how do i make sprites good?

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how do i make sprites good?; making sprites the right way?
Tweet Topic Started: May 15 2006, 07:56 PM (178 Views)
smartdude47	May 15 2006, 07:56 PM Post #1
Omega Pirate Posts: 1,427 Group: Members Member #705 Joined: April 9, 2006	currently i make some decent sprites, which are for outbreak (the environments and sprites are not extremely detailed like i wanted them to be, but they are surely good enough). So anyway, here is the question, currently, i create sprites one pixel at a time, slowly following patterns i use for shading, and they end up fine (though it takes a lot of time to finish), is there a better way to make sprites?! Please, any help is respected very much!
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wAgSXE0LWA "does he not know?" ------"he does not know!" "He knows not?" ------"Knows not does he!" "Not, he knows?" -------"Enough!" "did everything just taste purple for a second?"


Timmeh	May 15 2006, 08:00 PM Post #2
The Electryc Penys Posts: 3,481 Group: Old Team Member #10 Joined: January 27, 2005	Practice.



War of the Worlds	May 15 2006, 08:29 PM Post #3
Elite Pirate Posts: 772 Group: Members Member #558 Joined: December 6, 2005	What Tim said, "Practice"



Pyro	May 16 2006, 12:05 AM Post #4
War Wasp Posts: 133 Group: Members Member #353 Joined: July 17, 2005	start with simple edits, then go up from there. thats how i started.



Coolman75	May 16 2006, 12:44 AM Post #5
War Wasp Posts: 157 Group: Members Member #575 Joined: December 21, 2005	Pyro,May 16 2006 12:05 AM start with simple edits, then go up from there. thats how i started. same. And practice!



Czar Dragon	May 16 2006, 12:44 AM Post #6
Elite Pirate Posts: 837 Group: Members Member #663 Joined: March 9, 2006	i started by doing recolours on runescape classic EDIT: wow posted in the same minute CM did



Pomegranate	May 16 2006, 11:27 PM Post #7
Prime Essence Posts: 3,421 Group: Old Team Member #690 Joined: March 30, 2006	umm... there's really no easy way to get around the "1 px at a time thing", and if u use fancy shmancy photoshop techneques, they come up looking like crap. you must go 1 px at a time. as a suggestion though, i might start off with small things, as its more pixles to add =p



Liksmaskaren	May 17 2006, 08:28 PM Post #8
The Swede Posts: 1,337 Group: Prime 2D Team Member #602 Joined: January 13, 2006	Practice. I made shitloads of graphics with my old Amiga 500, and most of it was big images pixeled with Deluxe Paint. Most of my sprites are so big that I could use them in games with HDTV resolution (1920x1080px), and that is NOT recomended to start with (I will never post them, so don't ask me to). Start of with sprites that will work in games that use 320x240px resolution, and then work your way up to 640x480px. You will get better at details and animation, and one day in the distant future, you will feel yourself surrounded by the force. here is no way to get around the "one pixel at a time thing", so late nights and isolation from the rest of the world is the only way to get better.
	Pixel and 3D artist


War of the Worlds	May 17 2006, 10:31 PM Post #9
Elite Pirate Posts: 772 Group: Members Member #558 Joined: December 6, 2005	Practice and A lot to. My varia corruption is looking good. And thats the only way to make a good sprites.


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