Plans for new sprites, whats everyone working on?

[gojoe]

..... either im the only one on this site who knows about the psp dark knight or zozoma doesn't like it

[Xifanie]

who likes the DK and OK PSP sprites seriously? They look like fucking trash.

[Vanya]

I agree. They used FF3DS as a base but didn't adapt them to FFT style at all. They look really out of place and unpolished.

[DarthPaul]

who likes the DK and OK PSP sprites seriously? They look like fucking trash.

i agree on the OK but the DK is fine but could have been better and zozma's Dk is very nice for the position

[Zozma]

oh i know about that sprite, it sucks ass.. lol

removing the shawl was a big consideration for me, id rather remove it too as i consider it a trademark gaffy look. i thought about ramza's chapter two arms but somehow it doesn't look quite right, the shoulders on gaffy's arms make him look more armored which is the look id prefer..

you're right cheeta, i do think its more work than its worth to remove the fluff. on the flip side, it could be a FFT style dark knight, and using Miang2 as a base you could create a female version as well.

[George_guy]

I'm working on Piccolo.
It's my first sprite ever lol so don't be too harsh but I think it's not bad,
but just write back with what you think about it, like what I could fix and whatnot.

[Cheetah]

The actual form of the head looks pretty good, but you need more shading all over him. And a tip for beginners, and one i still follow, is to always take your colors from other sprites. Right now the color of the boots is just way to bright, but that also might be because there is no shading.

Overall though it is a pretty good start and you should keep working on it.

[George_guy]

Ok thank you. That was the kind of feedback I was looking for.
As for the boots, I wasn't sure if it was too bright. I was thinking of leaving it like that, but now I'll change it.
Something I was wondering is how to limit myself to 16 colors. I thought I was doing that and then I tried to convert it back to a sprite but it said that i used too many colors or something.
What am I doing wrong.

Sorry for being a little dull on this subject, but I'm trying lol.

[Cheetah]

Well before you worry about limiting it specifically you need to know that how many colors you actually should use is even more limited. Usually you need 3-4 shades of a color for it to actually be useable, that means you only get about 3-4 different base colors and you usually have to find ways to share shades between colors. So currently you have way too many different colors, and you need to add in more shades for your main colors.

[DarthPaul]

yes shading and i think you might try a version with his hat and cape cause i think that is the true essence of piccolo

[gojoe]

you could also try using the legs of cloud, rafa or the male ninja to get the puffy pants and just recolor

[Cyberblade]

FLUFFY SHAWL GO BYE BYE Seriously im good a tedious work and i want to start helping out AGAIN so if you want i could try but it would probably take me forever. XD

[DarthPaul]

ive already started it and its one of the most tedious tasks of my life but otherwise it goin good

[Zozma]

make it so mr cyberblade

[gojoe]

so... what about a fem DK?

[Cheetah]

Haha Zozma has been doing it at the same time. Check out the mercenaries thread for details in the project section.

[Cyberblade]

K Wheres the Spritesheet XD

[Zozma]

oh, right.. that lol ill post it when i get home

[DarthPaul]

ah great and after all my work on gaffy.....lol

[Cyberblade]

XD even though i might be doing it i wond hame much time and sometime when two people "compete" the results turn out better.