Gambler Job Discussion Thread (Update on First Post!)

[LastingDawn]

Hmm, that smile on yours looks a bit pursed MikeMitchi, his looks a bit more natural, as far as facial expressions go. I'd have to say I prefer his smile on this one.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Okay then.
One pix difference:

change the left-most pixel's color in the smile,
same as the color of the right-most pixel in the smile,
to make it more subtle, as Sir Voldemort suggested.

[mav]

Before I upload this one, what if I move the entire left eye up one pixel as well as lighten the left side of the smile? Even though I left the Dancer's eyes unadulterated when I placed 'em on the last portrait, they kinda look lopsided. Also what if we color the red tie-things on her pigtails black? It'll make the shirt pop out more and make her look a little more like a vagrant.

[Cheetah]

Sprite: Okay the black looks good now, but now on my other computer one of the shades of reds looks a bit off. The middle shade, it looks too brown.

Portrait: Definitely going in the right direction. Oh man the little touch of read on the bonnet is so great too.

[mav]

Alright, I made the changes I mentioned earlier, but I'd like to hear what you guys think...

[Cheetah]

Line them all up so we can really compare. Though for the eye on the right for most of these recent ones, there are some dark pixels in her hair that look like the continuation of her eyebrow, but it is way to low. Raising that might help.

[mav]

New image on the left. Old image on the right.
Hmm, those eyebrow pixels are probably just her hair, but I'll take care of 'em anyway. Thanks for the advice man.

...getting this down to 16 colors is gonna be tough. Right now it's around 32. Oi...

EDIT: Scratch that, I got it down to 16--we lost some of the whites and some of the blacks, and her hair is gonna have to be a little more orange than blond, but it looks pretty good. I'll attach it once I get back home. It still pretty much looks like the image at the top left of this post.

Alright, take a look at the attachment. 16 colors, note the changes, provide feedback as necessary.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Cool.

All she needs now is extra cuteness. hehe.
..and not to mention the complete sprite palette..

[mav]

Extra cuteness, eh? Any suggestions?

[Kagebunji]

Maybe make her close one eye and send kiss to somewhere hehe. But seriously maybe you could do some little make-up ?

[mav]

Makeup? Hmmm...that's gonna be tough. I'd like to try pull off a winking eye, but that might look wonky. Anyhow, I wanna get the colors down completely and have the palette ready, so lemme have all the suggestions as quickly as possible.

Also, how is the sprite coming along for both the male and female Gamblers?

[Cheetah]

I think it is a great portrait. Excellent work, I'm also very excited to see the sprite completed.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Well, the only thing left undone for the male gambler sprite are the arms.
For the Female gambler, I'm not working on it yet.  

[mav]

Take your time Mike; these are such ambitious sprites. I'd rather wait to see something nice than get something lackluster immediately. Once the sprite is ready we should all figure out the palettes, that way I can make sure portrait will fit the changes made necessary by the new palettes...

Again, take your time Mike.

[LastingDawn]

Indeed, we have all the time in the world. No need to rush through this project, a rush job would have a rather messy end result, that would nowhere live up to it's potential, so I must also reiterate, patience is the best medicine.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Thanks for the support guys.
If you guys had been wondering...

Here's my progress so far:
I have tested and completed almost 1/2 of the animations using Shishi.

[mav]

Wow...that looks so damn nice, I don't even know where to begin...

[Cheetah]

It is definitely looking good. The colors are looking quite good as well. Good luck with those arms and other attack animations though, those will be very tough.

[LastingDawn]

Hmm, that is rather impressive, the arms though can easily catch up the best spriters. This is looking fantastic, though! As for a beta version, have you downloaded the new FFT Patcher version as such in the Hacking/Patching Tools?

[Archael]

5/5