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taktwo · 11-12-2005, 12:48 AM

ok, but Im not changing the name taktwo because that character is based on me and my friend [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Smithy GCN · 11-12-2005, 01:45 PM

That's alright. I don't think I said anything about your name though...

Here's another tip:
When you draw your sprite on paper do NOT scan it in to trace over it. Here's why:
1) Most drawings are usually in pencil. Putting your scanner into black and white mode won't make your drawing show up, so you're pretty much stuck with grey scale or color. When you're done tracing, you will notice that the foggy paper background will take too long to get rid of by hand. Also, the sprite will be MUCH harder to animate this way.
2) When it's been drawn in pen so that you can avoid grey scaling it, you will notice that shrinking the image down to the preferable size makes the outline unintelligible, therefore destroying the purpose.

taktwo · 11-12-2005, 06:25 PM

{EDIT: LvK took pity on your pour, confused soul!)

[ November 12, 2005, 06:42 PM: Message edited by: LvK ]

taktwo · 11-12-2005, 06:26 PM

darn it, the picture wont work...well, I made the color of my character lighter

should I make it lighter?

RMC · 11-12-2005, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by taktwo:

{EDIT: LvK took pity on your pour, confused soul!)

That basically is the same sprite with more animations and more "detail" in the lines that you can hardly see. Add more color to it man!

taktwo · 11-12-2005, 10:01 PM

[img]graemlins/lol.gif[/img] he took pity on me...well, ok, Ill add more color and try to make it lighter >_> Im still looking for something to add to make him look differnt though...

Smithy GCN · 11-13-2005, 12:47 AM

Hm, you ARE doing better, though. However, RacoonMarioClock has already given the suggestion that I would have. So, there's really not much more for me to say except to do your best.

taktwo · 11-13-2005, 12:51 AM

ok, Im looking on the spriters resource to find a thing I can add to him, but its not easy...

Smithy GCN · 11-13-2005, 02:50 PM

Yeah, it almost never is. But DON'T use something from someone else's original sprite; it's just common courtesy not to.

taktwo · 11-13-2005, 03:00 PM

but I can still add something from ripped sprites?

Smithy GCN · 11-14-2005, 01:19 AM

Yes, you can. Just make it believable.

taktwo · 11-16-2005, 10:54 PM

how about me being Darth Mario?

EDIT:

how do I make the images work?!

heres the link...

[ November 16, 2005, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: taktwo ]

ludwigvan · 11-17-2005, 12:10 AM

It's obviously because you're trying to display the URL of the HTML page as an image, not the image itself.

Also, that sprite sucks. It's just Mario's head... pasted on Darth's body. Clashing styles can be acceptable in a comic, especially a crazy/humor one, but two clashing styles in a single sprite? Wugh.

taktwo · 11-17-2005, 12:24 AM

now Im confused...

taktwo · 11-17-2005, 12:27 AM

anu suggestoins that I can add to the sprite?I really cant find anything...

Alink - VCR Man. VCR. · 11-17-2005, 09:54 AM

The Halloween one isn't bad. I smiled when the ghosts ran off with the Yoshi dude.

You've got potential - keep practicing.

Edit:

O___O

I opened Darth Mario in a new tab and didn't look at it until now... Dude. XDXDXD

It's so freakin' awesome. It made me laugh. I mean, you got a "bad ass" body... and then a fat plumber's head. I AMA YOUR FATHERA.

Er.

Anyways, like I said before the edit. ;P

[ November 17, 2005, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: ^Alex - Jumpkick To Face. ]

Smithy GCN · 11-17-2005, 02:25 PM

I believe that I did say: "Make it believable."
Now you're just scaring me.

Glyph Phoenix · 11-17-2005, 04:10 PM

I thought about this. I thought about this a lot. What is the noise that one hears when their doom is imminent? Is it like The Terminator, Psycho, or Baron von Blubba? Get out that sound, ladies and gents, because Glyph Phoenix is back in town and school is in session!

Do a gross lack of capitalization and punctuation, sucky comic recolors, and random attacks and explosions make your intro cool? No, it makes it awful! Congratulations!

Sprites and backgrounds of totally different perspectives = fun, fun, fun! No, wait, that's awful again, my bad.

Your 'intruders' panel would have looked a lot less stupid if they hadn't just instantly popped out of nowhere.

As punishment you must write "'Oh poop' is not a punchline" on the blackboard 50 times.

Now, let's see what you did get right...

The masks were okay. They look kinda stupid on M&L Yoshi, though. Again, don't mix perspectives like that.

The green eyepatch is acceptable also. Nothing special, but at least you bothered to shade it. But you followed up with a lame fake phone number, when there are so many funny fake phone numbers out there! To reiterate, lame.

The way the Boos couldn't tell the mask from the real boo, and "landscaping" were almost funny. They weren't funny, mind you, but they were almost funny.

Now, I just got a great idear this mounth myself. How about you and any other poorly edoted sprite friends of yours either fix this mess of a comic or mosey on out of here, huh?

taktwo · 11-17-2005, 08:44 PM

I didnt think it was THAT sucky...

Smithy GCN · 11-17-2005, 09:52 PM

Well, he does have a good point. In the end it does come down to either shaping up or shipping out. If your comic can't grasp an audience right away or if doesn't get any better than it's as good as doomed. You can either accept this as good advice and improve or just stop making it. No one's forcing your hand except your own.

11-12-2005, 12:48 AM	#21
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	ok, but Im not changing the name taktwo because that character is based on me and my friend [img]tongue.gif[/img]

11-12-2005, 01:45 PM	#22
Smithy GCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ymir Forest Posts: 302 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,792.93 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,292.93 Donate	That's alright. I don't think I said anything about your name though... Here's another tip: When you draw your sprite on paper do NOT scan it in to trace over it. Here's why: 1) Most drawings are usually in pencil. Putting your scanner into black and white mode won't make your drawing show up, so you're pretty much stuck with grey scale or color. When you're done tracing, you will notice that the foggy paper background will take too long to get rid of by hand. Also, the sprite will be MUCH harder to animate this way. 2) When it's been drawn in pen so that you can avoid grey scaling it, you will notice that shrinking the image down to the preferable size makes the outline unintelligible, therefore destroying the purpose.

11-12-2005, 06:25 PM	#23
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	{EDIT: LvK took pity on your pour, confused soul!) [ November 12, 2005, 06:42 PM: Message edited by: LvK ]

11-12-2005, 06:26 PM	#24
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	darn it, the picture wont work...well, I made the color of my character lighter should I make it lighter?

11-12-2005, 10:01 PM	#26
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	[img]graemlins/lol.gif[/img] he took pity on me...well, ok, Ill add more color and try to make it lighter >_> Im still looking for something to add to make him look differnt though...

11-13-2005, 12:47 AM	#27
Smithy GCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ymir Forest Posts: 302 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,792.93 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,292.93 Donate	Hm, you ARE doing better, though. However, RacoonMarioClock has already given the suggestion that I would have. So, there's really not much more for me to say except to do your best.

11-13-2005, 12:51 AM	#28
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	ok, Im looking on the spriters resource to find a thing I can add to him, but its not easy...

11-13-2005, 02:50 PM	#29
Smithy GCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ymir Forest Posts: 302 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,792.93 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,292.93 Donate	Yeah, it almost never is. But DON'T use something from someone else's original sprite; it's just common courtesy not to.

11-13-2005, 03:00 PM	#30
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	but I can still add something from ripped sprites?

11-14-2005, 01:19 AM	#31
Smithy GCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ymir Forest Posts: 302 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,792.93 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,292.93 Donate	Yes, you can. Just make it believable.

11-16-2005, 10:54 PM	#32
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	how about me being Darth Mario? EDIT: how do I make the images work?! heres the link... [ November 16, 2005, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: taktwo ]

11-17-2005, 12:10 AM	#33
ludwigvan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The well of wishes. Gender: Posts: 5,444 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Points: 10,625.44 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,125.44 Donate	It's obviously because you're trying to display the URL of the HTML page as an image, not the image itself. Also, that sprite sucks. It's just Mario's head... pasted on Darth's body. Clashing styles can be acceptable in a comic, especially a crazy/humor one, but two clashing styles in a single sprite? Wugh.

11-17-2005, 12:24 AM	#34
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	now Im confused...

11-17-2005, 12:27 AM	#35
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	anu suggestoins that I can add to the sprite?I really cant find anything...

11-17-2005, 09:54 AM	#36
Alink - VCR Man. VCR. Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Behind The Wall Of Sleep. Gender: Posts: 768 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 4,648.99 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 4,648.99 Donate	The Halloween one isn't bad. I smiled when the ghosts ran off with the Yoshi dude. You've got potential - keep practicing. Edit: O___O I opened Darth Mario in a new tab and didn't look at it until now... Dude. XDXDXD It's so freakin' awesome. It made me laugh. I mean, you got a "bad ass" body... and then a fat plumber's head. I AMA YOUR FATHERA. Er. Anyways, like I said before the edit. ;P [ November 17, 2005, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: ^Alex - Jumpkick To Face. ]

11-17-2005, 02:25 PM	#37
Smithy GCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ymir Forest Posts: 302 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,792.93 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,292.93 Donate	I believe that I did say: "Make it believable." Now you're just scaring me.

11-17-2005, 04:10 PM	#38
Glyph Phoenix Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Gender: Posts: 1,774 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 6,572.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 7,072.00 Donate	I thought about this. I thought about this a lot. What is the noise that one hears when their doom is imminent? Is it like The Terminator, Psycho, or Baron von Blubba? Get out that sound, ladies and gents, because Glyph Phoenix is back in town and school is in session! Do a gross lack of capitalization and punctuation, sucky comic recolors, and random attacks and explosions make your intro cool? No, it makes it awful! Congratulations! Sprites and backgrounds of totally different perspectives = fun, fun, fun! No, wait, that's awful again, my bad. Your 'intruders' panel would have looked a lot less stupid if they hadn't just instantly popped out of nowhere. As punishment you must write "'Oh poop' is not a punchline" on the blackboard 50 times. Now, let's see what you did get right... The masks were okay. They look kinda stupid on M&L Yoshi, though. Again, don't mix perspectives like that. The green eyepatch is acceptable also. Nothing special, but at least you bothered to shade it. But you followed up with a lame fake phone number, when there are so many funny fake phone numbers out there! To reiterate, lame. The way the Boos couldn't tell the mask from the real boo, and "landscaping" were almost funny. They weren't funny, mind you, but they were almost funny. Now, I just got a great idear this mounth myself. How about you and any other poorly edoted sprite friends of yours either fix this mess of a comic or mosey on out of here, huh?

11-17-2005, 08:44 PM	#39
taktwo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: at my computy Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,455.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,955.00 Donate	I didnt think it was THAT sucky...

11-17-2005, 09:52 PM	#40
Smithy GCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ymir Forest Posts: 302 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,792.93 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,292.93 Donate	Well, he does have a good point. In the end it does come down to either shaping up or shipping out. If your comic can't grasp an audience right away or if doesn't get any better than it's as good as doomed. You can either accept this as good advice and improve or just stop making it. No one's forcing your hand except your own.