Lijj's Sprites

[jimmyjw88]

Haha. But I'm super super slow. Its been quite long since I sprite though.

[Lijj]

Well I hope you start a new project Jimmy; It's all about quality not pace.
I'm pretty slow too, I put in two 6 hour shifts approx. for the last two nights and what? 2/3rds of the way. Not incl. Portrait.
This one, partially because of the problem removing the cape, is taking too long.
sheesh but I like results so far:


I worked on the hair and eyes. Re-did the entire cape(using edited Dragoon's) and scrapped Vick's. Made his shorts more into shorts and.. that took me all night.
Good night.

[jimmyjw88]

Haha. I hope I'm able to start a new project.

Sprite ~ The rear diagonal view is looking kinda odd. His arm is kinda big and it seems that the cape has shifted more to the right.

[mav]

Jimmy's spot on with the arm criticism. This version looks better--now he's got a boyish vibe to him, which definitely works. Great improvements, Lijj.

[Kagebunji]

Oh, forgot to mention, cape goes crazy in that walking animation.

the cape does look a little strange, it kinda jumps instead of a natural flow, try to fix that.

Yes, Twinees, that is what I said, lol

This newer version looks better, but cape still is crazy. And our left leg(his right) just...disappears n this walking anmation.

[Lijj]

Thanks mav! It is good to hear after last night's trouble.
And yes, the arm! thanks.
Kage: _____________________________________________________
If i have to redo the cape again well ..I'd prefer to die! If the cape from dragoon looks odd too then....
{I'm the only one posting gifs and it leads to a lot of frustration and extra work.}
Do yo mean the middle or upper part of the cape? I can change that but if it's the entire animation talk to Square.
See I didn't change the animation at all whe adding the 2 more pieces:

[mav]

I'd say it's the arms, more than the cape. Right now his left arm becomes a little too boxy, hiding the dark clothing on his chest.

[Lijj]

Okay I'll fix the arms. I don't like that.

[R999]

Head Alignment


^ I notice on frame2 and frame4, the head alignment is off.


Girl or Boy?
Good concept but i would change the legs. Really looks like a girl at a glance...


Cape
You are lucky! The cape does not cover the arms. So you only really got a handful of frames to work through. It won't be too bad. The new ShiShi should be very helpful when working with the cape and arms.

[Lijj]

Good to see you're back R999. Thanks for pointing that out. I definitely see it on fr. 4 now.
I'll have to try your Shishi edit out again. Had trouble with it before but noticed it has been worked on.
Well it kinda school-boyish but the pants wearing version I fooled with just doesn't match well. I would actually wear what this lil guy is. I actually have a silver cape with a hood that I wore to a spiritualists' event I put together.

[Knox]

These two white mages are really amazing, but and i hope thi sisnt taken wrong, the hoods feel a little detached to me, and look like white santa hats, perhaps maybe looking at the original whitemage females hood and going from there? or possibly using Garnet's white mage outfit from the movie scenes in FF9.
Mainly saying a bit pointy.

But no disrespect, amazing sprites !!!

[Kagebunji]

I meant the upper part of cloak, look how it is flappin, in Dragoon sprite it isn't visible, you custom made this?

[Lijj]

Oh Kagebunji, ok. I was getting nervous. :/
The upper part is just off because it's been moved up. So I'll have to edit it more I suppose.
I think if I just make it curve in toward the shoulder it will work. The 1 frame that jumps out especially.
I just added the extra two pieces in kind of like what Srecsiv did for Vick's cape. Slightly custom I suppose.

[Lijj]

Knox: Why you dissin' me?
Jk
I see what you mean but I personally like the Santa hat-like hood.
I haven't played FF9, I didn't even know who Black Waltz was( I'm a fan of all up to 7)
Send me an image possibly

[Knox]

Not dissing you at all my friend, just wanted to relay my view and if you're perfectly happy with it thats fine with me, i just thought id throw that in there.

Here's an image or two just to sate your curiousity:





Pretty similar to the hood on the original white mage, but eh.
Do as you like, Like i said its an amazing sprite as is.

[Kagebunji]

Oh Kagebunji, ok. I was getting nervous. :/

Heh, there is no point to get nervous. If I am pointing things out, it is usually to help you, not to piss you off

[Lijj]

Knox: Thanks. I didn't really think you were dissing me!
I like Garnet's hood design. Maybe I'll do something  similar. Extra pairs of eyes are necessary at least for me. I get caught up in 1 detail or two and someone usually points out something I've neglected. So it helps
Kage: I understand, you've been constructive since I started.
I want to post the back view of the Dragoon's walk to show you how jerky it looks. It has the right shape for what I want but the way it moves is difficult (but i have a few things to take of 1st).

[Kagebunji]

Hehe, if you were to edit my Garnet sprite into her white mage version, it would look cool too .

Yeah I know how Dragoon cape moves, that is why I never use it TBH, I prefer Knight Male cape instead with some tweaks(look at my Lezard's cape for example).

[mav]

Lezard's cape is freaking epic; it'd definitely be a good idea to take a look at it for some ideas.

[Lijj]

Yeah it is epic! great job on that Kage, shall I use it? It would most likely have to be edited enough not to be obviously yours.
That should be fun as a later project to make Garnet a robe like that!