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[Miguelito]

Agree, especially with the smart use of accents where they count - teeth, claws and eyes.

@austinbreed, that's honestly beautiful art.

@Rakugaki-Otoko, putting that shininess to good use. Maybe have her dress look less uniform and mor contoured by adding big shadow areas?

[Cellusious]

[Cobralad]

I made a free set of portraits:

[Alicecomma]

Can't get enough of these. I ought to add some colour to my scenes at some point.

[Raku]

@Miguelito thanks, thats a good idea!

[Manuel Magalhães]

I really like the shading done here, it gives a good amount of depth using two colors. I also like the atmosphere created by using two opposite colors, which makes the piece look impactful.

[Manmonkee]

 Quite an old one.

[Zanhuf]

Some static unit bases for now (i ended up changing the feet, hopefully they look better now):



One pose without weapons, with weapons and in battle stance.

Tried to make the armour/appearance look less bland, only managed to work out the style for one faction/group so far, tried going for a greek/roman/byzantine sort of look.

I'm sure i've messed up the chain-mail, but i was unsure of how to show it without resorting to dithering.

Reference for the sort of style that i am trying to depict:



Also, im trying to do an idle animation, here's what i've got:



With weapon and shield:



It's boring i know, im not sure how to make it look interesting/less stock.

I'm limiting the size of the animation to 32X32 to fit the tiles i have made for a map, although it is okay if the black outline goes beyond the size limit.

Is it currently serviceable? Any ideas on how i can improve it? I've been looking at other idle animations but im not sure how i can make anything close to them whilst remaining under/in the size limit.

[GMOs]

http://short207.deviantart.com/art/Gunner-death-503375280


Death animation.

[Paleskins]

[Armageddon]

I want to lick this.

[Torchkas]

That is majestic.

[Shawny]

hero academia fanart

[JobLeonard]

I want to lick this.

There's no way I can top that compliment. Fantastic work!

[chriswearly]

I want to lick this.

:PPPP
Took me a while, but that says 'Starscream'? Wonder what this is about.
Also, it's altogether just 64 colors! WHAT?!

[Zanhuf]

Just a question; im trying to get the same level of movement/animation as sprites such as the old snk ones

Here's a couple just to show what im getting at:







Here's my current attempt atm:



Now here's my question;

Is it possible to get that level/sort of animation at such a small size? If so, how?

Sorry for bothering you all with such an inane question; the quality of pixel art alone in the last few posts is amazing.

[alvarop]

practicing

[skaz]

Is it possible to get that level/sort of animation at such a small size? If so, how?

THAT level, it's going to be hard. But getting more subtlety and fluidity, definitely.
Ever heard of "sub pixel animation"? The base principle is, as you have a very small amount of pixel, instead of moving the silhouette of your object, move the colours inside! Metal slug used this principle a lot. Here is a useful link to understand the concept:

http://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/give-your-sprites-depth-with-sub-pixel-animation/

[Zanhuf]

Is it possible to get that level/sort of animation at such a small size? If so, how?

THAT level, it's going to be hard. But getting more subtlety and fluidity, definitely.
Ever heard of "sub pixel animation"? The base principle is, as you have a very small amount of pixel, instead of moving the silhouette of your object, move the colours inside! Metal slug used this principle a lot. Here is a useful link to understand the concept:

http://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/give-your-sprites-depth-with-sub-pixel-animation/

Thanks for the link!

So if i read correctly, what that means is that i would keep the silhouette static, essentially keeping the dude from moving, whilst changing the colours instead? Or would it still require the actual silhouette moving as well? Would that still be able to convey the level of movement shown in my previous attempt? Just want to know whether that possible with sub pixel animation.

Regardless i am going to give this a try, hopefully it'll allow me to do more subtle movements.

[BBreakfast]

lil' mockup i made using the tileset i created for one of my clients for his game Dreamblazers (http://jellypaladin.com/blog/category/dreamblazers/)


and a text box portrait for my tactics RPG!