Idea for Custom graphics (Now with Example)

[Draken]

hey all, gnomes be with you.

well anyways I have been looking for a new person to help with some sprites and havent found anyone. So I was sitting there thinking how can I get some monster sprites that are custom and will look good?

then I came up with this idea. Since my Sister in law draws really good, Im going to print out 12 sqaures on a sheet of paper, get her to draw the monsters in the sqaures with animations. Then Scan the paper open in Paint, Trace over Pencil lines with pixel art add some shading and color to it.

Do you think this will work?

I really dont see why it wont. Might even get her to redo my sprites since everyone always say they look kinda like lego people or gnomes. But that will mean I need to redo the weapon Paperdolls and redo all armor.

[guzmanm]

Thats a pretty awesome idea, but for eliminating the pencil traces and such, use photoshop, gimp, or anything else that isn't MSPaint since it will screw up your work. Nice Idea.

[L0lz]

Whatever it takes. BTW Get a tablet and skip like 3 steps. :D

[Draken]

@l0lz!:

> Whatever it takes. BTW Get a tablet and skip like 3 steps. :D

hmm spend $ i dont have on a tablet

or print out paper which i have and just do more work

Im cheap ill just do the more work :P

[saadhamza]

Good idea, since i cant do shit drawing on the computer!….. actually... i cant shit draw in RL either T~T.

[Robin]

Not going to work. Drawing and pixel art are _completely_ different.

[Skillzalot]

@Robin:

> Not going to work. Drawing and pixel art are _completely_ different.

Robin it could work. All he has to do is scan the image and trace it with a program then shade it and everything.

[Robin]

@[GrimTechâ„¢:

> Skillzalot link=topic=62639.msg664846#msg664846 date=1279323280]
> Robin it could work. All he has to do is scan the image and trace it with a program then shade it and everything.

Try it and tell me how far you get. Sure, you can use it as a general anatomical guideline, but _tracing it_? No. Pixel art has a completely different set of rules than hand drawings when it comes to line art.

[xeross]

I'm with Robin on this one, making art using a tablet/paper is doable, primary way of making art, but with sprites you encounter size problems (If you have small sprites), and making it look good would almost require you to use it as a reference instead of as a trace.

[Draken]

after I get done with the first sprite Ill post both the drawn and the edit of it

[saadhamza]

Good idea. hopefully, it will be as good as im imagining it :d.

[Devogen]

It worked in 1982 on my TRS-80 microcomputer, make the grid in 1/2cm blocks so she doesnt have to stand in the next room far away to see what the sprite looks like.

[Anna Comnena]

@Devo:

> It worked in 1982 on my TRS-80 microcomputer, make the grid in 1/2cm blocks so she doesnt have to stand in the next room far away to see what the sprite looks like.

Wow that's old school! XD

Where've you been lately, gramps? ;)

[L0lz]

@Xeross:

> I'm with Robin on this one, making art using a tablet/paper is doable, primary way of making art, but with sprites you encounter size problems (If you have small sprites), and making it look good would almost require you to use it as a reference instead of as a trace.

All you have to do is resize the drawing to a certain size using the grid in photoshop and trace over it with the pencil tool. It's definitely possible.

[Chakkra]

Print out 32x64 rectangle, make sprite in that rectangle, scan, go over with pixels. Tada!

[L0lz]

Or get the paper and put it on the monitor and draw the rectangle ;D

[Chakkra]

That too.

[Kusy]

Most likely it won't work out too well Draken. I once tried to draw tilesets and it was a miserable failure.

[saadhamza]

Wait, why would you need to trace over it with Photoshop? just scan it, and make it 64x54 right?

[Devogen]

@Anna:

> @Devo:
>
> > It worked in 1982 on my TRS-80 microcomputer, make the grid in 1/2cm blocks so she doesnt have to stand in the next room far away to see what the sprite looks like.
>
> Wow that's old school! XD
>
> Where've you been lately, gramps? ;)

I've been busy checking my hair strands individually for any signs of Grey, takes time :)

[Draken]

she is still working on some so i did a small odd crab creature. only 1 view and just did it to see how it would turn out.


doesnt look that bad, i didnt go into detail on the coloring of it just a quick test.

[saadhamza]

Wait, why would you need to trace over it with Photoshop? just scan it, and make it 64x64 right?

[L0lz]

@Zonova:

> Wait, why would you need to trace over it with Photoshop? just scan it, and make it 64x64 right?

Well it wouldn't work out too well. There will be a lot of transparency issues to deal with, and the game will look really weird o,O. That crab is drawn weird.

[Xavi]

Yea… if you ask me that crab looks pretty bad. The design just looks.... weird...