similar edition in my patch's Belias.
It's really hard to make a fiery red flurry looks good in him, but I achieve good results using the darker red tones from the Red Dragon.
Yet, not that good...

[MiKeMiTchi]

Also, is there a quicker way to move palette colors around in GraphicsGale? Like, let's say I wanted to copy one palette color to another spot...?

Based on my exp, there are two ways,
1.) Drag a color.
2) 'Save' the color palette, then 'load' it to the desired destination. You might want to check mav's tutorial.
http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=10

[kafei]

Might I suggest posting a reference picture of Belias from Final Fantasy XII? It would be easier for people to see what you're aiming for, then.

[Tersius]

Also, is there a quicker way to move palette colors around in GraphicsGale? Like, let's say I wanted to copy one palette color to another spot...?

I wasn't ever able to find a good way to do it in Graphics Gale.  You can do it really quickly in Gimp though.  You just rearrange the Colormap (I don't know why they call it a colormap instead of a palette).  Make sure you have a backup of your sprite though, sometimes this function acts kind of wonky.

Edit:  This is for changing the order that the colors appear in the palette window.  It doesn't visibly affect the picture, and so is useful for grouping unused or soon to be used colors into one spot.  I hope that is what your question was asking about.

[Quo]

Might I suggest posting a reference picture of Belias from Final Fantasy XII? It would be easier for people to see what you're aiming for, then.

Brilliant thinking, Kaf.

2) 'Save' the color palette, then 'load' it to the desired destination. You might want to check mav's tutorial.
http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=10

I saw that before, and I should probably test that out, now that I think about it. I went looking for the save/load palette option, but couldn't find it. But I didn't imagine it would be as helpful as perhaps it might indeed be. I'll definitely look into it. I should've awhile ago as it is...

Secondly, I had hoped that I would be the first one to have done this (I had heard none of it previously), because I wanted to have coined the idea. But I'm still very interested in your rendition. If you could direct me to it, that would be splendiferous.

Also, dig that sprite by the way...

[Quo]

Nobody had any corrections for Belias, so I moved on to Zalera...

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Now THAT is a Death Seraph.